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If you simply must kill a filthy, smelly javelina, shoot the small ones. The big ones smell like chit and taste even worse.

Ya, but the big-uns' make for great wall ornaments.





JAPPFT,


GWB

I can smell it from here.

I've hunted the Callaghan in south tx twice. We killed javelina and hogs both times. I made breakfast sausage out of the javelina and it was tasty. We bow hunted, so spot and stalk was a big part of the game. Hogs by moonlight with the bow by sneaking down the senderos was a hoot. We found lots of arrowheads, great way to spend mid day. We never saw a snake. The terrain is thick, and everything has thorns. I picked them out of me for the better part of a year.

I've done a lot of brush work on the Callaghan. Wildlife mgrs are friends of mine. Knew Mr. Finley and been to dinner several times wife his wife and daughters. JD boys built me a runway once when I needed a landing strip for a duster coming in from Uvalde. Great place.

If you go for Javelina bring a spray bottle of alcohol for the fleas. If you get it saturated and let it hang most will die or jump off. Or better yet get someone else to skin it.

Bring your shotgun as this is a banner Quail year and that's a good area, especially if they have some open pastures.

And the little ones ain't far behind.

GW nice bavarian carbine. I've got one in a swede. It's itching to get back to Refugio to whack some deer and hogs.


If you take your predator call make sure to bring a decoy or two. Oh, and bring a 22 pistol, last time I was in that area the way it's were thick. Have fun.

Just a quick update, Texas was awesome and was much better than I expected. Saw lots of game everyday, almost got everything the outfitter offered but I missed my opportunity on the bobcat. Also hunting pigs at night by moonlight is a thing of beauty, man those things move fast when the lights go on. Will definitely be going back. Pictures to follow.

MM

Glad to hear you had a good hunt, MM! You need to post some details and especially pics.

What outfit did you hunt with?

Glad you had a good hunt with plenty of memories made! Looking forward for the photos!!!!

Hunted with south Texas brush county hunts. I've known the owner for a while and he did not disappoint . The cooking was as good as the hunting too.

This site takes forever to type on for some reason so I am not going to give a play by play but I personally got 5 pigs(4 night hunting) one javelina, 2 doe( but lost one in the brush) a coyote and missed the bobcat which was probably good since I was shooting a 308. We had clear skies and lots of moon so the night hunting was my favorite part, I was using my AR and it took awhile but I learned how to lead them when they started running. I was usually the follow up shooter after we snuck up on them. I could not believe how close you could get if the wind was right. But when they start running those pigs were much faster than I ever expected. I also couldn't believe the damage they do to oat fields, like a bunch of kids digging holes I the yard. And lastly javelina do stink, and the old boar I shot was the worst of the bunch, yet to try them on the dinner table.

Here are 3 of the 5 pigs, didn't get pics of the other two. My buddy shot one of the 4 that night.

Here is my first and only coyote I have ever shot. Took a couple of misses, he was moving quick but he gave me ample opportunities while running up the sendero.

Do they have a website? Couldn't find them.....


Thanks!