Texas Hog Hunt - The Firearms Forum

garydude · 01-18-2012, 10:14 AM

A longtime friend invited me to south Texas to join him on his hunting lease for some hog hunting. The short version is- got one, just under a hundred pounds at just over 100 yards. Details below if you are interested.

My friend leases hunting property in south Texas, about 30 mins from Laredo. It is mostly thick desert scrub that has numerous dirt roads passing through it that allow for unobstructed shooting. The animals are brought out of the scrub by lightly spreading corn and grain on the road to be hunted, and if all goes well your target animal will shortly show up and present an opportunity. My buddy had pre-scouted this area and had noticed a small group of three wild hogs and upon my arrival at the ranch we corned the road. Thankfully the pigs cooperated. Three came out, two large and one small, and started merrily eating the corn about 150-200 yards away. Naturally I draw up on the biggest but my friend says "Don't shoot the big ones, shoot the smallest one." Of course I wanted the biggest, baddest one out there, but he insisted the small one was the perfect pig. After about 15 minutes of waiting for them to maneuver into a good position I was able to take the smallest at 105 yards with my buddies' 7 mag, factory federal ammo 150 grain noslers (I think). As you would expect the round was more than capable of leaving this little porker DRT; fully metabolically inept in very short order. A very humane kill. He weighed about 95lbs or so. We cleaned him up, took him back to the camp and had some of the meat marinated and grilled over a camp fire. Outstanding taste, and I can certainly see why I was told to shoot the little one as I'm sure the old boars would not have been as tasty.

We went out a couple of times more, but the hogs were very wary and never presented again for another shot.

All in all a very memorable hunt and one I would gladly do again!

Country101 · 01-18-2012, 12:07 PM

yep, that's perfect eatin size. the big boars are crap. With a 7 mag, I'd have tried toget them to line up and get a double.

I've killed quite a few around here. Never been hunting in texas though. I trap them mostly around here though.

jlloyd73 · 01-18-2012, 12:08 PM

I smell BBQ.............

bluesea112 · 02-28-2012, 11:17 AM

Nice eating size. I prefer Feral hog meat over any other, domestic or wild.

76Highboy · 02-28-2012, 11:34 AM

I enjoy a great hunting story. I have never had the opportunity to hunt wild boar but I would like to.

gun runner · 02-28-2012, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by bluesea112

Nice eating size. I prefer Feral hog meat over any other, domestic or wild.

feral hog is wild

76Highboy · 02-28-2012, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by gun runner

feral hog is wild

Yes.

NEILT · 03-07-2012, 03:08 PM

Silencer · 04-09-2012, 04:46 PM

Pregnant females make the best eating. Nice, tender and juicy.

cpttango30 · 04-12-2012, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Silencer

Pregnant females make the best eating. Nice, tender and juicy.

The come with a built in appetizer (Piglet wings)... Was that wrong?

01-18-2012, 10:14 AM	#1
garydude Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Desert Southwest Proper Contributor Posts: 742	Texas Hog Hunt A longtime friend invited me to south Texas to join him on his hunting lease for some hog hunting. The short version is- got one, just under a hundred pounds at just over 100 yards. Details below if you are interested. My friend leases hunting property in south Texas, about 30 mins from Laredo. It is mostly thick desert scrub that has numerous dirt roads passing through it that allow for unobstructed shooting. The animals are brought out of the scrub by lightly spreading corn and grain on the road to be hunted, and if all goes well your target animal will shortly show up and present an opportunity. My buddy had pre-scouted this area and had noticed a small group of three wild hogs and upon my arrival at the ranch we corned the road. Thankfully the pigs cooperated. Three came out, two large and one small, and started merrily eating the corn about 150-200 yards away. Naturally I draw up on the biggest but my friend says "Don't shoot the big ones, shoot the smallest one." Of course I wanted the biggest, baddest one out there, but he insisted the small one was the perfect pig. After about 15 minutes of waiting for them to maneuver into a good position I was able to take the smallest at 105 yards with my buddies' 7 mag, factory federal ammo 150 grain noslers (I think). As you would expect the round was more than capable of leaving this little porker DRT; fully metabolically inept in very short order. A very humane kill. He weighed about 95lbs or so. We cleaned him up, took him back to the camp and had some of the meat marinated and grilled over a camp fire. Outstanding taste, and I can certainly see why I was told to shoot the little one as I'm sure the old boars would not have been as tasty. We went out a couple of times more, but the hogs were very wary and never presented again for another shot. All in all a very memorable hunt and one I would gladly do again! Attached Images -->

01-18-2012, 12:07 PM	#2
Country101 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dardanelle, AR Contributor Posts: 2,028	Re: Texas Hog Hunt yep, that's perfect eatin size. the big boars are crap. With a 7 mag, I'd have tried toget them to line up and get a double. I've killed quite a few around here. Never been hunting in texas though. I trap them mostly around here though. __________________ Gainfully employed= shooting somebody elses bullets and getting paid for it Country101

01-18-2012, 12:08 PM	#3
jlloyd73 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Contributor Posts: 1,932	Re: Texas Hog Hunt I smell BBQ............. __________________ --------------------------------------------------- The only thing better than good family is good friends. J and D Lloyd Get ready...it's getting "real" and really fast!

02-28-2012, 11:17 AM	#4
bluesea112 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: West, TX Contributor Posts: 1,257	Re: Texas Hog Hunt Nice eating size. I prefer Feral hog meat over any other, domestic or wild.

02-28-2012, 11:34 AM	#5
76Highboy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Meridian, Idaho Contributor Posts: 6,962	Re: Texas Hog Hunt I enjoy a great hunting story. I have never had the opportunity to hunt wild boar but I would like to.

03-07-2012, 03:08 PM	#8
NEILT V.I.P. Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 80	Re: Texas Hog Hunt nice

04-09-2012, 04:46 PM	#9
Silencer Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Southern California: Inland Empire Posts: 1,297	Re: Texas Hog Hunt Pregnant females make the best eating. Nice, tender and juicy. __________________ War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. Skeet Shooting Game! Don't Shoot Your Eye Out!