Pig Bomb

[sharpshooter08]

Well fellas I just got done watching a a show on discovery channel about the huge overpopulation of wild pigs in America. It seems its getting out of control and they cant seem to find ways to keep it down and under control.

Soo I think its time to bring out the mini gun and help get this problem under control :D

[ArtFWTx]

Which show was that? I'd like to DVR it if it comes on again, well if you thought it was worth watching that is. :)

[Renegade360]

Doing my part. Boar hanging on the left is the one I got with my muzzle loader. The one hanging on the right was put down by a 10" 6.8 with a can. The one in the middle took 3 357 magnum loads and 2 45 super loads before it was lights out.

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Please ignore the ugly mug, only had 2 hours of sleep the night before.

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[ArtFWTx]

Please ignore the ugly mug, only had 2 hours of sleep the night before.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Renegade360/IMGP0673.jpg

Nice hunt.

[constructor]

Doing my part. Boar hanging on the left is the one I got with my muzzle loader. The one hanging on the right was put down by a 10" 6.8 with a can. The one in the middle took 3 357 magnum loads and 2 45 super loads before it was lights out.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Renegade360/IMGP0678.jpg

Please ignore the ugly mug, only had 2 hours of sleep the night before.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Renegade360/IMGP0673.jpg
You probably wouldn't look too bad if you didn't have that rope around your neck and brushed your last 2 teeth LOL

That spotted thing on the ground looks like the last one I shot down there in the Ocala forest near Bear Bay. geez, I think that was 19 years ago.

[marinesg1012]

I need to head down to Florida to hunt, might go on a hunt with dogs down in georgia is a buddy I work with and I can get the same time off.....

[sharpshooter08]

Which show was that? I'd like to DVR it if it comes on again, well if you thought it was worth watching that is. :)

If you have direct tv look in the show guide and see if they have it on again, show name: Pig Bomb on discovery

[onmyown]

The same show ran on Animal Planet last month. IMO it is worth watching.
The show talked about a release of European boars in the US that are starting to cross-breed
with the existing feral crop. The 1,200 pound "super" hogs had me thinking I need more
ammo. on hand.

[ccoker]

it was rather amusing
most people down here know that we have European boars that have inbred

the show was funny with it's "monster pig/danger" overtones

[Megalos]

I just searched my directv and didn't find anything under the name "pig bomb"

[joshuades]

I found a tiny exerpt of it on Youtube. Not much but it has me wanting to see the rest of the show. The little bit they talk about rings true here. We've been trapping them several at a time in live traps, but they are getting wise to the program and lately aren't tripping the plate. They just eat up to it and back out. The biggest problem is they are tearing up grazing land for the cattle, or getting into the corn feeds for the cattle. We just can't keep up with them.

A friend of mine nailed one last year that was topping 500lbs and the only little ones we've been seeing (under 100lbs) are the piglets so far this summer.

[zoomie]

If landowners were serious about getting rid of destructive hogs, they wouldn't charge several hundred to several thousand to shoot one.

Here's the segments: http://www.hulu.com/search?query=pig+bomb

[onmyown]

Here is a link from the Discovery Channel website.
dsc.discovery.com/videos/pig-bomb-pig-epidemic.html

[shooter_gregg]

I found a tiny exerpt of it on Youtube. Not much but it has me wanting to see the rest of the show. The little bit they talk about rings true here. We've been trapping them several at a time in live traps, but they are getting wise to the program and lately aren't tripping the plate. They just eat up to it and back out. The biggest problem is they are tearing up grazing land for the cattle, or getting into the corn feeds for the cattle. We just can't keep up with them.

A friend of mine nailed one last year that was topping 500lbs and the only little ones we've been seeing (under 100lbs) are the piglets so far this summer.

If you have property condusive to it, offer pig hunts in a big city newspaper. Make it a guided hunt and charge enough to cover expenses and a little more. The exec in the office needs to blow off steam from time to time or a salesman can take a good client hunting any time of the year.
"rant on"
I hear griping on the boards about charging for hunts and am sick of it. We ranchers are having a hard time making a living as it is. Land costs a lot, but cattle prices are no where near what they should be with the massive imports of beef. Plus its chancy because of the weather. No rain means skinny cows or worse.
"Rant off"
I would get as many hunters out there as you can stand if you want to eliminate them. Texasboars.com has some useful info on it. you can actually run them off if you put enough pressure on them.

We will never put much of a dent in the hog population. They put rabbits to shame the way they multiply.

[rpwhite3]

Here is a link from the Discovery Channel website.
dsc.discovery.com/videos/pig-bomb-pig-epidemic.html

Was going to post that as well, got a chance to watch the show last night, I had no idea it was this bad. Or maybe it isn't, but looks bad.

Makes me want to finish my 6.8 and get out and blast some, I tell ya though, work just gets in the way. Off in the ATL this week sitting in hotel room while I could be finishing my gun, or loading some ammo...

DAM!

Got some time at my house coming up, should be able to get out and get some with the new 6.8...

fingers crossed!

[ArtFWTx]

If the hogs keep growing, the 6.8 may not be enough. How about getting that 500 BAAR finished Tim? :)

[shooter_gregg]

Anyone have parts for a minigun? I have a welder to make the mount.

[M4Super90]

I'm doing my part... :)

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[zoomie]

I hear griping on the boards about charging for hunts and am sick of it. We ranchers are having a hard time making a living as it is. Land costs a lot, but cattle prices are no where near what they should be with the massive imports of beef. Plus its chancy because of the weather. No rain means skinny cows or worse.
We all chose our careers. I'm just saying that when the time comes that you REALLY want the hogs gone, you won't care how much you can profit off the hunters.

My one place to hunt hogs is on hay fields. After hogs destroyed a field to the point it was no longer usable (entirely lost profit), the farmer decided to let anyone that asks shoot hogs on his place. He doesn't care about how much they're paying him, he just wants the hogs gone so they don't hurt his bottom line more than they already have. Most Texas ranchers aren't to that point yet.

[joshuades]

We all chose our careers. I'm just saying that when the time comes that you REALLY want the hogs gone, you won't care how much you can profit off the hunters.

My one place to hunt hogs is on hay fields. After hogs destroyed a field to the point it was no longer usable (entirely lost profit), the farmer decided to let anyone that asks shoot hogs on his place. He doesn't care about how much they're paying him, he just wants the hogs gone so they don't hurt his bottom line more than they already have. Most Texas ranchers aren't to that point yet.
That's precisely the situation I'm in. The hogs tear up the ground that the cattle graze on. The ranchers around here have my friend and I come around and hunt them (or really they ask him and he brings me along), we get some and scare the rest off for a little while. They're just happy someone is around who's willing to help them out with their problem pigs. ONe herd of hogs can easily ruin a couple of acres a night of good grazing land and it hurts their cattle business.

[Jamesb74]

I'm doing my part... :)

http://pxw9080.googlepages.com/Hamsandwiches.jpg/Hamsandwiches-large.jpg

MMMMMMMM those look tasty!!!!!


I have got to find some more places around here that need hogs killed. I keep hearing about the problem but I never see the damn things. I think they just hear me coming and leave the county.

[M4Super90]

MMMMMMMM those look tasty!!!!!


I have got to find some more places around here that need hogs killed. I keep hearing about the problem but I never see the damn things. I think they just hear me coming and leave the county.

Yeah buddy. Nice and tender and the perfect size to fit on the smoker whole. Tasty little ham sandwiches. Mmmm....

[marinesg1012]

kill the babies before they grow up to be problems....

[txagyotebuster]

kill the babies before they grow up to be problems....

i totally agree...people give you weird looks sometimes when you kill small ones......but like my dad always says "little hogs turn into big hogs"

[Jamesb74]

i totally agree...people give you weird looks sometimes when you kill small ones......but like my dad always says "little hogs turn into big hogs"

And they still make damn tasty sandwich's:)

[marinesg1012]

Well you need to kill the big ones but if your trying to control the population you need to kill as many as possible whneever possible...

[Jamesb74]

Well you need to kill the big ones but if your trying to control the population you need to kill as many as possible whneever possible...

I definitly agree with the last part of your statement.

[marinesg1012]

those live traps the guys on arfcom talk about seem to be the best but you have to monotor it and really work to get the whole sounder in the trap...

[joshuades]

those live traps the guys on arfcom talk about seem to be the best but you have to monotor it and really work to get the whole sounder in the trap...
difinitely have to make sure the trap is sturdy enough for the pigs. We've had to rebuild two and have had a few pigs kill themselves trying to get out. A few months ago my friend brought a sow from one of the traps by work for me to see. She had sliced her snout from her nose al the way back to between her eyes and was still willing to put up a fight.

[marinesg1012]

Trapped animals are tough, the guy on arfcom set up a tree stand above the trap after a few days of trail cam pics showing the hogs in the trap then pulled the trigger itself and then commenced to killing them after they were trapped in....

[tammons]

I saw it. Pretty interesting.

It got me fired up to go pig hunting.

You can watch it on the discovery channel.

http://dsc.discovery.com/search/results.html?query=pig+bomb&paginationPosition=1

[bshnt2015]

WOW, even in California-Big Pigs.