HUNTING

[Lady Cop]

Hog hunting is fast becoming a right of passage in Alabama, and young Ryan Chavez was given his first taste of the controversial sport this summer.

These captivating photographs show dad, Jeremy Chavez, teaching the six-year-old how to shoot before joining in on a hunt for wild boar at the Great Southern Outdoors Wildlife Plantation in Union Springs.

Dressed in head-to-toe camouflage so they can sneak up on their targets, a team of amateur hunters, including the Luling, Louisiana, father and son, discuss tactics in the plantation bar, before setting off on their late night mission on the 6,000 acre property.

The Great Southern Plantation offers the sport from April until September, with an aim to cull its pig population.

Since 1988, the plantation has harvested 1,400 wild hogs.

The best time to hunt the animals is during the heat of the summer when water sources are limited and creeks, ponds and swamps become a magnet for the imposing beasts.















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