Mowing wild hogs

[rmully]

45 Colt will stop them fast. I used to hunt these boar on Catalina Island CA in the 1970. In tall grass a rifle is not as good as a revolver.

 

[the6shooter]

Well I am glad, I posted this thread, hogs here are a problem. and I will put them down when I see them. I don't have much fear when riding the tractor.
It's when I am out walking in the tall uncut grass/weeds, that I can't see over.
just walking and being able to hear them at times.

This was just giving me pause, that I am putting myself in danger, when out walking in costoners pastures that I am going to cut down, walking up on one napping was my concern, because when I am walking though the tall stuff, I am always alone.
And out in rural pasture no one can hear you scream when your the main course, for the picnic...
So I made the purchase of a new ruger .44 super blackhawk hunter Bisley.
I do have 2 .45 apc's just know they're not the tool for the job.

It just doesn't seem that safe out walking though the woods anymore like it used to be. I never was afraid being out alone, it's that I'm not that young and invincable as I once was. And I love being out in the woods.
david

 

[JoeinTX]

"Speak for yourself. Best BBQ I've ever made has been on feral hog meat."

Agree. Best barbecue pork roast I've ever eaten was from a wild pig trapped locally. Fantastic.

I do quite a bit of hog hunting and have used everything from .17 to .223 to .303 and .308 on them. I'm picking up a little .357 carbine to be my regular everyday out-in-the-pasture and on the tractor gun with piggies in mind.

I've gotten very close to some pigs at times. Wandered right up to their bed-down several times in thicker brush areas and that results in one heck of a lot noise, movement, and dust with animals snorting and grunting and going in every direction. I've noted that the little ones tend to get very confused and disoriented as one might expect. They've run up to me when the shooting has started at times in the past. Run right into my legs.

They are tremendously destructive animals. As opposed to a deer when hit by a car on the highway that tend to bounce off and away from the vehicle, pigs when hit tend to go down and underneath the traveling vehicle.

 

[Bob77064]

When I lived in LA. my stepbrother hunted wild hogs. He used a twelve gauge with slugs and a high power hand gun for backup.

 

[moored4]

Speak for yourself. Best BBQ I've ever made has been on feral hog meat.

The sauage is good to! :licking:

 

[TripleR]

Well I am glad, I posted this thread, hogs here are a problem. and I will put them down when I see them. I don't have much fear when riding the tractor.
It's when I am out walking in the tall uncut grass/weeds, that I can't see over.
just walking and being able to hear them at times.

This was just giving me pause, that I am putting myself in danger, when out walking in customer's pastures that I am going to cut down, walking up on one napping was my concern, because when I am walking though the tall stuff, I am always alone.
And out in rural pasture no one can hear you scream when your the main course, for the picnic...
So I made the purchase of a new ruger .44 super Blackhawk hunter Bisley.
I do have 2 .45 apc's just know they're not the tool for the job.

It just doesn't seem that safe out walking though the woods anymore like it used to be. I never was afraid being out alone, it's that I'm not that young and invincible as I once was. And I love being out in the woods.
david

I have owned several .44 Mags including a Desert Eagle (gave it to my son) and still own four including a 29 and 629 Classic, but the one I prefer is my old 70's model Super Blackhawk, great guns. I made a set of Black Walnut grips for better control and tuned the action; love that old gun.:thumbsup:

 

[deereman75]

Has anyone thought of keeping a long barrel shotgun, like a winchester 1897, with full choke rounds of 00 buck on your tractor? That way when ever you see a hog, just pull it out, and blow its head off. With the long barrel, and full choke rounds, you could get them from a good distance.

 

[EddieWalker]

I put wild hogs beind as dangerous as a rabbit out in the wild. They will run away at the first hint of humans, and they are very good at getting away. Snakes are a lot more dangerous, and whitetail deer hurt more people in one year then wild hogs have in all their history combined. Just do a search online and try to find a case of a wild hog attacking anybody that wasn't being chased,cornered or wounded by hunters.

For a variety of reasons, the Rambo and John Wayne types like to talk about how dangerous hogs are, and how brave they must be to hunt them. It's so bad that they even go out of their way to make it that way with some hidden hope that something will go wrong and somebody will get hurty. Look at all the injuries that you can find when it comes to hog hunting and ask youself if in any case it was neccessary?

Take hunting, trapping and trying to get hurt out of it, and you're not going to find any attacks of hogs on people. They tear up the ground, they breed like crazy, and they are a lot tougher to take down then a deer. That's about it.

They are not like bears or lions. They don't have claws and fangs for attacking and killing other animals. Some have tusks, others dont. If you corner them, and if you are close enough, they will try to defend themselves in trying to get away. If you are in front of one, get out of it's way so it can get past you. It really is that simple. I've even watched this on hunting videos when bubba Rambo is supposedly charged, and it's embarassing how obvious it was that the pig just wanted to get past him and he was in the way.

Carry if you feel safer, but it's not going to protect you from a wild hog. If you see them, they will either be calmly eating and doing their own thing, or running away from you. I've shot several with my .44 mag Super Blackhawk. It's fun to hunt with a pistol, but easier to kill them with a rifle.

Eddie

 

[bigbull338]

I put wild hogs beind as dangerous as a rabbit out in the wild. They will run away at the first hint of humans, and they are very good at getting away. Snakes are a lot more dangerous, and whitetail deer hurt more people in one year then wild hogs have in all their history combined. Just do a search online and try to find a case of a wild hog attacking anybody that wasn't being chased,cornered or wounded by hunters.

For a variety of reasons, the Rambo and John Wayne types like to talk about how dangerous hogs are, and how brave they must be to hunt them. It's so bad that they even go out of their way to make it that way with some hidden hope that something will go wrong and somebody will get hurty. Look at all the injuries that you can find when it comes to hog hunting and ask youself if in any case it was neccessary?

Take hunting, trapping and trying to get hurt out of it, and you're not going to find any attacks of hogs on people. They tear up the ground, they breed like crazy, and they are a lot tougher to take down then a deer. That's about it.

They are not like bears or lions. They don't have claws and fangs for attacking and killing other animals. Some have tusks, others dont. If you corner them, and if you are close enough, they will try to defend themselves in trying to get away. If you are in front of one, get out of it's way so it can get past you. It really is that simple. I've even watched this on hunting videos when bubba Rambo is supposedly charged, and it's embarassing how obvious it was that the pig just wanted to get past him and he was in the way.

Carry if you feel safer, but it's not going to protect you from a wild hog. If you see them, they will either be calmly eating and doing their own thing, or running away from you. I've shot several with my .44 mag Super Blackhawk. It's fun to hunt with a pistol, but easier to kill them with a rifle.

Eddie

im going to dissagree with you there,most hogs will not ignore you if you get close to them.they will charge you an put you up a tree if your lucky enough.ive got friends that never go to their pastures with a gun because of the hogs.

 

[Dr_Zinj]

They are not worth eating, but they don't make bad pet food.

They are about even with bears for eating (basically the same diet.) Biggest difference is that feral hogs are usually not real fatty; which means a lot drier and less flavor than domestic pig. I've heard that making sure they are bled out and hung as soon as possible, as well as long soaking in brine is the best way to prep them.

We don't have any in south east NH, but there is a population of escapees from a large private hunting reservation in the southwest corner of the state. No license required, no season. All you legally need is an ordinary hunting license and permission to hunt the escapees from the preserve owners; which is readily gotten with a letter or a phone call.