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There is a $5/head hog bounty in two counties (Hays and ???) that flank I-35 a little south of that region. That must indicate a pretty large population. I doubt I'd go far to claim a $5 bounty, but it indicates how easy it is to find a hog to shoot.
Hence my buddies recommendation for .308, nice hog!
Yes, hence my reluctance to pay f I don't need to, thanks
I'll be on a paid hunt but it includes everything I need/want. Lodging, food, and camaraderie with like-minded folk from all over. Hopefully we'll take a few smaller, good eating pigs. Most of the big boar hogs that we shot (as pictured above) stunk. My outfitter said that none were fit to eat, and we left them for the coyotes. It seemed like a waste to kill such big animals and leave them for the coyotes. We did take a large sow and that was butchered up and taken home but most of our kills were large boars.
I have heard the musk gets worse as they get older, I probably won't be able to take much meat myself, got a 2 day drive home. If a lil one gets taken then fine, this is a combo hunt if you will, I get to shoot hogs, and farmer is happy, win win. As far as what else happens to meat it's up to them. if I do get a big boar, I wouldn't mind the tusks, but that's about it from what I have heard. Yeah I hunted camps upstate, great to be with like minded friends doing fun stuff, I started asking on another forum about a paid hunt, a few friends from down there said save your money, please shoot them off my land, so I'll use cash for feeding them while I am there
Hell had one buddy told me "you wanna shoot them with full auto to see what it does, let me know!" So yeah theres that hahaha
I good skull mount of a boar would be a nice reminder of the hunt.I have heard the musk gets worse as they get older, I probably won't be able to take much meat myself, got a 2 day drive home. If a lil one gets taken then fine, this is a combo hunt if you will, I get to shoot hogs, and farmer is happy, win win. As far as what else happens to meat it's up to them. if I do get a big boar, I wouldn't mind the tusks, but that's about it from what I have heard. Yeah I hunted camps upstate, great to be with like minded friends doing fun stuff, I started asking on another forum about a paid hunt, a few friends from down there said save your money, please shoot them off my land, so I'll use cash for feeding them while I am there
Yes, that would be cool, thanks for suggestion
The only boars worth eating really are the younger boars running solo or in small groups with no females along with of course the small guys running with a herd that aren't yet sexually mature.
Come back after dark with night vision or a spotlight and shoot the coyotes.
That's a cool looking rig you got there. Should do the trick. I just picked up a Bergara B-14 BMP in 6.5 Creedmoor and am scavenging the scope and bipod off my black M1A Supermatch to outfit it so if you know anybody looking for a clean 7.62 M1A give me a holler.
Thats the best answer here!
