Thread: bush stalking pigs

Im on a mission to get a wild pig with the rifle. I have my 45th birthday late in August and I thought it would be a good idea to throw a halfway to 90 party! I also thought id like to cook up a pig on a spit at it. Ive done a fair bit of research on you tube etc but I'm having trouble getting one in the sights. Ive shot my share of deer but a pig is proving a tad elusive. Yesterday i was in the Longwoods again, on the hunt and I came across a lot of pig sign. I found rutting so fresh it looked like the ground had just been rotary hoed. A lot of the sign was around the 200m elevation which coincidentally was where we found the deer hanging out also.
I guess my question is where do pigs bed down during the day? Are they down in the guts or up high. The amount of sign i saw would indicate multiple pigs but didn't see any thing move (except red deer).
Do i need to hike up in the dark to try catch one out in the open? I don't have access to a hunting dog yet. Our current one is 12 years old and not up to much anymore.
Any tips or suggestions much appreciated. (except just buy a pig)