Back from the Tejon Ranch Pig o Rama

[Hog slayer]

Fist time hunting the North side. Maps that were given not very helpful. first day saw no hogs. Second day my buddy shot a nice little hog weighing 80 lbs hanging weight. Saturday evening saw nothing. Sunday morning fog. Hunted some other areas. Saw a big boar on the hill side. Put a stock on him but never saw him come out of the brush patch on the hill. After 3 hours of waiting walked another ridge. Saw three hogs on the move. Double time it up the hill and posted. No hogs I thought. Saw one and waited. three more appeared at 210 yards away. Threw up my shooting sticks up and let one go. The hog took off. Waited for my buddy. He spotted for me where I hit the hog. Did a little tracking and found my hog. Nice boar. I figured he weighed approximately 220 lbs. The Nosler E tip performed well. The hog went approximately 50 yards before he pilled up. The hog weighed 181 at the scale.




Got a call from tejon ranch saying I had the second biggest hog on the ranch. It paid me $120. I did hear a hog of 262 lbs was taken on Saturday. That is one big hog. I would of liked to of seen it but it was already gone. The North side of the ranch was fun to hunt. Put my skilsl to the test. I like the south side much better, but I would go back to the north side again. Great hunt with good friend. Almost forgot, see that ugly looking rattle snake. Just about steped on him he never rattled. I was 8 inches away until I saw him. I think its a Mojave green. First time out of 8 years on hunting the ranch that I have ever saw a rattle snake. The after noon hunt was a little on edge after coming so close on getting bitten.

 

[k_rad]

Nice piggy. Good story thanks. Congratulations on the nice boar Hog Slayer!

 

[fallbrook79]

great job nice hog

 

[ltdann]

Nice hog..when they get that big, they're tough to recover!

 

[palladin]

nice hog..congrats!

 

[Richmellott]

Hunting the South Side in two weeks, sure looking forward to it! Congrats!

 

[acousticmood]

Great story and pics - congrats!

 

[Krisdude]

Nice work and a good ugly one at that

 

[DirtyDave]

Nice work on the Pigs.
That doesnt look like a Mojave Green. Looks like a Southern Pacific

 

[JMS]

Nice hog, thanks for the story and the pics. Gonna go for the first time June 3-5 archery only.

 

[#1Predator]

Nice work on the Pigs.
That doesnt look like a Mojave Green. Looks like a Southern Pacific

Dittos on the story and pics. Nice looking pig, should be good table fare. DirtyDave is right. The snake is a Southern Pacific rattler. Northern Mojaves can be distinguished from Pacifics (Northern or Southern) by the black and white bands near the end of the tail. On Mojaves, the white bands will be noticeably wider than the black bands. Or you could count the number of scales between the supraoculars (scales between the "eyesbrows" of the snake) - Mojaves have just two scales. I wouldn't recommend the latter method - it could lead to two small puncture marks right between the eyes .

 

[Hog slayer]

thanks for the advise. I have seen a Mojave green before but forgot about the white and black rings.