I'd posted a pix of this guy a couple weeks ago IIRC.....



Anywho,



Went to my lease last Monday evening. Got there late and the wind was blowing about 30 MPH.
It was 20 degree and the wind about the same Tuesday morning.

I did not figure that the critters would be moving so I went and set out several snares.

Only shot one small pig between Monday and Friday evening, the last time I sat out.

However, Friday morning my bud and I found this guy in the snare. Caught him around the snout.

Needless to say, he was not a happy camper when we walked up on him.

My bud had a 44 mag carbine and I had my Winchester 1300 Defender pump loaded with 8 rounds of 3" 000 buckshot.

About five seconds after we saw him emerge from the bushes and charge (I use a 10' leader on the snare) we both started wailing on the beast. I put three rounds of buckshot in his neck and head, and my bud put 4 rounds of 44 mag in him before he keeled over. I then had Kyle put two more rounds in chest between his front legs. I still waited about 5 minutes till he was expired before I walked up. Talk about a dog-killin SOB. This is one of the biggest hoglets I've taken in the hill country!

















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GWB

Yup Geedubya! Damn nice pig! Dead too! Double nice!!!

Good hunting!

KW

When is ZZ Top going to make a song called Balls?

Wow look at the choppers on that thing. Looks like bear teeth.

We have no wild hogs in Wyoming. Something the ranchers and farmers are very happy about.

Man GW, you are a pig killing machine.

Barbarian Dan,

respectfully,






Nutz to that!



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GWB

Damn big for hill country, we hardly get them over 225. That looks 300 plus to me.

aC-DC has a song about big balls!

Kudos Geedub!!

I thought I had a scale in camp. We got broke into a while back and a lot of stuff was taken that has not been replaced. I normally do not weigh critters. I did want to weigh this one. I figure he was between 225 and 250 lbs, perhaps more. IMHO, the weight on hoglets is grossly overestimated most of the time. I try not to be guilty of that. I do know that with the shape my back is in, it took both Kyle and I to roll him over. We drug him a hundred yards or so with a four-wheeler to get him to the truck. Kyle is a hearty 35 year old that weighs near 250 lbs. He stood in the back of the pick-up and pulled the front end up with a strapusing arm and shoulder strength plus ballast, while I tackled the back end. It was questionable for a few seconds who was gonna get loaded or who was coming out of the truck bed. Luckily we prevailed. He may not be the biggest I ever took, but he was in the top 5, no doubt.

Here is one that had his head still on the ground when the scale topped out at 275 lbs. My son and I used a trailer and a winch to load him.




This one weighed in at 275 lbs., IIRC





We weighed this one at 315 lbs.




I'll just have to be content to say he was a "pretty good pig".

ya!

GWB

just fer schitz n' giggles, here are two more that I would not mind perforating. They just showed up at my buds stand about 1/2 mile behind the camp.

Both are FUGLY








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GWB

Boy, I sure wish we had porkers around here. My meat grinder would be busy making sausage 3-4 days a month.

Geedubya, Think I killed his girl friend a few days ago, weighed a little over 200. Rio7

Gee Heck of a Hog! Congrads!

I’ve killed bunches of them. I still say he is around 300. This one weighed 200, yours way way bigger.

The big one weighed 210.

Congratulations on a huge HOG!

Good work. The last Game cam photo looks like that Hog has got some serious choppers on it. The previous one too as you can see them at that angle outside the lips.

This hog weighed 287# He was old, his tusks were wore down to stubs. Rio7

Yep.....them’s mighty fine look’n shoats! memtb


Also....the wife and I are very envious of you boys and all your hog hunt’n! Congrats......nice hogs!

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I’ll add to the big nasty boar collection . Got this one last year , shoulda weighed it but i felt like it was close to 300

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good stuff guys!













Hoglets are some of the best tasting bullet test media that I know of!








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GWB

Awesome GW! I always look forward to your posts. Nice to see you were able to put the hurts to the bigun.

Todd

I may have a new home screen for the 'puter.

-Laffin'-

If you kill a pig like that, you deserve a hit of whiskey

Very cool...

Geedubya,
Always enjoy your posts. Love the Hill Country, too. Those are some big honkin pigs! The biggest I’ve shot (or seen) is about 220. Those are truly huge! Thanks for another enjoyable thread!

Killed another, shot his leg out from under him at 225. I had to chase him down with 45

Good on ya! I could probably kill several a day around here but rarely do. Them little ones sure are good eating though. We eat 6-8 100#ers a year.

I will clean 2 or 3, I give that away.

Well done GW. Your a hog killing machine!

Id love to try that some time. No pigs around here (except for Patty). I would think those big ones are mostly just for sausage? Very impressive tho. Thanks for sharing.

Geedubya, I also enjoy your posts & pictures. I was surprised to see the black guns in the pictures. You have some of the most beautiful rifles I've ever seen. You kill 'em with class!

Thank you sir!


I resisted going over to the "dark side for quite a spell.
I'don't particulary like the way "black guns carry, or rest on the bags. However, I have been gobsmacked at the accuracy of which they are capapble.



Merkel K3 Extrem, 270 Winchester, Armalite AR-10, 308 Winchester!




Ar-15, 223 Wylde



Ar-15, 6 x 45



Armalite Ar-10, 308 Win. on the sow. Ruger RAR, 22 Mag on the shoats.




Armalite AR-10, 338 Federal


Like the old saying, there's room for all God's creatures..... right next to the mashed potatoes,

well, seems like there's a time and a place for most any type of rifle!


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GWB

That pair would be "Beauty and da Beast". I agree on not caring for how they carry. I'll use them occasionally for hunting when it's not much of a walk.

Nice pigs

Kill all you can, there are plenty more in the making out there.

That’s a fact. Hasbeen

Awesome. Some day I hope to hunt some hogs.

Dickle is good stuff!

Sound like one should run the big guy to a refinery and have him melted down for the lead.

Some real cutters on some of those boars. Lots of times, barrs ( castrated boar ) have the bigger tusks. I strickly hunt with dogs and only use bay dogs because those cutters can really cause alot of havoc on rough dogs and still do occasionally have one seriously hurt or killed. Always carry staples. You've shown some real trophies. Most folks don't see teeth that big very often . What Ruger #1 calilber was that?

Good post !!! Thanks

Love to do that sometime. Looks like a great time.

Great stuff GW.