Despite the quarantine, I got a number of things accomplished around the place yesterday. By about 6:30 PM, I decided to pick up a rifle and take a stroll just to stretch my legs. I grabbed a little .250 Savage carbine and set out from the house hoping I might cross paths with a coyote that needed settling.

Just about the time I was ready to start back to the house for dinner (my sister and Jane had a pot of New Mexican pozole on the stove all afternoon!), this big brindled boar wandered up out of the draw and caught a slug behind the ear for his trouble.

One pig down...another half million to go.

Mark

Good Hunting!

Nice!!!

Half-million? We need to do better than that--like 80% of the population just to maintain, and more than that to reduce numbers. And that is each year.

But, nevertheless, good shooting. I seldom see multi-colored hogs around here---occasionally a brindled one and I have killed two with minimal white markings--

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Originally posted by dustoffer:
Half-million? We need to do better than that--like 80% of the population just to maintain, and more than that to reduce numbers. And that is each year.

But, nevertheless, good shooting. I seldom see multi-colored hogs around here---occasionally a brindled one and I have killed two with minimal white markings--

Oh, that half-million figure is just my cut. You boys are responsible for holdin' up y'all's end!

Mark

when this quarantine is over, meet me at Big O's and ill buy... just to hear more about the hogs...

Nice to see a hog that's not
all black for a change.

Looks like a good shot too.

One's better than none, mighty
short on the count though.

Thanks for sharing,

George

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Originally posted by jimatcat:
when this quarantine is over, meet me at Big O's and ill buy... just to hear more about the hogs...

Yeah, sadly even Big O's is closed during this time. I saw Lynn (Big O) in town a couple of days ago...he's fine!

And Valera is just down the road from us!

Mark

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Originally posted by georgeld:
Nice to see a hog that's not
all black for a change.

Looks like a good shot too.

One's better than none, mighty
short on the count though.

Thanks for sharing,

George

We've got a number of "paints" running loose around here (along with all the blacks, roans, etc.). Here's a whopper of a sow I dropped a while back...



Mark

Nice colors on those hogs gentlemen. Glad somebody's having fun. Nice double there too Mark.
CB

What's the rifle?

Which one?

The bolt is an M70 .250 Savage.

The double is a Victor Sarasqueta 28 gauge converted to .30-30 by our own Aaron Little.

Mark

We used to hog hunt on Mr. Steen's place in Gonzales. He had the major share of the corn district. When we shot a sow one time + dumped out 16 piglets that old Baptist (almost) started dancing.