boar pics

LiveToShoot · 11-26-2007, 08:50 PM

Toolman... yes, it's a very small world. I do miss eating at Zetner's Daughters steak house. Boy can they prepare a steak! I used to spend a lot of recreation time at Lake Ford Phantom, also down in the Buffalo Gap area...not to mention out to Enchanted Rocks State Park. Beautiful area, short winters and long summers. I lived on the west side of town, on Redbird Lane. Too bad I didn't go hunting when I lived there. Did some shooting, but no hunting. I nearly took out a deer with my car on a drive to San Angelo.

Khahn79, Wonderful to hear...glad things are working out in your sister's favor. Hopefully the thieves will be caught, firearms recovered and eventually returned to your brother-in-law. Maybe they can send the thieves out in a field with a few of those boars that Toolman showed us pictures of...some real hungry boars.

toolman · 11-26-2007, 09:02 PM

LTS, I've got some tragic news...Zentners Daughters is no more! It closed several years ago and is now a mexican restaurant called Enrique's. The place I hunt is up near Hamlin. I was born in San Angelo, raised in Bronte and Abilene, lived in San Antonio for about 10 yrs. and finally came back to the place I always considered home. The B-1's just came back home from S. Dakota where they were stationed while the runway was rebuilt at Dyess, hard to believe they've been here for over twenty years now-I remember when they were all new. BTW, on you drive to San Angelo, did you notice a small country bar between Tennison and Orient? That used to belong to my Mom.

LiveToShoot · 11-26-2007, 09:10 PM

I've probably driven by your mom's old place on my way to San Angelo a dozen or more times. Thanks for helping bring back memories of four good years in Abilene. Time does fly by, and it's great that we can hold on to and recall the good memories.

khahn79 · 11-26-2007, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by LiveToShoot

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Maybe they can send the thieves out in a field with a few of those boars that Toolman showed us pictures of...some real hungry boars.

Sounds like a great idea to me! LOL Wonder if ATF would go for that idea... hummm.... maybe we should ask AH. I read on the "what do you do for a living" thread that he's retired ATF.

chester12 · 11-26-2007, 09:25 PM

Nice looking boars. To answer the question about 30-06 being anough gun yes it is. More than enough, and if you say it isn't you need to place the shot in the right place. Head shots with a 22-250 is enough, and body shots with a .243 will do it ever time if you do your job.

ArkansasHunter · 11-26-2007, 10:18 PM

I've had some close calls with wild hogs in the past, but most of the time they'll run from you as your running away from them.
I'm honest to God scard of them because there unpredictible.
Remember if one runs at you and you can't climb a tree then stand with your back to a tree and has soon as the hog goes to ram you sidestep to the side !!!
I've always heard to do that but I'll be damed if I'm going to hang around !!!
It's always been nice to be up in a Deer stand and a herd of hogs pass through, they have lots of baby pigs and a herd can be 20 or lots more around here in south Arkansas.

toolman · 11-26-2007, 10:41 PM

The funny thing is that when you say the words "hog" or "pig", most folks think of the cute little pink or white domestics or the larger version that lays around in the mud all day eating slop. When they actually come face-to-face with a wild hog, they just about wet themselves, even if it's in a trap. They'll near kill themselves at times trying to get to you through the wire of a trap. A sow with a bunch of piglets is one scary bi**h-talk about some serious PMS!

ArkansasHunter · 11-26-2007, 11:02 PM

toolman though the Hogs are ferrel pigs,hogs they are very ruff looking and missed colored like the ones in the pictures.
It's always amazed me seeing them in the wild. Squirrel and Deer season is when most folks run in to them but you hardly hear about anyone getting attacked by them.
Not 1 mile from me the woods are full of them and my neighbor has bought all the material needed to build a couple of traps to catch some...I can't wait because he's expecting me to help him and I'm not sure i want to mess with them...A.H

LiveToShoot · 11-26-2007, 11:07 PM

Are they good eating...?

Farmer · 11-26-2007, 11:33 PM

Livetoshoot,

Big ones in the photo are a bit tough and tasty.
But get them under 40 to 45 pounds and they are great... The taste is like pork used to taste like, before grain feeding.

Organic too......... one for us minus 1 the greenies.

We take about 100 hogs a year from our place, 40 pound to 300 pound. Many of ours get sent to germany others in my freezer.

If you get thw chance, try some

BTW,
this is my favorite hog photo.
http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u...taking_pig.jpg

toolman · 11-26-2007, 11:52 PM

LTS, the meat is, in a word, excellent! It's very lean compared to domestic pork because they get so much excercise. I've heard reports of herds travelling 30-40 mi.\day, so they are mostly lean muscle and they don't eat the same thing every day like farm-raised pork. They are also extremely tough animals and take a lot of killing if you don't get 'em with the first shot. I don't get a lot of pleasure from killing animals, even though hunting is my favorite thing outside of the marital bed!

That said, hunting hogs is one of the funnest, most satisfying things I've ever done. I don't agree with guys who fly half-way around the globe to hunt lions, tigers, elephants, etc. who then proceed to talk about "being in harm's way" They PUT themselves in "harms way". Hunting\trapping hogs in Tx. is a necessity due to the damage they cause. It's always a plus when you can have fun while performing a necessary service.

Tyman · 12-07-2007, 05:19 PM

wild pork! love the taste.

forestgleaner · 12-09-2007, 12:28 PM

Some people don't realize that the sporting part is in getting the critters into the trap. I have dispatch a lot of "safer" animals while they were had a paw in a trap. If anyone has ever tried to drown a coon, or put down a skunk, they wouldn't think shooting something the size of a hog while in a trap wasn't the better choice. If ever you need help with hunting those things, and I can find some time away from the wife and the little ones, would love to help out. In a few years, hopeing the little ones will want to be right there with me.

Farmer · 12-10-2007, 04:28 AM

I love wild pork!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
its better than any shop pork.
Most taken in Aus are dogged, if you think they are dangerous, think of the bloke who rolls em over and sticks the knife in!!!!!!

Nathan123 · 12-10-2007, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Farmer

this is my favorite hog photo.
http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u...taking_pig.jpg

That is a good picture

This is my favourite:

Here is a few pictures of some Aussie pigs

Farmer · 12-10-2007, 11:31 PM

The bottom one about the biggest ive taken. But that top one is huge, must have been a couple of good years and grew quick cause his hooks could be bigger.

Those west qld pigs are scary

frozentorso · 12-11-2007, 01:17 AM

Couldnt help but re-post this one. Boy was she p.o.'d when I started popping her piglets!

Nathan123 · 12-11-2007, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Farmer

The bottom one about the biggest ive taken. But that top one is huge, must have been a couple of good years and grew quick cause his hooks could be bigger.

Those west qld pigs are scary

The bottom 2 pigs are from my trip to the Territory earlier this year, The one above that was shot near Nowendoc. And the big fella at the top came out of the pilbra, i read in Sporting shooter he was over 300kg (for those that are good at maths there is 2.2 pound in a kilo)

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Originally Posted by Farmer

Most taken in Aus are dogged, if you think they are dangerous, think of the bloke who rolls em over and sticks the knife in!!!!!!

Isnt it amazing how differentley things are done between our two countries?

I remember when i was a kid if we saw a pig wile we were out and had no rifle we would jump off the tractor or out of the back of the ute and try to run the pig down and catch him, one of us would grab a back leg wile the other one would stick him, the pig would out run me these days though LOL

Muznz · 12-11-2007, 11:27 PM

Nice Pork Nathan

Farmer · 12-12-2007, 01:29 AM

Also looks like that bottom one gave something a hard time by its busted up ear!!!
Probably a pretty sore pup somewhere still recovering!!

11-26-2007, 08:50 PM	#21
LiveToShoot Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Northwest USA Posts: 2,662	Toolman... yes, it's a very small world. I do miss eating at Zetner's Daughters steak house. Boy can they prepare a steak! I used to spend a lot of recreation time at Lake Ford Phantom, also down in the Buffalo Gap area...not to mention out to Enchanted Rocks State Park. Beautiful area, short winters and long summers. I lived on the west side of town, on Redbird Lane. Too bad I didn't go hunting when I lived there. Did some shooting, but no hunting. I nearly took out a deer with my car on a drive to San Angelo. Khahn79, Wonderful to hear...glad things are working out in your sister's favor. Hopefully the thieves will be caught, firearms recovered and eventually returned to your brother-in-law. Maybe they can send the thieves out in a field with a few of those boars that Toolman showed us pictures of...some real hungry boars. __________________ "Happiness is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it." -Unknown Last edited by LiveToShoot; 11-26-2007 at 08:58 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

11-26-2007, 09:02 PM	#22
toolman Mr. Fixit Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: abilene,tx Posts: 5,852 Blog Entries: 24	LTS, I've got some tragic news...Zentners Daughters is no more! It closed several years ago and is now a mexican restaurant called Enrique's. The place I hunt is up near Hamlin. I was born in San Angelo, raised in Bronte and Abilene, lived in San Antonio for about 10 yrs. and finally came back to the place I always considered home. The B-1's just came back home from S. Dakota where they were stationed while the runway was rebuilt at Dyess, hard to believe they've been here for over twenty years now-I remember when they were all new. BTW, on you drive to San Angelo, did you notice a small country bar between Tennison and Orient? That used to belong to my Mom. __________________ cosmoline is an aphrodisiac!

11-26-2007, 09:10 PM	#23
LiveToShoot Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Northwest USA Posts: 2,662	I've probably driven by your mom's old place on my way to San Angelo a dozen or more times. Thanks for helping bring back memories of four good years in Abilene. Time does fly by, and it's great that we can hold on to and recall the good memories. __________________ "Happiness is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it." -Unknown Last edited by LiveToShoot; 11-26-2007 at 09:27 PM.

11-26-2007, 10:41 PM	#27
toolman Mr. Fixit Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: abilene,tx Posts: 5,852 Blog Entries: 24	The funny thing is that when you say the words "hog" or "pig", most folks think of the cute little pink or white domestics or the larger version that lays around in the mud all day eating slop. When they actually come face-to-face with a wild hog, they just about wet themselves, even if it's in a trap. They'll near kill themselves at times trying to get to you through the wire of a trap. A sow with a bunch of piglets is one scary bi**h-talk about some serious PMS! __________________ cosmoline is an aphrodisiac!

11-26-2007, 11:07 PM	#29
LiveToShoot Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Northwest USA Posts: 2,662	Are they good eating...? __________________ "Happiness is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it." -Unknown

11-26-2007, 09:25 PM	#25
chester12 Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 49	Nice looking boars. To answer the question about 30-06 being anough gun yes it is. More than enough, and if you say it isn't you need to place the shot in the right place. Head shots with a 22-250 is enough, and body shots with a .243 will do it ever time if you do your job.

11-26-2007, 10:18 PM	#26
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,984	I've had some close calls with wild hogs in the past, but most of the time they'll run from you as your running away from them. I'm honest to God scard of them because there unpredictible. Remember if one runs at you and you can't climb a tree then stand with your back to a tree and has soon as the hog goes to ram you sidestep to the side !!! I've always heard to do that but I'll be damed if I'm going to hang around !!! It's always been nice to be up in a Deer stand and a herd of hogs pass through, they have lots of baby pigs and a herd can be 20 or lots more around here in south Arkansas.

11-26-2007, 11:02 PM	#28
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,984	toolman though the Hogs are ferrel pigs,hogs they are very ruff looking and missed colored like the ones in the pictures. It's always amazed me seeing them in the wild. Squirrel and Deer season is when most folks run in to them but you hardly hear about anyone getting attacked by them. Not 1 mile from me the woods are full of them and my neighbor has bought all the material needed to build a couple of traps to catch some...I can't wait because he's expecting me to help him and I'm not sure i want to mess with them...A.H

11-26-2007, 11:33 PM	#30
Farmer Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Limbri NSW Au Posts: 322	Livetoshoot, Big ones in the photo are a bit tough and tasty. But get them under 40 to 45 pounds and they are great... The taste is like pork used to taste like, before grain feeding. Organic too......... one for us minus 1 the greenies. We take about 100 hogs a year from our place, 40 pound to 300 pound. Many of ours get sent to germany others in my freezer. If you get thw chance, try some BTW, this is my favorite hog photo. http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u...taking_pig.jpg __________________ Cheers, Rob I'm into gun control - I always use both hands!!!!!!! Last edited by Farmer; 11-26-2007 at 11:49 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

11-26-2007, 11:52 PM	#31
toolman Mr. Fixit Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: abilene,tx Posts: 5,852 Blog Entries: 24	LTS, the meat is, in a word, excellent! It's very lean compared to domestic pork because they get so much excercise. I've heard reports of herds travelling 30-40 mi.\day, so they are mostly lean muscle and they don't eat the same thing every day like farm-raised pork. They are also extremely tough animals and take a lot of killing if you don't get 'em with the first shot. I don't get a lot of pleasure from killing animals, even though hunting is my favorite thing outside of the marital bed! That said, hunting hogs is one of the funnest, most satisfying things I've ever done. I don't agree with guys who fly half-way around the globe to hunt lions, tigers, elephants, etc. who then proceed to talk about "being in harm's way" They PUT themselves in "harms way". Hunting\trapping hogs in Tx. is a necessity due to the damage they cause. It's always a plus when you can have fun while performing a necessary service. __________________ cosmoline is an aphrodisiac!

12-07-2007, 05:19 PM	#32
Tyman Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Redmond,OR Posts: 22	wild pork! love the taste.

12-09-2007, 12:28 PM	#33
forestgleaner Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 182	Some people don't realize that the sporting part is in getting the critters into the trap. I have dispatch a lot of "safer" animals while they were had a paw in a trap. If anyone has ever tried to drown a coon, or put down a skunk, they wouldn't think shooting something the size of a hog while in a trap wasn't the better choice. If ever you need help with hunting those things, and I can find some time away from the wife and the little ones, would love to help out. In a few years, hopeing the little ones will want to be right there with me.

12-10-2007, 04:28 AM	#34
Farmer Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Limbri NSW Au Posts: 322	I love wild pork!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! its better than any shop pork. Most taken in Aus are dogged, if you think they are dangerous, think of the bloke who rolls em over and sticks the knife in!!!!!! __________________ Cheers, Rob I'm into gun control - I always use both hands!!!!!!!

12-10-2007, 11:31 PM	#36
Farmer Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Limbri NSW Au Posts: 322	The bottom one about the biggest ive taken. But that top one is huge, must have been a couple of good years and grew quick cause his hooks could be bigger. Those west qld pigs are scary __________________ Cheers, Rob I'm into gun control - I always use both hands!!!!!!!

12-11-2007, 11:27 PM	#39
Muznz Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Kaukapakapa North Island New Zealand Posts: 110 Images: 13	Nice Pork Nathan __________________ Hunting is my Life

12-12-2007, 01:29 AM	#40
Farmer Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Limbri NSW Au Posts: 322	Also looks like that bottom one gave something a hard time by its busted up ear!!! Probably a pretty sore pup somewhere still recovering!! __________________ Cheers, Rob I'm into gun control - I always use both hands!!!!!!!