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My first hog
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05/09/16 08:43 PM
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bassfishinglawyer
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I have been hunting on our recently acquired property to try and get rid of these things, and I finally got a clean shot at one. Made the most out of it. Can't tell from the pic, but it was a pretty decent size piggee. Not the biggest I've seen, but none of them seem to be small.
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Re: My first hog
[Re: bassfishinglawyer]
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05/09/16 08:55 PM
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And so starts the addiction. May God have mercy on your soul.
Oh, and Good job!
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Re: My first hog
[Re: bassfishinglawyer]
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05/09/16 10:00 PM
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Nice shootin'. We shoot every hog we can get a shot at. I killed 41 hogs on our place last year. My neighbor to the west shot 140, neighbor on the east trapped over 60. Didn't make dent in them. Just thought you might want an idea of what you're up against. Keep shooting!!!
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years.
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Re: My first hog
[Re: bassfishinglawyer]
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05/09/16 10:06 PM
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Will do. Shot him right next to a trap they won't go in. Only far enough in to eat corn about 1' in. So shooting seems to be the only way. Lucky for us, we are seeing very few on the cameras, so hoping to get them eliminated (well, as best you can anyway).
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Re: My first hog
[Re: bassfishinglawyer]
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05/09/16 10:16 PM
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Might try a figure 6 trap, can look those up and see how they are made and work, but if they spoon of a regular box reap the figure 6 might get them in there...
Good job! It is fun, but the experts say you need to shoot 75% of them Just to stay on pace with them. It will be a never ending fight.
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Re: My first hog
[Re: bassfishinglawyer]
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05/09/16 10:37 PM
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It's never a fight for me. Love having them around. Great hunting and eating. Congrats on your first,
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Re: My first hog
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05/09/16 11:37 PM
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Next thing you know you'll have night vision or thermal, maybe both! lol
Retired U. S. Army, which means I still have to work to make a living.
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Re: My first hog
[Re: bassfishinglawyer]
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05/10/16 12:04 AM
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RCinit - shot him with a X-sight night vision
Last edited by bassfishinglawyer; 05/10/16 12:04 AM.
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Re: My first hog
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05/10/16 12:33 AM
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Great job! Stick a fork in him-looks like that dude is done!
A hog is nothing more than a bullet receptacle.
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Re: My first hog
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05/10/16 12:46 AM
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Congrats and good shooting.
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Re: My first hog
[Re: bassfishinglawyer]
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05/10/16 12:51 PM
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Wish I could say I shot him between the eyes, but I did hit one of them.
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Re: My first hog
[Re: bassfishinglawyer]
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05/10/16 01:37 PM
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Wish I could say I shot him between the eyes, but I did hit one of them. Nothing wrong with that! I aim for an eye hole or an ear hole. Both easy access to gray matter. Nice pig!
"I have no idea what WW-III will be fought with, but WW-IV will be fought with sticks and stones." A. Einstein
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Re: My first hog
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05/10/16 04:36 PM
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post done gone missing? must be that thar ignorance list .. keep after em... cullem dar hogs ... Tis what got me on leases, 24-7-365 hog hunts
i'm postaddic
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Re: My first hog
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05/10/16 06:14 PM
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post done gone missing? must be that thar ignorance list .. keep after em... cullem dar hogs ... Tis what got me on leases, 24-7-365 hog hunts
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Re: My first hog
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05/10/16 08:26 PM
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Congrats on your first Hog, We are going to try to get our first ones in about 3 weeks.
Thank You Robert
To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, right or wrong - is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Theodore Roosevelt
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Re: My first hog
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05/11/16 07:16 PM
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I always love these posts. Nicely done
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Re: My first hog
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05/12/16 12:09 AM
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"Lesser mortals are pitied for the misfortune in not being born Texan."
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Re: My first hog
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05/13/16 11:45 AM
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i'm postaddic
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Re: My first hog
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05/16/16 09:09 PM
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Congrats!! That looks like a bruiser. You know you don't have to kill em all. I think they are nice to have around. If there's no crops to worry about I think they are a blessing. They are great to eat and you can hunt them however you please. They can be very challenging once you educate them. Just enjoy. They can be tough to clean but really rewarding to eat. Get em quartered in a cooler and drop a cup of baking soda and a half a cup of salt in there. Let the ice melt to a slurry. Three or four days in this solution will tenderize the meat and take away any stink:) Then I usually just cook the straps on the grill and grind the rest. It's really hard to beat.
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Re: My first hog
[Re: bassfishinglawyer]
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05/19/16 08:20 PM
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Great Job! I shot my first a couple years ago and have been addicted ever since. Now all I crave is night hunting hogs lol
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Re: My first hog
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05/19/16 08:56 PM
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And that's just in your county! Keep after 'em!
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