another pig

[howie1968]

I  went hnting  and  had  some  good luck  after battling  thunder  lighting  and  wind,  and  the  rain  I  watched  aprroximately  16 pig  come  to a  feeer and  go into  a  feeing  frenzy  the  last  2  days   it  has flat  out  rained  at  717pm  the feeder  went  of at 719pm  he  hogs  came  in  at  about  72     decied to  take m  about  a  125lb  boar  for  the  pot.  I did  something different  i took  a  nexk  hot  and dropped  him inhis tracks at  about 85 yards shot  im  wih  my remingtn 710 30-06 using  150 gr  core-lokts,   got  my  hog  lease  now  the  work begins  this  place  is  loaded  with  hogs  and  i  am  the  4th member and  the  only  oe who  hnts  hogs  YEAH!!!!

[DennisB]

Howie:  Contrats on the pig and the lease.  My lease is in Stephens county near Breckenridge.  Had a few hogs out there, but haven't seen much lately.  (Maybe they all went over to your place).   With all the storms this past week, I really need to get out there and check on hail damage to my camper (just patched a roof leak last week) and check tracks, too.

Regards,

[howie1968]

thanks   maybe  ya should  try  east  texas  for hogs sometime   most  people  around  here  wont  even  hunt  them,kind  of  hard  to  believe   when  mot  people  around  here  ask  about  a  deer  lease  the  first  questi0on  is  are  there  hogs???   if  so  they  wont  lease  the  place.
   there  are  alot of  hogs  around  here   in spots  so  thick  the  dogs  do  not want to go  through  the dense   brush  and  thickets

[markc]

Howie, now that we are getting some rain, I have begun to see the pigs moving on my Waller county lease.  Had more than a dozen in the trap last Monday afternoon and as many outside the trap.  Have a few for the smoker now, as the heaviest was aroung 60#.  Perfect for smoking whole.  Gonna be good eating.  

Only one other guy on the lease has killed a pig of any size since last Oct, and he tossed that one in the creek.  I have now trapped over 50 this year and have given a number of them away.  Some folks just don't know whats good do they?   :lol:
markc

[howie1968]

over  50 hogs  that  is  impressive I  havent  done  that  well  but  have  seen  hundreds  of  hogs   the  hogs  i  bet  out number  the  deer  in  this  county  leases  are  actually  getting  cheaper

[markc]

it is the best start to a year of trapping I've ever had on this place.  Now most of them have been small smoker size with a few large sows and boars thrown in.  I have gotten to where I really prefer to trap the smaller ones.  They are really good eating and a couple of hours on the smoker makes for a great meal or two.  Nothing in there yesterday,  but they will be back.
markc

[ben gordon]

Hey Howie, if you know of a reasonable lease in your area mostly for hogs I would be interested, have a friend who probably would join me.  email me if you do, thnaks, ben

[howie1968]

I  am  still  waiting  on  this  guy  who  i  am  getting  this  lease  from  and  i  will  look  around  some  for  ya  they  are  every  where  down  here  and  should  not  be  a  problem

[howie1968]

what  are  you  using  for  bait???  if  all  goes  well  i  am  going  to  use  corn  there  is  one  trap  out  there  and  what is  the  most  you  have  caught  at  one  time

[ben gordon]

Thanks Howie

[howie1968]

No  problem  ben  we  in  East  TX  like  hunters  from  around  the  state   i  know  i  do  gives  me  a  chance  to  learn,  and  believe  me  i  have  learned  alot   this  last  yr  from  people   hope  to  see  ya  down  this  way  and  ill  be  looking   send  me  your  email  address  via   personal  message  and  ill   be  looking  for  ya