Post by bonzai on Dec 12, 2015 19:32:08 GMT -5
Busy weekend. Spotted a sounder of hogs in the south grainfield about 2PM. Went the long way around to put on a stalk and turns out they were all little piggies. Little ones grow into big ones that cause mega damage so I waited until they bunched up and put 300 grains into the middle of them. I got at least 2, one DRT and another I had to chase down on foot and then poke his heart with my pocket knife.
I set all 4 of my hog traps in the afternoon before going deer hunting. Saw a couple fawns, two young bucks, and a really wide 8-pt that I couldn't make older than 3 1/2 so they all walked. A sow and piglet came in and ran the deer off so the sow got plugged. It was the most perfect shot in the history of pig-hunters because she died right next to the road.
I cleaned the sow and the larger of the two piglets, then sat on the porch enjoying the evening. About 8PM I hear a big metallic bang and realized one of my traps had just sprung. I checked it out and it was a single 40-ish lb boar. Shot him and reset the trap, although nothing else touched the trap that night. Too much blood I guess...
This morning I sat in a stand but the wind kept pretty much everything bedded down. I checked my traps and found these 5 in the smaller box trap. I think it was the same group I hassled yesterday. So I removed at least 7 of the dozen or so in the sounder; it's a start...
In the corral trap I caught an old boar that will probably push 200#. He's got the biggest tusks I've seen yet on this ranch. I'll post a video of him in the other thread.
I set all 4 of my hog traps in the afternoon before going deer hunting. Saw a couple fawns, two young bucks, and a really wide 8-pt that I couldn't make older than 3 1/2 so they all walked. A sow and piglet came in and ran the deer off so the sow got plugged. It was the most perfect shot in the history of pig-hunters because she died right next to the road.
I cleaned the sow and the larger of the two piglets, then sat on the porch enjoying the evening. About 8PM I hear a big metallic bang and realized one of my traps had just sprung. I checked it out and it was a single 40-ish lb boar. Shot him and reset the trap, although nothing else touched the trap that night. Too much blood I guess...
This morning I sat in a stand but the wind kept pretty much everything bedded down. I checked my traps and found these 5 in the smaller box trap. I think it was the same group I hassled yesterday. So I removed at least 7 of the dozen or so in the sounder; it's a start...
In the corral trap I caught an old boar that will probably push 200#. He's got the biggest tusks I've seen yet on this ranch. I'll post a video of him in the other thread.
