Here are the results from the hunt that I did on Saturday evening and Sunday morning for two guys of the DFW area. The first pig was killed at one of the feeders about 8:30 Saturday night. It weighed in at 175 pounds live weight.




The second pig was killed about 9:30 Sunday morning. The 4 piglets() in the picture with it had been picked up while driving thru one of the pastures looking for pigs moving, the clients had nothing to do with the apprehension of those 4 critters, it was a wanton act on my part.

We had been in the pasture where the bunnies were taken, but as we left, one of the hunters spotted the pig coming out of an adjoining wheat field and moving on to the property we had been hunting, the same property where pig number one was killed the evening before. We were on the county road so as soon as I was sure the pig had crossed the fence, I found a spot and turned around and drove back to the gate and onto our place.

We drove down to one of the wheat fields on that place, as I was expecting the pig to go to one of our feeders that is in the edge of that field.

It had not showed up so I decided that we would try to do a little spot and stalk. We parked and headed in the direction where we saw the pig cross the fence. It had crossed on the north end of a small thicket of hackberry trees that is growing along the fence. The wind was blowing between 5 and 10 mph. right into our faces. I eased up on the thicket, thinking that the pig might have bedded down in it. It hadn't, but we had not seen it cross the field we were in and there were patches of grass and weeds along the fence, so with the wind in our favor I decided we should ease on along the fence line.

About 30, maybe 40 yards south of the trees there was a fairly good sized patch of tall grass. When I got within 8 to 10 yards of the grass I noticed that grass toward the middle of the patch appeared bent over. The shooter was off to my right a few yards away and a couple of yards ahead.

About the time I noticed the bent over grass I caught a glimpse of something black and the then pig took off for about 15 yards or so and stopped. The hunter took a shot and the pig took off. It had made it about 4 or 5 yards when the hunter fired again. I had not noticed any sign that the animal was it when it entered some brush. The second hunter thought he saw the animal stumble after the second shot so we went looking and about 60 yards from first contact we found pig girl piled up. She weighed in at 110 pounds live weight.

Bet you had some happy guys on your hands. Nice job.

Nice job, Randall!

Sounds like everyone had a good time. What caliber and action type weapons were the clients shooting?

I believe both were shooting .30-06's, I know one was shooing a Tikka in '06 the other was shooting a Remington Pump can not remember model in either '06 or .308.

One of my many shortcomings is that I usually do not pay all that much attention to the type rifle a customer uses, and only minimal attention to the caliber. Reason for more emphasis on caliber it helps me decide which particular blind/feeder set up to utilize on a particular hunt.

About the only time I pay much attention to rifle type is if it is something I have never seen or handled in person. Had an AR member last year that was using a Blazer, interesting rifle. I personally would not want one but it is an interesting concept.

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Originally posted by Crazyhorseconsulting:
I believe both were shooting .30-06's, I know one was shooing a Tikka in '06 the other was shooting a Remington Pump can not remember model in either '06 or .308.

One of my many shortcomings is that I usually do not pay all that much attention to the type rifle a customer uses, and only minimal attention to the caliber. Reason for more emphasis on caliber it helps me decide which particular blind/feeder set up to utilize on a particular hunt.

About the only time I pay much attention to rifle type is if it is something I have never seen or handled in person. Had an AR member last year that was using a Blazer, interesting rifle. I personally would not want one but it is an interesting concept.

Thanks for sharing the info. I am always interested in make/model/caliber when I read reports, listen to stories of hunts, etc. I find it facinating to see what weapons people use and even more facinating to understand the story/logic behind why they selected a particular gun for a particular hunt.