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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: FX1 on December 07, 2015, 02:06:30 PM
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Well i had huge pig encounter. I was driving around filling feeders before heading back to town for work this morning. I had corn on the ground from the day before. I noticed a black spot 500-600 yards down a powerline that i had corned. Took my 270 out and what i thought could have been was a huge pig. I did have my shot gun in the truck so i started a long stalk. Long story short i pumped 5 round of 00 into this pig from 40-60 and it didn't even knock it down. One of the largest pigs i have come across in a long time. I did track it for about 200 yards before it got into the really thick cover.
Guess i need to start carrying a bigger gun.
Going back today with my dog to see if i can't find it. This time i will have my gopro just in case it's still alive and really pissed off.
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Growing up in the country in northern MN we had a pesky Black Bear trying to get into the house one time. I was just a kid but my dad grabbed a .22 and shot the bear. Of course that did nothing but it did run off down the hill beside the house into the woods/brush. Not wanting to leave a wounded bear around dad and my brother headed off after it. My brother had a 30/30. Dad parted some brush and there was the pissed off bear right in front of him but my brother got it with the 30/30 before it could do anything.
The moral of the story: Carry a bigger gun.
Many years later when I was living in NY I was on the phone with my mom. A black bear had tried to get into the house, evidently attracted by salmon loaf she had just made. Dad had passed by then and mom lived alone. She opened the door and shooed it away. After that my wife (now ex) always called her Mountain Woman lol.
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I have a 375 H&H you can borrow, or my 416 RUM guaranteed it wont get up if you hit it with either :D
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375 would do the trick. Didn't find him today. The soil was still damp and it was a easy track. Small amounts of blood but he was moving along at a good click. More than likely he survived.
I average 50-100 pigs a year depending on the trapping efforts from my neighbors. Doing the math he was 1/500 pig. Most average 60-80 lbs. I really wanted his head bad (:
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Bigger gun :D
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375 would do the trick. Didn't find him today. The soil was still damp and it was a easy track. Small amounts of blood but he was moving along at a good click. More than likely he survived.
I average 50-100 pigs a year depending on the trapping efforts from my neighbors. Doing the math he was 1/500 pig. Most average 60-80 lbs. I really wanted his head bad (:
Man what a headache....we don't have an issue with them up here in PA. What kind of destruction do they do to your ranch/property? I here it can be pretty severe in some cases
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In texas for mostly farmers have $$ damages. A larger group will destroy fields especially freshly planted. I don't plant but we do have a handful of fencing issues because the larger ones like to go threw instead of under a 8 wire fence. I keep the numbers down to a nice manageable off season target practice..
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Man what a headache....we don't have an issue with them up here in PA. What kind of destruction do they do to your ranch/property? I here it can be pretty severe in some cases
Imagine someone taking to a field with a rotary hoe, turning over all the soil - destroying pastures. In spring pigs will also eat newborn stock (some will wait behind a ewe giving birth and eat the lamb as soon as it pops out).
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Imagine someone taking to a field with a rotary hoe, turning over all the soil - destroying pastures. In spring pigs will also eat newborn stock (some will wait behind a ewe giving birth and eat the lamb as soon as it pops out).
Yep, my two big sows can make a football field look freshly plowed in about 2 weeks.
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Damn, sorry to hear. The biggest issue we have up here regarding crop loss is deer. I was talking to the farmer that leases land from my family to plant...he was telling me that he plans on loosing about 35%+ of his soybean crop to them. Needless to say I Don't feel all that bad when I put a few in the freezer, or donate a few to Hunters Harvest. Best of luck, if you ever need any company dealing with those bad boys, I'm a PM away :aok :D
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Pig hunting is a big sport in NZ. Typically it is done with dogs and a hunter with a knife. The dogs have specialized roles (finders, bailers, and holders). Bailers corner the pig, holders will bite and hold the ears or legs, then the hunter will come in and knife the pig in the heart. Some hunters will carry a rifle for really big animals, typically a lever action 44 mag.
Sometimes you see the pigs out, one farm I used to hunt on had them come through at somewhat regular intervals. I used to hunt rabbits/hares/goats there, but everytime I saw the pigs in the open I always had my .22, not my bigger rifle.
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My German Shepherd was a awesome pig dog. Every time we went out he was good for at least one kill. I would take him from the field to our local bars on Sunday. You could say he was a all around dog. My girlfriend really didn't understand that he was capable of such aggression. One day she took him for a walk and a coon came across the trail then Freddy made short work of him. After that she always bragged about her hunting dog. I do have some video of a couple of his kills.
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Pigs are a major problem around my neck of the woods. Fortunately I don't have any, or just haven't seen them. I am sure one passes through every now and then. They can be dangerous too. Especially if they think you are threatening their young. I have a couple of pig stories here.
Two years ago a friend and I were deer hunting on my ranch in North Texas. I had a shot on a deer relatively close to the fence line. I wounded the deer and it ran off and jumped the fence. I knew she wouldn't get far, so we took off tracking it. I have an agreement with the neighbor that if a wounded animal crosses the property lines, we will let each other do whatever it takes to make sure it doesn't suffer, or cause any other problems. We were about 50 yards on the other side of the fence tracking the deer into a thicket of trees. Enter the pig. I swear it was a freakin cow. This sow comes charging out of the thicket about 20 yards in front of us. My friend had his .30-30 up and ready to fire, and I had my .25-06 ready to go. Not an ideal weapon for such close range with the scope and all. She stopped about 10 yards from us and turned and ran. At this time, about 15 piglets ran parallel and away from us. They could not have been a week old.
Story two. My cousin and I were walking down a mostly dry creek bed. I was around 16 at the time, armed with a .223, my cousin armed with a lever action .45-70. We see a boar hog laying in the mud about 30 yards ahead. The boar stands up broadside to us, my cousin shoots him broadside with the .45-70. The hog rolls from the bullet impact, stands up, shakes his head, turns to us and charges. My quick thinking cousin fires another round at the charging hog hitting him in the head, killing him.
Not only are wild hogs destructive to property, but can also be dangerous if cornered or spooked.
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Don't know if it is still on but there was a pig hunting reality show on TV.
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Don't know if it is still on but there was a pig hunting reality show on TV.
It's still on. They changed the name to "Keeping up with the Kadashians."
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T had no idea wild pigs existed. I thought they were all farmed for consumption these days.
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It's still on. They changed the name to "Keeping up with the Kadashians."
:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
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T had no idea wild pigs existed. I thought they were all farmed for consumption these days.
Most of the pigs that are causing the problem are former domesticated hogs. It takes a remarkably short time before they go totally feral and resemble the wild stock they came from. On the other side of the spectrum are the folks who have imported some wild boar from Europe and Russia where they are still managed as a wild species. In any case it's almost impossible to keep ALL of the hogs in check on a farm, Some manage to escape and since they breed like rabbits they will over populate an area in short order. I have heard that in order to maintain the herd of wild hogs at a stable number you have to cull 80% every year. That's a lot of bacon.
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Would you consider allowing me and my buddy to come down and do a legal pig hunt on your property? I feel like I am under utilizing my AR15 on coyotes. ;) we both have lockable gun cases that are TSA compliant.
PM me if you'd consider the proposittion. I'm thinking we could pack the meat on ice and ship it back with the airlines.
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T had no idea wild pigs existed. I thought they were all farmed for consumption these days.
Heaps around our country. The meat tastes way different, very gamey, I'm not partial to it myself - to rich and gamey for me.
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Heaps around our country. The meat tastes way different, very gamey, I'm not partial to it myself - to rich and gamey for me.
Yeah, we typically only butcher up sows if we get them during the winter. Males are gamey and pigs in general are just all nasty during the summer - lots of ticks, fleas and and other junk! Killed 7 sitting on the deer stands over Thanksgiving week alone.
Today at our ranch, we had a security trail camera get stolen by a group of thieves who keep busting in. Got a gate they'll just cut the lock and slip in with a car. They come particularly to steal Native American artifacts from an old camp mound (to sell for drug money, I figure). Unfortunately, it is in a bad signal hole (AT&T) for cell phone cameras and they are always blurred/obscurred when I have the camera hidden well. Very sporadic in their movements - usually in there at night digging with shovels and flashlights. Been after them for a couple of years now, been a real pain because we have to literally catch them in the act to really nab them. About to the point of digging an anti-tank ditch to trap their car! :bhead
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Porcine are not native to America. I remember watching a show on the early colonization of America. The Europeans brought the pigs over and let them loose, the indigenous Indians crops were destroyed. When they complained to the Euros, well you can imagine.................
I luv bacon..............
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The smaller pigs are the best for eating. The bigger they get the nastier they get in my opinion. If you can get one about the size of a small dog they are the best.
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Ours are a little less gamey for some reason. We usually take 2 <300 lb'ers a year and mix them in with the venison breakfast sausage. It's not bacon, but it's still pretty good. :)
:salute
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We used to mix pork and deer breakfast sausage when I was little. It is really good. Ive also heard of people mixing wild pork with beef for hamburgers. Never tried it myself though.
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Pork fat is good for venison sausages as venison is too lean. It's not very common for beef which already has enough fat.
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I only cook the ones that i can pick up with one hand. The other 450-80lbs i will just take the hams and give them away to my workers and friends. The larger ones i will not touch unless i want to take their heads. I have a friend that does skull mounts and he will end up selling them to local shops.
Today at the ranch i shot three of these guys. I see more snakes during the warm days of winter than any other time of the year.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By0zKKCWMUdBWW5INkxpX1F6ZlE/view?usp=sharing (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By0zKKCWMUdBWW5INkxpX1F6ZlE/view?usp=sharing)
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Why the black and white tail?
Oh and,
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Man what a headache....we don't have an issue with them up here in PA. What kind of destruction do they do to your ranch/property? I here it can be pretty severe in some cases
MB,
It wont be long before you have them too!!!
They have just crossed into Ontario,the MNR has said with last winters almost total freeze of the great lakes that it allowed the pigs to cross from Michigan into Ontario.
They have been spotted in SW Ont. and have spread as far as just north of Toronto.
We have far too many deer and now we will have too many pigs,more than none is too many IMHO.As of yet there are no seasons to hunt them and they most likely wont be culled before it's too late to really eliminate them.
:salute
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Its open season on pigs around here all year round. Some large ranches even offer bounties on pigs.
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My buddy used my 9mm to kill a pig, crept it bounce off its forehead. He had held it at a slight angle,mi took the gun and finished it. The funny thing, the pig shook it head, looked confused and ran over to me. It knew it was screwed!
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Special Day at the ranch. Intruding the Royals Royce of Subguns.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By0zKKCWMUdBd0k2bDNGSGFObG8/view?usp=sharing
Top of the line German weapons ever produced. Steyr M34
Pigs are not pleased with the addition to the collection.
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Special Day at the ranch. Intruding the Royals Royce of Subguns.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By0zKKCWMUdBd0k2bDNGSGFObG8/view?usp=sharing
Top of the line German weapons ever produced. Steyr M34
Pigs are not pleased with the addition to the collection.
Isn't Steyr an Austrian company?
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Yes but they were contracted out to the waffen ss which this weapon has the SS markings. Also this was designed by a Rheinmetall which used the Austrian company to get around the Versailles Treaty. They also made the MP40 to replace the high cost of the m34.
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People around here will pay you to remove pigs/hogs from their property. Then there are other folks who will pay you to release pigs/hogs on their property. My brother in law does this when they are not working cattle or horses for one of the ranches around here.
He has some dogs that will run a thicket to get the cows out of the river bottoms. They look like they are starving to death but they are well fed hard working dogs.
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A friend of mine owns a helicopter service and his primary customers are ranch owners paying him to fly around and have his passenger shoot hogs with an AR-15. It's great fun. :devil
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People around here will pay you to remove pigs/hogs from their property. Then there are other folks who will pay you to release pigs/hogs on their property. My brother in law does this when they are not working cattle or horses for one of the ranches around here.
He has some dogs that will run a thicket to get the cows out of the river bottoms. They look like they are starving to death but they are well fed hard working dogs.
Isn't it illegal in Texas to release a wild pig once trapped?
Not that I'm against it. I have some weekend property in upper Erath county and I kinda hope I start seeing some on my land.
I know they are terrible for farmers and ranchers, but I promise to do my part and BBQ as many as possible.
I haven't seen any sign of them on my property yet, but I did see a dead one last week on the side of the highway someone must have hit, so they must be around.
Might have to put out some soured corn. ;)
Wab
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Isn't it illegal in Texas to release a wild pig once trapped?
Not that I'm against it. I have some weekend property in upper Erath county and I kinda hope I start seeing some on my land.
I know they are terrible for farmers and ranchers, but I promise to do my part and BBQ as many as possible.
I haven't seen any sign of them on my property yet, but I did see a dead one last week on the side of the highway someone must have hit, so they must be around.
Might have to put out some soured corn. ;)
Wab
It is not illegal in Texas. You do however have to have them certified disease free. Some like the males castrated so they get bigger and do not get out of control.
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if you do kill one be careful with the meat. A guy I work with killed one just this past weekend. He said the meat, once ground into hamburger, was really sticky feeling, but otherwise normal. He said once cooked, the smell nearly drove them out of the house. He said it smelled like hamburger that had been left out for a week or so. Anyone ever ran across this?
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I have with the larger ones. If i cant pick it up with one hand i will normal not eat it.. Summer time i don't eat any.