Successful evening hunt - graphic pictures

[greybeard]

That looks like it would be difficult.

Hunting from a helicopter is easier than hunting from a moving vehicle and hunting from a moving vehicle isn't all that difficult.

 

[Carla D]

Dumb question: Does anyone hunt wild hog on foot like what’s done with deer? Or is that way to dangerous. I’m sure they can be just as mean and aggressive as they are destructive.

 

[greybeard]

Dumb question: Does anyone hunt wild hog on foot like what’s done with deer? Or is that way to dangerous. I’m sure they can be just as mean and aggressive as they are destructive.

I have, and it's no more dangerous than any other kind of hunt (bear and mountain lions excepted).
The problem is their acute sense of smell and the fact they are predominantly nocturnal. They'll smell you before you even see them most times. The ones I've shot were from 100+ yards away with a good scope and a .270 Weatherby with a good tac light and a dot laser. You'll get one good shot and then maybe one running shot before they scatter so much you don't get a shot.
Most people here hunt them from a blind..like a deer stand, set in front of a corn feeder or hunt them on foot with a pack of yellow or black mouth cur dogs.

Trapping them is the preferred way of dealing with them tho. You can catch a bunch at one time.
Building and selling hog traps is a pretty big business in Texas and much of the South and they are getting pretty techie nowadays.
https://www.progressivecattle.com/t...oarbuster-a-hybrid-trap-to-control-feral-hogs

 

[Carla D]

I have, and it's no more dangerous than any other kind of hunt (bear and mountain lions excepted).
The problem is their acute sense of smell and the fact they are predominantly nocturnal. They'll smell you before you even see them most times. The ones I've shot were from 100+ yards away with a good scope and a .270 Weatherby with a good tac light and a dot laser. You'll get one good shot and then maybe one running shot before they scatter so much you don't get a shot.
Most people here hunt them from a blind..like a deer stand, set in front of a corn feeder or hunt them on foot with a pack of yellow or black mouth cur dogs.

Trapping them is the preferred way of dealing with them tho. You can catch a bunch at one time.
Building and selling hog traps is a pretty big business in Texas and much of the South and they are getting pretty techie nowadays.
https://www.progressivecattle.com/t...oarbuster-a-hybrid-trap-to-control-feral-hogs

We could have used a boar buster a few months ago when our piglets decided to bust out of their pasture.

 

[goatgurl]

hog hunting around here is a pretty big deal and since there are bazillions of them here no one cares how many you shoot. lots of folks use dogs to bay them. I have a friend who hunts on my property and he keeps himself, me and several of my family members supplied with pork. we also donate quite a bit to some of the local food pantries. even a big old male is ok made into sausage. two Thanksgivings ago I got about a 80 pounder that I smoked for several hours on the grill. it was delish. there are only two things in the mountains and woods around me that can make me nervous when i'm out alone, one is wild hogs and the other is a mountain lion. neither have much respect for humans.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

only two things in the mountains and woods around me that can make me nervous when i'm out alone, one is wild hogs and the other is a mountain lion. neither have much respect for humans.

You be careful out there!

 

[Carla D]

hog hunting around here is a pretty big deal and since there are bazillions of them here no one cares how many you shoot. lots of folks use dogs to bay them. I have a friend who hunts on my property and he keeps himself, me and several of my family members supplied with pork. we also donate quite a bit to some of the local food pantries. even a big old male is ok made into sausage. two Thanksgivings ago I got about a 80 pounder that I smoked for several hours on the grill. it was delish. there are only two things in the mountains and woods around me that can make me nervous when i'm out alone, one is wild hogs and the other is a mountain lion. neither have much respect for humans.

Yes, I’m betting neither of them would be any fun to stumble upon or realize they’ve been following you.

 

[MiniSilkys]

We are now having problems with hunting deer in west Tn. Any one that kills a deer has to have the meat tested for the Chronic Wasting Disease. We were given two legs in Nov. I cut them up and now I have to throw the meat away.

 

[Carla D]

We are now having problems with hunting deer in west Tn. Any one that kills a deer has to have the meat tested for the Chronic Wasting Disease. We were given two legs in Nov. I cut them up and now I have to throw the meat away.

That is horrible! Having to waste any meat is a horrible feeling. But, I guess it’s better than the alternative. We need to be watchful of CWD here as well. It’s bad in other parts of this state along with cattle, I think.

 

[MiniSilkys]

I know! I was ready for some stir fry and deer burgers. We have a family of 6 on our farm. They come out every evening around 5 in the back field and then around 10 they come up about 200 ft from the house to eat the honeysuckle. My dog barks his head off and I try to make them leave but they won't until we get the gun. The field where the honeysuckle is at is where I have my garden every year. So I don't want them there.