shot me another boar last night

[howie1968]

shot  me  another  boar  last night  around  150 lbs  or  so  went  back  to  my  old 30-30  i  was  hunting an old acorn flat up   from  the  creek  where it is  cool,  baited  with  some soured corn  that  had  went  bad sitting  out in the  weather  i  was  using  a  ground blind  when  he  walked  in  and  was  looking  right  at  me  at  about 25 yards  i  never heard him coming  hit  him high in the  shoulder  an angling towards me shot  with  the  30-30 170 gr core-lokts   he  went  about 25 yards  and  dropped  i  also  recovered   the  bullet   it  did  massive  damage  to  the insides   i  recovered  the  bullet  and  i  took  a  picture of  it  and  i  have  a  digital pic   of  the  hog  if  anyone  will  post  it  for  me   thanks
      Howie

[longwinters]

Congrats Howie.  Sounds like you are having way too much fun hunting.  It must be pretty warm down there by now.  Are you butchering etc... immediately or can you still let em hang for a while.

Long

[howie1968]

yes  i  am having alot of  fun and  plan  on doing more hunting  i  have  my  work  hrs  fixed  to  where  it  benefits me!!!  yes  i  do  get  them butchered fast   depends on if  i  have  to  track  them  and  all  luckily  i  shoot them  generally  when  the  sun is either down  or going down  and still  have  a  little  time to deal with them

[wipartimer]

I'm startin to get pretty jelous :wink:  Send  me the pics, i'll get em on this post this time! Congrats.

[howie1968]

thanks  friend,  i  am a lucky  guy   and  i  do  put  in  my  dues  i  work long  and hard  to  hunt  these hogs  deer  hunting  is  so  much easier.  my  friend  has  been  hunting  on  our  lease  a  yr  and  has  only  seen  1 hog  i  have  killed 18  so far  another  guy  shot  a  big  boar hog coming  to  the  corn at night,  there  is  a  guy  that  posted about  some  hog urine  or  estrus  i  would  like  to  get in contact with him

[jaberegg]

Howie, I too live in East Texas ( Brazoria ) an I haven't seen much action during the early evenings. During deer season the hogs seems to change from coming in anytime to night, yet now they all seem to be coming in after the sun goes down. Never hunted them at night since I work during the day. Is this a phase they are going through or do I have to do my hunting on the weekends during the night?

[howie1968]

As yoyu  know,  it  is already smoking hot  here in east texas.  the only  way  to  hunt  thenm  in the  evening  is  to  find  their wallows along creeks   bottom lands  and  surprisingly  in pine  forests  ive seen  themselvels litterally bury themselves in pine needles to keep cool.  most  of  the  hog  activitiy  i  am  seeing  is  past 10pm  when  it  is  cool,  I  livwe  in woodville bait heavily  with  corn  or  something  along  the  creeks  and  that  should help  you.  i  also  use  optronics nightblaster varmit lights  i  have  one  mounted to  my  12  guage 45-70  and  my 270  if  you  want  me  to  send  a  pic  of  these  lights  i  will  ii  have  the 250 yard version  and  have  found  if  i  use  the  red  lens  it  is  not  offensive  to  hogs   or other animals   take  care  and  good  luck   that  is  the  best  advice  i can  give

[wipartimer]

here you go Howie...

[howie1968]

thanks  for  the picture posting  one  day  i  need  to  sit  down and learn  to  do all  that  i  am on  my  way  to  go  bait  up  some  new  places  that  are  freshly rooted  i  am  going  to  hunt  this  weekend,  the  deal  with  me  getting  on  this  lease  was  to  get  rid  of  the  hogs  the  deer  hunters  hate  them.