I have been killing hogs in a hay field about a mile from the house off and on since Christmas and hoping they wouldn't show up at the house like they did last year.
This past weekend I went to the Predator and Wild Hog Expo in Waco, and on the wahy home Saturday night my wife called to see where I was. I was an hour out, and asked why? She said the hogs are in the back yard, and where here last night too.
So, as soon as I got home I loaded up the 12ga with #4 buckshot and slipped outside again. Sure enough they were within 50 yards of the house. Just as I was trying to draw a bead one of the neighbors drove up at there house, but the hogs didn't pay any attention. It was about 12:30 pm and as soon as I could draw a bead, I let loose. A hog went to squealing and hogs were running everywhere. I fired 3 more and was empty so I had to run into the house for more shells. I came out the back and hogs were still scurrying off and let loose with one more blast. I found one hog but that was it.
Sunday night I started my hog patrols and set the hog trap, but none showed up the next two nights even though I got up several times in the night.
Tuesday night I decided to check the pasture a mile from the house again when my patrols didn't turn up anything. As soon as I parked the truck I could hear them cutting up on the other side of the road in the thick stuff. I tried to get close but they moved off. After 15 minutes of waiting and listening, I headed back to the house. A half mile down the road a big hog ran across in front of me with more behind and I sped up and ran over one killing it.
Nothing was out last night before I went to bed and I could not hear them from the back porch at 2am this morning. But, when I came out of the house this morning at 5 am to go turkey hunting there was a whole herd in the front yard. I sliped up and hit them with the red light and shot into them with the buck shot again and the scattered with me in pursuit. About a hundred yards out I got one in my sights and gave him a blast. I got blood on that one, but the buckshot did not drop him.
Tonight my daughter had a late softball game and when I got in I grabbed a bite and before heading to bed I eased out the back for another hog patrol. About 50 yards out the back door and I could hear something banging the hog trap and went back to house to fetch my .22lr. I had a pretty good size boar in the trap and he treated those .22 bullets in the head like bee stings. I think it took 5 shots before he went down completely.
Then back to the house to get the truck to drag him off and a quick picture, and hear I sit telling about it.
I guess in about 2 hours I will be on hog patrol again. Hogs can be fun to hunt, but they sure are a nuisance when the root the yard like a fresh plowed field.
This past weekend I went to the Predator and Wild Hog Expo in Waco, and on the wahy home Saturday night my wife called to see where I was. I was an hour out, and asked why? She said the hogs are in the back yard, and where here last night too.
So, as soon as I got home I loaded up the 12ga with #4 buckshot and slipped outside again. Sure enough they were within 50 yards of the house. Just as I was trying to draw a bead one of the neighbors drove up at there house, but the hogs didn't pay any attention. It was about 12:30 pm and as soon as I could draw a bead, I let loose. A hog went to squealing and hogs were running everywhere. I fired 3 more and was empty so I had to run into the house for more shells. I came out the back and hogs were still scurrying off and let loose with one more blast. I found one hog but that was it.
Sunday night I started my hog patrols and set the hog trap, but none showed up the next two nights even though I got up several times in the night.
Tuesday night I decided to check the pasture a mile from the house again when my patrols didn't turn up anything. As soon as I parked the truck I could hear them cutting up on the other side of the road in the thick stuff. I tried to get close but they moved off. After 15 minutes of waiting and listening, I headed back to the house. A half mile down the road a big hog ran across in front of me with more behind and I sped up and ran over one killing it.
Nothing was out last night before I went to bed and I could not hear them from the back porch at 2am this morning. But, when I came out of the house this morning at 5 am to go turkey hunting there was a whole herd in the front yard. I sliped up and hit them with the red light and shot into them with the buck shot again and the scattered with me in pursuit. About a hundred yards out I got one in my sights and gave him a blast. I got blood on that one, but the buckshot did not drop him.
Tonight my daughter had a late softball game and when I got in I grabbed a bite and before heading to bed I eased out the back for another hog patrol. About 50 yards out the back door and I could hear something banging the hog trap and went back to house to fetch my .22lr. I had a pretty good size boar in the trap and he treated those .22 bullets in the head like bee stings. I think it took 5 shots before he went down completely.
Then back to the house to get the truck to drag him off and a quick picture, and hear I sit telling about it.
I guess in about 2 hours I will be on hog patrol again. Hogs can be fun to hunt, but they sure are a nuisance when the root the yard like a fresh plowed field.
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