hogs - Page 2

**Blackbeauty** · 02-02-2007, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by helomech

You bet, hopefully I will catch a bunch. Lots of friends want me to catch one for them. It would be nice to be able to put one or two a year in the freezer.

Your friends?! Remind me not to visit you!

That is some nice work, though. I was thinking more along the lines of wild boar. But those are what? Farm pigs?

**konigfritz** · 02-02-2007, 02:49 PM

Now I think we know who's house we heading to for the next TT BBQ!

tnbowhunter · 02-03-2007, 05:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Blackbeauty

I was thinking more along the lines of wild boar. But those are what? Farm pigs?

Helomech will correct me if i'm wrong, but I would wager that what he is trying to catch are feral hogs. True wild boar are few and far between these days because they will interbreed with domestic hogs.

Feral hogs are domestic hogs and their offspring that have escaped and gone wild. They will over time even look like true wild boar, tusks, longer hair, etc. Even though they arent "wild boar' they still arent pussycats and can do some serious damage with their tusks to dogs and people. They also breed year round so their numbers can really explode if not kept in check.

One thing is for sure though.............they taste mighty fine an the barbie especially a young one.

bestatchess · 02-03-2007, 07:16 AM

So you have free roaming hogs that you can trap w/o limit for free? That is pretty cool. I wish I could do that with deer.

helomech · 02-03-2007, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by tnbowhunter

Helomech will correct me if i'm wrong, but I would wager that what he is trying to catch are feral hogs. True wild boar are few and far between these days because they will interbreed with domestic hogs.

Feral hogs are domestic hogs and their offspring that have escaped and gone wild. They will over time even look like true wild boar, tusks, longer hair, etc. Even though they arent "wild boar' they still arent pussycats and can do some serious damage with their tusks to dogs and people. They also breed year round so their numbers can really explode if not kept in check.

One thing is for sure though.............they taste mighty fine an the barbie especially a young one.

Exactly, they have some russian boar mixed in some look more like the russian boar than others. But yes they are all very dangerous and can tear up lots of land. And they taste great. Here are a few pics of the different looks.

helomech · 02-03-2007, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by konigfritz

Now I think we know who's house we heading to for the next TT BBQ!

Hell yeah, hopefully I will be catching some on a regular basis.

helomech · 02-03-2007, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by bestatchess

So you have free roaming hogs that you can trap w/o limit for free? That is pretty cool. I wish I could do that with deer.

Yeah I will probably catch some deer to, but I will let them go.

bestatchess · 02-03-2007, 08:18 AM

Holy cow! They come in herds! Can you just open up on them with a semi-auto rifle?

helomech · 02-03-2007, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by bestatchess

Holy cow! They come in herds! Can you just open up on them with a semi-auto rifle?

Yeah you can hunt them anyway you want. But they don't come on any type of regular basis, and I can't fiqure out when they will be here. I don't see them in the daytime, but the people on the hunting lease next to me said that sometimes they get so thick they block the get on the dirt road and don't want to move. Here are a few more.

helomech · 02-03-2007, 11:50 AM

Here is a link to feral hogs in texas. If anyone is interested. http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publicat...w7000_0195.pdf

**konigfritz** · 02-03-2007, 11:54 AM

hairy little boogers aren't they?

So helo, you're catching pigs in a box, when the weather warms you have fish Jumping IN your boat. any other Texas animal oddities that we should know about?

helomech · 02-03-2007, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by konigfritz

hairy little boogers aren't they?

So helo, you're catching pigs in a box, when the weather warms you have fish Jumping IN your boat. any other Texas animal oddities that we should know about?

The fish are over with. I moved from south Louisiana and sold my boat. I gave up fishing for hunting. Never really cared for freshwater fishing, but maybe I will get into it.

**konigfritz** · 02-03-2007, 12:08 PM

Yeah I like the saltwater better, but Freshwater fishing can be fun too. I live in a Brackish area, so we get all kinds of odd things coming through here.

helomech · 02-03-2007, 12:29 PM

I got a 1 acre pond just behind my house and it is full of bass and perch. But they are really small the bass are only about 12 inches long. And there is a lake a couple miles from my house. I am hoping to find a place to catch some bull frogs around here soon.

**konigfritz** · 02-03-2007, 12:36 PM

ah yeah! some frog Giggin!! Tasty frog legs! we used to do that all the time growing up.