A few weeks back my brother and I were doing some work at my place. We rolled up on a tripod feeder. I started cussing. My brother wondered what the hell was going on. Well, the spin unit was lying on the ground. Bear I said confidently. We pulled the trail cam. Much to my surprise, it was not a bear but a ginormous boar hog. This damn this knocked the unit off the feeder 5.5 feet above the ground. This was one serious hog. I have pictures but JPbox says they are too big.

A week or so goes by. I take a guest. I put him in a stand. I head to the #6 stand where there is a large number of small hogs. I take my suppressed 300 Blackout and a shotgun with buckshot. I am hoping to hammer a bunch of them. To make a long story short, just before dark, an enormous red boar shows. I wait forever it seems. Finally, he gives me a shot and I go for the brain. He goes down but is not dead. He is making a god awful noise . It is getting dark QUICKLY! I climb down with the shotgun. I slip in the thick stuff. As soon as he sees me, he starts to get up but I hammer his ass. He is a big boy with big teeth. It occurs to me that this could have ended badly. He is easily over 250 and has real serious teeth.

Well, the original big hog is even larger. Minimum of 100 pounds larger. He is one serious hog.

I set up a protein gravity feeder by feeder #3. I put a camera on it to see what is feeding. Well, big boy likes protein. I had fantastic pictures of him up close . My apologies My dumb ass deleted them. I have pictures to be sure just not the best pictures. He is not only big but his teeth are incredible. Not only long but thick. Very thick. I want this hog. I have a plan.

Well, big boy only shows in the dark. No problem. I have that solved. Then one morning I checked my pictures. I have yet another spinner on the ground. I can’t believe it. This one is just over 6’6” above the ground! I have to have this hog.

I know exactly where he is. The problem is the wind. I don’t dare try to sneak in there on him.

Dammit this is frustrating. He is there this very second.

If anyone can post these pictures for me, please PM.

Just an opinion, nothing more.

Try looking at getting feeders that have a winch so that the feeder itself can be lowerd for filling and then cranked up so the hogs cannot get to them.

The ones we use put the feed mechanism 8 to 10 feet off the ground. Then when I set up the feeder I drive a "T" post beside each leg 18 to 24v inches into the ground and wire each leg to the posts.

The feeders I maintain are mounted on tripods with braked winches so the barrels can be let down and raised without a lot of trouble.

I wish I could post pictures, but once staked down cattle and buffalo have a real hard time knocking them over.

Also, the higher you can get the feeder off the ground, the farther it will broadcast the feed.

I'll gladly post pictures for you. Send them to the e-mail in my profile. Sounds like you have a heck of a hog on your hands!

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Originally posted by Crazyhorseconsulting:
Just an opinion, nothing more.

Try looking at getting feeders that have a winch so that the feeder itself can be lowerd for filling and then cranked up so the hogs cannot get to them.

The ones we use put the feed mechanism 8 to 10 feet off the ground. Then when I set up the feeder I drive a "T" post beside each leg 18 to 24v inches into the ground and wire each leg to the posts.

The feeders I maintain are mounted on tripods with braked winches so the barrels can be let down and raised without a lot of trouble.

I wish I could post pictures, but once staked down cattle and buffalo have a real hard time knocking them over.

Also, the higher you can get the feeder off the ground, the farther it will broadcast the feed.

Randall, my tripods are all done more or less the same way. The last feeder is hung from a limb of a live oak.

I hate all of the tripods anyway. We have made a device to use out of pressure treated 6x6’s. All the tripods will be replaced. They will have the feeder much further off the ground. The one potential problem is that we don’t know how deep we can dig before we hit limestone. If the limestone is too close to the surface, this won’t work.

To clarify, he didn’t knock the feeder over. He knocked the spinner off.

Here are your pictures:

Nice hog! Congratulations.

I am glad it ended well. I would not have wanted to go in there with a shotgun. Really, would not want to go in at all. Let use know when you get the real big cur.

Well, it was better than the 300 Blackout. The copper plated buckshot are far superior to the straight lead pellets. All worked out well.

I really like the coloration on that reddish-brown boar. Nice cutters on him, too -- something we don't see that much of around here.

Thanks for your help Bobby.

I did not mean to sound condescending. One has to use what they have at hand. I am happy you were able to get it shorted out safe without too much excitememt or stitches. Not implying you did anything to make the situation unsafe or did not use enough gun or anything like that.

No doubt the shotgun was better in the dark under duress than everyone’s favorite hawgleg.

The important part is it worked. You have confidence in it, so it will work again if need be.

Good luck on the real big one.

You didn’t.

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Originally posted by larryshores:
Thanks for your help Bobby.

No problem! When you drop the hammer on that other brute, I'll gladly post the photos for you. Sometimes I may be a little slow if my health isn't cooperating, but I try and check email at least once a day.

Quite a pile of corn there Larry!!

George

Yup. That is what happens when they spinner gets knocked off.

Congratulations on the hog. I am sure it is exciting trying to formulate a plan to drop the big one. He sure has some impressive tuskers.
I hope you get him and surely he has his gene pool spread around.

He has disappeared in the last couple of days. At least I could not see him on camera. He will be back. I will get him.

It wasnt a pig that removed the "spinner" in that next to last picture .....unless Florida pigs have wings.

That is not the big boar in the picture. It is definitely the big boar that did it. I had pictures of him standing there looking up at the spinner. The next picture a couple of seconds later, the spinner is off, corn is coming out and he is still there.

I have seen them jump for the spinners before. I have only seen it twice before. I suspect that is what he did.

We are headed there Friday. With this tropical system dumping so much rain, I have no idea if he will still be there. Changes in water levels tend to change their habits.