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Mmmmmmm bacon.....x 2
So here are the results of my early morning pig hunt on Saturday. We were on a cattle/horse ranch up near the town of Middletown, south of Clear Lake....about 2 hours from Sacramento. We set up behind some oak trees before dawn and started glassing the pastures for any sign of the piggies. About 15 minutes later, we see a group of about 15 coming towards us...just sorta wandering around in no hurry. However, a truck that drove down one of the ranch roads must have spooked them, because they took off at a fast trot....thankfully in our direction. As the herd got closer, I could just make out a huge sow in the lead...easily pushing 200 lbs. I had the scope set way down to 3x and placed the crosshairs just to the right of her head...gave her a bit more lead....BAM!!! I come back out of recoil, and off the scope as I scan for the sow. Whaaaa!!!!??? Nothing!!! WTH???? Then I realize that in my haste, I forgot to aim LOW at such close range....dohhhhhhh!!!
So, as the pigs make a hard right turn and run down along the fence line in front of us, I scan through the scope, looking for that sow.....looking...looking....There!! Rats!! She's surrounded by a lot of smaller young'uns and piglets. No chance for a clean kill there. Now the herd is coming through a break in the fence to my left...about 75 yards out. One at a time, they wiggle under the fence and down along a drainage ditch. I search...scan...There!!! A nice sow about halfway back in the herd...by herself...in the clear....give her some lead....BAM!!! Again, I come up out of recoil and I hear my wife, "You got it!! Woooohoooo!! Nice shot!!" Sure enough, way out there in the fog, I can just make out a dark lump against the light grass of the ditch. So now things start to calm down. We pick up our gear and start towards the downed sow.
Then I feel the guide tap me on the shoulder. "Turn around." he whispers. And what do I see?? Here comes Mr. Boar at a trot following his harem, with no idea that we're even nearby. I don't have a good angle on him, with the oak trees and wire fence in the way. So I double time it, rifle at the ready, safety on...down to the fence line ready for Mr. Boar. Well, he sees me draw up on him, and takes off on a flat out run for the break in the fence. I remember putting the crosshairs just ahead of his nose, squeezing gently, and BAM!!! I get a brief glimpse of him somersaulting down into the mud. Bingo!!!
Later, once we verified both pigs were down and expired, we brought the truck down with a winch so we could get these suckers back to home base. The sow was just a hair over 130lbs while Mr. Boar was spot on 250lbs. He was a nice 3 year old tusker that's spent his life getting fattened up on alfalfa, acorns, cattle feed, and wine grapes. Both are now resting comfortably in the meat locker, ready for the grill and smoker.
Sunrise....
Mrs. Sow....unfortunately I hit her in the shoulder so I ruined one of the roasts. Oh the humanity!!!!
Mr. Boar. Head shot thank you very much. No meat wasted here and the ultimate in quick clean kills. You can just see the entry hole just under his right eye.
The Happy Hunter..
Now the hard work begins....
As much as I love my lever guns, none of them are equipped with a scope. I really have trouble with the sight picture in the early morning light using iron sights so the best solution was my Remington 700 30-06. It belonged to my dad so hunting with it has a lot of special meaning for me anyways. I used a handload that really shines in this rifle. Winchester cases, Federal 210 primers, a Sierra 165gr Gameking over 47.8gr of IMR 4064. Pushes the round right at 2700 fps and will stay inside a 5" circle out to 300 yards if I do my part.
Granted, it was a guided hunt. But after getting skunked this deer season, I felt good to get into some good pig hunting even if it cost a few bucks!!
Thanks for viewing!
So, as the pigs make a hard right turn and run down along the fence line in front of us, I scan through the scope, looking for that sow.....looking...looking....There!! Rats!! She's surrounded by a lot of smaller young'uns and piglets. No chance for a clean kill there. Now the herd is coming through a break in the fence to my left...about 75 yards out. One at a time, they wiggle under the fence and down along a drainage ditch. I search...scan...There!!! A nice sow about halfway back in the herd...by herself...in the clear....give her some lead....BAM!!! Again, I come up out of recoil and I hear my wife, "You got it!! Woooohoooo!! Nice shot!!" Sure enough, way out there in the fog, I can just make out a dark lump against the light grass of the ditch. So now things start to calm down. We pick up our gear and start towards the downed sow.
Then I feel the guide tap me on the shoulder. "Turn around." he whispers. And what do I see?? Here comes Mr. Boar at a trot following his harem, with no idea that we're even nearby. I don't have a good angle on him, with the oak trees and wire fence in the way. So I double time it, rifle at the ready, safety on...down to the fence line ready for Mr. Boar. Well, he sees me draw up on him, and takes off on a flat out run for the break in the fence. I remember putting the crosshairs just ahead of his nose, squeezing gently, and BAM!!! I get a brief glimpse of him somersaulting down into the mud. Bingo!!!
Later, once we verified both pigs were down and expired, we brought the truck down with a winch so we could get these suckers back to home base. The sow was just a hair over 130lbs while Mr. Boar was spot on 250lbs. He was a nice 3 year old tusker that's spent his life getting fattened up on alfalfa, acorns, cattle feed, and wine grapes. Both are now resting comfortably in the meat locker, ready for the grill and smoker.
Sunrise....
Mrs. Sow....unfortunately I hit her in the shoulder so I ruined one of the roasts. Oh the humanity!!!!
Mr. Boar. Head shot thank you very much. No meat wasted here and the ultimate in quick clean kills. You can just see the entry hole just under his right eye.
The Happy Hunter..
Now the hard work begins....
As much as I love my lever guns, none of them are equipped with a scope. I really have trouble with the sight picture in the early morning light using iron sights so the best solution was my Remington 700 30-06. It belonged to my dad so hunting with it has a lot of special meaning for me anyways. I used a handload that really shines in this rifle. Winchester cases, Federal 210 primers, a Sierra 165gr Gameking over 47.8gr of IMR 4064. Pushes the round right at 2700 fps and will stay inside a 5" circle out to 300 yards if I do my part.
Granted, it was a guided hunt. But after getting skunked this deer season, I felt good to get into some good pig hunting even if it cost a few bucks!!
Thanks for viewing!
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Nice pair of pigs, guy!!! I just took a goat milk fed gilt to U of A for butchering. She was 15 lbs when we got her and took us almost 3 months to get her up to 256lbs, live weight. Hunting one at the same return in one afternoon would be a lot more fun!!!
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71, good shooting if you want a DIY hunt for hogs the spenceville wildlife area (state land) is between beale airforce base and penn valley its full of hogs you can get to it via hwy 49 or hwy 20 plus any of the ranches bordering it want rid of those hogs their pastures look like someone drug a 5 bottom plow thru them. danny
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Somebody took their pig out for a walk and you shot it....?...
Sorry, first thing I thought of when I looked at the pic. Nice hogs.
Sorry, first thing I thought of when I looked at the pic. Nice hogs.
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... and I bet they want their leash back!deerwhacker444 wrote:Somebody took their pig out for a walk and you shot it....?...
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"Somebody took their pig out for a walk and you shot it....?... "
Ya know, I just went back to my post and saw the leash around the sow!!! Too funny.....yeah it was the only thing we could find in the truck to drag her back across the drainage....
BigSky...yeah I grew up in Yuba City and spent some time in Spenceville chasing turkeys in my younger days...never tried it for hawgs, but now that you mention it, I may have to make a run up there this winter and see what I can stir up.
Ya know, I just went back to my post and saw the leash around the sow!!! Too funny.....yeah it was the only thing we could find in the truck to drag her back across the drainage....
BigSky...yeah I grew up in Yuba City and spent some time in Spenceville chasing turkeys in my younger days...never tried it for hawgs, but now that you mention it, I may have to make a run up there this winter and see what I can stir up.
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71, outside the north gate of beale past the rifle ranges follow the road east up to the end it stops at the bear river (bridge gone) those hogs love them acorns use to shoot them by the truck load on the robinson ranch. danny
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Congratulations Stew, now ya got mean in the freezer.
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Looks like a blast! I like that country around Napa. Lots of hogs in that neck of the woods. I lived near there for a couple years and quite liked it. I'd like to go pig hunting for a mid winter break from Wyoming some day.
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When you hang them and field dress them, open the cavity and stick your head in. If they smell good and sweet, you have some good eating!
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That's exactly what I thought when I saw the green dog leash around the sow's neck. Too funny.deerwhacker444 wrote:Somebody took their pig out for a walk and you shot it....?...
Congrats.
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Nice little (big) piggies you got there.
Looks like a fun hunt.
Looks like a fun hunt.
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Good work so when is the BBQ?
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Very nice and I apprecitate your sharing of the story
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spenceville is close enough to my place, stew71 dose a leverguns hunt sound good to you?
Break on through to the other side!!!
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deerwhacker444 wrote:Somebody took their pig out for a walk and you shot it...
He did say it was a guided hunt.....just didn't tell us that it was the hogs that were being guided.
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don Tomás wrote:... and I bet they want their leash back!deerwhacker444 wrote:Somebody took their pig out for a walk and you shot it....?...
I can almost smell the bacon now!
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Those are PERFECT size for eatin'. Well done, Stew. If your guide isn't familiar with the process, it's much too easy to skin piggies if you first air 'em up. Cut around the legs above the feet and use compressed air under the skin. Makes a long job very easy and quick.
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You did your fathe proud using his rifle
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Fine hunt....fine post pard...still love California & miss it. Hogs are goin' to make fine eatin'.
Like Nevada better...
Can't top that! Well done
LB
Like Nevada better...
Can't top that! Well done
LB