G'dale Mike
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interesting week, learned some new things concerning hogs and hog life.
So, previously I have posted that I have a large group of hogs that I feed 2-3 times per day. It had gotten to where I could throw out corn, and here they’d come, as long as I sat quiet, they’d come with in 20 yds and not pay much attn to me.
Middle of week, big boar hog that I successfully posted video of preciously giving me the stink eye, well, he does the same, but bluff charges me. Thats a little different behavior, eh, maybe he’s having a bad day. No harm, no foul.
Friday, the group of wise sows with their shoats, nor the alpha boarhog showed up all day. Had my group of 12 thug nasty “teenage “ hogs spend all day eating my corn, that was all
So , Saturday early, i drive my diesel gator down to my clearing, get out with a bucket o corn and start walking down the steep hill to where i’ve been feeding . As soon as I start down the hill, there’s a real good size boar heading up the hill , he looks just like a 1.5 yr old boar that still hangs around with the sows, and alpha boar hasnt run off yet, but as I walk down the hill, he’s acting a little different, and my antenna are up now
Get down to my spot and start flinging corn and here comes the whole herd, probably 30 in all. And i see the alpha boar, but also, the 1.5 yr old. And then, the big hog came down, and he mustve been 1.5’er’s Dad!!! Going up the hill, i didnt have a reference. But now that he was with the normal crew i see every day,, well, this guy was a stud! He was a good 4” taller than the alpha boar, who is not to tall, but is thick all day long. This new guy looked to have heavy Russian influence. And he was really stink eyeing me, and approaching, backing off, sneaking behind me, really sizing me up.
I am definitly keeping an eye on him as i finish chking game camera. While i’m doing that, he goes over and challenges alpha boar, they put on quite a performance.
I decide to go ahead and institute my plan of harvesting a boar with my grandad’s browning lite 12 using my dad’s 1 oz western X slugs(purchased in the mid 1960’s)
Go to house, gather gear, more corn, and head back to the clearing where i parked earlier, have a tree stand there, throw corn, ascend tree stand
Sow and shoats come out, and then a big boar. Dang boar comes right under treestand, and lo and behold,, 55 year old western X slugs get the job done! To my disappointment, the boar I shot was the 1.5 year old, not his dad. Oh well, a good test of equipment and ammo.he had nice 1-1.5” cutters and whetters were just starting to show good.
2 obvious things I learned.
1) dont get complacent and forget that wild animals are wild. Also, animals may act a certain way, but sometimes new actors are added to the play. And when sows are in heat, testosterone causes some altered behavior
2) when harvesting, be patient. I missed the perfect chance to kill a wallhanger, after working for years to modify hog behavior and patterns, i blew my chance to get the one i wanted. When i shot, pigs went everywhere, it will be a while , if ever , to get to where i can sit while they eat. Plus, today, my sounder is half size it was. I had a four week old lil shoat, that was lost that followed me around all day but wouldnt let me catch it. Finally, i turned a dog loose, it got caught, but it got away ..sorry this took so long to write , but,i certainly had a busy day
So, previously I have posted that I have a large group of hogs that I feed 2-3 times per day. It had gotten to where I could throw out corn, and here they’d come, as long as I sat quiet, they’d come with in 20 yds and not pay much attn to me.
Middle of week, big boar hog that I successfully posted video of preciously giving me the stink eye, well, he does the same, but bluff charges me. Thats a little different behavior, eh, maybe he’s having a bad day. No harm, no foul.
Friday, the group of wise sows with their shoats, nor the alpha boarhog showed up all day. Had my group of 12 thug nasty “teenage “ hogs spend all day eating my corn, that was all
So , Saturday early, i drive my diesel gator down to my clearing, get out with a bucket o corn and start walking down the steep hill to where i’ve been feeding . As soon as I start down the hill, there’s a real good size boar heading up the hill , he looks just like a 1.5 yr old boar that still hangs around with the sows, and alpha boar hasnt run off yet, but as I walk down the hill, he’s acting a little different, and my antenna are up now
Get down to my spot and start flinging corn and here comes the whole herd, probably 30 in all. And i see the alpha boar, but also, the 1.5 yr old. And then, the big hog came down, and he mustve been 1.5’er’s Dad!!! Going up the hill, i didnt have a reference. But now that he was with the normal crew i see every day,, well, this guy was a stud! He was a good 4” taller than the alpha boar, who is not to tall, but is thick all day long. This new guy looked to have heavy Russian influence. And he was really stink eyeing me, and approaching, backing off, sneaking behind me, really sizing me up.
I am definitly keeping an eye on him as i finish chking game camera. While i’m doing that, he goes over and challenges alpha boar, they put on quite a performance.
I decide to go ahead and institute my plan of harvesting a boar with my grandad’s browning lite 12 using my dad’s 1 oz western X slugs(purchased in the mid 1960’s)
Go to house, gather gear, more corn, and head back to the clearing where i parked earlier, have a tree stand there, throw corn, ascend tree stand
Sow and shoats come out, and then a big boar. Dang boar comes right under treestand, and lo and behold,, 55 year old western X slugs get the job done! To my disappointment, the boar I shot was the 1.5 year old, not his dad. Oh well, a good test of equipment and ammo.he had nice 1-1.5” cutters and whetters were just starting to show good.
2 obvious things I learned.
1) dont get complacent and forget that wild animals are wild. Also, animals may act a certain way, but sometimes new actors are added to the play. And when sows are in heat, testosterone causes some altered behavior
2) when harvesting, be patient. I missed the perfect chance to kill a wallhanger, after working for years to modify hog behavior and patterns, i blew my chance to get the one i wanted. When i shot, pigs went everywhere, it will be a while , if ever , to get to where i can sit while they eat. Plus, today, my sounder is half size it was. I had a four week old lil shoat, that was lost that followed me around all day but wouldnt let me catch it. Finally, i turned a dog loose, it got caught, but it got away ..sorry this took so long to write , but,i certainly had a busy day
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