Wild hog hunting

**Elaine179** · December 29th, 2011, 01:41 PM

New to this forum........anyone know where to hunt wild hog near Harrisburg, PA? Thanks!

**str8shooter** · December 29th, 2011, 01:56 PM

Welcome to the forum!

There have been discussions about wild hog hunting in PA on this forum in the past.

Here's a couple you might want to read through.

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This is from one of the threads and is worth noting.

Originally Posted by knight0334

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Also, there is no "hunting" of feral swine in PA. You can only shoot them incidental to hunting another lawful game, when that lawful game is in season, and with a lawful device. ....which means, you have to be hunting something else, then if you see a feral pig you can shoot it.

**Elaine179** · December 29th, 2011, 02:38 PM

Thank you for the info! I will view it this evening! Have a great day!!

**Mac358** · January 5th, 2012, 09:19 PM

I think the ban on killing feral swine in Bedford County has been lifted.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11086/1135080-358.stm

**Yellowfin** · January 6th, 2012, 11:46 AM

One important improvement that needs to be made for hog hunting to be effective is to legalize semi auto rifles for hunting in PA.

**Tomcat088** · January 6th, 2012, 02:09 PM

Originally Posted by Yellowfin

One important improvement that needs to be made for hog hunting to be effective is to legalize semi auto rifles for hunting in PA.

I've never hunted hogs in PA, but I hunt hogs here in Texas, and you're absolutely right. When hunting hogs with a bolt action rifle, it really cuts down on the number of pigs you can kill. Even if you can run a bolt gun fast, accurately, and are good on movers, you still hardly ever kill more than 3. This is on open ground, where you have some line of sight on pigs getting out there a ways. You can kill more if they'll go out there a ways, and stand. In lots of PA where they have some cover, and not as large plots cleared, I can see how it would nearly be impossible to get pigs killed in any real numbers. Semi autos are definitely where it's at for killing hogs.