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I like this pic. I think I got it from here. look at all those SOB’s

Belt feed needed.

Pop claymores

Yea, I took that pic from my hunting stand that morning.

They definitely had tons of pork. The smaller ones would come in first, but if you were patient and didn't shoot a little one, the larger ones would try and sneak in late in the evening. Funny thing is...I was worried it would be like shooting tame animals in a fence, but not so! If they smelled, heard, or seen you...they were all gone in a cloud of dust!

I usually hunt public land for hogs, but wanted to try something different since I was on a time crunch. Glad I did.

You need claymore mines set up out there.

Pigs have better noses than deer. It’s hard to kill pigs out of a bow stand. They will smell your ass quick!

Good work. I like the grey one the way it blends with the sand. Curious if you have herd of "Mule Shoe" hogs in Florida? It seems like it is a genetic throwback with either a single hoof or the hooves fused together, supposedly goes back to the Spaniards.

Tejano, No I have never heard of them. Would be cool to see one though.

I'll be hunting sometime this week in someones backyard in FL ..He has a group of eight hitting the corn at night.

A few weeks ago I was busted from about 75 yards as the result of a brief shift in the wind. A boar came out, threw his head in the air, and was gone. And I hadn't been anywhere near where he was. But boars don't get big by being stupid. Sows with shoats and piglets, on the other hand, seem to be somewhat less cautious - "somewhat" being the operative word, there. I'm not sure why that's the case, but it's been my experience.

they can see better than a lot of people think . i have had them see me move at 80yrds in a 20ft ladder stand

If you're still they'll stand and stare at you for a while. Move and they're gone.

the ones hear will run if you stare at them .they are harder to kill than a deer

about 175 yds aways




and add a 100' or so elevation,




they ain't got a clue!





ya!


GWB

Shot a couple on this last trip from about 130 yards...that far from the blind allows you a bit more movement etc...

I still hunt hogs, but don't ever let them get close enough to smell my ass. Not the way I roll.

Sound doesn't seem to bother them much, if it's a natural sound. Clanking metal will often send them to cover, but crunching leaves and grass generally won't. Squirrels and armadillos can sound like a rhino coming through the brush, so the pigs are used to it. Movement isn't so bad if it's slow. As for staring straight at them, one thing I learned from years of duck hunting is that a bare face generally lights up like a beacon. A camo face net takes care of that. But if the wind shifts and sends human scent their way, the bigger ones simply disappear.

r mike head nets do not make no diff. eye to eye contact on deer & hogs at 75 / 80 yrds where i have hunted the last 30 yrs will spoke them . mite be cuzz we hunt em year round

Head nets make all the difference down here in the swamps.

No such thing as a long shot around here.