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Your sick..........

I can't tell which one is the hog in this pic. The kid is 20 yards behind the pig. He isn't leaning on it, but it makes the pig look huge. The kid is a dumbass. He supposedly shot it 7 times with a S&W .500 magnum. Must have been sitting at the feeder while he reloaded. That punk couldn't shoot that gun that many times, let alone hit anything. Flinch

Maybe he flinched..................?

i got a call earlier from some folks over by Orange groove that have hog problems. told to come and shoot all i want, so there are opportunity's out there to hunt them for free if you put the word out.

BP...

Yum, a ham sandwich!

I shot a sow two years ago and unzipped her. She took off through the field and I hit her again, finishing her off. Toby and I kept hearing squealing from the direction of the woods she came out of...or so it sounded. The wheat grass was about a foot high. We zeroed in on the sound and found 4 piglets that the "unzipping" of the sow had birthed. They were up and sniffing around for mom, squealing and carrying on. One was still in the birth sack wiggling around. Kind of strange, awkward and sad, but the rancher will be happier ;o). Flinch

How did they fair with the cold winter? Do they still have a lot of them? I hear their were a LOT of dead pigs, due to cold and snow this winter. Flinch

dave7mm - I respectfully disagree with your observation. Check the European forum where the same critter is hunted in deep snow in Germany, Czech Republic, France; Italy; Croatia; Serbia; Romania; the Black sea; Ukraine; the Caspian sea; Kazakhstan; northern China; Mongolia; northern Japan; Oregon, Maine in the United States; Ontario, Canada and other eastern republics. Would say Northern PA is roughly the same latitude.

I have unsuccessfully tried to catch a couple of young ones myself.
They may get left behind, but they trail their mother by scent and eventually catch up.

I love to hunt them, but as a landowner, I hate them. Very nocturnal and unpredictable when hunted. Sport hunting makes a small dent in population, especially daytime shooting. They get spooked out of the hunted tract and don't return for days. Trapping, dogs and helicopters can have some impact.
For all the people who suggest landowners allow hunters on their land, most do. Either family, friends, or leaseholders. Seldom in TX is a tract not hunted. Especially if the game populationss are good.

stumpy

Hogs.
Natures finest natural bullet test media.

dave [/quote]

The most redeemable quality that hog's possess. They're a real nuisance in FL and in season year round. We frequently hunt them for "pest" control. They are an excellent test media for bullet/load development after initial testing for accuracy on paper!

Here is the problem with hog trapping/hunting. It cannot be done with weekend hunts very sucessfully. It takes time to set a trap and get them coming unless you are lucky. In other words you need to live on the property or have help from someone in the area to keep the traps baited. So, if your situation doesn't fit this criteria you are SOL or darn lucky to kill hogs.

Dang KaBoom your gullible. I was just kidding about the pigs freezing to death. It was just a comment on how cold it has been and how much snow we have right now.

Toby Joe

We are headed to Canadian Texas for two weeks and hope to get to do some pig hunting while we're down there. Anybody know the rules on shooting pigs with a suppressed rifle?

No need for a seperate forum. Huntin' big uns, post in big game. Bullet performance on the bastids, post in hunting rifles or reloading, etc.

Little bastids get in a pile when it's cold! Semi auto is not a bad idea when you have multiple targets of opportunity.

Theres not a huntible population of wild pigs in WA.
I want to hunt pigs, I know Cali. has some but from the research I've done it doesn't look like much opportunity on public land for nonresidents. I haven't found any info showing wild pigs in any of the neighboring states, Id. Mt. Or. or Wy. Any recommendations on witch states to look at, The closer to WA the better.
A DIY hunt preferably on public land.

Yep

It'll suck.My guess.

A friend of mine moved to Wichita Falls, Texas a couple months ago and I would like to get down to visit during March next year to visit and go hog hunting. Is there a way I could get onto some good hunting without paying a commercial operation? My friend isn't a hunter so I don't think he will be much help in that regard.