Can I count this one?

[Ironwood]

Of the 26 hogs I've killed over the past 30 something years this one has got to be one of the smallest!  He might go 50 or 60 pounds on the hoof.

Monday afternoon I went down to the hunting club shooting range to shoot my muzzleloader a little.  On the way back home I deceided to stop at my deer stand and see what was coming in.  I had hardly settle down when 5 little hogs came to the feeder.  The one I shot was the biggest.   My question is, can I really count this one as a hog?  Maybe I should say I've killed 25 hogs and a pig!

I've got to say one thing.  The .490 patched roundball and 85 grains of Goex 2f was way more than was needed for this little pig.  If I had brought my 22-250 I might have gotten two of them.

[huntsman]

Of course he counts! You have just killed yourself the best-eating sized pig you can find. I can smell the barbeque pit now....

[jhm]

Ironwood ;  I say YES he is indeed a dead little porker.    JIM

[markc]

perfect eating size piggy.  Cooked whole on a smoker over some oak or mesquite is great!
markc

[UCM Tails?]

Heck ya you can count him. (or her)  A few months ago I needed some BBQ meat for a big party, so I set the traps on our place.  We caught 7 one morning and 5 the next all about that size.  Some of the finest eating that will come out of the woods.  If we have a choice that is the size we shoot.  Very few times do we take any over 100lbs.(unless we need sausage meat, and we make sure it is a sow)  We trap the big boys and sell um live.  Last year any boar 300 or over brought .50 per lb. plus a 15.00 bonus.  Much better than killing and having to eat the rank things.  The boar meat is sent to Europe, and brings premium prices there.  Go figure?

[willis5]

It's not the size that matters... oops wrong forum
 :-D  :-D  :-D  :-D  :-D  :-D  :-D  :-D  :-D  :-D

[coug2wolfs]

Dang Ironwood!  That there is a snack piggy :wink:

Still a good kill though with a "muscle loader"

I would reckon a 22-250 would drop those like a bad habit :lol:

[Double D]

Ironwood,

i got one one time that fit whole in a trukey roasting pan.  that was the best dang wild pig I ever ate.  I have never been able to get another!

[howie1968]

i  sure  would  count  it  as  any  pig is  a  trophy to  me.  if  i  can  get  a  scanner  i  got  my  pics  in  from  the  last  couple  hogs  ive  killed id  send  to  ya  to  post  for  me  good  pig!!!

[Ironwood]

Howie... take those photos back to Wal-Mart and let those girls put them on a disk for you.  You won't have to scan them that way.

Gene