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I'm not sleeping until I've killed a pig - this is getting ridiculous
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02/20/16 08:33 PM
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The last 5 hunting trips have resulted in a grand total of 1 night of sightings and 1 miss .
Plenty of activity on the game cameras but it is as if the pigs have top tier intelligence on our presence and they are eating all the corn and evading.
To add insult to injury they've collaborated with the raccoons and last night not a single animal moved through 2 separate bait sites - upon inspection this morning not a single kernel was displaced.
I'm reaching the limit of sanity with this situation , I am challenging myself to not sleep tonight until I've bagged a pig !
Let the game begin..........
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Re: I'm not sleeping until I've killed a pig - this is getting ridiculous
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02/20/16 08:52 PM
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Whoops wrong section - see I'm beginning to crack!!!
Mods can you put this over in hogs and varmints please
Thx
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Re: I'm not sleeping until I've killed a pig - this is getting ridiculous
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02/20/16 08:55 PM
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Where I hunt, they know where the blind is and circle in from behind first to check if anyone is in there.. they are smart buggers
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Re: I'm not sleeping until I've killed a pig - this is getting ridiculous
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02/20/16 08:58 PM
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I don't even pressure them like I should hunt maybe twice a month - and they have cattle companions , water , cover, and free hay and corn.
It doesn't make sense that the world stops when we arrive to do some night hunting.....
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Re: I'm not sleeping until I've killed a pig - this is getting ridiculous
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02/21/16 12:20 AM
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Rancher says he has spotted pigs in the hay on the East side of the property twice this past week I'm in position - cameras are rolling....
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Re: I'm not sleeping until I've killed a pig - this is getting ridiculous
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02/21/16 12:29 AM
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Re: I'm not sleeping until I've killed a pig - this is getting ridiculous
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02/21/16 01:14 AM
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Are you setting in blinds or stalking? Do you hunt all night?
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Re: I'm not sleeping until I've killed a pig - this is getting ridiculous
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02/21/16 01:36 AM
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Set the camera, take a short nap in the blind, view the hogs later on camera. Keep after 'em!
I have two unwritten rules: 1. 2.
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Re: I'm not sleeping until I've killed a pig - this is getting ridiculous
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02/21/16 02:14 AM
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I'm sitting in the bed of my truck covering the area with the wind to my favor - I'll stalk if I spy them in the big field.
I normally don't hunt all night as work is Monday but I'm to the point of needing to push through tonight so that I can get back on track.
So far no animal activity
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Re: I'm not sleeping until I've killed a pig - this is getting ridiculous
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02/21/16 03:01 AM
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Rocky , Rachael , and Reginald (raccoons) finally showed....
Need bigger targets
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Re: I'm not sleeping until I've killed a pig - this is getting ridiculous
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02/21/16 03:30 AM
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Pigs come after the coons at my place ,,,,,,eyes open
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Re: I'm not sleeping until I've killed a pig - this is getting ridiculous
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02/21/16 03:42 AM
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Not knowing the lay out of your bait site or the terrain features this is strictly a 'guess', but chances are excellent you have been 'busted' once you drive up to the area.
Quite possible the hogs are circling the area before entering, or staging nearby or simply hear you as you arrive. How close are you setting up to the bait site?
I can easily understand the hogs avoiding the site, but raccoon's are pretty reliable and not easily put off.
Are you certain you are the only one hunting the area?
Spartans ask not...how many, but where!
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Re: I'm not sleeping until I've killed a pig - this is getting ridiculous
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02/21/16 04:03 AM
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Hey Flint - I'm in the belly of the best (50 yards). Heavy sign and trail leading to bait site 100 yards out. Wind in good and cool in my face. There is a lot of fencing on this property so it'd take them
Ewww squeal hold on
False alarm....
So anyhow they'd take awhile to circle me where I'm at and I would hear them with all the brush and such.
Anyhow goodbye normal bedtime , hello waiting and hoping
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Re: I'm not sleeping until I've killed a pig - this is getting ridiculous
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02/21/16 04:13 AM
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Fast paced gregarious society forgets the healing power of solitude. It's worked thousands of years. Casting a line/gazing into a campfire/sitting in a blind after a long week is medicine for the soul. The serenity and peacefulness of it all is majestic.
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Re: I'm not sleeping until I've killed a pig - this is getting ridiculous
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02/21/16 04:42 AM
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Good luck. Planned to get out myself but worked all day
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Re: I'm not sleeping until I've killed a pig - this is getting ridiculous
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02/21/16 04:54 AM
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Thanks guys for the encouragement I'm relying on it to get me past midnight.
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Re: I'm not sleeping until I've killed a pig - this is getting ridiculous
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02/21/16 05:11 AM
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The deer and rabbits are having their fill on the corn
Wind has picked up
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Re: I'm not sleeping until I've killed a pig - this is getting ridiculous
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02/21/16 05:53 AM
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Stalked up on a whole mess of pigs in the big field only managed to kill 1 but hey - IM BACK !!!!
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Re: I'm not sleeping until I've killed a pig - this is getting ridiculous
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02/21/16 06:01 AM
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Pigs are easy. Bait them with 10 lbs of corn, 2 packets strawberry or grape jello and 6 cups of sugar plus water and watch them come running. This was tonight's results in Crawford texas. In one hour, had a total of 6 pigs. Also, don't pressure them. Pigs are smart. Bait and leave them alone. I got ZERO on my last trip thanks to my partner forgetting the bait. He claimed it was in an imaginary bucket in the back of the truck. Don't over think it, get out and get some piggies
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Re: I'm not sleeping until I've killed a pig - this is getting ridiculous
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02/21/16 06:43 AM
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PhotonXT made this hunt possible ! Well that and my thermal handheld
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Re: I'm not sleeping until I've killed a pig - this is getting ridiculous
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02/21/16 12:43 PM
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Nice job, Pig_Popper! Way to stay with it!
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Re: I'm not sleeping until I've killed a pig - this is getting ridiculous
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02/21/16 01:52 PM
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Well done. Great pic.
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Re: I'm not sleeping until I've killed a pig - this is getting ridiculous
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02/21/16 07:15 PM
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OK on the hog. Determination paid off. Way to go!
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02/22/16 02:16 AM
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Big Beckett!!
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Re: I'm not sleeping until I've killed a pig - this is getting ridiculous
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02/22/16 02:23 AM
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Nice!! I'm feeling your pain I've been out 4 times, 3 times in the blind (3 misses) once with dogs (got out run) so ya it hurts!
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