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Wanting to do another pig hunt this fall and would like some suggestions that meets my criteria.

The wife will be coming along, so I would prefer the box/elevated blind type. She would like to be able to photograph some exotics/African game in addition to the hunting. I would also prefer to be able to be dropped off at the blind and then picked back up. I don't want a "guide" to keep me company while waiting on pigs to show up. Thompson's lodge does it exactly how I prefer, but I've also heard that the pig hunting is on the decline....
so Thompson's is out.

I did give the Ox ranch a call, but "your guide is to stay with you at all times" and the blind has TV, air conditioning, a bar, and a poker table...GTFO.....

Anybody know a place?

I hear good things about these folks.

https://www.huntsintexas.com/

Thanks for the link, Ed.

I think some of "the boys" are heading there soon for axis.

Yep and I'm at t-minus 29 days until I'm back in Texas hunting there. Can't wait.

What are you hunting? Im headed back in 2 weeks...

Four of us from the Hog Hunt group plus Stoney G. are hunting Axis plus maybe some night time predator work. My 6.5x300 Weatherby might not be fur friendly.

Very cool! Enjoy!

Im checking out new places to pig hunt, leaving the axis alone this year, and looking to fill the freezer with nilgai...

Good luck on your hunts, kill all the pigs in Texas please!!!

Nilgai is great eating.

Keep us posted on your hunt.

Some outfitters want you to use heavy ordinance. I don't think there's a Nilgai walking that wouldn't get whacked out by an '06 or such with suitable bullet.

Placement, of course, is important and they do tend to run.

DF

I hope you are right....Ive only killed one nilgai, and that was with a .30-06..absolutely DRT with a heart shot.

Im taking my .275 Rigby this time...Nilgai are about the size of an elk, and I wouldn't hesitate to shoot an elk with it, and indeed have done just that a few times....

Texans are often under the impression their game has Kevlar skin, but I've yet to experience that.

That round with the right bullet will do the trick. I know that. You know that.

But, depending on your outfitter,....

Not saying those Texicans are a hard headed bunch....

Had a Nilgai outfitter carrying a .340 Wby, thinking anything less wasn't adequate. I'm sure that's just a select sample of Texicans, no reflection on the good ones I know....

What bullet are you considering?

DF

150 gr. Trophy Bonded Bear Claw.


Ive been using 150 gr NBTs and they've shot clean through critters up to #300, so Im thinking a stouter bullet MIGHT work....

That's a great choice from what I've read about that bullet.

Midway had them, but of course, they're now on BO or not available, as is about everything else.

I would think your outfitter would agree, or if not, maybe you need to find another outfitter.

DF

ingwe,

With a good hit. you will have no problems with your 275 Rigby on Nilgai. Rio7

Pretty much what I figured. As I said I wouldn't ( and havent) hesitated to use it on elk...

What's your outfitter saying about round and bullet?

DF

Ingwe, what part of TX are you going to on your hunt? I would assume central or south.

They know me from a previous hunt, and havent even asked what I'm gonna use....

Gonna hunt some pigs in N. Texas around Graham and breckenridge, then hunt Nilgai down south of Pearsall.