Post by: ORCA_SIX on June 23, 2011, 10:39:56 AM
Weather was around 100 degrees with a loud thunderstorm one night. Ruined about 5 hours of hunting. Saw lots of Whitetails in velvet, very dinky deer. Ton of Turkeys, Pigs, Aoudads, Whitetail Deer, Axis Deer. There is also lots of exotic hunts down there. Ranches importing different animals from Africa, China, etc. (Kudu, Bongo, Waterbuck, Pere David, etc.). Went on a Raccoon killing spree, 3 in 30 minutes. They were trying to steal all the corn from the feeder. Damn thieves.
Bringing home the meat and processing it. Can't wait to taste some, all of the pigs I shot were smaller sows, so the should be tasty. :)
Post by: oneezreiter on June 23, 2011, 10:49:52 AM
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Post by: ORCA_SIX on June 23, 2011, 02:06:37 PM
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Post by: KFhunter on June 23, 2011, 11:23:26 PM
June cutting it pretty late, pigs be pretty infested with bugs by then. Your pigs looked pretty lean, they stink bad?
Anyways my bro married a TX gal, so I'm invited out anytime I guess to a big ranch w pigs. Kinda funny how they do things down there vs up here in WA.
ya and "dinky deer" about sums it up :chuckle:
Post by: Bean Counter on June 23, 2011, 11:25:58 PM
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Anyways my bro married a TX gal, so I'm invited out anytime I guess to a big ranch w pigs. Kinda funny how they do things down there vs up here in WA.
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Yep, all there are down there are 'big ranches.' You think hunting is a rich mans sport in WA with all the national forest you should try it where you have to pay tresspass fees everytime you step out of the truck.
Post by: ORCA_SIX on June 24, 2011, 07:55:27 AM
I plan on doing the same thing here in the not too distant future, but I wouldn't do it in august!!
June cutting it pretty late, pigs be pretty infested with bugs by then. Your pigs looked pretty lean, they stink bad?
Anyways my bro married a TX gal, so I'm invited out anytime I guess to a big ranch w pigs. Kinda funny how they do things down there vs up here in WA.
ya and "dinky deer" about sums it up :chuckle:
I would probably not go down in August either, to hot and the pigs are likely to have fleas, etc. But if you have to go, you have to go. Next time I would go down would be in the fall when it is cooler and no leaves on the trees.
My pigs did not have a funky smell or fleas. The bigger boars did smell a bit. The pig on the truck was fairly fat but the other one was lean. Even with all the corn feeders, they were some really wild pigs.
I brought home 50lbs of meat. Should taste good.
The deer were incredibly small, especially considering how big there racks are suppose to get down there.
Post by: Bean Counter on June 25, 2011, 12:41:48 AM