Balog
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In this thread, H&Hhunter made me a happy little Balog by letting me in on the fact that Arizona DOES, in fact, have a feral hog population! Forget the deer, I'm going hog huntin!
I'm thinking of using my Mossie 12ga w/ some 1oz slugs I've got. I need to do some more testing, but they've always been reliable in my gun and dead on for me, windage-wise. Would a 1oz soft lead slug moving at IIRC 1600fps do for a piggie, or will I need to borrow a rifle off of one of my friends? I'd really prefer to use my Mossie as I know it and am comfortable with it.
I'm gonna try to talk an older gent I know into going with me to show me the ropes. He doesn't get much chance to go hunting anymore, tho, so I might need to go it alone. Any advice or links about how to clean the porkers to keep 'em tasty?
Speaking of tasty, in keeping with my wife's request that I "shoot something she can cook" I need some good hog recipes. The little woman can already cook up a mean rack of ribs, but after that she has no idea about fixin pig. Any ideas?
And last but not least, any advice about how to actually go about putting a hurtin on Mr. Bacon instead of just taking my gun for a walk? I've looked at quite a few posts on THR about the subject. I'll be doing searches on TFL and the forums at HuntAmerica.com, but is there any advice you'd give a novice hunter?
Any input is appreciated. Thanks.
I'm thinking of using my Mossie 12ga w/ some 1oz slugs I've got. I need to do some more testing, but they've always been reliable in my gun and dead on for me, windage-wise. Would a 1oz soft lead slug moving at IIRC 1600fps do for a piggie, or will I need to borrow a rifle off of one of my friends? I'd really prefer to use my Mossie as I know it and am comfortable with it.
I'm gonna try to talk an older gent I know into going with me to show me the ropes. He doesn't get much chance to go hunting anymore, tho, so I might need to go it alone. Any advice or links about how to clean the porkers to keep 'em tasty?
Speaking of tasty, in keeping with my wife's request that I "shoot something she can cook" I need some good hog recipes. The little woman can already cook up a mean rack of ribs, but after that she has no idea about fixin pig. Any ideas?
And last but not least, any advice about how to actually go about putting a hurtin on Mr. Bacon instead of just taking my gun for a walk? I've looked at quite a few posts on THR about the subject. I'll be doing searches on TFL and the forums at HuntAmerica.com, but is there any advice you'd give a novice hunter?
Any input is appreciated. Thanks.