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Not again.......! Feral Hog Control in East Texas
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Double Naught Spy
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"Sharks with freakin' laser beams attached to their heads"
Do you know Dr. Evil?
Do you know Dr. Evil?
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Flintknapper
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No, so little chance I can borrow his. Besides the 'stream' that runs through my property is only a couple feet deep in most places. So maybe Piranha and no laser beams?
Hogs lay in that water all the time.
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Flintknapper
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Frustrating sometimes. Got a Pen Trap set up for a group of hogs that are currently visiting a bait site I have about 300 yds. away.
This is the group:
A couple of hogs from the group have visited the trap and even gone in it (I have the doors pinned open), but the rest of the hogs haven't made the journey yet. The two hogs that are coming to it....consist of a Small Boar and Sow. Of course, the boar doesn't really like the sow getting any of the corn and spends a lot of time chasing her away. So at any one time... there is only one hog in the trap. I'm not going to 'set' the trip wire for one hog.
I've had this happen before where one hog is so dominant that it keeps the others away from the trap or at least scatters them frequently. Neither hog is too wild about staying inside the trap for very long right now.
Typically in a group that has small pigs in it....the little ones will be the first to go into the trap (not being wary). So after the smaller pigs have entered (and nothing happens to them) the rest of the pigs gradually become trusting of it AND their greed takes over. They don't like to see the smaller pigs getting all the corn.
I normally keep a camera or two on the traps (video mode) so I can see how many of the hogs are entering and how they interact. At some point I will set the trip wire. What I prefer to see is....all or most of the hogs entering. The smaller hogs eating the corn scattered inside the trap and a larger (more dominant hog) claiming the baited hole over which I place the trip wire. That hog....will 'root out' the trip wire at the back of the pen trap. This usually results in the largest 'catch'.
But I might have to shoot the boar first if he keeps running everything else off. Then it looks like I am going to have a raccoon or two to deal with as well. They will set the trip off too, had that happen many times.
This is the group:
A couple of hogs from the group have visited the trap and even gone in it (I have the doors pinned open), but the rest of the hogs haven't made the journey yet. The two hogs that are coming to it....consist of a Small Boar and Sow. Of course, the boar doesn't really like the sow getting any of the corn and spends a lot of time chasing her away. So at any one time... there is only one hog in the trap. I'm not going to 'set' the trip wire for one hog.
I've had this happen before where one hog is so dominant that it keeps the others away from the trap or at least scatters them frequently. Neither hog is too wild about staying inside the trap for very long right now.
Typically in a group that has small pigs in it....the little ones will be the first to go into the trap (not being wary). So after the smaller pigs have entered (and nothing happens to them) the rest of the pigs gradually become trusting of it AND their greed takes over. They don't like to see the smaller pigs getting all the corn.
I normally keep a camera or two on the traps (video mode) so I can see how many of the hogs are entering and how they interact. At some point I will set the trip wire. What I prefer to see is....all or most of the hogs entering. The smaller hogs eating the corn scattered inside the trap and a larger (more dominant hog) claiming the baited hole over which I place the trip wire. That hog....will 'root out' the trip wire at the back of the pen trap. This usually results in the largest 'catch'.
But I might have to shoot the boar first if he keeps running everything else off. Then it looks like I am going to have a raccoon or two to deal with as well. They will set the trip off too, had that happen many times.
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Pretty sad, just one Sow last night. This sow (and a boar) seem to dominate the area and won't let the others in the group get the corn around or inside the trap. The group is 15 pigs...comprised of different age groups. So maybe if I can get the boar next....then it will free the others up to go after the bait.
Ole Joe Clark
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Flint,
Do you use a .22 to dispose of them in the trap?
Have a blessed day,
Leon
Do you use a .22 to dispose of them in the trap?
Have a blessed day,
Leon
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Flintknapper
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Normally yes, but I just loaded some .45acp with 185 gr. HP (Speed Gold Dot) at different levels and thought this would be a good opportunity to test one or two since I had to dispatch the pig anyway.
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Well....this is not going very quickly.
Three more last night...but its going to take forever at this rate.
The hogs are already a bit wary about entering the trap. Then.... each time you don't catch most (or all of ) the group, they learn from it. When hogs are present outside the trap when it goes off and then come back later to see some of the group inside the trap, they learn from that. Soon you have 'trap shy' hogs.
Looking at this video from another bait site nearby....it seems I have a 'ways to go' still.
Three more last night...but its going to take forever at this rate.
The hogs are already a bit wary about entering the trap. Then.... each time you don't catch most (or all of ) the group, they learn from it. When hogs are present outside the trap when it goes off and then come back later to see some of the group inside the trap, they learn from that. Soon you have 'trap shy' hogs.
Looking at this video from another bait site nearby....it seems I have a 'ways to go' still.
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Well...the little devils want to go in. They KNOW the corn is there....but no one wants to go first. So the trap isn't doing much good right now.
I've set two snares where they are entering the bait site and I am going to go sit on that stand this evening (wind permitting). See if I can get a couple (or more) of them lined up.
Send a 540 grain hard-cast bullet that direction and see what we get.
I've set two snares where they are entering the bait site and I am going to go sit on that stand this evening (wind permitting). See if I can get a couple (or more) of them lined up.
Send a 540 grain hard-cast bullet that direction and see what we get.
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Flintknapper
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They will shoot through as many pigs as you can get lined up. I've never recovered one of these. I don't know where they stop.
JeffG
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I know what you mean...
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JeffG
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Ya, Zastava Mauser. I only shoot cast.
Ole Joe Clark
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That's a good looking but effective "anything" stopper. Kinda like a loaded 18 wheeler doing 30 mph, devastating.
Good shooting,
Leon
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Flintknapper
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No 'group' this evening. Shot the only thing that showed up (150 lb boar). Oh well....one less to deal with.
Good looking rifle in that pic. Big 'Ol pig too. Look at all the damage (rooting) that had been done behind it, wow.
Good looking rifle in that pic. Big 'Ol pig too. Look at all the damage (rooting) that had been done behind it, wow.
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Those are some beautiful bullets. I have some lower weight pile drivers loaded for the SOCOM. BUT! I have some 705 WLNs and haven't loaded them in anything. Those will be subsonic only! Good luck on the piggies. Be Well, Packy.
Atavar
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I have hunted these in Arizona and they are like no other game you have ever hunted. They are insanely smart and curious and will backtrack and keep watch on you from behind.
They are masters of concealment when they feel threatened. I think they enjoy running a tracker in circles and making you work yourself to death in rough terrain and through obstacles.
They are masters of concealment when they feel threatened. I think they enjoy running a tracker in circles and making you work yourself to death in rough terrain and through obstacles.
Double Naught Spy
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So, they didn't stand still and broadside in front of you at 25 yards and wait to be shot?
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I’ll just say they make deer seem easy.So, they didn't stand still and broadside in front of you at 25 yards and wait to be shot?
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Flintknapper
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So, they didn't stand still and broadside in front of you at 25 yards and wait to be shot?
Take ME......Take ME......!
Seriously, they can be challenging and they are smart animals.
Double Naught Spy
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Which was kind of my point. You have to put a little more effort, sometimes, into getting into position to shoot hogs (emphasis on 'sometimes').
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A little 'pay back' this evening. I have a feeder (lighted) in a spot in the pasture behind the house. In the daytime...when hogs are present I just shoot from the back porch (a little over 300 yds). At night its harder to see so I will drive the Land Cruiser to within 150 yds, park it right in the edge of the pasture and angle it such that I can use the side view mirror as a rest (sort of).
Last night I sat until 10:30 p.m., a steady stream of mosquitoes coming in through the one open window.
Hogs didn't show....so I went back to the house. Checked the game camera this morning and they had come in to the feeder 20 minutes after I had left. Come on.....really...!
We had a storm front blow through earlier in the day and behind it a brisk wind. In my area...the hogs do not like to stay back in the woods (mixture of Pine and Hardwoods) when the wind is strong because all the tree tops are moving. They will find a sheltered area to stay in (planted pines or heavy undergrowth) sometimes, but more often they seek some edge cover (pastures, openings). With that in mind....I expected them to come to the feeder early, which they did.
Not a real large group (thankfully) but had a decent sized boar in it. I let them settle in on the corn and stop their infighting. The boar was in the back most of the time and I had to wait for him to work his way forward. I was shooting the 7mm-08....so didn't want to try for a 'double' even though I had two pigs lined up at one point.
Eventually he made his way to the front, turned broadside and offered a nice High Shoulder Shot opportunity. Shooting off the mirror isn't the most steady thing (at my age) but it worked out. One less hog to worry about and it makes my mosquito bites somewhat easier to live with.
Boar is under feeder .
Last night I sat until 10:30 p.m., a steady stream of mosquitoes coming in through the one open window.
Hogs didn't show....so I went back to the house. Checked the game camera this morning and they had come in to the feeder 20 minutes after I had left. Come on.....really...!
We had a storm front blow through earlier in the day and behind it a brisk wind. In my area...the hogs do not like to stay back in the woods (mixture of Pine and Hardwoods) when the wind is strong because all the tree tops are moving. They will find a sheltered area to stay in (planted pines or heavy undergrowth) sometimes, but more often they seek some edge cover (pastures, openings). With that in mind....I expected them to come to the feeder early, which they did.
Not a real large group (thankfully) but had a decent sized boar in it. I let them settle in on the corn and stop their infighting. The boar was in the back most of the time and I had to wait for him to work his way forward. I was shooting the 7mm-08....so didn't want to try for a 'double' even though I had two pigs lined up at one point.
Eventually he made his way to the front, turned broadside and offered a nice High Shoulder Shot opportunity. Shooting off the mirror isn't the most steady thing (at my age) but it worked out. One less hog to worry about and it makes my mosquito bites somewhat easier to live with.
Boar is under feeder .
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Ole Joe Clark
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One less breeder. Good shooting.
Have a blessed day,
Leon
Have a blessed day,
Leon
der Teufel
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Another small victory!
