Well, after seeing the image of all these porkers a few nights ago, I decided to try the 150 grain Accubond in my 30-30 AI and see if I could maybe wait for 2 or 3 to line up. To make a long story short, I finally gave it a try tonight, and while I did not see any hogs, the ‘coon that has been spinning the feeder’s plate and dispensing all the protein and corn was caught red-handed.

When I hit the ‘coon with the light, it dropped from the feeder and was about to head for safer ground when the 150 grain AB, which has a muzzle velocity of right at 2600 fps, caught it in the front shoulder. The audible “thunk” of the bullet’s impact was unmistakable in the still evening air and assured me I had eliminated the culprit.

glad that you got the culprit.... 'coons can be damageing to the feeders, mine has been torn up several times... and nice hog herd you got too.... victoria has been getting rain off an on now for 2 days,,, i hear it on the roof now....

Excellent. I need to shoot some myself. They've trashed a solar panel on a feeder this year. Little buggers ate the plastic!

Where'd you get the light mount? I could use something like that.


LWD

Jim-We only got drizzle so far, but at least it is a start. Sure felt good, too, with the lower temps.

LWD-The light is made by Elusive WIldlife Technologies.

http://www.elusivewildlife.com/index.php?section=1

It mounts easily, aligns perfectly with the projection of the scope/barrel and does not mar the finish. It is a little expensive but is the best I have ever tried. If only I could have had something like that in my young days when I stayed busy all winter collecting pelts to sell, I'd have been in hog heaven, so to speak...

The light comes with a charger and a spare battery along with mounting bracket choices. When the atmosphere is good and clear, seeing out to 200 yards is no problem. They claim 250 yards, but I have not pushed it that far yet.

This coon is the 6th or 7th I've taken off that same spot in the past few weeks, and there are plenty more out there.

Nice work, Bobby! I have a green XLR 100 and a 250 -- love 'em! I used them the last two hogs I shot this year.

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Originally posted by Bobby Tomek:

That's impressive. Should keep you in good porker hunting for a while.

I saw a cluster like that more than once, in daylight, under a feeder, on my first trip to Texas, in January. I think it was three years ago. It kinda spoiled me, as I thought it was the usual. Last year I didn't even see a hog. Bummer.

The difference of course was location. My Texas hunting buddies lost their lease on 1,000 acres they had been hunting for 20+ years. The old lady who owned the property died, and the grandchildren doubled the cost of the lease.

So, we hunted a smaller lease, closer to town. No hogs, but it has deer. I didn't hunt the deer, since I'm not especially interested in shooting does. We thought that the hogs would show just because of the corn.

Surely there are plenty of land owners who have hog problems, but my buddies didn't bother to make arrangments for alternates, except one, which was about 10 miles from camp.

Another issue was just before dark seems to be the best time, and the best location required driving the truck. By that late in the day, those with trucks would rather not be out on the road, inviting a ticket for DWI. I could certainly understand that.

That picture above remindes me of good times, which may be a thing of the past. I've been considering alternatives next time. Maybe Georgia. Maybe Hawaii. Maybe I'll just skip the hog hunting for a while, and try something different.

KB

Do the hogs eat the dead raccoons?

Jason-

They eat ANYTHING -- and that includes the killing of fawns, kid goats and lambs. Around 1998 or so, a large hog caught one of our larger billy goats at night while they were bedded down and vulnerable (tracks in soft soil told the tale). He didn't kill him at that point but ripped him up so badly that the billy died a few minutes after I found him the next morning.

Bobby

It looks like you have the same problem with hogs as I do with coons.

Purina Monkey Chow will kill all of your 'coons.

Or you can place a call to one of your new best friends here on AR to come shoot coons with non-overpenetrating 22CBs all night long. I know a few that would be thrilled just to shoot coons.

PM me..........

Coons off the feeder with night vision and suppressed 22's are a ton of fun!!! Pop, splat, thump, thump, giggle, giggle!!!