Hog Photo

[Ironwood]

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!

[longwinters]

Gee, I didnt think you had trees in Texas.   :lol: I cant imagine being able to hunt in April.  Must be nice.

[Ironwood]

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.  Timber is one of the main industries in East Texas.  Here's a couple of photos from my hunting lease.

[JeffG]

That is sweet!  People living near huntable populations of wild hogs are so lucky!  

[shb]

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.

[IronKnees]

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...  

[markc]

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

[Ironwood]

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!

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.

[Zachary]

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

[Ironwood]

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.  

[howie1968]

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

[markc]

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

[howie1968]

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

[Ironwood]

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:

[howie1968]

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???