Wild Hogs??

[hadzimak]

Hello from East Tx. We have feral hogs hogs here as well, and having my dog getting mixed up with one is one of my biggest fears.
First bit of advice, get a bigger gun. First one a trapped I shot between the eyes at 10 feet with a 9mm with BAD results. After about 5 minutes of the pig charging the cage to get to me I was able to get a shot behind the ear to finish the job. That was just a small 100# female.
If you don't want to buy a trap you can put some corn on a piece of roofing tin at night, when you hear the rattling turn on the spot light and take your shot.
If you're lucky kill one or more it is some the the best eating meats. However, the big old boars are not so good to eat and best used as dog food or left for the coyotes and vultures.
This next idea comes from some of the old-timers I know and never have tried first hand. After you have killed and dressed one, take all the parts not fit for the BBQ or dog food (our dog gets all the scraps, liver, heart, lungs etc chopped and boiled) and put it in a burlap sack, then drag it around the area you want to keep the pigs out. Supposedly they will not cross the oder of pig blood (death).
Hope this helps.

 

[Ozark Chicken]

Here in Arkansas you can only shoot them with firearms allowed for the game animal season that is open. That means that the only time you can use a deer rifle is during deer season. We very routinely shoot them at night with a .22 magnum with a red lens spot light. I've never had one go more than 40 yards. You can use a bow year around, and it works very well for spine shots from a stand during the day. The ones under 150 lbs are delicious. All that said, they are very dangerous. The lowes here sells Hog traps. I drove down to San Antonio this last weekend and saw a nice group of hogs right on the side of I-35. I wanted to jump out and collect a couple of the smaller ones but thought better of it.

 

[Supermommy486]

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Awesome thanks!!

 

[Supermommy486]

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Well you should have made pit stop by here! lol

 

[harryg6167]

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When I had it before some tasted 'Gamey' (IS that a word?).

If you kill a male hog go ahead and bleed it by cutting its throat and hanging
it upside down and that will help a lot with the taste and "rankness."
Also before cooking if you will trim off the fat from around the chops or
other cuts you will not have the off taste but some of the sweetest tasting meat
ever.

 

[archerobx]

Sorry off topic but, for yall will hog problems can people from out of come and hunt them on public ground