Ohio hog

[Marc]

It's been a longtime since I've posted. Went on a hog hunt over the weekend in Ohio. After we got it field dressed, it weighed in at 304lbs at the butcher. Tomorrow the cape and head go to the taxidermist. Anyone have any experiences at Blue Spruce Bend Taxidermy in New Castle?

 

[hooky]

Nice pig.

Where at in OH?

 

[Cameramonkey]

And nice choice of a weapon!

 

[Marc]

Latham Ohio at Tusk N Tines outfitters. The hogs are a good hunt, the deer will walk right up to you so they don't make it much of a challenge, I'll stick to Indiana or Alabama for deer hunting.

 

[Clay]

Thats great! I especially love that you used a Mosin!

 

[tmschuller]

thats cool.. hope you did not have far to get it out of the woods.. just curious with that round how far did the hog go?? How far away were you? Good job and thanks for the post.

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

Nice Hog! Congratulations.

 

[Marc]

The rifle i used was a 1926 Mosin hex receiver, round I used was Tula 7.62x54r, distance I shot it was 80yds, and when I shot it, it reared up on its back hooves and flipped over backwards, that's about as far as it traveled. As for getting it out of the woods we used a Yamaha Rhino, took 4 of us to load it, my guess is it weighed over 340-350 before field dressed. When i get off work today I'm heading to new castle to the taxidermist.

 

[IndyGunworks]

Is Tusk N Tines a fenced preserve?

 

[Marc]

yes, thats why I don't recommend hunting deer there. The hogs there are wild, the deer not so much. The hogs you actually have to work for, when stalking you can walk right up on them and not know and then they come flying out at you or away from you depending if you are down hill or up hill. I did a stalk on my hunt because we didn't see anything in a tree stand.

 

[Marc]

I'll for sure be going back for hogs again.

 

[yote hunter]

Geeezzz, Thats alot of BACON !!!!! Nice job Marc...

 

[Marc]

Funny thing, out all of the things the butcher offered, bacon wasn't on the list, I was a little sad when I saw that. when I go back for another hog hunt I might make a suggestion.

 

[Clay]

just get the pork belly and have it done locally

 

[Cameramonkey]

Funny thing, out all of the things the butcher offered, bacon wasn't on the list, I was a little sad when I saw that. when I go back for another hog hunt I might make a suggestion.

I would assume two things: 1, that wild animal doesnt have the bred-in traits for lots of bacon so that part of the wild hog isnt as developed. 2, as it needs to be cured, probably not what the butcher wants to be doing as its too time consuming.

But I do like the other suggestion to get that section "raw" and have it smoked and processed locally.

 

[rhino]

This definitely makes me want to go hog hunting.

Do they have restrictions on what types of firearms and calibers are allowed in Ohio for pigs?

 

[AtTheMurph]

I'd bet that hog was well over 400lbs on the hoof. Hard to imagine it not having at least 100lbs of organs, blood and guts.

 

[Bennettjh]

That's awesome! Now I'm hungry.

I like your choice of rifle. Nice looking Mosin.

 

[1911ly]

That one hell of a hog! A hog hunt is on the bucket list of things to do. I bought 45-70 just for that reason. Can I ask how much did this hunt cost?

 

[w_ADAM_d88]

Daggon! Nice piggy! When's the bbq?