Home Forums Hunting & Shooting General Big Game Pretty good boar!

Where I hunt its unusual to see a boar of this size during daylight hours. Especially in August. It was 107 degrees F on Friday afternoon last.

I've not hunted this stand in four month and this ol' boy is geting careless. Hope for an opportunity to perforate him in daylight during opening week-end of dove season.



It sure is easier making a 175 yd. shot in daylight vs. at nite with a kill light, being as these guys are always moving.

ya!

GWB

All I'm seeing at the hill country Ranch I manage right now in the daytime are sows & little piglets. I'm only seeing the big boars after dark.

Looks like he DEFINATLEY needs shootin, GW.

I'm seeing a ton of doves at he Ranch right now, can't wait until Sept 1st !!!

10/4

Have several good boars on game cams. This is the only one showing himself during daylight hours.

Cows, hogs and coons destroyed 4 of my 5 feeders. I did not hunt or snare this last weekend, only worked. My bud took this one off the one that was working.........



Fair boar, but nothing spectacular. Prolly 150 lbs. Not much for tushes.

Gonna go buy my licenses tomorrow.

Good luck during the upcoming seasons.



ya!


GWB

That's a damn fine boar. Always enjoy your pics and stories, Geedubya!

Hope you bust his ass ASAP G.

Geedub..if you are gonna shoot a big boar, you might need another knife!

Have several in the works! Up to the makers when they finish.

ya!


GWB

BTW,

I kinda got my eye out for this guy.



Only have him on game cam once, but I've seen him a couple times about a half mile away from my number 2 stand. He'd prolly not be good to eat, and I got a half mount of a stud puppy I shot a few years ago. I may just wait for a 125 lb.+/- Aoudad ewe, and shoot this guy with my Canon 7d MkII.

Get er done Geedub.

That's a big ol' boar, Gee.

Looks like a good time in the making. The zoo is always a good time!

Hope ya bust him, we need more Knife pics!

Whack that big piggy so we can see a close-up of his kisser.....

That is a sturdy looking pig.....

We've gone to 2" or 2.5" heavy steel pipe legs on all our tripod feeders, tall enough to get the units about 8' off the ground. We then drive t-posts in the ground and u-bolt the pipe legs to them. After that, we wrap the works in barbed wire and snug it down with a hose clamp down low and another about 6' up. Means you have to bring a ladder to fill up the feeders, but the hogs can't push the legs around and a bear only wants so much shaking the legs with that barbed wire on there.

Perferated piggys are a good thing.
good luck getting him

Geedubya ,

He's heading into his prime -but it sounds like he might not fully get there .

JPro ,

Walmark sells the $40ish dollar cheap hang on stand that make a nice set up -doesn't look like Geedubya has many good size trees .
Anyway I take one of the cheap hang-ons stands w/a 31 gallon trash can sitting on the platform -just bore a hole in the bottom of the trash can -mount a thrower -cut a hole through the wire mesh platform .
Get it ready at home -hang the stand -park trash can feeder on platform -tie rope or strap around can just because -climb ladder -pour in 150lbs. of corn in trash can.
I have three of these and can turn the throw time way down and the 450 lbs. of corn will last for 2 months .

stand $40ish
trash can $20
thrower $30

I use an eight foot ladder to fill the feeders because we have huge bears here .
Cheap and not a lot of work .

Edit ; I paint the trash can green & yellow ..

GWB
That looks like a lot of fun for the upcoming weeks!

I'd shoot him asap. Good luck. Thats a piece of trash that needs to go for sure.

We don't have bears, but there is cows and pigs. Have you thought about building a feeder pen? Then you can have a trap gate in the feeder pen. It's not hard to catch pigs. You can lock the pigs out during deer season if you want. If I had bear issues I would go to feeders that hang from tree limbs pulled with wenches.

GW,

I watch most of your posts as I believe my lease is in the same general area where you hunt. Those aoudad might be the culprits in knocking over your feeders. They are hard on feeders and push them over when they get light on feed. Several years back our landowner was protecting them. Now he wants them shot like we shoot feral hogs. They have taken over the ranches around us and have really impacted the whitetails. They are impressive animals but they way outcompete the native game in our area at least. I sure wish the Rams were better eating. The ewes and young ones are edible but not the greatest.