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Title: Texas Hog Hunt 2016
Post by: Thunder on June 07, 2016, 11:32:25 am
I went out Sunday morning (6/5/16) and stalked down this little 100# sow out on the edge of one of our rice fields. Used my favorite 52# Elm D bow and a foreshafted Tonkin cane arrow with a stone point I got from Tower (Thanks Don).
It's an amazing feeling taking game with gear you made yourself.  8)
(http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh500/thundersdad/quivers/20160605_080813-2-1_zpsfxmuklct.jpg) (http://s1248.photobucket.com/user/thundersdad/media/quivers/20160605_080813-2-1_zpsfxmuklct.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Texas Hog Hunt 2016
Post by: Stringman on June 07, 2016, 11:44:27 am
Yes it is! Kudos brother!
Title: Re: Texas Hog Hunt 2016
Post by: Aaron H on June 07, 2016, 12:06:21 pm
Well done Gilbert!
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on June 07, 2016, 12:12:26 pm
Nice work! 
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Post by: osage outlaw on June 07, 2016, 02:41:10 pm
Way to go Thunder.  You are deadly with that elm bow.
Title: Re: Texas Hog Hunt 2016
Post by: RyanR on June 07, 2016, 05:24:03 pm
Nice job! What state was that in?
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Post by: Danzn Bar on June 07, 2016, 06:25:24 pm
Way to go Thunder!
DBar
Title: Re: Texas Hog Hunt 2016
Post by: JW_Halverson on June 07, 2016, 07:30:56 pm
Piggie fall down go boom!  Aw, poor piggie.  999,999 to go!  Go get 'em, brother!
Title: Re: Texas Hog Hunt 2016
Post by: Thunder on June 07, 2016, 07:32:21 pm
Thanks guys...i should've posted this with the first pic but here's a look at the point and insert. I think with some sinew and a little touch up on the point I could put this arrow back in my quiver. But it's going on the wall of fame.  8)
(http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh500/thundersdad/quivers/20160605_084608-1_zpsk6nojn0o.jpg) (http://s1248.photobucket.com/user/thundersdad/media/quivers/20160605_084608-1_zpsk6nojn0o.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Texas Hog Hunt 2016
Post by: Thunder on June 07, 2016, 07:33:54 pm
Nice job! What state was that in?
uuhhh....what state?
Title: Re: Texas Hog Hunt 2016
Post by: le0n on June 07, 2016, 08:17:30 pm
Way to go Thunder.  You are deadly with that elm bow.

i know. i wouldn't want him shooting at me.

Nice job! What state was that in?

texas hogs live in the state of texas.

they really like it here ;)
Title: Re: Texas Hog Hunt 2016
Post by: RyanR on June 07, 2016, 09:15:03 pm
Nice job! What state was that in?
uuhhh....what state?
guess I should have read the title closer
Title: Re: Texas Hog Hunt 2016
Post by: JW_Halverson on June 07, 2016, 09:19:06 pm
Nice job! What state was that in?
uuhhh....what state?
guess I should have read the title closer

Yeah, we all have those days.  Who is buried in Grant's Tomb?
Title: Re: Texas Hog Hunt 2016
Post by: bjrogg on June 07, 2016, 09:32:52 pm
Nice hunt Thunder. I hoping to have that feeling some day too. Way to get er. Done
Title: Re: Texas Hog Hunt 2016
Post by: Badly Bent on June 07, 2016, 09:38:37 pm
Very cool Gilbert. :)   Looks like your gear was more than up to the challenge, that pig looks plenty dead in the pic. brother.
Title: Re: Texas Hog Hunt 2016
Post by: Pappy on June 08, 2016, 08:11:27 am
Very cool, congrats.
 Pappy
Title: Re: Texas Hog Hunt 2016
Post by: BowEd on June 08, 2016, 08:51:51 am
Good hunt man.Are the pigs a little skiddish to get close to there?
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Post by: Stixnstones on June 08, 2016, 10:07:03 am
AWESOME!!! congrats .
Title: Re: Texas Hog Hunt 2016
Post by: Thunder on June 08, 2016, 04:06:00 pm
Good hunt man.Are the pigs a little skiddish to get close to there?
My hunting buddy and I have dropped well over a 100 pigs in the last year out on our place. They're very aware of people but I dont think I'd call them skiddish. (Or maybe I'm that good  >:D) Most of the hunting there is out around rice and milo fields so cover is very sparse. We usually hunt with shotguns and have taken most of them from 12 to 40 yrds. The land owner has an appreciation for us bow hunters but prefers that we get rid of them instead of hunting them. This one is on the small side, most of them are twice as big. I'll put up a pic of a big one later, I'm in a meeting right now and they think I'm emailing my client. :o

Cheers
Thunder
Title: Re: Texas Hog Hunt 2016
Post by: BowEd on June 09, 2016, 07:16:09 pm
I see ok.Stay out of trouble there.
Yes up here in Iowa we are'nt plagued with them much yet but they keep saying their moving on up.They are a nuisence for sure.My buddies go down to Texas and have better luck shooting them at night with their long bows because they are getting too smart in the day time.Owners of the land want to get rid of them also.Fun time all around.
Look forward to more pics of those pigs.
Title: Re: Texas Hog Hunt 2016
Post by: mullet on June 09, 2016, 07:26:35 pm
Congratulations, Gilbert! Ground stalking pigs is my favorite kind of hunting. Glad to see you got a tasty sow instead of a stinky, ol' boar.
Title: Re: Texas Hog Hunt 2016
Post by: Thunder on June 09, 2016, 08:56:16 pm
I see ok.Stay out of trouble there.
Yes up here in Iowa we are'nt plagued with them much yet but they keep saying their moving on up.They are a nuisence for sure.My buddies go down to Texas and have better luck shooting them at night with their long bows because they are getting too smart in the day time.Owners of the land want to get rid of them also.Fun time all around.
Look forward to more pics of those pigs.
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Title: Re: Texas Hog Hunt 2016
Post by: osage outlaw on June 09, 2016, 09:34:41 pm
Those are some big pigs!
Title: Re: Texas Hog Hunt 2016
Post by: Thunder on June 12, 2016, 12:21:56 am
Those are some big pigs!
Hey Clint, we grow em big down here.
Title: Re: Texas Hog Hunt 2016
Post by: paulsemp on June 12, 2016, 01:16:24 am
How's the meat on them wild pigs? Just curious, can't say I've ever eaten anything but raised stock.
Title: Re: Texas Hog Hunt 2016
Post by: criveraville on June 12, 2016, 01:53:20 am
Nice hunting and congrats on a successful hunt. Are you down by the coast?
Title: Re: Texas Hog Hunt 2016
Post by: Thunder on June 12, 2016, 03:32:20 am
How's the meat on them wild pigs? Just curious, can't say I've ever eaten anything but raised stock.
The sows taste great, not "wild" tasting at all, but the big boar meat has a lot of "flavor". A couple of days in a brine helps but it still may not be for everyone.

Cheers
Thunder
Title: Re: Texas Hog Hunt 2016
Post by: Thunder on June 12, 2016, 03:42:40 am
Nice hunting and congrats on a successful hunt. Are you down by the coast?
Thank you Sir, I've gotten close several times with bow and arrow, just couldn't get close enough. As you can see there's not much to hide behind out on a rice paddy. I'm in Houston but my hunting place is about an hour away, close to Eagle Lake, Southwest of here. It's mostly farmland out there, rice, corn, soybean and milo. These hogs get to eat well and get very big really fast.

Cheers
Thunder

Title: Re: Texas Hog Hunt 2016
Post by: PeteC on June 20, 2016, 03:29:52 pm
Awesome. I like elm too.That's a nice little D-bow as well. Good job. God Bless
Title: Re: Texas Hog Hunt 2016
Post by: jimjimmysticks on August 31, 2016, 12:34:30 pm
well done want to hunt hogs like that,excellent
Title: Re: Texas Hog Hunt 2016
Post by: FilipT on August 31, 2016, 04:36:16 pm
Are these same hogs like in Europe?
Title: Re: Texas Hog Hunt 2016
Post by: BowEd on September 01, 2016, 10:41:35 am
Great pics thunder!!!!!...Now that's bringing the bacon home.They live high on the hog there in that grain country.....lol.Do ya give some of the meat away?That's a lot of pork.
They are a real nuisance!!!
Title: Re: Texas Hog Hunt 2016
Post by: BowEd on September 01, 2016, 10:54:05 am
I've got a friend who's son manages a cattle ranch in Oklahoma.The hogs are tearing everything up and killing the grass.Every year they go out and shoot dozens and dozens of them hogs.So many that they can't give them away.They bury them with bull dozers.
Title: Re: Texas Hog Hunt 2016
Post by: Newindian on September 01, 2016, 11:10:40 pm
long time no see, nice hogs.