Hey Texicans, HOG hunting???
I would love to go on a feral hog hunt in Texas. Anyone know of a place they can recommend down Texas way that would be worth of my hard earned money for the hunt of a lifetime?
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There's a fenced game farm west of here that has some hogs on it. They probably do guided hunts, but why? The darn things are everywhere. Some people pay to hunt them, but many landowners will let you take them out for free.
I know they live in the South Sulphur bottoms, just south of here. I've seen them, even hit one with my truck.
Just west of here, a friend's son ran into a bunch of them at night. Truck flipped, young man died.0 -
Niece and her two girlfriends went to Hogwild Adventures(NW of Houston) a few years ago, and ran out of ammo. Looking at their webpage, they now set a limit to two hogs. My BIL has been trying to get me down there for a helicopter hunt, says it's the only way you want to do it. His 1st one he was using an AR, and the others that had done it before, were using 12ga extended mag tubes with buckshot. He got 3, they all averaged 8-10. The pilots have a real job herding cattle in the brush. They can get on a group of hogs, and keep them in your sights until they run out of hogs, or you run out of ammo.
Niece and one of her friends with the 1st of 3 loads they brought in:
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TRAP55 wrote:Niece and her two girlfriends went to Hogwild Adventures(NW of Houston) a few years ago, and ran out of ammo. Looking at their webpage, they now set a limit to two hogs. My BIL has been trying to get me down there for a helicopter hunt, says it's the only way you want to do it. His 1st one he was using an AR, and the others that had done it before, were using 12ga extended mag tubes with buckshot. He got 3, they all averaged 8-10. The pilots have a real job herding cattle in the brush. They can get on a group of hogs, and keep them in your sights until they run out of hogs, or you run out of ammo.
Niece and one of her friends with the 1st of 3 loads they brought in:
Oh hell yeah!
I'm in!!0 -
Dam girls guns an hunting I am ready to go too 0 -
Son got a line on a business associate who has farm land in Arkansas. Guy says the hogs move in when weather cools and start tearing up his fields. Sounds like it's an ammo burning foray in December if we can get the last of our farm work finished. 0 -
Texas is were I got my tusker - with of all things a uberti baby rolling block carbine and some .38 long colt cowboy action loads...
One round dug a trench down his shoulder till it hit bone - the second round was a golden BB event as it went in the mouth and tore through the palette and out the back of the throat...
It shrugged off the first round spun around and charged - and damn they can open that mouth wide and it's full of buzz saw teeth...
Second visit I took my Marlin 336 lever action rifle in .35 rem with 200 grain Remington silver tips...
That tended to drop a pig like the hand of god - and the wound channels were impressive - especially if the bullet hit bone on an angle - really tore things up...
Better to be over gunned than under gunned with pecs and javelinas and boars as they often travel in packs and will charge - they don't see well but they have great hearing and a great sense of smell - they are afraid of nothing...
First time I saw dogs wearing body armor - they tore up the pecan and locust and walnut tree root systems and the ground cover and even I am told ate birds...
Super invasive destructive species - I now understand the term pig bomb or pig apocalypse.
The ones that feed primarily on nuts and berries and fruit have a decent flavor if prepared correctly - a laborious process that does not always yield much usable meat - mostly smoked Jersey and some center cut prime bacon...
Often they have worms or parasites or where tumors and deformities.
The sows - females are big and nasty and crazy.
My friends make dog treats from some of the better meat with a smoker and marinade (pineapple is a hit as well as tangerine / I never would have thought of trying tangerine)
My friends gentleman's ranch / family property is in a constant battle with them - they have tried to restore ponds and Marsh and meadow habitat to attract deer and ducks and waterfowl and even antelope - they have been restoring groves of fruit and nut trees and trying to plant native ground cover along stream and creek beds - including cactus and flowering plants...
The piggies have been a big problem - they have a decent group of hunters who they let cull and hunt and eliminate the oinkers.
I understand Texas fish and game is very supportive in the battle.
I even ended up using my Spanish Star model A in 9mm largo with some hot FMJ Ball ammo to deliver a coup de gras to several shot by others - first time out I took only two magazines or 14 rounds and that went pretty quick...
Seeing them loaded into a dumpster with a backhoe in large numbers - dead as a doorknob was strange and disturbing.
They tell me a wolverine or bear can kill them - but I don't imagine that adds up to many total dead per year...
The gents old lady makes jewelry from the tusks - ear rings and pendants and even cabinet door or drawer pulls...
That's my experience anyway - I am by no means an expert but did get a brief glimpse into that world.
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Starting to be an issue in upstate New York....coming up from Pennsylvania. Rule used to be shoot em on sight. Several years ago, the Conservation Dept. Changed the regulation...can't shoot them now...they want you to just report the sighting.
I'd like to know why the change of heart.0
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