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[Chupacabra Hunter]

Im surprised to see only 1 little piggie....

 

[Chupacabra Hunter]

cant wait to go hog hunting......

 

[TexMex247]

Don't let that fat sow eat up all your deer corn ! What do you put em' down with ?

 

[Chupacabra Hunter]

Don't let that fat sow eat up all your deer corn ! What do you put em' down with ?

Actually with last year's drought, pigs sorta disappeared off the ranch.... no sustainable water supply.... we tried hauling water, but that worked only for a little while. Now that deer season is over and the with the recent rains.... its hog hunting time... we set up lights by another feeder. I shot them with my AR before and my brother in law with his 270. Do you get a chance to do any hog hunting? where?

 

[TexMex247]

I head down to Pearsall every year to deer hunt at a friends place. His family has over 800 acres down there. This year I struck out with the deer(nothing over 8 pts) but put down 4 hogs and my friends shot a pair. My friends shot them on the run using a berettta storm rifle in 40S&W. I was using my 280 which has dispatched over a dozen of them in the last 3 or 4 years. I might put a post up showing the results of the 162gr A-max bullet vs a hog at 200 yds. I would never shoot a deer with one after witnessing it's explosive expansion. The population down there has come on strong in the last decade and hasn't faded a bit even with heavy trapping and hunting.

 

[Chupacabra Hunter]

Same here... deer season was a bust..... just a doe.... although my son did get his first kill on another ranch not too far away... post the pics of the hogs you killed.....

 

[GrumpyOldTex]

Here's a couple of pics of pigs we shot on our lease in east Texas near Buffalo. Oops. It wouldn't let me download but one, I'll add the other ones in another post.

 

[GrumpyOldTex]

Another one I shot.

 

[GrumpyOldTex]

Pigs at my feeder,

 

[GrumpyOldTex]

My gamecam takes good videos too. [video=facebook;201993969872522]http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=201993969872522[/video]

 

[DirtyD]

Just got done shooting them from a helicopter down around Matagorda last Sunday... Now that is FUN!

 

[GrumpyOldTex]

I can imagine. I'll have to try that sometime. And TY for your service to our country.

 

[Randman]

Just got invited to go hunt piggies on a little 400 acre ranch... Camping and hog hunting.. Does it get any better than that! It's all about respecting the land and the land owner, when they are comfortable with you, then you get the invites.. Then just don't screw up and you have a friend for life...

 

[Chupacabra Hunter]

Another one I shot. View attachment 12750

thats a good size hog.... what caliber?

 

[Chupacabra Hunter]

Just got invited to go hunt piggies on a little 400 acre ranch... Camping and hog hunting.. Does it get any better than that! It's all about respecting the land and the land owner, when they are comfortable with you, then you get the invites.. Then just don't screw up and you have a friend for life...

400 acres is plenty for hog hunting..... hope you have a blast.... post some pics....

 

[GrumpyOldTex]

CAR-15 .223 55gr. fmj 4 shots 1 hit to the body trotting at 150 yards. 1 miss behind him after he turned around and started running back where he came from. 1 hit running wide open at 175 yards that flipped him and dropped him, and 1 more to the back of the head to keep him down. 3rd shot was the luckiest shot I ever made. Glad I had my grandson and best buddy as a witness.

 

[GrumpyOldTex]

Hogs are tough. Best bullet placement is right behind the ear with smaller calibers.

 

[txgunner00]

Just got done shooting them from a helicopter down around Matagorda last Sunday... Now that is FUN!

My BIL and I were there Saturday. Most fun I've had in a long time.


[video=youtube;3ht7NiBqm8Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ht7NiBqm8Y&context=C351a183ADOEgsToPDskLt DBXaVDNmBwzUKZG5s4h4[/video]

 

[GrumpyOldTex]

DAMN!!!!!! That looked like fun. I'd love to do that with tracers. How many hulls did you bounce off the pilots helmet? LOL.

 

[Randman]

Did someone go back and get the meat?