Everytime I mention to my wife a cool hunt offer that I have seen (other than those overseas), her reply is always the same. "Buy an RV so the whole family can go and you can go hunt whatever you want". So today I did!

Now I need suggestions on where to go. Hogs in Texas is an obvious choice and high on my list as well. Tips on where to go would be appreciated. But what else is available this time of year without draw tags? Anyone have any suggestions?

Rick my Man, your timing couldn't be worse, (late January,) but that being what it is, why not take advantage of some of the spring fowl seasons? Snow Geese in some of the western states spring migration? Texas Exotics or Hogs?

There's got to be quite a few western states mule deer and elk land owner tags available to an rv owner like yourself, but that'll be 2015 fall. I can't see why someone wouldn't want to host you on their land, take you hunting for deer/ elk and have the family camp/ vacation on their place.

This time of year run down to Baja and spend time in the nice weather and sand and do some fishing, Mulege, Loreto, on the mainland of Mexico, (Los Mochis) there is waterfowling. June and July Alaska for some fishing then August and September hunts, (Mooose and Caribou). Fit Texas in where you can because hogs are a year round proposition.

California - Pigs. One outfitter even advertises the "Pig Pistachio Run which runs from September to March."

Texas - exotics year round

Several places - Bison. Now is a good time

It ain't the West, but you can hunt hogs in FL year round and the fishing is pretty good in the Gulf right now. There are also several places you can hunt exotics and I'm pretty sure you can do gator year round on private property too. Won't be too long and turkey season opens and FL is the only place you can get an Osceola gobbler.

Like Genadier said, pigs in Cal and most are near wine country and beaches. The wife and kids can go play while you have a hunt.

SW Texas for hogs and Aoudad. Lots of free range Aoudad along with feral hogs and javelina. This is also an option for SE New Mexico next year. MTG

Thanks guys. I think it will be a trip to Texas. Once April rolls around we'll have Turkey here in WA and then spring bear so I can do some short trips closer to home. Thinking of doing a longer one this summer to Forida. The kids can go to Disney world and I can go Gator hunting. Maybe doing a few stops on the way there and back as well. Maybe New Orleans and somewhere in Texas again.

I went to California for boar and Turkey last spring. None of us even saw a pig. I got a turkey but pig is what I really wanted. All the reports I read about California, particularly northern California, indicate low numbers... I'm ready to try Texas. Anyone want to recommend a place?

What about Cougar in Utah, Nevada or one of those states? Are they all draw tags?

If you're an archery hunter, you can still hunt mule deer in Az. until the end of Jan.

In fact, this dandy was taken last week with one of our outfitters there.......

I have some buffalo hunts available in South Dakota if that would be of interest.

Unfortunately I am not an archer. The buffalo is interesting but for this trip I think I'll try to find something that is more on the way to or from Texas.
Thanks for the tips, I do appreciate it.

If you went pig hunting in Ca and never saw a pig you went to the wrong place!

So it seems... spent most of the day googling places in CA and TX.

Places in Texas (and most likely anywhere else) that guarantee a pig will be "put and take" places. Just be aware if that is an issue for you. Pigs can be numerous, but can be entirely nocturnal; or they just don't happen to come by where you're hunting. The last weekend of the regular Texas deer season we were overrun by hogs and shot 5 big ones while deer hunting (out of 40 or so that we saw). But we could just as easily have seen none or a bunch more: See this New Year's Eve video taken by my hunting partner's son: https://www.facebook.com/SakoSource (third post down).

It is legal to hunt pigs in Texas 24/7/365, so you may have better luck if you are willing to hunt after dark using artificial light.

There are getting to be lots of "pig outfitters" in Texas. Some of them are quite serious, professional, and even affordable. Others are baling wire and duct tape types, so be sure to research references.

It can be a bit pricey, but if you want to hunt pigs, whitetails, and javelinas (plus a chance at coyotes, etc.) many South Texas ranches are under the Managed Lands program which allows them to hunt deer through February. Actually, some of those Managed Lands places have difficulty getting enough does killed, so a doe hunt might be fairly economical.

Rick O.......if I were in your shoes I'd look for a free range aoudad hunt in West Texas. A spot and stalk hunters dream.

Javelinas on one of the reservations in Arizona are a fun, cheap hunt for this time of year.

My wife shot a cow elk in TEXAS 2 weeks ago, free-range/fair-chase on a 500.000 acre ranch. Elk are considered exotics in Tx & huntable year-round , they are common on West Tx ranches. Google it. The cow hunts are wayyy cheaper than bull hunts, of course!

Thanks for all the suggestions. I'm googling them all.

Send the wife n kids to Disneyland in the RV. Get on a plane and go to Argentina for the roar.
Yes, I'm divorced.

Ski+3

Skibum, I had actually planned to do that! Came to my senses though and on Friday I'm taking the family to Hawaii instead. I know, not an RV trip but somehow it was approved without complaints.

I will however take the RV two days after we get back and head to Idaho for a quick boar hunt. It's a fenced hunt but it's relatively close and all I have time for right now. Texas might be next on my list...