FERAL TIMES - Nocturnal Pork Patrol

[Infidel 762]

Pig patrol turned into a pretty productive night. We counted 50 hogs laying on the ground by the time it was over.

Here’s the second group we found and ran down.

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”

Apparently, tonight we decided which ones were more equal.

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[DAA]

OMG! You guys are having way too much fun!

- DAA

 

[steve garrett]

Pig patrol turned into a pretty productive night. We counted 50 hogs laying on the ground by the time it was over.

Here’s the second group we found and ran down.

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”

Apparently, tonight we decided which ones were more equal.

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I hear conflicting reports are those any good to eat or not?

 

[Infidel 762]

OMG! You guys are having way too much fun!

- DAA

The next night we ran them with dogs and killed them with knives. The videos are too graphic to post, but here is a screen grab, lol

 

[Infidel 762]

I hear conflicting reports are those any good to eat or not?

Not any of the ones I’ve tried. My mom is Filipino, and all her friends prefer them over domestic ones because they’re leaner and have very little fat. I just didn’t care for the taste.

 

[bohunr]

i hear they taste a lot better in the winter. pigs dont have sweat glands. when they get chased around it really taints the meat, so does the summer heat.

 

[Hunter55]

you need 2 or 3 rifles just to keep the barrel cooled down...HAHAHAH... buzzards ought to eat good

 

[jmeddy]

I would guess you guys are strapped in real good. Do you have a "designated spotter" to direct the driver or is just helter skelter? And as DAA said looks like a blast.

 

[Widow maker 223]

That would be a ton of fun.

 

[Infidel 762]

i hear they taste a lot better in the winter. pigs dont have sweat glands. when they get chased around it really taints the meat, so does the summer heat.

The ones we tried to eat, we stalked up on and picked out a small one. We tried a small sow last winter, and I did not care for it. My mom had a Filipino party on the 4th of July, I took her one they could roast, didn't care for that one either.

I would guess you guys are strapped in real good. Do you have a "designated spotter" to direct the driver or is just helter skelter? And as DAA said looks like a blast.

We’re wearing seatbelts and safety glasses. I ride in the middle as the designated spotter.

When we find a group, we don’t just rush in. We look at where they are and figure out how to push them into the open. If they’re tucked up against a field edge with cover, we leave them alone. Sometimes we come back later and find them more in the open.

When it’s time to make a run, we go in completely blacked out. I’m the only one watching through thermal. I point at the group and guide the driver in; they will spook at a human voice.

We close the distance; when they raise their heads or break and start running, I give the word—the lights come on and the throttle goes down. We try to keep them running in a line and start working the back pigs first.

But once that group breaks apart, I’m scanning for the next targets, calling them out, and directing the driver as we chase down the ones breaking away. And sometimes we get lucky and find them in a wide-open area with nowhere to hide. When that happens, we can stay on them and take out the whole group.

 

[RSG223]

So do you have to drag them into the fence line or just leave them where they lay. We don't have them around my area (thankfully) so I have no clue about the hunting practices. I see a bunch around my parents place in Bradenton Florida though.

 

[jmeddy]

The ones we tried to eat, we stalked up on and picked out a small one. We tried a small sow last winter, and I did not care for it. My mom had a Filipino party on the 4th of July, I took her one they could roast, didn't care for that one either.



We’re wearing seatbelts and safety glasses. I ride in the middle as the designated spotter.

When we find a group, we don’t just rush in. We look at where they are and figure out how to push them into the open. If they’re tucked up against a field edge with cover, we leave them alone. Sometimes we come back later and find them more in the open.

When it’s time to make a run, we go in completely blacked out. I’m the only one watching through thermal. I point at the group and guide the driver in; they will spook at a human voice.

We close the distance; when they raise their heads or break and start running, I give the word—the lights come on and the throttle goes down. We try to keep them running in a line and start working the back pigs first.

But once that group breaks apart, I’m scanning for the next targets, calling them out, and directing the driver as we chase down the ones breaking away. And sometimes we get lucky and find them in a wide-open area with nowhere to hide. When that happens, we can stay on them and take out the whole group.

I guess you either know the fields really well when blacked out (and when going crazy on the chase) or you don't have things such as drainage ditches or dry dams.
Still sounds like a blast but a younguns game. The ride-a-long was fantastic for this 75 y/o.

 

[Hunter55]

The ones we tried to eat, we stalked up on and picked out a small one. We tried a small sow last winter, and I did not care for it. My mom had a Filipino party on the 4th of July, I took her one they could roast, didn't care for that one either.



We’re wearing seatbelts and safety glasses. I ride in the middle as the designated spotter.

When we find a group, we don’t just rush in. We look at where they are and figure out how to push them into the open. If they’re tucked up against a field edge with cover, we leave them alone. Sometimes we come back later and find them more in the open.

When it’s time to make a run, we go in completely blacked out. I’m the only one watching through thermal. I point at the group and guide the driver in; they will spook at a human voice.

We close the distance; when they raise their heads or break and start running, I give the word—the lights come on and the throttle goes down. We try to keep them running in a line and start working the back pigs first.

But once that group breaks apart, I’m scanning for the next targets, calling them out, and directing the driver as we chase down the ones breaking away. And sometimes we get lucky and find them in a wide-open area with nowhere to hide. When that happens, we can stay on them and take out the whole group.

that's some crazy stuff... adrenalin filled night for sure.

 

[Gman757]

Looks like a lot of blood exposure with the knife method......Keep in mind that feral hogs carry the Brucella suis bacterium which can be transferred to humans through an open skin wound or cut when exposed to infected blood from feral swine. The result is developing Brucelosis which will need to be treated with antibiotics.

I am very careful handling hogs since the first choice antibiotic is Doxycycline and I am allergic to that drug. I always use thick rubber gloves and try to not get any blood on my exposed skin.

I live in FL and a USDA monitoring study showed some areas had up to a 23% positive population so that is high enough to warrant caution. Texas showed about 10% overall average with some pockets of infection at 20-25%.

Be careful out there !!

 

[Infidel 762]

So do you have to drag them into the fence line or just leave them where they lay. We don't have them around my area (thankfully) so I have no clue about the hunting practices. I see a bunch around my parents place in Bradenton Florida though.

Some we leave lay where shot. Other landowners want them drug off the field. My friend has a bunch of ratchet straps under the seat, I think the most we can drag at once is 9.

I guess you either know the fields really well when blacked out (and when going crazy on the chase) or you don't have things such as drainage ditches or dry dams.
Still sounds like a blast but a younguns game. The ride-a-long was fantastic for this 75 y/o.

My friend has been hunting these fields for a long time. Before thermal, he used to chase them with a four-wheeler and the headlights on his truck, so he knows this country pretty well. He’s constantly pointing things out to me that could turn into a real problem—washouts, sinkholes, and other stuff.

Most of the time we’re chasing them through cultivated ag fields, so the terrain is pretty open and we can see what we’re getting into. We have gotten airborne off terraces and on 2 wheels turning. Sometimes we find them in an area where he doesn’t feel comfortable chasing them. Sometimes we just leave them alone. Other times, we shoot them from a distance with thermal.

Looks like a lot of blood exposure with the knife method......Keep in mind that feral hogs carry the Brucella suis bacterium which can be transferred to humans through an open skin wound or cut when exposed to infected blood from feral swine. The result is developing Brucelosis which will need to be treated with antibiotics.

I am very careful handling hogs since the first choice antibiotic is Doxycycline and I am allergic to that drug. I always use thick rubber gloves and try to not get any blood on my exposed skin.

I live in FL and a USDA monitoring study showed some areas had up to a 23% positive population so that is high enough to warrant caution. Texas showed about 10% overall average with some pockets of infection at 20-25%.

Be careful out there !!

You got to be careful when a knife handle gets bloody it also gets slippery. The dogs wear armor over their body but they still get tore up and exposed.

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