Tonight is the night for the hog hunt...

[ConnRadd]

Hopefully Sunday evening I'll be posting pictures of the hog hunt. There's 3 to 4 spots that been baited for weeks now with true signs of piggies enjoying the free meal. My goal is to get 4 hogs with my new LR-308. Was informed that the property manager killed a massive 400+ pounder two days ago...

Wish me luck...

 

[dee]

Good luck.

 

[Stumpy]

make breakfast meats outta them!

 

[dee]

O, and make sure its dead before you get too close. It can be kinda scary when you think they are just doing the death rattle and they get up and chase you.

 

[bvillars]

brucelliosis

Be sure and wear some type of latex gloves to clean these rascals. blood born disease is something you do not want and the gloves are cheap and plentiful at all drug stores.jmho

 

[navyguy]

Sounds like a blast. Pun intended That 308 should do the trick on the onkers.

 

[308nato]

Good luck on the hunt and I have to say also when you field dress them
make sure to have good rubber gloves and such .

 

[MadMo44Mag]

Luck - and plenty of it!!!

 

[kingofwylietx]

Good luck & have fun!

 

[Wolfwood]

take me with you enxt time!

break a leg!

 

[ConnRadd]

Thanks everyone...
Well, I didn't get a 400 pounder nor did I hit my goal of 4 hogs. But I did manage to kill 2 boars (left and right in the picture). Apporx. 200 lbs each, didn't have a scale to weigh them; but the property manager felt confident that they were at least 200 lbs each. He shot the one in the middle, making it his 91st hog kill for the year. He's working on a non-profit program where he'll process the meat himself and donate it through his church. So far, he estimated about 15k pounds of meat that has donated to the needy.

Here's a pic:

 

[Sniper John]

Well those 200 pounders will make for better eating than the 400 pounder would. Congrats on a nice hunt!

 

[dbgun]

congratulations.

 

[Sniper John]

Your not too exaggerated. We are at an estimated 2 million in Texas and that is climbing. We need to kill as many as we can, but I am not sure we can ever get ahead of the population increase.

 

[ConnRadd]

Oh yeah, these suckers reproduce faster than we can eat them.


After this last weekend, I saw the havoc of what a pack of hogs can create just in one night; it's easy to understand why farmers want the beast of burden gone. But on the other hand; Farmer's are afraid to allow just anyone to hunt on their property; fear of the liability and issues the "so called" hunters has created in the past.


The electric companies are having to replace the telephone/power wooden poles, due to hogs rubbing the poles down to nothing. The hogs rub the treated chemicals on their skin, which help keep the bugs off them.

 

[Burt Gummer]

Oh yeah, these suckers reproduce faster than we can eat them.


After this last weekend, I saw the havoc of what a pack of hogs can create just in one night; it's easy to understand why farmers want the beast of burden gone. But on the other hand; Farmer's are afraid to allow just anyone to hunt on their property; fear of the liability and issues the "so called" hunters has created in the past.


The electric companies are having to replace the telephone/power wooden poles, due to hogs rubbing the poles down to nothing. The hogs rub the treated chemicals on their skin, which help keep the bugs off them.

Wow now theres something I did not know. That is pretty smart if you ask me.

 

[Big country]

Good deal man! Always use protection. i.e latex gloves. And plus one on the making sure they're dead, scary memories. LOL!

 

[Burt Gummer]

Good deal man! Always use protection. i.e latex gloves. And plus one on the making sure they're dead, scary memories. LOL!

Agreed. The cost of an extra bullet is way less then getting your guts or legs stitched back up!

 

[Big country]

Agreed. The cost of an extra bullet is way less then getting your guts or legs stitched back up!

It's a cheep insurance policy.

 

[TxEMTP69]

good pics, sounds like a fun hunt