Well to tell you the truth about it, I am generally hunting hogs for population control as well as to try and keep them from destroying the hay fields and food plots we have out.
As for food, yes, for sport, yes, I am already going to be there working on the farms as well as doing stuff to help try to manage the local deer, so I may as well get something should the oppurtunity present it's self.
Here is a pic of what some did in one afternoon over about a two to three hour period, the total area is over an acre. They were just moving through.
These are the same one's I got into and knocked a couple out of. This makes 4 of them we have got in the last two weeks. I wished that my camera would have been working so I could have taken a picture of the area I got the other two from. It looks like a bombing range. This particular pack has at least 20+ hogs in it ranging in size from about 25-30# up to over 200#. We have already found where they are hanging out, but can't get to them right now due to the high water. If the rain will lay up for a week or so, shame on them.
It's hard to put a drive on when your up to your ankles in gumbo mud that keeps building up on your boots to the point you can't walk. Even the 4 wheelers bog up in it. It packs up so bad around the tires and wheel wells that you just have to stop and manually clean the junk out.
As for the mentioned hazards, well it's like my grandma used to say, " I ain't never seen none of them worms or other critters come out of that hot grease wiggling." If the meat is cooked at or above 275 for the proper time, then there should be no problem with any types of transmission of forien critters.
As for bow hunting, well I guess I am with you on that call. I respect those who do use archery equipment though as it is much more of a challenge. About as close to that as I come is hunting with my pistols. Basically the same range limitations for a good acurate shot. With the exception of the Contender. Tried black powder not my gig either. I do however really enjoy a nice long aired out shot out over an open pasture. Out to 400 yds is just getting interesting. After that, well then you had better know your stuff. Gotta love those hogs though, year round target practice.
As for food, yes, for sport, yes, I am already going to be there working on the farms as well as doing stuff to help try to manage the local deer, so I may as well get something should the oppurtunity present it's self.
Here is a pic of what some did in one afternoon over about a two to three hour period, the total area is over an acre. They were just moving through.
These are the same one's I got into and knocked a couple out of. This makes 4 of them we have got in the last two weeks. I wished that my camera would have been working so I could have taken a picture of the area I got the other two from. It looks like a bombing range. This particular pack has at least 20+ hogs in it ranging in size from about 25-30# up to over 200#. We have already found where they are hanging out, but can't get to them right now due to the high water. If the rain will lay up for a week or so, shame on them.
It's hard to put a drive on when your up to your ankles in gumbo mud that keeps building up on your boots to the point you can't walk. Even the 4 wheelers bog up in it. It packs up so bad around the tires and wheel wells that you just have to stop and manually clean the junk out.
As for the mentioned hazards, well it's like my grandma used to say, " I ain't never seen none of them worms or other critters come out of that hot grease wiggling." If the meat is cooked at or above 275 for the proper time, then there should be no problem with any types of transmission of forien critters.
As for bow hunting, well I guess I am with you on that call. I respect those who do use archery equipment though as it is much more of a challenge. About as close to that as I come is hunting with my pistols. Basically the same range limitations for a good acurate shot. With the exception of the Contender. Tried black powder not my gig either. I do however really enjoy a nice long aired out shot out over an open pasture. Out to 400 yds is just getting interesting. After that, well then you had better know your stuff. Gotta love those hogs though, year round target practice.
