Not again.......! Feral Hog Control in East Texas

An ode to Ole Green:
I have spent many an hour in that ole green GMC that really should have given up long ago. It has knocked down trees, found trees that would not give way, been buried in the sandy soil more times than one can count and even into a ditch that was not there the day before the rains came. It has persevered through it all with only an occasional pull by another truck (One time it took a back hoe and cat) had hundreds of hogs butchered on it's battered tailgate and manages to start and go every morning. Stony's life would not be shrouded in luxury as he travels from one hog trap site to another if not for "ole green".
I feel really bad up here in Washington State traveling in my new pick up equipped with leather and GPS while Stony continues to toil in "ole green"......well maybe I don't feel quite that bad.:neener:
 
If I was a betting man, I would bet that Stony's ole green truck don't have a foot thick coupon book with it.

Have a blessed day,

Leon
 
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Ole Joe, Ole Green has fenders that have a different contour than when produced by GM, the bumpers have seen straighter days, kinda lift up on the right side of tail gate to close, occasionally shovel out copious amounts of sand from floorboard and enjoy the delightful odor of fermenting corn emanating from the bed but no cupon books.
 
SoonerMedic,
The land I hunt here is public land. There's plent of it and plenty of hogs. I'm spending most of my time (almost every evening from 18:00-21:30) in one particular parcel (about 500 acres). I know there are pigs there. And I've seen several 350+lb boars with some impressive cutters. Sounded frequently are 25 plus hogs including several piglets. But the uncleared land right now is completely unnavigable. And it's too hot to wear pants and boots (95+ degrees and 90+% humidity). It really sucks. I've got other places to go set bait sites, but I really want to pull one off this place. Amos Moses (my Catahoula) and I will go check another spot this weekend.
 
Mikey,
I think what you are saying in that the truck has character. My truck that I have named "Ole Red" for obvious reasons in a 1995 Toyota T100. I bet it would haul hogs with dignity. Stoney's truck knows the way back home I would think.
 
Another little fella..

I took a friend out last night to try for one of a couple of larger boars that I've been seeing on one of my cameras. This guy wandered in about 9pm, but by the time we got him taken care of I didn't get home until after midnite. The hog soaked up a 6.5 Creedmore with a 123 Hornady bullet in it, just behind the shoulder, and it never exited. The hog made it about 25 yds before laying down on his belly, and I had to give him a .40 ca. before he gave it up entirely. For comparison of size, the fellow standing next to him is about 5'10". We couldn't drag him in the sand between the two of us.
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Don't know Ole Joe...I think it's getting a little redundant showing the same old tailgate with hogs on it over and over. These three this morning bring the total up to 548. I took the handle off my favorite old klunker knife and I am in the process of redoing it, so I had to saw away with these others this morning. My freezer is getting full, I'm going to have to move some of it along pretty quick.
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I'm sure it gets old, Stony. I don't know how you keep it up. If it is as hot in Texas as it has been here in the Heart of Dixie, it's too hot to do anything much. I saw 100° F here last Saturday afternoon. After a storm last night it's only 91° today. Enjoy your stories though. I guess Flint has moved on to other things.
 
It's been hitting around the 100 mark pretty regularly around here lately. I get out and check traps and feed areas as soon as it's light out to see anything in the morning before the heat really sets in.
Actually I don't get tired of chasing the hogs around and still have a lot of fun with it....I just figured posting pics of hogs on my tailgate often should be getting pretty boring for folks.
 
It's not boring to folks like me who usually just shoot paper, so we will have something to reload to shoot paper again.

If you don't belong to a hunting club here theres not many good or safe places to hunt. The public land is covered in kids and older guys with no sense of safety and are dangerous to be around.
 
This thread is so awesome. Helps those of us that don't have any land or safe places to hunt any longer.

Color me envious of those full freezers. Keep up the good work!!
 
Two small sows on the tailgate again this morning, but I didn't bother with pictures this time. Just a couple more pigs....up to #550.
 
I haven't commented here before. I like the thread. We are starting to get feral hogs in New York, but there is no season for it. It is also prohibited. I would love to go on a hog hunt at some point. Keep posting, we'll keep reading.
 
BigBore44 said:
SoonerMedic,
The land I hunt here is public land. There's plent of it and plenty of hogs. I'm spending most of my time (almost every evening from 18:00-21:30) in one particular parcel (about 500 acres). I know there are pigs there. And I've seen several 350+lb boars with some impressive cutters. Sounded frequently are 25 plus hogs including several piglets. But the uncleared land right now is completely unnavigable. And it's too hot to wear pants and boots (95+ degrees and 90+% humidity). It really sucks. I've got other places to go set bait sites, but I really want to pull one off this place. Amos Moses (my Catahoula) and I will go check another spot this weekend.
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That sounds awesome! I've been considering walking Cross Timbers in Love County, but it's not something I'd like to do alone. I'm not familiar with how popular it is and I would hate to get caugh up in a group of pigs and not have somebody there with me just in case lol. Post up if you end up getting one!
 
Stony said:
Two small sows on the tailgate again this morning, but I didn't bother with pictures this time. Just a couple more pigs....up to #550.
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You need to stop releasing the little piglets back and you will start breaking their cycle. As you know they grow up and for every sow you release it puts 10-100 fold back in just a couple of years.

With it drying out I need to start checking on my ponds. They are both spring feed so there is always water. They have only got in one over the last couple of years. The are skidish on coming since they loose all there cover.
 
SoonerMedic,
I'll admit, I had to look up "Cross Timers in Love Country". The name had me totally thinking something more....fruity. Now that I got squared away.... Walking in the woods alone isn't that big of a deal. I do it all the time. It's all about proper planning. Being a medic (I am a NatCert EMT) you know what to do should the worst occur. And carry necessities for such an event. I also always have my XD45 with 13+1 of 230gr Winchester PDX1's. 2 flashlights, water, rope, and whatever I choose for my primary weapon (one of my big bore rifles, bow, etc). And my cellphone fully charged. Someone ALWAYS knows my general location. Safety, safety, safety.

If for some reason you did get charged, remember hogs charge with their heads down. They're very fast. But you can jump them. Odds are you'll never be charged. But it can happen.

I've set up another bait site out there. It's historically been a really good place and it reeked of pigs. So hopefully it pans out.

I won't tell you to go by yourself if your nervous. You won't have any fun. And in the end, like Stony, that is why I do it.
 
Blue...I hunt hogs for fun, with no hope of ever eradicating them. The properties I hunt are not agricultural property, just woods, lakes and ponds and you can find very little damage the hogs have done in such a setting. Perhaps I should kill any babies I see, but I don't think I want to do such a thing....to each his own in this regard.
As I walk the woods, I have no fear of being charged by a hog as some have stated. In my experience they will do everything possible to stay away from you. If you were to get between a sow and her babies, she might get protective in a setting such as a farmer's hog pen, but I think there is little chance of this even happening in the wild. They seem to abandon their young pretty quick if their safety is threatened.
 
Stony said:
....As I walk the woods, I have no fear of being charged by a hog as some have stated. In my experience they will do everything possible to stay away from you. If you were to get between a sow and her babies, she might get protective in a setting such as a farmer's hog pen, but I think there is little chance of this even happening in the wild. They seem to abandon their young pretty quick if their safety is threatened.
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Indeed. On a couple of occasions I've surprised a sounder, and the big hogs just took off. I was left watching several little striped piglets run around in large circles because they didn't know what to do while the sows took a beeline path away from me.
 
#551 Happy coyotes tonight

Got this guy right at daybreak this morning. About 120 yds with a 6.5 Creedmore I have been playing with. Using the 123 Gr. Hornady SST. This bullet and caliber has been pretty amazing for me so far. I've seen two of them shot with it, neither exited and both put the hogs down with the one shot. This guy got it through the upper shoulder and dropped on the spot.
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Stony said:
Got this guy right at daybreak this morning. About 120 yds with a 6.5 Creedmore I have been playing with. Using the 123 Gr. Hornady SST. This bullet and caliber has been pretty amazing for me so far. I've seen two of them shot with it, neither exited and both put the hogs down with the one shot. This guy got it through the upper shoulder and dropped on the spot.
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Nice big hog.
 
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