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Started by FOsteology, September 15, 2011, 05:07:58 PM

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FOsteology

As most of you know, Texas has been in an extreme drought since last Fall. I have a small lease (400+ acres) 30 minutes away from my front door. Fortunately, my lease is blessed with 3 good size stock tanks that are fairly deep, so attracting and keeping deer hasn't been a problem. However, due to a lack of rain, natural browse and forage, is little to none. Landowner and I have placed several feeders on the property this year in order to help out the local deer herd. Otherwise..... they would probably starve.

Anyways..... seems the corn and protein feeders have attracted more than just deer..... 




























Seems I need to brave the heat and go out and knock down a few.


securpro

 :shrug: I don't understand, whats the big deal ? you'll just be eating pork instead of venison  :biggrin: I just hpoe they don't dig up your taters and eat your green beans  :biggrin: now that would be devastating!
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FinsnFur

Yeah whats the problem? Bar B Que Hog roast at Fos's :yoyo: everyones invited. :laf:
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FOsteology

I think this weekend I'll try and thin the herd. Went through all my trail camera's, and unfortunately these SOB's are unpredictable. Seem to come around once every 3-4 days and stay no more than 10 minutes before clearing out.

I'll need to scout the property this weekend, but judging the direction they're coming, I know they're bedding down around the big stock tank....

May have to scrounge around and see if I can get my hands on a hog trap.  :biggrin:

Yotehntr

 :yoyo: Looks like you'll be having BACON! 
Yotehntr calls... put something pretty on your lips :wink:

Hawks Feather

Damn Fos, it looks like you live in Hog Heaven.

Jerry

HaMeR

Or a hand grenade. If you get it on video I'll chip in on a new feeder so you can do it again!!  :biggrin: :biggrin:

Man that's a lot of hogs. They sure don't look like the drought has hurt them none.
Glen

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FOsteology

Just placed a hog trap on the property. 5' wide x 8' long, and 4" high. Let's see how long it'll take to trap a few.  :biggrin:

FOsteology

No hogs last night, but we did get a coon.

My wife's Uncle visiting from Mexico tagged along and helped me setup the traps yesterday.


HaMeR

Glen

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Hawks Feather

Raccoon tastes almost as good as pork.  More like dark meat on chicken.   :puke:

Jerry

FOsteology

When I was a young lad, I visited kin folk that lived in the great Smokey Mtns. of NC. Had an opportunity to eat all manner of critters that swam, crawled, and flied.... to include coon. I'll pass on varmints aside from tree rats!

Ironically, my wife's Uncle was all set to skin that coon and dig in.  :puke:
Folks from the deep interior of Mexico apparently aren't squeamish on where their protein comes from.  :laf:

FinsnFur

I couldnt eat it, but I know there's a lot of people that do. :puke:
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Hawks Feather

Back in the day, we used to freeze the coon bodies after we skinned them and then sold them to a buyer from Lima for $1.00 each.  I never tried it, but it sure looks greasy to me.

Jerry

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Carolina Coyote

I have never eaten Coon either but down in Georgia the Black population around our Hunt club consider them to be a delicacy along with Chittlings, looks like you may have a small fortune just waiting to be exploited.  :laf: cc

Roundman

We just caught the first wild hog on trail camera. Everyone wants to be the first to kill it. They been taking over middle Tennessee for some time now.

Post some pictures of the hogs caught in the traps.

FOsteology

Hawgs are still not cooperating. Got a couple more coons though.


HaMeR

I bet the coon are running them hogs off FOs.  :nono: :nono:

I don't know anything about hogs but I do hear they like to move almost constantly. Do you suppose they have moved towards where the rain fell last week? I know it wasn't much rain but hey.  :shrug:
Glen

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