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I got these photos on game camera a few weeks ago. I'm not sure how big this pig is. It seems pretty long but maybe not that thick or heavy. The posts on the feeder pen are roughly six feet apart. This is an area where a couple of very large pigs have been taken in recent years.     Thanks, LWD | ||
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LWD, It's hard to tell with game cams. He's not a small pig by any means. Looks to be more feral than Russian. His hinds are relatively large and heavy. With the juniper in the background you're probably in central texas or hill country. Unless he has access to crops he' not going to have a lot of fat on him like a pen raised hog. I'd say he is between 150 and 200 lbs. GWB | |||
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Looks heavy to me. Closing in on 300? Steve "He wins the most, who honour saves. Success is not the test." Ryan "Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Stalin Tanzania 06 Argentina08 Argentina Australia06 Argentina 07 Namibia Arnhemland10 Belize2011 Moz04 Moz 09 | |||
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190-220 Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Any guesses on this one? I know it's blurry but it looks pretty thick an mean.  | |||
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LWD- As GW noted, estimating weights from game cams can be tricky as the angles and distortion from semi-wide views can render a guesstimate way off the actual weight. This hog does seem to have exceptional length, seems to have average girth but is not all that fattened up. I'd say 218-220 pounds. Now if you'd so kindly put that piggie on the ground, you can end the suspense and let us know the verdict...  Scott-Tough to tell as there is little reference to gauge size, but I'd say 170 as he seems stocky but short in both length and height. But I may have missed it by a mile... Bobby Μολὼν λαβέ The most important thing in life is not what we do but how and why we do it. - Nana Mouskouri | |||
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Bobby, Your guess is as good as any. It's a fairly common trail. Maybe I should put a stake in the ground of known height so I have a reference point. | |||
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I could well be on the low side. My original guess was 175 to 225, but I changed it 25 lbs. lower. I've both shot and weighed a lot of deer and hogs. Most all, one way or another I get up on my atv unaided. My best to date just lifting is 184 lbs, weighed. At that time I weighed 182. I was a huffin' and a puffin' by time I got that chore done. I've found over the years I tend to overestimate the weight of animals rather than understimate. Course that's actual observation, not from a photo. Best GWB | |||
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I won't hazard a guess on weight, but I would like to know more about your lights. How do those little solar lights work for night shooting? _____________________ A successful man is one who earns more money than his wife can spend. | |||
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big enough to take a bullet -- at a guess? 150-175 .. he's tall and long, but not thick .. opinions vary band of bubbas and STC hunting Club Information on Ammoguide about the416AR, 458AR, 470AR, 500AR What is an AR round? Case Drawings 416-458-470AR and 500AR. 476AR, http://www.weaponsmith.com | |||
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Probably the best answer yet. Add between 100 and 750 grains to my estimation of weight(unless you get a pass through)!  GWB | |||
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My personal best in South Texas is 180 lbs. Weights on hogs are really deceiving, and most people grossly over-estimate. Here's a weighed 210 pounder from the Chaparral WMA this past January on our hunt down there. It weighed 210# on an accurate scale. There were 3 taken that were over 200#.  | |||
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Quite well until something destroyed them. I put them out in late February to do some pig hunting. The game camera pictures were showing that I was semi-consistently getting pigs in the 1/2 hour to 2 hours after dark. I only sat the blind a couple of times once I put them up and didn't see pigs either time. But the light was plenty good for shooting. Almost too bright. The coons and rabbits that came in were readily visible. And like I said, since the blind was only 65 yards away, it was almost too bright. I don’t know what destroyed them. The game camera batteries died so they were out for several weeks without camera coverage. But they are all well and truly smashed. None remain upright, all are broken, and a couple are totally smashed. Stood on and ground up with a boot heel smashed. But since the batteries went dead I don’t know what did it. In the pictures I have, the pigs didn’t seem to mind the lights at all. They seem to have been feeding normally. I got the lights at Harborfreight. They ran great. Charged up enough to run all night. Not very expensive either. LWD | |||
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On LWD's pig I am going with 175 to 225. On Scott's pig, 200 to 230. Even the rocks don't last forever. | |||
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We bought some good ones last week at WalMart, $10 each. Tie-wrap them with black tie wraps out of reach and they'll last a good while. "Experience" is the only class you take where the exam comes before the lesson. | |||
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LWD: Next time you're out there. Measure some of the posts for height. Maybe take some paint & mark at foot increments to judge by. That first one looked to me around 225-280. He looks pretty good sized in the second picture to me. I've been around a lot of farm pigs, butchering and scraping them. but, never hunted any yet. This a domestic hog run wild/feral though so this is the same as what I've been around. George "Gun Control is NOT about Guns' "It's about Control!!" Join the NRA today!" LM: NRA, DAV, George L. Dwight | |||
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LWD, thanks for the input on the lights. I'm considering something of the sort for hog hunting in TX as well. You've got me real curious about what destroyed them though. Sounds a bit fishy. I like the idea of putting them up a bit higher, maybe on feeder legs or nearby T-posts. It wouldn't be too hard to drive in a T-post and strap one or two of those on top. At least the critters couldn't get to them. Did you do anything to block them on side towards the blind to reduce the amount of light shining back towards the shooter? Oh, and I didn't mean to sound snippy on the hog's weight, but I'm usually wrong on guessing. I take my first guess and cut about 30% to get close.  _____________________ A successful man is one who earns more money than his wife can spend. | |||
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I was out there yesterday for some spring turkey hunting and measured the heights of the t-posts for reference. They weren't as high as I was guessing. Here's an updated photo with measurements. I'm now thinking this pig isn't as large as I first thought he might be. Also, the lights were even more destroyed than they were last week. Interesting.  | |||
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Here's a couple of pictures of the LED lights from last weekend.   | |||
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I'm going to guess he weighs about 175-lbs or thereabouts. When are you going to kill him so that we can confirm?? "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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I use the WM lights and have them duct-taped to the t-posts on the pen around the feeder. Only problem is that the dang cows like to scratch on them and they break the attachment between the light and the mount base. Gonna put 2 more up this week, on higher posts that the cows can't reach-- An old pilot, not a bold pilot, aka "the pig murdering fool" | |||
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I'd put him at 160-175. velocity is like a new car, always losing value. BC is like diamonds, holding value forever. | |||
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I am going to change my guess to 140 maximum. Even the rocks don't last forever. | |||
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sounds like you need to hide another camera in the brush to catch what/who is tearing up those lights. You find any boot tracks like you thought looked like on the light? If you could get a pattern on what day/night it happens. Then sit out in the brush somewhere beside's the blind you might get a look see too. I just put up a 4 camera surv system around the house yesterday. Still stringing wire's yet. Sure need to get a look at who has been taking things from around the place. Good luck at finding the breaker in action. George "Gun Control is NOT about Guns' "It's about Control!!" Join the NRA today!" LM: NRA, DAV, George L. Dwight | |||
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hi! Why are you having wire around the feeder? regards. G. fat chicks inc. | |||
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Buddy of mine put those lights, low, on legs of feeder, and the hogs ate the lights. Next time we'll rig up out of reach. Bob | |||
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This side of the property has cows. The cows will empty the feeder very quickly. They can reach the spinner plate with their tongue and spin the corn out. LWD | |||
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Realizing those aren't standard T-posts makes a big difference! I'll drop my guess by 40%. Steve "He wins the most, who honour saves. Success is not the test." Ryan "Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Stalin Tanzania 06 Argentina08 Argentina Australia06 Argentina 07 Namibia Arnhemland10 Belize2011 Moz04 Moz 09 | |||
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What's a standard t-post? The local Tractor Supply store has 5, 5.5, 6, 6.5, 7, 8, & 10 foot heights. LWD | |||
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Whoever drove those posts either got awful enthusiatic or cut them down to 4 feet. Dont know about other folks, and I will take some pictures of the feed pens I just got thru building for a guy and post them, but with a 5' = 60 inch tall T post, I drive it 16 to 18 inches into the ground. That leaves 42 to 44 inches above ground. Even the rocks don't last forever. | |||
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I don't know how long the t-posts are. I wouldn't be surprised if they were driven pretty deep though. The soil right there is extremely sandy and loose. LWD | |||
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