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Growing Trophy Grasshoppers

Posted By: PoppinPiggies

Growing Trophy Grasshoppers - 08/15/18 04:20 PM


Working on some Boone & Crockett Grasshoppers!!
Posted By: ChadTRG42

Re: Growing Trophy Grasshoppers - 08/15/18 04:24 PM

lol444 If you bow hunted them, would they be Pope and Young!???
Posted By: SnakeWrangler

Re: Growing Trophy Grasshoppers - 08/15/18 04:31 PM

You have low fence grasshoppers....but not high fence size grasshoppers.....roflmao

Posted By: PoppinPiggies

Re: Growing Trophy Grasshoppers - 08/15/18 04:33 PM

Originally Posted By: SnakeWrangler
You have low fence grasshoppers....but not high fence size grasshoppers.....roflmao


Now that grasshopper is a WALLHANGER!
Posted By: Dalee7892

Re: Growing Trophy Grasshoppers - 08/15/18 04:40 PM

On a scale of 1-10 about 9.5
Posted By: Vern1

Re: Growing Trophy Grasshoppers - 08/15/18 04:42 PM

Originally Posted By: Dalee7892
On a scale of 1-10 about 9.5


And from the length of the wings in relation to the body...it's still has a lot of growing up to do!
Posted By: dogcatcher

Re: Growing Trophy Grasshoppers - 08/15/18 04:45 PM

Looks like you are on a good feed and protein program.
Posted By: MO

Re: Growing Trophy Grasshoppers - 08/15/18 05:30 PM

Those are some killer channel cat bait,

MO
Posted By: majekman

Re: Growing Trophy Grasshoppers - 08/15/18 05:30 PM

Get a sack full and head to the fishin hole....always loved big yella hoppers for catfish bait up
Posted By: ZK-315

Re: Growing Trophy Grasshoppers - 08/15/18 05:47 PM

There's no tellin how many of those grasshoppers I shot with my BB gun as a kid. We had them all over our place growing up and we had plenty of target practice on the fence sitters.
Posted By: NDN98

Re: Growing Trophy Grasshoppers - 08/16/18 12:29 AM

Originally Posted By: MO
Those are some killer channel cat bait,

MO

That was my first thought when I saw the pic as well.
Posted By: Huntmaster

Re: Growing Trophy Grasshoppers - 08/16/18 12:33 AM

There are more this year than I have ever seen.
Posted By: hetman

Re: Growing Trophy Grasshoppers - 08/16/18 12:38 AM






Posted By: HVILLE HNTR

Re: Growing Trophy Grasshoppers - 08/16/18 12:45 AM

Looks like the kind that sting...Sting that is when your hauling through the pasture in the Ranger and they pelt ya like hail
Posted By: Michael W.

Re: Growing Trophy Grasshoppers - 08/16/18 12:53 AM

those things have been eating up my garden lately.
Posted By: Stub

Re: Growing Trophy Grasshoppers - 08/16/18 01:35 AM

Originally Posted By: MO
Those are some killer channel cat bait,

MO
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Posted By: rmp

Re: Growing Trophy Grasshoppers - 08/16/18 02:10 AM

Amen on the fish bait. Hard to beat a big yellow hopper.
Posted By: PoppinPiggies

Re: Growing Trophy Grasshoppers - 08/16/18 03:33 PM

Originally Posted By: HVILLE HNTR
Looks like the kind that sting...Sting that is when your hauling through the pasture in the Ranger and they pelt ya like hail


Haha I've taken a few headshots that make me think twice about leaving the windshield down!
Posted By: PoppinPiggies

Re: Growing Trophy Grasshoppers - 08/16/18 03:36 PM

Originally Posted By: hetman






Goals lol. With protein and food plots available to em in a few years we might be able to hunt some mature monsters!
Posted By: Jim B

Re: Growing Trophy Grasshoppers - 08/16/18 08:25 PM

yellow grasshoppers
Posted By: colt45-90

Re: Growing Trophy Grasshoppers - 08/16/18 10:09 PM

had them bad back n the day, would eat up every thing
Posted By: Sniper John

Re: Growing Trophy Grasshoppers - 08/16/18 10:15 PM

Used to give my great grandfather hell back on the old homestead.

Posted By: Sniper John

Re: Growing Trophy Grasshoppers - 08/16/18 10:18 PM

Now this record hopper is from Throckmorton. That is why that catfish out there is so big.

Posted By: Nogalus Prairie

Re: Growing Trophy Grasshoppers - 08/16/18 11:44 PM

Remember those black ones with the orange stripe?
Posted By: TXHOGSLAYER

Re: Growing Trophy Grasshoppers - 08/17/18 12:39 AM

Originally Posted By: SnakeWrangler
You have low fence grasshoppers....but not high fence size grasshoppers.....roflmao



I would give it another year...
Posted By: QuitShootinYoungBucks

Re: Growing Trophy Grasshoppers - 08/20/18 01:11 PM

3.5, 120-130. Needs another year at least.
Posted By: jeh7mmmag

Re: Growing Trophy Grasshoppers - 08/21/18 09:52 PM

We used to see some Big Green ones that could not fly after they got big as your thumb. Made great bait. cheers
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