Not a lot of fun sitting in the wet grass in your PJ's....but you do what you have to do.
The things you do for TX.
Not a lot of fun sitting in the wet grass in your PJ's....but you do what you have to do.
The things you do for TX.
I have seen something similar here in NW Florida: A month back I sprayed a common ACE brand defoliant targeting blackberry and other invasive vines around a lift station and out building. A week later a pair of armadillos started rooting around under the foundation of the outbuilding. Armadillos aren't near as smart as pigs but they are as destructive and they live only to eat and reproduce, like pigs. I see them show up every time, clawing under areas where I've sprayed vines, looking for grubs. I think the rotting nodes from the vines attract grubs and beetles that the 'dillers just love. Probably the same with your pigs - roots and nodes rotting under the soil attracts the beetles and grubs they eat.Curious as to why the hogs had rooted up fairly small patches in multiple areas instead of staying in one larger spot (like they usually do) I went and looked today before trying to repair.
A couple of weeks ago I had 'spot sprayed' a bunch of Bull Thistles that were starting to sprout and both the thistles and a small patch of grass around each one were dead and brown.
It was at each one of these sites that the pigs had rooted. Perhaps looking for worms or grubs of some sort that might have been attracted to the decaying plant matter, I really don't know. Anyone have a different idea or seen this before?
Well I DO love my State (most of it) and if killing hogs helps....I'm all in. But I have to admit its mostly in Self Defense (trying to keep them out of my pastures). And maybe a small bit of revenge for past damages suffered. Mea Culpa
I have seen something similar here in NW Florida: A month back I sprayed a common ACE brand defoliant targeting blackberry and other invasive vines around a lift station and out building. A week later a pair of armadillos started rooting around under the foundation of the outbuilding. Armadillos aren't near as smart as pigs but they are as destructive and they live only to eat and reproduce, like pigs. I see them show up every time, clawing under areas where I've sprayed vines, looking for grubs. I think the rotting nodes from the vines attract grubs and beetles that the 'dillers just love. Probably the same with your pigs - roots and nodes rotting under the soil attracts the beetles and grubs they eat.
I agree. One of my neighbors down the way runs pits. He treats his dogs like Kleenex, though, so we just don't talk.Hate seeing this and is just one more reason why I don't care for 'hog doggers'.
I just looked up judas sow and the example i saw was to outfit a captured porker with a tracking device. Soon the animal will find others to congregate with. Makung tracking easyTo locate a herd? Or do you mean the practice of using an estrous sow kept in a pen to attract boars?
This is a different approach to the problem. https://hogstop.com/
I just looked up judas sow and the example i saw was to outfit a captured porker with a tracking device. Soon the animal will find others to congregate with. Makung tracking easy
Depends on where. On the Florida East Coast, the salt scrub and grains start growing so the pigs eat pretty good. It's not corn-fed but not bad. Around here on the West Cost, pigs under a year/50 pounds are okay to butcher and smoke but, the older pigs tend to be gamey to begin with; in the summer they eat a lot of swamp cabbage and grubs so they get wormy. Not good for much but making sausage and even then you got to spice it real good. Hot Italian or Hungarian style covers the gameyness pretty okay. Mostly it's pest control shooting them in the summer so they don't all breed a next generation come fall. Individual tastes might vary.About eating them. Someone told me 'summer hogs' are not good to eat. Smaller ones of course. Opinions?
Location, Eastern OK.
As, heck, it may as well be Mars then. Sorry but I know less about western pigs, wild boar or otherwise, than I do about particle string theory. Maybe someone from thereabouts knows about summer pigs taste like?Location, Eastern OK.
Forgive me if this has been covered already, I know some folks do use night vision Scopes (infrared etc) but I'm curious, what kind of optics you use? I know you run the .458 and 7-08 but a friend just went down to Texas a few weeks ago and said their hunting was night vision only...Not as heavy as I thought it might be. Was thinking this one would go 280ish just judging by size and dragging it a few feet.
Generally, I don't bother weighing them unless I think they will go 275lbs or more....and then its just out of curiosity.
But I didn't miss it by too much. Best thing about it is....he isn't out there making more and that's what counts.
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I'm using LED lighting around my feeder too. I have a solar charging system setup for my security camera, wi-fi connected to home system. So I can bring up the cameras and see whats at the feeder. I have them setup to send alerts if something sets them off. Most of the time it's coons and deer. Hogs have gotten smart, they know better to come around mine. Have enough light I do not need night vision, though the cameras uses IR. I'm using a VX-R 2-7 scope on my 458 SOCOM. I have the dot turned down to night vision settings, almost off. So I'm using a dot sight at my 100 yrd feeder.
Flintknapper, I was wondering if you got washed away with all the rain that area has had lately. Glad to see your still around.