When the SHTF we’ll have plenty of pork to eat! Of course, if you live in Austin you can only kill them with a bow and arrow.
I’m in.
These hogs are ridiculous. A good buddy recently had his lake house yard annihilated by hogs in one night. They came through and rooted up everything, even knocked over a small brick wall.
Wagner still beats socks off of Johnny Cash.
I keep hearing all the bitching about the pig epidemic, but I have little sympaty. Most of the folks bitching either won’t allow hunting on their property or charge hunters thru the nose to do so.
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Killed a few here on Maui over the years and really good eating. Lots of locals do pig hunting here and plenty of state and federal land to do it on at no charge. Some of the guys use dogs to corner them and use a spear to kill it but even they are usually sporting a handgun. Don’t hunt much anymore but friends that do give me pig, wild goats and deer. Lots of all the above on Maui. There are wild sheep in the islands also but none on Maui.
Most urban folk do not realize there are wild boar (ancestors of domestic pigs) and feral pigs/hogs which are hybrids of wild and escaped/domestic pigs.
A sounder of wild hogs is easily identifiable by the color of juveniles and tusks in the adult males.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_boar
It’s open season on them here in Florida.
And they are pretty good eating. We have mostly the black-foot pig (introduced by the Spanish in the 16th century), although there are some escaped domestic York pigs, or English pigs, crossed with them or in separate herds. They’re equally destructive, although the York pigs are bigger and can really shut down traffic when they cross a road.
I think we need to start producing a little more air-dried ham (known as prosciutto, jamon serrano...or country ham) and using our great stock of acorn-fed wild pig as the raw material.
amazing. how was the guy aiming? looked like the site was covered up and his head wasnt down on the gun.
We have lots of them in Sedona AZ, calling them “Javalina”.
I imagine they are tasty if cooked long enough over low heat. I don’t know why these can’t be hunted or trapped.
Dude! That looks like more fun than any one person could possibly stand to have. I couldn’t help but think what a blast it would be to have a Dillon minigun mounted in that door. I was glad to see at the end that somebody was going along and picking up some of that BBQ. I’d hate to see it all go to waste.
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last monday dropped 230 pounds of wild california boar sausage meat off at the local foodbank here. much appreciated in this part of the country.
descendant of russian boar are all over northern cal. not unusual to see herds of 50 or more. yeah they do tear up the place.
latest hog hunting report from N. Cal.
Across the canyon bottom, and going up to the top of a big hill beyond, is a huge slope, maybe 1000 yards of open uphill ground to a patch of deep brush cover at the top. A herd of big sows and piglets has broken from the canyon bottom and is going up hill, has gotten 200 yards from the top, in single file. Last in line is huge black and white sow, with a bunch of piglets, one piglet trailing. From no-where, a big coyote rushes the piglet and grabs it.
The sow spins and charges back down the trail, slamming the coyote, and knocking it back, the piglet gets away. The sow moves back up the trail, with the piglet taking cover between her legs. The coyote hangs back. The sow gets another 10 yards up the trail before the coyote attacks again. Same result, the sow fights him off, then gets a little farther up the trail. It seems obvious to both the sow and the coyote that the battle will turn on whether the sow can get the piglet to deep cover. She has around 150 yards to go. It’s also clear that the coyote is overmatched. The sow is really fast, and very aggressive. Coyote attacks another couple times, but the sow fights him off. Sow gains another 30 yards to the brush.
Now a second coyote shows up, smaller than the first coyote. It seems the first coyote must be the alpha dog. The coyotes attack together, but the smaller coyote, whether being younger or less experienced, misjudges the sow. He hangs in too long, and she rolls him, catches him on the ground on his back, bites down and is stomping him. But in charging the coyote, the sow has moved off the piglet, the piglet is exposed, and the alpha dog makes a run at grabbing it, the piglet wrestles a little, keeping the coyote from getting a good hold. The sow sees this, pulls off coyote two and charges the alpha, knocking him back. She gains another 10 yards, backing up the trail with the piglet under her. She is still too strong, too determined. If she can stay tight on the piglet, she can make it up the trail.
Now I think about what I should do. I am admiring the sow. She is putting up an incredible battle, against stacked odds. Can I get over there and shoot the coyotes? I look at the ground to cover, I want to shoot those coyotes so bad, but it’s just too far. Over 1000 yards. A lot of it uphill over two gullies. Looks like I am just a spectator today.
The sow continues to back up the trail, battling every step, the two coyotes attacking every 20 seconds. The smaller coyote has learned his lesson and hangs back enough so he doesn’t get caught again.
Now a third coyote shows up, about the same size as coyote two. For a bit all three hang back. And then the alpha dog does something really smart. Up to now he has led the attacks, but this time he hangs back. The two smaller dogs rush the sow, she fights them off, and like lightning alpha rushes in, sweeps up piglet in one bite, and takes a dead run down the trail. The sow takes a few steps, stops and moves slowly up the hill to the other hogs at the top. Its over.