Hogs...Again!!!

Aint fishing but might be interesting.

I caught a hog in the trap right around the time bow season opened and after a couple days there seem to be no more activity so I figured the hogs had moved on so I removed the trap from in front of my deer stand.

WRONG!!!!:banghead

So....after a couple more night of seeing them on camera every night I had nothing else to do but put the trap back pout. So last Thursday I got the trap set. I cut the corn spinners off so the hogs would have nothing to eat except for the corn inside the trap.

My son-in-law, daughter, and grandbaby came in late yesterday evening so I had hoped the hogs wouldnt go in the trap the first night (like they usually dont) and just maybe we'd catch a hog either Saturday or Sunday morning. Nate's a city boy through and through. He married into a hunting/fishing family and my daughter loves it all too. Theyre great together but he has a bit to learn in the country atmosphere, if you know what I mean.:)

Friday morning I checked the trap....nothing. (GOOD!!) So this morning I got out early, rode the 4 wheeler over to see if anything was caught. Man! Was I surprised!!:biggrin Ive seen a couple in the trap together on camera but never caught more than one at a time. It's not a corral trap...rather s small box trap. I just knew Nate would be surprised.

So I get back home, get the gun, hook up the trailer and off Nate and I go. Boy! Was he surprised........

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Well, I know I mentioned hogs but instead they are just pigs weighing around 45 lbs apiece. I dispatched the first one with my .22 pistol and let Nate take care of the rest. I think the boy enjoyed himself.:):):)

Anyway, got 'em knocked in the head, got 'em home, cleaned and in the frig in the barn. Just maybe Nate learned a little bit today.:) I just got out of the shower and about ready for a "tottie" but wanted to share this with you guys. I wanna get set down to see the last half of the Ga/SC game. Here's the last pic of them with their britches on...

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Tight lines!!!!!!!!:)

Some nice eaten size critters them are.

Them didn't look much like hog Killen shoes:Rofl

Those will be tasty. Awesome job

Oink! Tasty on the grill!

Great report and pictures!

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Dang, you got them rascal all at once. I'd like to have two or three for the pig cooker, but we don't have them at my club property yet and I'd have to buy them. Glad you are fixing your problem! :highfive

Good looking trap

The dog sure seems willing to lend a hand.

Is there a 1st annual Crappie.com pig pickin in the works? Jus sayin…. [emoji6]


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You did good. Bunch of sausage Pattie’s, links, hams, Boston butts, ribs, jowls, loin, out of that haul.


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One smoked whole would be awesome

Great job, great pics, thanks for sharing.

Great catch. For everyone that you catch there are 10 to take his place. Hang in there trapping. Hogs will ruin a deer area in no time. They breed like rabbits. And destroy deer habitat.
Great eating there. Just right for a backyard bbq.

A pile of dead pigs looks like work!! That’s the way to thin them out.


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Since they were small I did clean the whole thing with the littliest one and split it down the middle of the backbone from one end to the other with that in mind. But when putting the meat up in the freezer yesterday I decided to just qter it out and smoke it that way since the front ends were so much smaller than the hams.

Smallest pig = wife is cooking a hind qter and a front qter in the large crock pot today. The sample I just ate is some more GOOD!!! uummmmm!!:)

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A pile of dead pigs looks like work!! That’s the way to thin them out.


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It was some work but how many opportunities do you get at "baby veal"!! From start to finish in 2 hours Nate and I was through cleaning and all the meat was hanging in the fridge. It appears on the trail cameras the remaining two hogs have fled the scene......atleast for now. (two nights, no pics)

Now, armadillas are tearing up my yard.:banghead After a bit of U-tube research I now have two traps set.When does it all end?!?:dono

So now you are trying for armadillo tacos? :scratchhead I heard you can eat them, but I would rather have the smoked hams off the pigs. Ketchum probably has a recipe for the armadillo. Could be some interesting ways to do it. :popcorn

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So now you are trying for armadillo tacos? :scratchhead I heard you can eat them, but I would rather have the smoked hams off the pigs. Ketchum probably has a recipe for the armadillo. Could be some interesting ways to do it. :popcorn

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Well, I'll have to leave that up to Ketchum.:) I rank an armadillo right up there beside a coyote and possum, which I have NO DESIRE to eat either one of 'em. HA!:):):)

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It was some work but how many opportunities do you get at "baby veal"!! From start to finish in 2 hours Nate and I was through cleaning and all the meat was hanging in the fridge. It appears on the trail cameras the remaining two hogs have fled the scene......atleast for now. (two nights, no pics)

Now, armadillas are tearing up my yard.:banghead After a bit of U-tube research I now have two traps set.When does it all end?!?:dono

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If you need some more diversity I can send some skunks your way. Been pretty well over run with the things

No Thanks.:)

Armadillos keep moving the boundaries farther north each year. When i first starting driving a truck, never remember seeing them above the fall line..... macon to augusta

Theyre plentiful here in NE Ga now. Ive been seeing live ones for years as I'm sure you do too. My neighbors have killed a couple tearing up their yards but Ive never had 'em in mine. Last nite one came bumping along the boards I had up guiding it to the trap and it woke up the Mrs. She got up and flipped on the light to see what the noise was and vamvoose! It was gone.:( Will keep trying until I catch it or it leaves.

Seeing them here In East Tennessee as well. Grew up on the Gulf Coast so I am used to seeing them on the side of the road. Saw one road side here in town. Had to turn around and do a double take to see if my eyes were playing tricks on me

DSJ, I did the same thing about 5 years ago. Now I see 'em laying in the roads every week and it aint nothing to see live ones in the road too. A couple years ago I stepped out of a tall weed field when scouting a little and into some viney woods with thick canopy and I musta stepped into the middle of them because about 8 of 'em scattered into every direction. There for a minute I though I done soiled my britches. LOL:):):)

BTW, for those that dont know, be careful when a live one is in the road. Right before you hit one with a car or truck they are subject to jumping straight up and can do some serious damage to a grill or hood.

What a disappointment! I thought you boated some huge slabs.
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If you need some more diversity I can send some skunks your way. Been pretty well over run with the things

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there is a way to trap um and kill um and they won't spray but you gotta be really carful
I killed 16 in my yard and around me shed last year

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What a disappointment! I thought you boated some huge slabs.
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I've thought the same thing and even clicked the thread a couple of times:)..we call big crappie hawgs!

I'm seeing some armadillos on the side of the roads lately around here as well. Guess they will have to compete with the groundhogs :popcorn

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I'm seeing some armadillos on the side of the roads lately around here as well. Guess they will have to compete with the groundhogs :popcorn

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You ever seen a groundhog around where you live? I havent but that doesnt mean they wont be here soon enough. Pffffffttt.............

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You ever seen a groundhog around where you live? I havent but that doesnt mean they wont be here soon enough. Pffffffttt.............

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plenty of um around clover sc if you're out of um we'll send you some :Rofl :Rofl

Yes Butch, we are covered up with them. Have one that keeps getting under my house and Roscoe has killed two over the last few months. One has a den under my shop right now in a low place and with the back side open there's no way to stop em. They are all over our road banks at the deep bank areas.

Got this picture just the other day (blurry though). I havent seen them on camera since then. Hopefully they moved on....

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Yes Butch, we are covered up with them. Have one that keeps getting under my house and Roscoe has killed two over the last few months. One has a den under my shop right now in a low place and with the back side open there's no way to stop em. They are all over our road banks at the deep bank areas.

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Looks like Im going to have to invest in a .22 rifle again. The one I had was a cheap marlin that kept jamming all the time and after getting rid of that thing I just never bought me another one. Ive always said that when I get another one I wanted a good, scoped, bolt action rifle.

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Looks like Im going to have to invest in a .22 rifle again. The one I had was a cheap marlin that kept jamming all the time and after getting rid of that thing I just never bought me another one. Ive always said that when I get another one I wanted a good, scoped, bolt action rifle.

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Skip the .22 and get a .17!! At 100 yards I can shoot a 5 shot group and cover with a quarter.


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Looks like Im going to have to invest in a .22 rifle again. The one I had was a cheap marlin that kept jamming all the time and after getting rid of that thing I just never bought me another one. Ive always said that when I get another one I wanted a good, scoped, bolt action rifle.

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My wife shot these 2 groups at 100 yds. First time shooting it. Attachment 437839Attachment 437840


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That's some impressive groups for first time shooting! Awesome.

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That's some impressive groups for first time shooting! Awesome.

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Not only does she catch bigger fish she can out shoot me.


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I have a .223 with a target scope on it. When my daughter was home and wanted to shoot I set the table at 75 yards. After her second shot I wondered why she quit shooting and was just looking thru the scope. She responds she cannot see the bullet hole. Finally she found it....it went thru the first bullet hole. Ha! She is the thin type...was a basketball, softball player, track runner thru high school and has kept that size since then. She grew up hunting with me and the only rifle I had was a .300 Rem Mag. She killed several deer with that gun. She has never been scared of the recoil. Ive always been able to hit where I was looking but she's a more steady shot than I am for sure.