Texas Hog Hunt

[sp3worker]

Just got home from my Texas hog hunt. 5 of us took 8 hogs in 2 days. I got 2- a 230lb and a 205lb, both taken with a. 450 Bushmaster around 40yds. Both fell over DRT.

 

[Rookie]

Looks like fun. Was this a pay for hunt or do you know someone with property?

 

[sp3worker]

Looks like fun. Was this a pay for hunt or do you know someone with property?

Guided hunt on Langley Ranch

 

[Rookie]

Set price or per hog?

 

[Principal Skinr]

Nice hunt! Those are big hogs! Contrary to what many hunters say, there aren't many that get much over 200 pounds. Nice work!!

 

[Rookie]

Set price or per hog?

After I posted that, I realized that I'm on the internet! Here, let me Google that for myself.

 

[sp3worker]

It's $150 for a hog up to 100lbs and $1/lb over

 

[mike4sigs]

Looks like some good sausage sandwiches right there

 

[Tactically Fat]

Nice hunt! Those are big hogs! Contrary to what many hunters say, there aren't many that get much over 200 pounds. Nice work!!

The ones that are that big are the escaped domestic hogs.

 

[armyvet209]

Nice hogs! How far out did you book your hunt?

 

[sp3worker]

The ones that are that big are the escaped domestic hogs.

Most of them were in the 100lb-150lb range, these were exceptionally big.

 

[sp3worker]

Nice hogs! How far out did you book your hunt?

Almost a year, they have few openings. We rebooked for next year.

 

[Tactically Fat]

Most of them were in the 100lb-150lb range, these were exceptionally big.

Yeah. Yours are almost certainly the "wild wild" pigs. As opposed to a few generations of now wild/feral domestic pigs that escaped farms.

I wonder if there'd be any cross breeding between the wilds and the ferals?

 

[padawan]

How did the 'Foe-fiddy' perform? Thumper=DRT. Very nice.

Quite the hammer.

 

[sp3worker]

Yeah. Yours are almost certainly the "wild wild" pigs. As opposed to a few generations of now wild/feral domestic pigs that escaped farms.

I wonder if there'd be any cross breeding between the wilds and the ferals?

I'm sure they are.

The guide said that a bunch of African wart hogs got loose in south Texas, so those will probaby be the next thing we'll be seeing.

 

[two70]

Yeah. Yours are almost certainly the "wild wild" pigs. As opposed to a few generations of now wild/feral domestic pigs that escaped farms.

I wonder if there'd be any cross breeding between the wilds and the ferals?

If by wild wild pigs you are referring to true Eurasian wild boars, that is incorrect. There are virtually no true, reasonably pure wild boars outside of fences in the US although there are a few areas that have hog populations containing slightly elevated amounts of wild boar genetics. The majority of their genetics are that of domestic hogs gone feral as are the genetics of virtually all free ranging wild hogs in the US. Most of the now wild hogs are either descendants of domestic hogs released by the Spanish during early exploration or domestic escapees from then to now. Hogs go feral extremely quickly and lose most domestic characteristics within a few generations.

 

[SMiller]

I seen 8 of the biggest hogs I have ever seen before this morning on large private cattle ranch in central FL, I was several miles back from anything/anywhere, I am going back tomorrow morning to see what I can do, boss got one shot off with a .308 bolt and I didn't have my rifle, just goes to show it takes a semi auto with large capacity to get it done.

Nice to get paid to hunt while working cattle or ground every day.