CA wild hog hunt ?'s

[Craig Van Arsdale]

Thanks SD! Good info there. Sounds like fun, what you describe is my favorite style of hunting so I won't have any issues there. I will be bowhunting so hopefully I can make it happen.

Thanks for the advice.

 

[Jager]

Great pics, that is an awesome looking Boar Rosinbag, love the big wooly cape, did you have him mounted?

 

[RosinBag]

I did not. I actually just had a brain fart. I was pushing the clock late on our last day and started hacking him up, once I was done I realized I screwed the pooch. He was a nasty wooly stinky big bastard though.

 

[Jager]

lol what a shame, the cape is unreal, looks to have pretty decent ivory too, great trophy.

What is the countryside like they live in?

 

[SDHNTR]

I did not. I actually just had a brain fart. I was pushing the clock late on our last day and started hacking him up, once I was done I realized I screwed the pooch. He was a nasty wooly stinky big bastard though.

Yeah, and then he threw that SOB on top of the effing roof rack of his rig! I remember Doug rolling into camp and thinking how the hell did he do that! I'm not sure who's the bigger animal!

 

[Shrek]

Man , I can't believe you clean those stinking monsters ! Down here in the south we mostly bury them after taking the tusks. I was able to give a couple of them to the undocumented farm laborers but even they wouldn't take them after the third one I gave away. Big and bad but not fit to eat .

 

[SDHNTR]

In the last week I've eaten the loins and 1/2 of a backstrap of the calico I posted before. Tasted every bit as good as that little 80lb red one. I've killed a few whoppers and I can honestly say I've never had a foul one. Maybe it's a CA thing. Hell, CA is the only state I'm aware of that considers them a game animal. Gotta buy a $25 tag for each one now! WTF? State need the $$$$.

 

[Jager]

Great thread. I am not overly enthused about eating them, have in the past however, with differing results.

Keen to see any more pics you guys might have.

 

[JNDEER]

Great thread. I am not overly enthused about eating them, have in the past however, with differing results.

Keen to see any more pics you guys might have.

some pork

 

[trkyslr]

Alright sdhntr im gettin with it ;-)

 

[OBP]

That's some good cutters on that one JNDEER!

 

[Craig Van Arsdale]

Just got back last night from my hunt at Tejon Ranch. Had a great time chasing hogs but couldn't close the deal on one. I kind is screwed up within the first couple hours on Friday! I was still hunting some thick stuff with a lot of sign on it and came up on about 6 hogs bedded, sleeping. I was able to get to within 17 yards but obviously had a bad shot angle on them as I was above them and they were laying on their sides with their legs pointing downhill.

I figured I would wait them out at first. Then after an hour of waiting I got impatient and decided to try and get a better angle on one of the hogs that was in a better position. Needless to say they heard or smelled me and jumped up and blew out if there in no time!

I saw about 20 hogs the first day but was having a hard time locating them on Saturday and Sunday as I only found two each day from there.

There were a lot of guys there and most of them were gun hunters. They were pushing the hogs pretty hard.

Overall I had a great time and it was a good experience. I saw elk, deer, coyotes, bobcats and hogs.

Some pics from the trip





MegaCab and MegaTarp together I thought a pic was fitting!

 

[trkyslr]

Glad to hear you got into them. Ya a two day hunt you may only get one oppirtunity. Every hunt is a learning opportunity whether it was successful or not. Great pics! Thats a great place to be.

 

[bowuntr]

Nice.... My family eats every hog I kill. Delicious... Ed F