Not again.......! Feral Hog Control in East Texas

I've had a boar on game camera for about 2 weeks now. Would NOT go into my pen trap. Couldn't shoot him because he would only come in...in the 'wee hours' of the morning...and then not consistently.

So set a couple of snares at a fence line crossing I thought he might be using and that worked. Not sure how he managed to get so tangled around this small tree. The cable made a sort of figure '8' around it. So he had to have gone under the cable and then over the cable at least once to have done that. However he managed it....it only made it worse on him. He was cinched up tight against the sapling.

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Armored farmer said:
Man that's 'old school'...
Remind me not to mess with @Flintknapper
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You just have to get them however you can.

I would run them over or kill them with a pipe wrench...if it came down to that.

There are few things in the wild that I truly 'hate' but Hogs and Spiders are right up there.

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Flintknapper said:
Well...the little devils want to go in. They KNOW the corn is there....but no one wants to go first. So the trap isn't doing much good right now.



I've set two snares where they are entering the bait site and I am going to go sit on that stand this evening (wind permitting). See if I can get a couple (or more) of them lined up.

Send a 540 grain hard-cast bullet that direction and see what we get.


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@Flintknapper
The pics aren't loading well....
Is that a .458socom?
I'm looking to build a Illinois deer hunting legal AR pistol...(I know, it's a loophole)
I like casting my own bullets. That 540gr pill looks good!
 
Armored farmer said:
@Flintknapper
The pics aren't loading well....
Is that a .458socom?
I'm looking to build a Illinois deer hunting legal AR pistol...(I know, it's a loophole)
I like casting my own bullets. That 540gr pill looks good!
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Yes, 458 SOCOM. I load everything from a 100 grain pill to 540 grain bullets. Mostly shoot 300 grain bullets or a 405 gr jacketed soft point. Just depends on the game.

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Armored farmer said:
@Flintknapper
The pics aren't loading well....
Is that a .458socom?
I'm looking to build a Illinois deer hunting legal AR pistol...(I know, it's a loophole)
I like casting my own bullets. That 540gr pill looks good!
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The Barnes TTSX (300 gr.) and the Remington 405 gr. Jacketed Soft Point are both good thin skinned medium to large game. The 540 grain bullet I use is 'hardcast' and while it will kill, doesn't expand at all. It is meant to penetrate deeply and crush bone. On deer it would tend to just poke a hole through them. There would be disruption internally of course...but not like expanding bullets.

I have probably a dozen or so recovered bullets (mostly from large hogs) of the Barnes and the Remington SP.

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I have NONE of the hard-cast bullets and have no idea where they stop. I've shot completely through 4 pigs before and never recovered one. The 405 gr. bullet (if you stay off of heavy bone) will also shoot through more than one pig, but it tends to shed its jacket.
 
Not sure how he managed to get so tangled around this small tree. The cable made a sort of figure '8' around it. So he had to have gone under the cable and then over the cable at least once to have done that. However he managed it....it only made it worse on him. He was cinched up tight against the sapling.

Maybe he's trying to climb the tree to get out of the snare. You said they were smart. Just glad they aren't around here.
They'd never survive in ND for long, to cold. -1 tonight and in another week supposed to be around -18, and will get colder next few months. I may have to dig out my winter coat in a few day's!
 
Just4FunOldGuns said:
Not sure how he managed to get so tangled around this small tree. The cable made a sort of figure '8' around it. So he had to have gone under the cable and then over the cable at least once to have done that. However he managed it....it only made it worse on him. He was cinched up tight against the sapling.

Maybe he's trying to climb the tree to get out of the snare. You said they were smart. Just glad they aren't around here.
They'd never survive in ND for long, to cold. -1 tonight and in another week supposed to be around -18, and will get colder next few months. I may have to dig out my winter coat in a few day's!
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Extreme cold would be hindrance for the Hogs we have in the South, but there are hogs in Canada that are now moving South into the U.S., so a population in N/D is not out of the question.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/16/science/feral-pigs-canada-texas.html
 
I like the SOCOM. I have a Remage barrel for my XP-100. Will see what it can do. Probably will be threaded, suppressor attached. Might use a really long hard cast at subsonic speeds. I have some WLNs at about 700 gr. They may be too heavy with the recoil. Also have a 458 American which might work better for the long bullets. Then I will have to find a feral pig to shoot, or three or four lined up. Be careful Flint and all Be Well. Packy.
 
I spent the evening of 2/22/22 on a hog hunt with Nighthogs guide services of Seguin, TX

Three shots. Three pigs. I finally found some redemption from my '21 deer season! 20220222_224506.jpg 20220222_215717.jpg 20220222_205935.jpg 20220222_202213.jpg
I owe the success to randy at NIGHTHOGS and his awesome equipment. Night vision, thermal scope, and infra-red lights.
Randy is an excellent butcher and I have a cooler full of good looking pork.:cool:
 
Armored farmer said:
I spent the evening of 2/22/22 on a hog hunt with Nighthogs guide services of Seguin, TX

Three shots. Three pigs. I finally found some redemption from my '21 deer season! View attachment 1061848 View attachment 1061849 View attachment 1061850 View attachment 1061851
I owe the success to randy at NIGHTHOGS and his awesome equipment. Night vision, thermal scope, and infra-red lights.
Randy is an excellent butcher and I have a cooler full of good looking pork.:cool:
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Great hunt! Good shooting!
 
Flintknapper said:
Well the hogs came back about 4:00 a.m. that next morning and again last night about 8:00 p.m.

Wind is wrong for either stand today so I think I'll just set up a trap down there for them.

They don't seem to be going anywhere as long I keep the corn out. So we will see.

The hog with no ears...from our property across the highway is now over here with this group. I just noticed from the video it has no tail either, so hog doggers probably did that to it. :fire:
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Update on this animal:

I had not seen this hog again for several months but it showed up on camera a couple of days ago. It was by itself (formerly with a group). Easy to recognize since it was missing its tail and both ears.

I shot the hog last night but went to examine it more closely this morning in better light. As previously suspected...the hogs tail had been cut off (clean cut very obvious). I noticed also that the hog had been castrated (testicles removed), something I had not noticed before in the videos. I knew the hog was missing both ears but wasn't exactly sure the cause.

Looking at the animal closely.....it was plain to see the loss of the ears was the result of 'Catch Dogs' crushing the ears when they took hold of the pig. The ears were damaged so badly that the tissue became necrotic and fell off. Sadly all the way up to the skull on both sides.

Everyone knows I have no love for Feral Hogs....but I am loath to understand how anyone could intentionally mutilate an animal like this and then let it go. Either kill it....or let it be.

The hog was in good physical condition overall.....but surely compromised by such a barbaric act. I understand fully that most 'Hog-Doggers' would not do this, but someone did... and it is inexcusable.
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Time to go to work again....I guess.

I've had this kinda 'Lanky' Boar hanging around one of the feeders the past few days.



And now a few young Sows have shown up as well. Of course, he is busy 'checking' to see if any are in estrous. Don't need them making any more of themselves.

 
So.....checking the game camera on that site...shows a small group of pigs. The last Sow to walk in....is clearly about to give birth to a litter and the one in front of her looks to have some 'on board' as well.



These are fairly young animals....which goes to show why the population is as high as it is. They can easily start having litters at 8-12 months, have anywhere from 6-12 piglets per litter (6-8 on average). Have two litters a year (on good habitat), pretty good survival rate of the piglets. And it just never ends. :(

Guess I'd better go spend an hour or so at the reloading bench.

 
Choctaw said:
We had the USDA come out on their annual aerial hunt two weeks ago. Killed 19 pigs on our place and 1600 in the county. A wildfire got to within 100 yards of our fence line last week and one of the firefighters said, "you should have seen all the pigs cross the fence onto your place." :fire:

Man, I hate pigs.
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Glad everything and everyone is OK. I bet those pigs were looking for a safe place to go. Too bad it had to be on your place.

Got rid of one more last night.

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