My one daughter just got her first hogs with what was my 1973 Marlin .30-30. Here she is with her new to her rifle and her first boar hog..
The Marlin does the job...
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I bet she had a great time.
The wild hogs are becoming a big problem here in Texas, to a point that allow shooting from any moving vehicle (including helicopters) as long it's not a public road. They came into my dad's pond behind the house last night, again. I have been checking before I go to bed and nothing but a deer along the fence line. If they had started doing this several months ago I would stay up and wait for them. The drought has dried up a lot of small springs that were in this area. Only the spring fed ponds have water and they are an average 5-6' low.
I'm going to have to setup the rifle with a light and laser (green) which will make it easy to shoot in the dark. Flash light to light there eyes up and put the laser right between them. And I would like my dad to get a trap for them, too.
The wild hogs are becoming a big problem here in Texas, to a point that allow shooting from any moving vehicle (including helicopters) as long it's not a public road. They came into my dad's pond behind the house last night, again. I have been checking before I go to bed and nothing but a deer along the fence line. If they had started doing this several months ago I would stay up and wait for them. The drought has dried up a lot of small springs that were in this area. Only the spring fed ponds have water and they are an average 5-6' low.
I'm going to have to setup the rifle with a light and laser (green) which will make it easy to shoot in the dark. Flash light to light there eyes up and put the laser right between them. And I would like my dad to get a trap for them, too.
David
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SS MKIII 6 7/8" Fluted Hunter. Mueller Quick Shot, Bushnell 2x Scope, Hogue Rubber Grips
Custom Built 1911
I watched a show on animal planet about wild hogs, and they are becoming
a "real" problem. I heard a domesticated hog will become wild in about 2 weeks
or so, growing hair and tusks. They can become quite dangerous as well. Nice
to see your daughter getting involved, and learning to handle firearms properly.
Get them lousy hogs !
Haka
a "real" problem. I heard a domesticated hog will become wild in about 2 weeks
or so, growing hair and tusks. They can become quite dangerous as well. Nice
to see your daughter getting involved, and learning to handle firearms properly.
Get them lousy hogs !
Haka
Nicely done, young lady.
Those hogs are moving North from CA, but not quite here....yet. They are in Southern Oregon, though. Just not this far North.
Those hogs are moving North from CA, but not quite here....yet. They are in Southern Oregon, though. Just not this far North.
Jack
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