Tejon 02/20-2/22.....Pigs Down

[hronk]

Your price just went up!...hronk

 

[MJB]

Good job guys....sorry that I was not up to help out on some new hot spots we found 2 weeks ago.:smiley_yahoo:

 

[REM3006]

Congrats to all the hog executioner. I'll see you guys on May.

 

[THE ROMAN ARCHER]

congrats to everyone on your Tejon hunting adventure, some good stories and photo's, thanks for sharing!...............tra

 

[Jagermeister]

I visited the JHO crew on my spring access pass from Friday afternoon until Saturday night. It was great seeing everyone!

I can attest that this was the most focused team of hunters I have seen in a long time. At 6 a.m. camp was a ghost town and hardly anyone was back in the afternoon for a break. No lavish camp barbecues and drawn out breakfasts! I could not even find coffee by the time I got up on Saturday! If it weren't for Speckmisser's tequila and Hronk's campfire in the evenings, it would have been all business all weekend!

The hunting I did went quite well. Scott pointed me to an area on Saturday morning and I saw a couple of smaller pigs at about 250 yards. They were across a steep draw from me. On a POR I would have sealed the deal right there, but on my access pass they were small enough where I wanted a closer look to see if they met my criteria. I went around the draw and caught up with them on the other side. They must have seen some of my movement, as they quit feeding and without too much of a hurry walked off into the brush. There was no rush to get a shot off, because it now was apparent that they were small hogs in the 80-100 pound range. I really need something that gets me closer to the store bought pork price (per pound). ig-laughing:

On the same morning while driving on the paved road I spotted a huge pig in a pasture 1/2 of a mile away. Unfortunately there was no easy access to that area and I watched it disappear into the brush shortly after spotting it. It had a huge long and round body which dwarfed its head and ears. It also had a white spot on the right shoulder. I will see if I can not target that area on one of my next trips - this particular hog would bring the pork price per pound down to "sale"! The area I spotted this pig is not one of the common spots to hunt. (I think the large road-less and trail-less canyon below it has something to do with it!) It will be a fun spot to try ...

Jagermeister

 

[Speckmisser]

Georg, it was great to see you again! You've been missed around these parts, but life seems to be treating you well.

Hope to see you out there in May!

Sounds like you may have a huge sow all staked out... I look forward to seeing the pictures in a future JHO post.

 

[gnn961]

here's a few maybe

 

[gnn961]

here's a few more, better late than never

also forgot to mention all were dropped with 85grn Barne's TSX in 243 cal at 200 yards

 

[Suzmar1997]

I guess you can teach an old dog new tricks. Congrats on learning how to resize the pics and posting them. That first pic in the second post shows the big boar that was sunbathing. You could see that thing w/o bino's from a mile away and it still looked big. Cool photos, just wish that light brown pig was hanging next to the other two.

 

[Jagermeister]

I will be there in May - no question. I may even need to sign up, so I can get a third hog. If I am pigged out, I'll do the camp cooking - fresh pork tenderloins, fried pork liver, bbq pork chops. You guys always bring the pigs out in pieces anyway - it will be very easy to prepare. :rotflmao:

Cheers,

Jagermeister

 

[Valley Hunter]

Great story!!!!!!

 

[Suzmar1997]

Here's a few taken from our video. Quality isn't the best....

 

[Suzmar1997]

The next few show the hogs we shot. I hit the blonde on the left, while my dad shot the one to the right. As you can see they rolled down to the bottoms, where ole blonde made a run for it. The last pic shows the premature celebration of two dead pigs.

 

[Suzmar1997]

Here's a few of the locals exiting stage left after the 3 shots rang out.

 

[Suzmar1997]

And the fun part.....

 

[spectr17]

Great pics and tales. :JHO rocks: Thanks for posting them. Jonesing bad for a hog hunt.

 

[chirohunter]

Great pics!!! Cool to see Tejon with all that snow!! You guys were into them...that's for sure!!! Thanks for sharing.

Will you guys be returning in May?? If so, hope to see you there!!

 

[kcravnit]

hey jesse we are heading up to tejon on sunday, come on out....anyone else coming out this weekend on the south side?

 

[Suzmar1997]

My and Dad and Kenny will most likely be there. I'm hoping to and Kenny's Dad might make the trip in from out of state. We were definately into them, they were pretty much much all around us and came out of the wood work once the shots were fired. I'd say at least 5 of the pigs in the area were pushing 300. Of course they were all out of range and would have been a yiatch to drag out of there. Hope to see you there in May Chiro.

 

[oneclearshot]

Never been to Tejon when there's been snow, but sure been over the Grapevine in snow...pretty much the same though! That mud does look mighty familiar!