My two day guided hunt lasted 15 minutes

[brcfo_outdoors]

I pay a hefty trespass fee every couple years to hunt a primo private property, while I understand your predicament, enjoy it. I feel the pressure hard come day 4-5 on what I consider an almost 100% percent hunt. Got my father on a bruiser fast last year in only a few hours. You never know when it ends but it's always good with meat. I'd agree short, but more hunts end the disappointing way.

And that is the truth of it. With pigs in CA that harvest reporting shows a little over 90% are taken on private lands, so if I wanted to be successful, that was where I needed to be. I think the gratification that comes from "earning it" on longer, more difficult, and frustrating hunts is powerful, but I have been disappointed more times than I can count. The way I see, this trip is making up for all the ones I struggled on, and now I have an excuse to go again.

 

[Gater]

A little back story here, I have always been a DIY kind of guy when it comes to hunting which has definitely yielded mixed results. I starting hunting in high school with my buddy, and we would run around the public lands of central/coastal California with archery equipment and no idea what we were doing. We would see pigs but never got close to shoot anything but piglets which I chose to pass on. Years went on and I would occasionally try for pigs but stopped a few years back, though continued to buy tags each year just in case. Well this year I turned 30 and decide to go on my first guided hunt ever and figured I would opt for a pig to try and complete that long term goal. So I reach out to the guide, scheduled a two day hunt, and prepped and provisioned accordingly. Night before I drive three hours to car camp, and get up at 0400 to meet the guide, we drive about fifteen minutes to some private land and gear up. Guide says we should check out a pond really quick that was right near the farm house where we had parked. So we hoofed it for about five minutes and I shot this pig at the pond. I can't argue with my success but I was kind of looking forward to the full two day experience. Oh well. Just wanted to share my story, figured you guys might appreciate it.

Rifle is a Bighorn Origin that I built with a Proof barrel in a Manners EH1 and topped with a Meopta Optika6 3-18x56. Ammo was the factory Barnes Vor-TX 6.5CM load shooting 120gr TTSX. Pig was a little over 200lbs.

Went on a guided elk hunt in Wyoming on horse back a buddy of mine and my self rode in to camp the day before season started both of us fill our tags before noon my friend shot a 4x5 I shot a 5x5 we both also filled our antelope tags had another week and a half we supported the local economy of Doubis and Jackson pretty good

 

[DJ Morrison]

Nice Pig!!! Do not overlook a gift. The guides know where the game is, thats why you pay them..

 

[xsn10s]

I passed on a nice buck first day in West Texas semi guided hunt. That was the biggest buck of the hunt. Nice pig, plenty of good pig hunting in Cali.

 

[Eric Musgrove]

I've never shot a coyote, although many were in my sights. I was deer hunting and didn't want to blow the deer hunt! One day.....!

He who has never shot a coyote and had a bedded buck jump up and let you fill your tag.

 

[MountainShotz]

A little back story here, I have always been a DIY kind of guy when it comes to hunting which has definitely yielded mixed results. I starting hunting in high school with my buddy, and we would run around the public lands of central/coastal California with archery equipment and no idea what we were doing. We would see pigs but never got close to shoot anything but piglets which I chose to pass on. Years went on and I would occasionally try for pigs but stopped a few years back, though continued to buy tags each year just in case. Well this year I turned 30 and decide to go on my first guided hunt ever and figured I would opt for a pig to try and complete that long term goal. So I reach out to the guide, scheduled a two day hunt, and prepped and provisioned accordingly. Night before I drive three hours to car camp, and get up at 0400 to meet the guide, we drive about fifteen minutes to some private land and gear up. Guide says we should check out a pond really quick that was right near the farm house where we had parked. So we hoofed it for about five minutes and I shot this pig at the pond. I can't argue with my success but I was kind of looking forward to the full two day experience. Oh well. Just wanted to share my story, figured you guys might appreciate it.

Rifle is a Bighorn Origin that I built with a Proof barrel in a Manners EH1 and topped with a Meopta Optika6 3-18x56. Ammo was the factory Barnes Vor-TX 6.5CM load shooting 120gr TTSX. Pig was a little over 200lbs.

You gotta love it when it's easy. I guess lol.!.!

 

[Texas Speed Bump]

Crazy looking pig! Congrats!

That hog has a lot of Russian boar still in his genes. Don't see that very much these days. Most (in Texas at least) have so interbred with domestic feral pigs that you don't see much Russian in them anymore.

 

[ranger3]

A little back story here, I have always been a DIY kind of guy when it comes to hunting which has definitely yielded mixed results. I starting hunting in high school with my buddy, and we would run around the public lands of central/coastal California with archery equipment and no idea what we were doing. We would see pigs but never got close to shoot anything but piglets which I chose to pass on. Years went on and I would occasionally try for pigs but stopped a few years back, though continued to buy tags each year just in case. Well this year I turned 30 and decide to go on my first guided hunt ever and figured I would opt for a pig to try and complete that long term goal. So I reach out to the guide, scheduled a two day hunt, and prepped and provisioned accordingly. Night before I drive three hours to car camp, and get up at 0400 to meet the guide, we drive about fifteen minutes to some private land and gear up. Guide says we should check out a pond really quick that was right near the farm house where we had parked. So we hoofed it for about five minutes and I shot this pig at the pond. I can't argue with my success but I was kind of looking forward to the full two day experience. Oh well. Just wanted to share my story, figured you guys might appreciate it.

Rifle is a Bighorn Origin that I built with a Proof barrel in a Manners EH1 and topped with a Meopta Optika6 3-18x56. Ammo was the factory Barnes Vor-TX 6.5CM load shooting 120gr TTSX. Pig was a little over 200lbs.

 

[ranger3]

And that is the truth of it. With pigs in CA that harvest reporting shows a little over 90% are taken on private lands, so if I wanted to be successful, that was where I needed to be. I think the gratification that comes from "earning it" on longer, more difficult, and frustrating hunts is powerful, but I have been disappointed more times than I can count. The way I see, this trip is making up for all the ones I struggled on, and now I have an excuse to go again.

I hate it when that happens. Nice though

 

[BHP9]

Congrats.

My problem is that where I live they have decided to ban the hunting of pigs.

 

[Mike Matteson]

I've never shot a coyote, although many were in my sights. I was deer hunting and didn't want to blow the deer hunt! One day.....!

I hunted with cousin, and no shooting at anything until the deer hunting was done for the day. Then coyote were on the list. Hunting those areas was hard to get a deer out. So you needed help. Hearing gun shots told you somebody needed help. Generally stayed with that rule, unless set up before hand. There was one exception, Dogs chasing deer. We were seeing problems with peoples dogs running loose. We would find dead deer, but not eaten. Some people dogs were allowed to rome at night, and the dogs were packing up killing deer. So dogs were a difference story. That was cause by city people moving out into the country. They lost there dogs.

 

[Old Rooster]

Good job.
Let me know if the meat is good or not.

 

[Clark54]

Congrats.

My problem is that where I live they have decided to ban the hunting of pigs.

WHY would someone ban pig hunting?? Destructive pests.

 

[rjgonzo]

Nice Pig! Congratulations!