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A gal that I work with comes from a big hunting family and lives on the outskirts of the Prescott area. She claims they have seen wolves out in the camp wood area. They have a family friend who is a retired AZ GF officer who told them a few can be found around mingus mountain also. I have no reason to doubt her Guess this story is kind of like telephone, i heard from a guy whose uncles brothers best friends cousin told him such and such. Take it for what its worth

Yup, I heard that Obama's next move is to close all the forests, cancel the upcoming hunts and hes going to take all the deer away. Heck hes probably been slowly stealing the game animals out of AZ for the last few years, i knew it was his fault i had to eat tag soup last year. Might as well turn in your hunting rifles too. Dont you guys know that hunting is wrong and cruel anyways?

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I'm pretty new to javelina hunting. I'm going on the upcoming HAM hunt and have been out scouting for the last few weekends. 2 weekends ago i glassed up a herd. I could distinctly see 5 individual javelinas at one time in the open so im guessing there were at least 6,7,8? in the herd total. Went back last weekend and didnt see anything, i was in the same spot but i was a bit late getting to my location and probably didnt stay long enough, im sure they were out there i just didnt have the luck or maybe skill to find them. Today I made it out to my spot before the sun started hitting the hills around 730, didnt see anything until about 915. i spotted a lone javelina only 40 yards or so from where i had seen the herd before and was waiting for the herd to walk out. i ended up watching this guy for over 30 min and watched him walk at least a 1/4 mile before he walked into some thick brush leading towards a wash and lost him. I never saw any other javelinas, i kept glassing ahead and behind him ... nothing. he walked over some wide open spaces too, it would have been easy to see if he was following some buddies or was being followed. did i just miss the others or was he really alone? Some questions came to mind, could he have been lost from the herd? was he just getting up late and moving over to catch up to the rest or maybe early getting up and walking away on his own? do females leave the herd when they're pregnant? has anyone else observed javelina away from their herd?

+1 BML pretty much sums it up. You know where their home is now so you will have the upper hand once your hunt starts. Keep in mind though that just because you found them there on more than one occasion doesn't mean that they will be at that EXACT spot every time you go there. You can bet money they will be close though. Next time you're out scouting and you spot them, watch them all day if you can. Watch to see where they feed, drink and bed. If you learn their routine you will really be set. Although most pigs will be in herds, loan pigs are not as uncommon as most people think. I think the reason that people think a loan pig is so uncommon is because spotting a single pig can be very difficult so in turn you may not see it very often. You spotted a single pig so don't doubt your ability to find them. You are on the right track so feel confident. Good luck on your hunt! -Tracy Thanks for the help Gr8 white

Thanks for the response BML. Most stuff i have read about javelina says that if you find one, theyre never alone. thats why i was wondering if this was really abnormal or i was missing something.

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