Hog hunting

Nice hog and even nicer rifle. Which pcp is that? 

That sir is a beautiful thing. I love me some wild pig mmmmm. Did you shoot him in the ear? If so what pellet did you use?

Great job sir!

I got a javelina with the 25 cal gauntlet in the ear at 45 yards. He dropped like a brick. He was tearing up a friends garden bed and rose bushes. 

I love my .25 M2R, not sure I would put it or a .22 on a hog though. Nice shot...What distance was this?

Taken 25-30 pigs since March with my Texans in .457, .257, and Condor SS.25 caliber. Weights have ranged from 35-225#’s.

What do you do with all them pigs? 

nice going!!! holiday BBQ time! 

That is awesome hunting! Wish I was in Texas and maybe could help with the "problem". Thanks for sharing the hunt with us.

Dang! Looks like some type of trap is called for-if you can get them to go in....

Huntman, wonderful shot on that big pig with your beautiful Ataman! Keep on them hogs!

I've used my impact .30 with a 44 grn JSB up to 50 yards with great success. I live in North East Texas as well and would love to lend a hand with your pig issue if you ever need the help! 

This sow was 23yds when I shot her. I have kept my shots on pigs at 25yds are less. I live in East Tx. and own 150 acres in White Oak bottom. We are over ran with pigs and the deer population seems to be going down every year. We are losing the battle on pigs. A sow can have up to three litters a year with 8 to 12 piglets. It gets worse, Each sow pig can start breeding at 8 months old. Do the math. This is what I see pretty much every time I go hunting. 3 pics from 3 different of my feeders. I’m fixing to put up hog panels around 

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Reminds me of when I first moved into my semi-isolated neighborhood 12 years ago. A couple of people were feeding stray cats right by my house, not sure for how log, and there were cats and kittens everywhere. Including a family living in the attic of my new to me house, and one kitten I ran over trying to back out of the driveway. If you needed a flea circus back then, around my house was the place to be. On top of that every bobcat, coyote and hawk on that side of town, was always by for a quick easy meal. Finally the feeders moved, and almost all the ferrel cats were gone, but the predators were still around, and small pets became what's for dinner. In fact it's the reason I'm here today. I bought a Diana RWS 460mag .22 and a $500 ATN gen1+ night vision to go on it, so I could shoot out of my open 2nd story window, without discharging a firearm. I never saw more than a bobcat at distance and a fair amount of opossums. Good anyway, that springer would have killed my scope.

I have heard that here in east and central Texas we are overrun with ferrel hogs. My family used to run West Texas Outfitters. I was known as a very capable shooter. I used to offer my Bosche and Lomb scoped pre64 .270, day or night, for free to anyone that would let me hunt for free, and I have jeep and all equipment, and not one single time did anyone ever take me up on the offer. I keep hearing there are places that are desperate but I'm yet to find one. Seems like a good opportunity, just by helping people find each other. Maybe a posting in these small town linked back to a main dispatcher. Seems like a good way to feed the hungry too.

Yea, I need to start trapping them and selling them. There are 3 outfitters next to me that has high fence hog hunts that would buy them off of me. Heck I should be doing that on the side lol.

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Problem is the processing station is only giving .30 pound and fairly strict about time constraints

Outfitters or high fence are only allowed to buy boars and they must be castrated no sows 

It's actually illegal to sell live feral pigs to an unlicensed buyer although I've seen quite a few 

Pigs from baby up to 180 are almost always good to eat around this time of the year plenty of acorns and feeder corn and mesquite beans. Later in the year they do more scavenger and bugs depending on location and the meat can become a bit gamey and rank. A test we would do is cut a small piece and cook it on an open fire if it smells like urine then we wouldn't try to harvest the meat. 

Cooking Feral pig is a little tricky, it goes from done to over done very very fast and when you over cook it the meat will sometimes get a unpleasant smell.

I almost always cook feral pig with a lot of spices not because of flavor most of the time east Texas pig has a light nutty flavor but because of the stronger smell than most are used to. 

Avoid using bone saws and instead cut the tendons and tissue at the joints to get your hams and quarters separated the bone marrow has a strong game taste and taints the meat. Not enough fat on most ferals so I buy beacon bits and pieces from Walmart or a big fatty pork roast if I am going to make sausage, besides the fat between the skin and meat many times has a lot of thorn tips and adds to the game taste some like that but to each it's own.

When hunting ferals it a very good idea to be ready for the kill and chill. I always go out with at least two bags of ice and field dress within a hour 

I never use my good knives to skin and process I go to harbor freight and buy a couple of handfulls of those snap off Razer knives 1/4 inch they work perfectly and when you do it right you can cut right through the chest carledge opening the chest up same goes for the joints. The skins and hair has so much dirt and junk they will kill an edge on hunting knives in no time at all 

Impressive shooting. Good job in respecting the limitations of your equipment and choosing the perfect shot placement. Looks like some good eating. That’s expert class right there!