Sipsey Question

[squidbilly]

I have heard that about the hogs also. Any one here ever run into them?

Several times. Saw one crossing the road to Brazile TH last year. We saw a sow with piglets on 205. Saw two on Wolfpen Branch near the "Christmas" campsite. I've seen some in the Quillan drainage too. They are everywhere in the area..they just usually see you first.

[Chriss]

Wear orange - drape orange over tarp or hang on suspension when you call it a day. If I know hunters are around, I don't mind "announcing" my presence. I saw a ton of hog tracks Jan - 2014 on the 208 a they had pretty much made 209 a muddy mess in spots.

[Snugs]

I've seen a lot of hogs hiking to the big tree on 3 different occasions.

[MississipVol]

I have heard that about the hogs also. Any one here ever run into them?

The one time we backpacked through Sipsey, we chose a spot off of 209 and after we got our hammocks hung we started to see what looked to be signs of hog activity. Sure enough, in the middle of the night one or more came into our campsite. They were really loud - rooting and snapping limbs as they walked around. One of the guys said one of them got close enough to his hammock that he could hear it breathing.

[WesArnold]

Are hogs more likely to run if you make a bunch of noise or are they all like "charge!" and what not?

[squidbilly]

Are hogs more likely to run if you make a bunch of noise or are they all like "charge!" and what not?

All the hogs I've seen made a hasty retreat, except for the sow. She didn't run, just tried to lead us away from her piglets.

[MississipVol]

I've seen a lot of hogs hiking to the big tree on 3 different occasions.

Wow! I didn't know hogs were in to hiking. I hope they had better luck finding the big tree than I did! :-)

[Snugs]

Wow! I didn't know hogs were in to hiking. I hope they had better luck finding the big tree than I did! :-)

Funny!

[Mr. Jowee]

Are hogs more likely to run if you make a bunch of noise or are they all like "charge!" and what not?

Hog attacks are more rare than bear attacks. That's despite the fact that people actively seek out and hunt pigs. They really don't want anything to do with you, and will run away, but at the same time they aren't entirely skittish, so they might just run 50 feet or so. Really you're more likely to hit one with your car than you are to be attacked by one.

I saw a family of 6 (two piglets, four adults, including one big guy that may have been half hippopotamus) on 206 in my only trip to the Sypsey in June of this year.

[jocono]

Do any of you ever take one down for dinner?

We always carry our pistols into the woods for hikes so the only way I'll take one down is if it's charging me, but a little bacon in the middle of a 4 day hike wouldn't be too bad.

And thank God for rain this week! Hoping the water levels remain up a little bit as Saturday gets here. That's when we'll be making our way into the woods.