What did it sound like? I used to have cassette tape for calling hogs but they never responded. It sounded like a bunch of hogs fighting. I didn't try it at night though.
These are some of the sounds I use. They were recorded by Glenn Guess of Hog Zombies, over the course of several years and involving many more years research to know what sounds hogs or boars respond to.
They are an app for your phone, and you use Bluetooth to control the sounds on a speaker. I think I got the Hog Pro and Predator Pro apps and all the extra sounds for about $10..
Was that a little shoat running like all hell to get away too?
Yeah, I didn't even see that one until after I shot! It was hauling ass!
Fast as it was going I thought it might be a rabbit.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
Here's another boar I killed this week. They were around a feeder, and I had to stalk up to get the shot.
AR10 in .308 & the Bering Optics thermal scope. The scope is very compact and light weight. That's an external battery I have on the side to run the scope, so I don't have to buy tons of batteries.
My usual poor video of the hogs... I didn't have the scope focused as well as I should have.
I just picked up a super Hogster and heading down to west TX to hog hunt. I downloaded some pig noises to my phone and bringing a blue tooth speaker and try it out if hunting is slow.
What did it sound like? I used to have cassette tape for calling hogs but they never responded. It sounded like a bunch of hogs fighting. I didn't try it at night though.
These are some of the sounds I use. They were recorded by Glenn Guess of Hog Zombies, over the course of several years and involving many more years research to know what sounds hogs or boars respond to.
They are an app for your phone, and you use Bluetooth to control the sounds on a speaker. I think I got the Hog Pro and Predator Pro apps and all the extra sounds for about $10..
How do you like the super Hogster? After research Bering Optics seems to produce the best product for the price point. I was going to go with a pulsar but seems Bering does a better job in the sub 4 k range.
I guess I did not make it clear that this was in the daytime sorry about that. Not to hijack the thread but I have since switched over to 120 GR Hornady SSTs for pig hunting. The 95GR TTSX will blow thru a pig but if you do not hit bone they do not seem to slow pigs down where the 120s seem to really hurt them and they don't go far. I have a buddy that used a 62 gr fusion out of a 223 bolt action to kill a 200 plus pound white and black boar. shot it quartering away so it did not go thru the shield but behind it towards the off shoulder. 18-20 inches of penetration but very very little blood. This was a night hunt and we found it dead about 75 yards away. The bullet weighed 46 gr after recovery.Picture perfect mushroom but awful small compared to a 30 caliber bullet. I am not sure how it would have faired had he shot straight thru the shield. My Wife wants to move south and TX is tops on our list for many reasons. Pigs are in the plus column. Just to let you know we are Conservatives and bring the right values:)
Our kind of folks!! Come on down and welcome. We have more hogs to hunt than mfg’s have rounds!
I just picked up a super Hogster and heading down to west TX to hog hunt. I downloaded some pig noises to my phone and bringing a blue tooth speaker and try it out if hunting is slow.
I just bought a JBL Clip3 for that very purpose. Waterproof and real good sound quality. Less than 50$.
I just picked up a super Hogster and heading down to west TX to hog hunt. I downloaded some pig noises to my phone and bringing a blue tooth speaker and try it out if hunting is slow.
I just bought a JBL Clip3 for that very purpose. Waterproof and real good sound quality. Less than 50$.
Yeah, the Bluetooth speaker I got was $24.. Plus the sounds at $10... Major investment!
Interesting on Bering. Most of what a buddy and I and a cousin of mine read is Pulsar is the way to go.
I've played with pulsar enough to know that a sub 4000 dollar one is easily capable to 200 plus yards even in the daytime, on stuff coon size and bigger.
We just use black tape on a feed bag for a target in the sun. I'll have to remember the hand warmer.
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
Interesting on Bering. Most of what a buddy and I and a cousin of mine read is Pulsar is the way to go.
I've played with pulsar enough to know that a sub 4000 dollar one is easily capable to 200 plus yards even in the daytime, on stuff coon size and bigger.
We just use black tape on a feed bag for a target in the sun. I'll have to remember the hand warmer.
Jeff, IIRC, the D740 night vision scope I used when I was a govt hunter was a Bering. They aren't new to night vision, but relatively new with the thermal sporting optics.
I just picked up a super Hogster and heading down to west TX to hog hunt. I downloaded some pig noises to my phone and bringing a blue tooth speaker and try it out if hunting is slow.
I just bought a JBL Clip3 for that very purpose. Waterproof and real good sound quality. Less than 50$.
Yeah, the Bluetooth speaker I got was $24.. Plus the sounds at $10... Major investment!
Not as cheap as yelling "sooeeyyy" but ....probably better ! I gotta give a caller a try.
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Getting used to the thermal scope, and tried something new to me last night...
Calling hogs with an electronic caller.
It appears it works. This was the second place I called. Played the caller for about 5 minutes before he came in. Used the boar specific sounds on the Convergent Hunting app. Glenn Guess/Hog Zombies sounds.
Of course he was coming through the woods and wouldn't stop, and I nearly made a bad shot, but he didn't go far. Maybe 50 yards.
I'm not a good cinematographer... to say the least. But you get the idea of how it went down.
Awesome video! Is that a camera mounted on a scope? I need to get a scope like that if that's what it is.
I have 2 Thermals, an XQ50 Thermion that is full time on a rifle (either 6.5 Grendel AR for pigs and coyotes, or a 243 bolt gun when I am serious about killing coyotes), and then I have a Hogster 35 I use as a part time scanner/part time backup rifle optic. Backup meaning one of my kids or friends wants to go with me.
For years I have used a Foxpro CS-24 for calling coyotes. This year though I wanted to get into not just spotting and stalking pigs, but calling them in as well. I bought the Convergent caller, studied up on Glenns sounds, and put the app on my phone. To be honest I have not given it a fair shake yet. I have only tried it a couple times with pigs so far and have not called any up. They were hurried sets, not optimal by any means. But I have used to Predator Pro app and called some coyotes with the Convergent. It has some good sounds, and really good sound quality. I have no doubt the Convergent system will work.
The next 2 months I will be hitting coyotes hard. But then I will swap over to pigs and really start trying to call them.
Awesome video! Is that a camera mounted on a scope? I need to get a scope like that if that's what it is.
Thank you!
It's far down the line as far as some professional hunt videos go.
But I just shoot and show raw footage as the hunt unfolds. I don't edit or add.
The scope itself takes video or a snap shot photo on command. Then you connect a cable from the scope to your computer and download the images & videos.
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