Originally Posted By: ARDavePay for a hog hunt? They had better git rid of them before THEY are paying someone to hunt them.
Yeap actually paid for a hog hunt! I didn't really want to but I went down there the wrong time of the season (bow season). Already have plans with 3 other buddies in February going down there on some deer leases for "free" plus don't need a hunting license to hunt hogs there in Okie.
But did have a great time where I was and the place I actually hunted (nothing like high fence crap or sitting by a feeder) but most of the time that's how they hunt, by feeders and wait for the hogs to show up. This ranch had about 320 acres and he had only about 70 hogs, usually he runs over 200 hogs from January to March. So he said it was going to be some hard hunting plus all the brush still growing and 3-5 feet tall grass. It was 3 day 2 nights with an awesome nice huge cabin and any size hog for $300 bucks, which I thought wasn't too bad because staying in the cabin. And the rancher let me hunt yotes, cats, coons, beavers, about anything that was doing damage to his land for free and at night. First day we did some scouting and helped the rancher out with some chores. We saw 4 feeder pigs around 100-150lbs but got busted by them and they were off into the brush. Second day got out into a tree stand about 7ish and watched about a dozen squirrels playing around and bucks chasing does all around the stand, which was awesome to see! After I got done calling for some yotes and nothing produced I got off the stand about 9:30 and started walking into the brush and a ridge line of a canyon looking down to see if I can find any sign (which this is my first time ever hog hunting)...
Well after walking the ridge line right to the left of under a cedar tree there was a fresh bedding area all formed out in the dirt so I was thinking maybe a hog? Kept walking about 10 yards and the right to me under another cedar tree some roots were all tore up from the ground and looked really fresh and I was thinking oohh ya hog! Well looking down into the canyon for hogs something in the corner of my eye I saw something move, something big and black, HOG! Huge hog! It was about maybe 10 yards away from me and he froze and I froze, pulled up my gun, took off the safety, adjusted the scope power down, lined up right below his ears and BAM! Hog just dropped like sack of rocks, huge rocks! LOL. He didn't even move an inch. It was very exciting and for my first time out I got a huge one! The guy thought I was crazy using my R-15 .223, but it sure got the job done! (55grVMAX, 25.3gr H335, Remi small primers and brass, 2.245" C.O.L) Here's a few pictures, hope yall enjoy the story and pics! Oh ya it was 300 pounder boar!!