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svt-eric
05-28-2013, 08:29 PM
post pics of all the good kills.

heres a hog i shot last weekend in west texas palardy canyon. had some fun with a AR15 lol

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/southsidekings13ss/image_zpsfe62c98b.jpg (http://s162.photobucket.com/user/southsidekings13ss/media/image_zpsfe62c98b.jpg.html)

jng2985
05-28-2013, 09:29 PM
lol slim on the good kills, but plenty of camera pics of what shouldve shown up at that same time as the previous weeks.. lol

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk250/jng2985/1299196294.jpg

No lie, this one was only around 75lbs and was shot in the head with a 9mm from about 3ft. The round ricochet off, hog turned to back of the trap where thre was a gap between the ground and cage, lifted it up and ran off while two hungover stuned idiots dumped mags trying to get it "one being me". Stalked another 2 hours and never found it.
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk250/jng2985/1291914938.jpg

Never saw this guy agian after that year.. http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk250/jng2985/1289925320.jpg

best kill and greatest prank ever.. http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk250/jng2985/SU1HMDAwMDUtMjAwOTA2MDYtMDk1MC5qcGc.jpg

last year http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk250/jng2985/SU1HMDAwMjAtMjAwOTEyMzEtMTkzNS5qcGc.jpg

svt-eric
05-28-2013, 09:47 PM
haha yea i dont have many pics of my kills. just started hunting not too long ago. my girls dad is getting me into it cause he lovessss hunting. them hogs are one damn tough animals!

jng2985
05-28-2013, 09:53 PM
haha yea i dont have many pics of my kills. just started hunting not too long ago. my girls dad is getting me into it cause he lovessss hunting. them hogs are one damn tough animals!

haha how do you like the sitting and waiting? Have fun with it, if you dont see shit then go back to camp and drink some beers.. It's a great escape from DFW area.. If you get into it its damn near $$$$ as cars, and pretty simular.. Both will leave you broke, pissed off, and possible swamp ass in the summer.. yet.. :cheers:

DirtyD
05-28-2013, 09:57 PM
Man. I need to catch up on this thread when I'm not half asleep from traveling and vacation...

svt-eric
05-28-2013, 10:41 PM
haha how do you like the sitting and waiting? Have fun with it, if you dont see shit then go back to camp and drink some beers.. It's a great escape from DFW area.. If you get into it its damn near $$$$ as cars, and pretty simular.. Both will leave you broke, pissed off, and possible swamp ass in the summer.. yet.. :cheers:

i dont mind the waiting its just the sweating your ass off in a blind that gets me but i deal with it cause its part of it lol. i think i would like winter hunting more! yea i can already tell its money lol i dont think ill do it alot. probly more of getting away like u said every now and then.

J.Shoot
05-29-2013, 07:21 AM
I was shocked when I saw this thread. Bow hunting is my other passion. Any of you guys bow hunt?
Just curious.
Hunting comsumes all of my time from August to February. We have a ranch that is 99% all archery.

J.Shoot

svt-eric
05-29-2013, 07:25 AM
I was shocked when I saw this thread. Bow hunting is my other passion. Any of you guys bow hunt?
Just curious.
Hunting comsumes all of my time from August to February. We have a ranch that is 99% all archery.

J.Shoot

my girls dad bow hunts. he has tons of guns but when it comes to hunting he will wip out the bow lol he likes it better. much harder though! i plan to try it one day.

jerseyjoe
05-29-2013, 08:59 PM
Nice thread! After going twice for hogs with rifles and coming up empty handed I finally went out with dogs with a couple guys north of DFW in Greenville. Took down 11 hogs in under 5 hours. Great hunt, will go again when it cools back down... The first one of the day was 300+ lbs and the dogs bayed him up in water it got intense. A Pitbull was the catch dog and he was a beast.

jng2985
05-29-2013, 09:43 PM
Nice thread! After going twice for hogs with rifles and coming up empty handed I finally went out with dogs with a couple guys north of DFW in Greenville. Took down 11 hogs in under 5 hours. Great hunt, will go again when it cools back down... The first one of the day was 300+ lbs and the dogs bayed him up in water it got intense. A Pitbull was the catch dog and he was a beast.

lmfao @ the 3rd picture.. guy in the middle has the knife and is in oh shit mode, with the guy taking the picture.. haha I've never gotten an op. to hunt behind dogs but I hear its blast! and looks you had fun.

It's interesting how smart hogs really are, yet dumb as shit.. I have GC pics of them hitting feeders at the same time every day for a month, until I sit and wait.. Could be the W tx swamp ass but w/e.. Yet every now and then just driving around out there being loud as fuck you will roll right up to them..

jerseyjoe
05-29-2013, 09:48 PM
LOL - thats me with the knife in ohh shit mode.. Of course my first hog has to be 300lbs and in the water... Big adrenaline rush though, the bigger ones would stay and try to fight the dogs while some of the smaller ones would run. It was a cool experience. I've done the same sit in a blind for hours when you have cam footage of them coming in every night, and nothing.... I think they can just smell you if the wind is right. I havent had much luck in blinds in TX.

svt-eric
06-03-2013, 12:08 PM
LOL - thats me with the knife in ohh shit mode.. Of course my first hog has to be 300lbs and in the water... Big adrenaline rush though, the bigger ones would stay and try to fight the dogs while some of the smaller ones would run. It was a cool experience. I've done the same sit in a blind for hours when you have cam footage of them coming in every night, and nothing.... I think they can just smell you if the wind is right. I havent had much luck in blinds in TX.

haha yea i would of been stabing the f out of it lol!

yea they got some really good smell. it sucks if the wind is blowing! u gotta get them quick! :gunner:

BLK2012GT
06-03-2013, 12:22 PM
Here's someof mine from last year. The first pic is a 10 pointer with 20 3/4 inch inside spread and the 8 pointer is just a typical 8 pointer. And heres one that my buddy shot.

Grandpa
06-03-2013, 12:37 PM
I was shocked when I saw this thread. Bow hunting is my other passion. Any of you guys bow hunt?
Just curious.
Hunting comsumes all of my time from August to February. We have a ranch that is 99% all archery.

J.Shoot

I would LOVE to get into archery. I think that would be fun. I don't care about "hunting". Sitting around a feeder waiting for something to stop by is not hunting nor a sport. lol.

BLK2012GT
06-03-2013, 12:39 PM
I would LOVE to get into archery. I think that would be fun. I don't care about "hunting". Sitting around a feeder waiting for something to stop by is not hunting nor a sport. lol.

Not everyone does that foo. I shot three deer last year and none of them were at feeders.

jng2985
06-03-2013, 01:00 PM
I would LOVE to get into archery. I think that would be fun. I don't care about "hunting". Sitting around a feeder waiting for something to stop by is not hunting nor a sport. lol.

Just think of it like going to a strip club, lol. Really though either way you're hunting over a necessity be it trail, water, natural food source. At least in 99.9% of texas lease's. Now if you go to like Montana or w/e that a little different..

I don't mind the feeders still a bait and wait so it makes sense while some may not like it, but you give yourself standards of what you're looking for ie. old 8+ buck and so fourth "not just dropping the first thing to come in". It's the places that are 100-200acres with high fence.. That's what trips me out..

If you do get into archery get ready to be addicted and drop some coin!

Rydawg1
06-03-2013, 01:58 PM
I love me some feral hog hunting. I shot this guy at night eating acorns off of my friends back porch at ~60 yards with my Sig556R w/Pulsar N550 night vision. Popped him and he ran maybe 30 feet.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w36/rydawg1/092_zpsf84a4ea9.jpg (http://s172.photobucket.com/user/rydawg1/media/092_zpsf84a4ea9.jpg.html)

If you're not sure of the kill zone on a hog this is by far the best video to show you where to shoot them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AaCIcxz-5U


If you do get into archery get ready to be addicted and drop some coin!

I picked up a bow last year and live by Cinnamon creek ranch so yea I dropped the equivalent of a set of wheels and tires on a Hoyt and all the goodies lol I'm really looking forward to Bow season this year

DirtyD
06-03-2013, 02:22 PM
I wanna go hog hunting. :(

Grandpa
06-03-2013, 02:29 PM
I wanna go hog hunting. :(

Phuck Phace does it every weekend at local bars. :hidesbehindsofa:

jng2985
06-03-2013, 02:30 PM
I love me some feral hog hunting. I shot this guy at night eating acorns off of my friends back porch at ~60 yards with my Sig556R w/Pulsar N550 night vision. Popped him and he ran maybe 30 feet.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w36/rydawg1/092_zpsf84a4ea9.jpg (http://s172.photobucket.com/user/rydawg1/media/092_zpsf84a4ea9.jpg.html)

If you're not sure of the kill zone on a hog this is by far the best video to show you where to shoot them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AaCIcxz-5U




I picked up a bow last year and live by Cinnamon creek ranch so yea I dropped the equivalent of a set of wheels and tires on a Hoyt and all the goodies lol I'm really looking forward to Bow season this year

Badass! I want that pulsar!

blownaltered
06-03-2013, 02:31 PM
I would LOVE to get into archery. I think that would be fun. I don't care about "hunting". Sitting around a feeder waiting for something to stop by is not hunting nor a sport. lol.

If you ever want to try shooting a bow let me know, I do have one. I will be hog hunting in a few weeks. Hopefully I get to post up a few pics

DirtyD
06-03-2013, 02:33 PM
Phuck Phace does it every weekend at local bars. :hidesbehindsofa:
:fc5716bd:

Grandpa
06-03-2013, 02:35 PM
If you ever want to try shooting a bow let me know, I do have one.

Hell yeah I wanna try it!

Rydawg1
06-03-2013, 02:55 PM
If you ever want to try shooting a bow let me know, I do have one. I will be hog hunting in a few weeks. Hopefully I get to post up a few pics

You should never hunt alone :Big Laugh: so let me know if you ever need someone to go with you lol :hunter:

FastFordDriver
06-05-2013, 05:14 PM
Didn't know we had a hunting section.

Video of my 15 yr old daughter dropping a pig near Freer, Texas in November 2012. She turned the lights out pretty well on that one!

ta_gmnlvWIQ

svt-eric
06-05-2013, 06:08 PM
LOL they just keep eating! wish my girl would of got mine on vid! she had the gopro rolling but got scared cause she was scared of how loud the gun would be.

FastFordDriver
09-03-2013, 05:29 PM
Anybody getting ready for deer season? I'm going up to Mt Vernon to shoot a pig this weekend. Going on a deer hunt in Freer in early November.

Last year's buck - biggest one I've ever killed:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6J5qHjF0qr8/UXLPZx1EEyI/AAAAAAAANeo/OQUak24GFlY/w1104-h620-no/IMG_0314.JPG

Will post a dead pig pic this weekend if I get lucky 8-]

BLK2012GT
09-03-2013, 05:52 PM
Yup going to fill the feeders FINALLY sept 21st. And I'm really looking forward to next year cause I get to hunt up in north west Kansas for a whitetail for free.

BLK2012GT
09-03-2013, 05:55 PM
Where was that deer killed?

FastFordDriver
09-04-2013, 12:47 PM
hah, free hunting is like free beer - that's the best kind! Great deer up there, too.

I shot that 8 pt on the Killam Duval County Ranch about 7 miles west of Freer, Texas. Low fence but they have 125,000 acres so you don't really need HF! haha




Yup going to fill the feeders FINALLY sept 21st. And I'm really looking forward to next year cause I get to hunt up in north west Kansas for a whitetail for free.

BLK2012GT
09-04-2013, 12:52 PM
Is that a paid hunt you went on for that deer or member of the lease?

FastFordDriver
09-04-2013, 01:06 PM
Heh, either way, you pay. My daughter and I did a 4 day/3 night hunt.

I'd lease there but it's too far away. 7 hr drive or so. I believe the leasing starts at over $10k/year or something like that on the Killam Ranch. I leased up until 2011 in Central Texas and a bit in East Texas. Got tired of that crap. Too much work, too many poachers, and too many lease members with no ethics.

Check out my daughter's monster 7 point on THF (no login required):
http://www.texashuntingforum.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3792394/1


Is that a paid hunt you went on for that deer or member of the lease?

DirtyD
09-04-2013, 01:14 PM
I shoot to fill the freezer. Is love to have a trophy, but you can't eat the horns and can only stare at them so often/long. Haha

BLK2012GT
09-04-2013, 01:17 PM
Heh, either way, you pay. My daughter and I did a 4 day/3 night hunt.

I'd lease there but it's too far away. 7 hr drive or so. I believe the leasing starts at over $10k/year or something like that on the Killam Ranch. I leased up until 2011 in Central Texas and a bit in East Texas. Got tired of that crap. Too much work, too many poachers, and too many lease members with no ethics.

Check out my daughter's monster 7 point on THF (no login required):
http://www.texashuntingforum.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3792394/1

Damn that's a big ass 7 pointer. If you don't mind me asking how much was that hunt for 4 day/ 3 night hunt?

FastFordDriver
09-04-2013, 02:59 PM
I shoot to fill the freezer. Is love to have a trophy, but you can't eat the horns and can only stare at them so often/long. Haha

No problem with that. I assure you that our deer filled the freezer and then some! haha

I used to shoot whatever had horns but if it's under 3 1/2 I don't like to shoot them anymore. Like to let them get some size. Problem with a lease is that not everyone shares my sentiments 8-]

FastFordDriver
09-04-2013, 03:08 PM
Damn that's a big ass 7 pointer. If you don't mind me asking how much was that hunt for 4 day/ 3 night hunt?

Not a problem -

That 7 point was a monster - bigger than my 8 point and much cheaper. Go figure 8-]

My hunt was $3000 (for a management deer - scored 148, dressed 155) and my daughter's was $2000 for a "cull" hunt. Yep, that 7 pt is a cull because he's 6 1/2 years old and he's only a 7 point. He dressed at 165. My daughter also shot a doe and a pig. I shot a pig as well. I tipped a total of 15% on top of all that.

All in all - two bucks that dressed out at a combined 320 lbs, a doe, and two pigs. This included 3 nights lodging and more food than you could really eat.

Not all culls are that nice but the sweet thing about that ranch is that nothing under 5 1/2 years old gets shot so you see some pretty good sized deer. On public land or a generic lease in Texas you'll rarely see anything over 3 1/2. You will but it's rare. Antler restrictions help some I think.

BLK2012GT
09-04-2013, 03:40 PM
Not a problem -

That 7 point was a monster - bigger than my 8 point and much cheaper. Go figure 8-]

My hunt was $3000 (for a management deer - scored 148, dressed 155) and my daughter's was $2000 for a "cull" hunt. Yep, that 7 pt is a cull because he's 6 1/2 years old and he's only a 7 point. He dressed at 165. My daughter also shot a doe and a pig. I shot a pig as well. I tipped a total of 15% on top of all that.

All in all - two bucks that dressed out at a combined 320 lbs, a doe, and two pigs. This included 3 nights lodging and more food than you could really eat.

Not all culls are that nice but the sweet thing about that ranch is that nothing under 5 1/2 years old gets shot so you see some pretty good sized deer. On public land or a generic lease in Texas you'll rarely see anything over 3 1/2. You will but it's rare. Antler restrictions help some I think.
Very cool. Do you have a link I can go to cause I might look into that for either my wife and me or myself and my dad.

GunsUp
09-04-2013, 03:46 PM
Yup going to fill the feeders FINALLY sept 21st. And I'm really looking forward to next year cause I get to hunt up in north west Kansas for a whitetail for free.

I still want to help. I'd love to get in the woods this year.

FastFordDriver
09-04-2013, 04:07 PM
Very cool. Do you have a link I can go to cause I might look into that for either my wife and me or myself and my dad.

Sure - http://www.duvalcountyranch.com/home.html

The site is a bit outdated but it has the basic info. I sent you a PM. Call me this evening and I can answer any questions you have!

BLK2012GT
09-05-2013, 05:28 PM
Here's us one of the bucks I killed last year.

http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b576/blk2012gt/null_zps3599cda1.jpg

BLK2012GT
09-05-2013, 05:29 PM
And here's the other one I shot 30 mins before the first pic.

http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b576/blk2012gt/null_zpsac93ce80.jpg

jng2985
09-05-2013, 05:34 PM
F the deer right now! Who else limited out on dove sun and mon!

FastFordDriver
09-05-2013, 09:45 PM
F the deer right now! Who else limited out on dove sun and mon!

I need to buy a shotgun I guess. I love dove hunting (and eating) but haven't done that in a long time.

FastFordDriver
09-05-2013, 09:49 PM
[QUOTE=BLK2012GT;48747]Here's us one of the bucks I killed last year.

Good looking deer - I like the one with the messed up rack. Gives character! Is the left main beam broken? I can't tell for sure. Wonder if he messed it up in the velvet? This year at the DCR, I'm not looking for score really - I want one that's just old and wide with short tines. Think they look cool. Of course, I can't be that choosy - just hope I get lucky and see what I want.

We had a guy on our lease in 2010 shoot a buck and a doe with one bullet! Passed right through the buck. Two deer in 30 minutes will make your day for sure.

BLK2012GT
09-06-2013, 12:26 AM
The beam isn't broken. Yeah he for sure has a weird rack on that side. The rut was on when I shot those two cause I had the 8 pointer laying by the feeder waiting on my buddies to pick me up and that 10 pointer came within 10 feet of the dead one. But I also had tink 69 hanging right by the feeder.

jng2985
01-19-2014, 10:24 PM
Well season and extended is over... So how'd everyone do? Myself, 10pnt broken off on couple, doe, 12 pigs 50-150lbs.

re-rx7
01-20-2014, 12:33 AM
Deer jerky?

DirtyD
01-20-2014, 10:04 AM
I took a shot at some doe in my backyard over Thanksgiving with an non-sighted rifle. :lol:

Maybe next season. Gun is sighten in and ready for kill mode.

BLK2012GT
01-22-2014, 10:57 AM
I got me a tall 8 pointer, spike and 3 does this year. Freezer is full.