Freedivr2
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I learned a few things yesterday. One, that it's a good thing that pig tag books come with 5 tags, and it's never a bad idea at all to always carry more tags than you think you're gunna need. Last weekend I was lucky enough to get a fairly large sow and used up the first of the 5 tags. Then yesterday, I was fortunate (well, read on) enough to pull four pigs out of two different groups of pigs, ending up with 4 hogs for the morning, finishing up the tag book! Yeah, I know, they're small, but in the early morning light at a distance, when they're all the same size in an open field of cut barley, stalking for 200 then hurridly looking through the scope while they're running at 150-200 yds, I found that it can be pretty tough to judge weight, least it was for me. Glassing them initially from about 400 yards, I had it figured that the hogs average weight in at least one group was around 150 with the multicolored one (the largest) maybe 180-200. Way off. The largest (multicolored) was approx. 100 lbs (hanging on the post), the next two 77 lbs, and I don't even want to guess what the 4th (smallest) one weighed, but I'd be suprised if it was 50 lbs. I felt bad about taking one that small, and still do. But maybe that's good medicine, too.
I also learned that when you catch a group out in the open and shoot at them multiple times, they will change the direction they're running in multiple times. They went west, then North (to me), then east, then finally south and into the bush (guess they finally figured it out).
Final lesson was back to the number of tags you carry. I personally learned that maybe it's NOT such a good idea to carry more tags than the number of pigs you want to skin!! I don't care what ANYONE will say about this, I learned that it's not a whole bunch easier skinning a 100 or 75 lb. pig than it is a pig twice that size. Skinning pigs still is a chore no matter what their size. I think I'm gunna carry only two tags from here on out......
Oh yeah, one other lesson....never leave gutted critters on the ground while you're skinning another one. Hang em all or get them off the ground somehow.... Fireants like pork too and leave a NASTY little red welt on your hand. That was a rude introduction to em. And meat eating bees aren't much fun either when it starts heating up. Get that stuff done as early and as quick as possible......
Here's one pic of the foursome, I'll post another pic of the last (larger) two in another post.
P.S. If I don't respond to any posts, it'll be because I'm on vacation tomorrow, without the internet anywhere close. Now that I left myself wide open on that, wait a week to beat me up on the dinks, so I can respond back, OK? Thanks for lookin.....
I also learned that when you catch a group out in the open and shoot at them multiple times, they will change the direction they're running in multiple times. They went west, then North (to me), then east, then finally south and into the bush (guess they finally figured it out).
Final lesson was back to the number of tags you carry. I personally learned that maybe it's NOT such a good idea to carry more tags than the number of pigs you want to skin!! I don't care what ANYONE will say about this, I learned that it's not a whole bunch easier skinning a 100 or 75 lb. pig than it is a pig twice that size. Skinning pigs still is a chore no matter what their size. I think I'm gunna carry only two tags from here on out......
Oh yeah, one other lesson....never leave gutted critters on the ground while you're skinning another one. Hang em all or get them off the ground somehow.... Fireants like pork too and leave a NASTY little red welt on your hand. That was a rude introduction to em. And meat eating bees aren't much fun either when it starts heating up. Get that stuff done as early and as quick as possible......
Here's one pic of the foursome, I'll post another pic of the last (larger) two in another post.
P.S. If I don't respond to any posts, it'll be because I'm on vacation tomorrow, without the internet anywhere close. Now that I left myself wide open on that, wait a week to beat me up on the dinks, so I can respond back, OK? Thanks for lookin.....
