« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Hog Photo  (Read 1166 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Ironwood

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Contributor
  • ***
  • Posts: 250
Hog Photo
« on: April 20, 2003, 11:05:15 AM »
I started my feeder going again last Tuesday.  I thought I might take a hog with my muzzleloader.  Wednesday evening I was sitting in the stand as two young hogs came out of the pines and started grazing on the rye grass and oats I had planted last fall.  I thought for sure they would come on down to the feeder and I'd have about a 50 yard shot at one of them.  As they grazed down toward the feeder, suddenly one looked up and saw the feeder!  She stopped dead still for a few seconds looking at the feeder.  Then she turned an ran back into the pines with the other little sow right behind her.  I guess that was the first time they had seen a feeder and neither of them knew what it was.  I think I'll go back down there tomorrow and see if they have found the corn yet.   :grin:  I took this photo of them before they saw the feeder.  They were really "piggen out" on that rye grass!

Logged
GO GREEN--RECYCLE CONGRESS

Born in the Pineywoods of East Texas a long long time ago.

Offline longwinters

  • Moderators
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3070
Hog Photo
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2003, 11:09:10 AM »
Gee, I didnt think you had trees in Texas.   :lol: I cant imagine being able to hunt in April.  Must be nice.
Logged
Life is short......eternity is long.

Offline Ironwood

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Contributor
  • ***
  • Posts: 250
Hog Photo
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2003, 03:48:31 PM »
Longwinters...... There's no closed season on hogs in Texas.  The only thing that might stop you from hunting hogs would be the hot weather.  And yes there are lots of trees in Texas. :D  Timber is one of the main industries in East Texas.  Here's a couple of photos from my hunting lease.



Logged
GO GREEN--RECYCLE CONGRESS

Born in the Pineywoods of East Texas a long long time ago.

Offline JeffG

  • Trade Count: (5)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1506
  • Gender: Male
Hog Photo
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2003, 04:15:09 PM »
That is sweet!  People living near huntable populations of wild hogs are so lucky!   :D
Logged
Young guys should hang out with old guys; old guys know stuff

Offline shb

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Avid Poster
  • **
  • Posts: 173
Hog Photo
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2003, 08:21:28 PM »
Were you waiting for one with more meat on his ribs to step out ?
                Johnny Oinker Black or Red , delicious I like em both
Those guys look like they are in range to me. For us folks that aren't blessed with hog hunting opportunities it is very hard to let one walk. As my hunting buddy would say when describing his theory of  trophy hog hunting, " I'm holding out for the first one" .  It don't matter if the first one to step out is a "bread box" pig with milk on his nose, or big ol' boar, he's gettin a free ride to Nebraska.  If I could get a mess of baby pigs and 5 gal jar I could make some pickled pigs. Not feet, pigs.

Great Photos, Any body have photos of their hog camps.
Logged

Offline IronKnees

  • IronKnees
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Contributor
  • ***
  • Posts: 399
  • Gender: Male
    • HANDLOADING FOR HUNTING
Hog Photo
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2003, 02:06:30 AM »
I'm with JeffG... It sure would be nice to live in an area like that. And, with my loss of ability to chase after hogs with dogs, having a set-up like that sure would be sweet. It would even get me away from my wife "YELLING" at me...  
Logged
I want to finish well
I want to end this race
Still leaning on HIS AMAZING GRACE

Offline markc

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1922
Hey Ironwood
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2003, 03:20:13 AM »
where in the great state of Texas are you located?  You place looks alot like my lease, 10 miles from the house.  Do you plant anything in your plots during the summer too?   Have you tried peas in the sandy soil?  My place has been logged 5 years back and some of it is so incrediblly thick now.  I have trapped  a good number of hogs already this year.  They are really active right now.
markc
Logged
markc

Offline Ironwood

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Contributor
  • ***
  • Posts: 250
Hog Photo
« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2003, 05:52:06 AM »
shb, Ironknees........ The photo was taken with a digital camera @ 10X so the hogs are a little out of range for me.  I had my .50 cal. Hawken Muzzleloader with fiber optic sights.  Had they gotten up to the feeder one of them would have been toast! :D

markc... I'm just up the road a ways in Lufkin.  I also have a lease just out of Corrigan.  You, Howie, and I need to get together for coffee one of these days.

I threw out a few blackeyes last fall and the deer worked on them pretty good.  Other than that it's just a mixture of rye grass and oats in the fall.  I'm thinking about some crimson clover this fall along with the rye grass and oats.
Logged
GO GREEN--RECYCLE CONGRESS

Born in the Pineywoods of East Texas a long long time ago.

Offline Zachary

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3713
Hog Photo
« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2003, 10:55:44 AM »
I like the pics (of both the hogs and deer - but especially the hogs. :grin: )

So what finally happened with the feeder?  Did the hogs get used to it?

Zachary
Logged

Offline Ironwood

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Contributor
  • ***
  • Posts: 250
Hog Photo
« Reply #9 on: April 21, 2003, 03:44:55 PM »
Zachary.....I haven't had a chance to get back down there, but I'm sure those, or some others are gobbling up that corn by now.  Maybe I can get down there in the morning.  I can be in that stand in 25 minutes from my home.  :D
Logged
GO GREEN--RECYCLE CONGRESS

Born in the Pineywoods of East Texas a long long time ago.

Offline howie1968

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • A Real Regular
  • ****
  • Posts: 582
ironwood
« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2003, 05:57:42 PM »
Yes  we  do  need  to  get together  soon  do  ya  still  have  my  home  ####   I  will  be  hog  hunting  tomorrow   was  supposed  to  go  today   but  i  slept  13  hrs  i  have  some  work  to do  tomorrow  filling  up  feeders  oving  feeders  for  Mr.Tolar   then  i  will  stroll  down  the  creek  and  look  for  a  good  eating  size  piggy.  about  125   lbs  or  so    What  kind  of       Hawkens  do  you  have  as  i  am  wanting  to  hunt  hogs  with  black  powder  and some  big  heavy conicals   i  went  and  bought  me    COONSKIN HAT  THE  OTHER  DAY   and  will  wear  it  the  first day  of squirrel  season
Logged
Hi  enjoy  hunting  guns    teaching  my  2  daughters  about  hunting  and  boxing

Offline markc

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1922
Get together
« Reply #11 on: April 22, 2003, 04:48:25 AM »
Yes ironwood, we should try n get together atleast for some coffee and story telling.  Howie I am still wanting to take my wife to hunt some axis does.  I will have her new rifle in hand in a week, then after a sightin, we should be ready to arrange a trip to the wilds of Woodville.
markc
Logged
markc

Offline howie1968

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • A Real Regular
  • ****
  • Posts: 582
Picket house is a great meeting place
« Reply #12 on: April 22, 2003, 10:35:43 AM »
The  pickett  house  would  be  a  great  meeting  place  as     it  has  some  great  food    contact  Bill at  409-283-3909  about  axis   as   some  have   been  having  babies   so  how  many  pigs  have  ya  trapped   this  yr????   i am  thinking  o  doing  a  little  trapping  also
Logged
Hi  enjoy  hunting  guns    teaching  my  2  daughters  about  hunting  and  boxing

Offline Ironwood

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Contributor
  • ***
  • Posts: 250
Hog Photo
« Reply #13 on: April 22, 2003, 11:18:32 AM »
Howie... The Picket House sounds good to me.  You and Mark set the date.  I can make it almost anytime.

I don't do any trapping but a friend of mine does, at times.  I think he has trapped 11 since deer season started.  Another fellow has a really good trap down near the stand where I took this photo.  Again, I don't think he keeps it going.  I only heard him mention one big sow.  Trapping them sounds like a little too much work for me!  :grin:
Logged
GO GREEN--RECYCLE CONGRESS

Born in the Pineywoods of East Texas a long long time ago.

Offline howie1968

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • A Real Regular
  • ****
  • Posts: 582
Ironwood
« Reply #14 on: April 22, 2003, 12:50:23 PM »
i  think  you  are right  about  trapping  being  alot  of  work,  i  dont  have  acces  to a  4  wheeler  so  manual  labor  is  how  id  get  them  out  i just  talked  to  the  guy  where  i  hog  hunt  at  and    there  is  another  big  one    I  am  going  thursday  to  look  for  him   the  creeks  are  swollen  now  as  we  are  getting  alot  of  rain.   I  have  a  few  good  leads  on  other  hogs  also  people  hate  them  around  here  as  they  are  getting  in  eoples  yards  and  all   so  i  may  have  more  opportunties    to  hunt  just  trying  to work  deals  with  people  as  i  am not  rich  luckily  i  am    a  worker  as  i  mow  for  people  and  willl  be  doing  hay  for  Mr.  Tolar.   what  about  squirrel  season???  would  like  to  meet  up  with  you  and  mark   for  some  squrrel  hunting  then  we  could  eat  at  puickett  huse  after   sound  intereting???
Logged
Hi  enjoy  hunting  guns    teaching  my  2  daughters  about  hunting  and  boxing
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »