i[v encountered this several times and on sat experienced the following: i knew where some big ones lived and set up in the shade to watch their holes which had 2+ft tall grass around the front door. i noticed a very small dark brown area about 3-4 inches in diameter and it did not look like dirt or straw. it did not move so i put my scope on it and watched...for 15 min, then i thought it moved but stil not identified. another 15 min and the spot DID move and there was an ear and eyeball and nose! put the sightron 1/8 min dot where mid back should be and BOOM/SPLATTT! the pig flattened out and i could see his entire body DRT! the hill was at about 45 degrees and the pig rolled over and DISAPEARED! what the h__l! i slid down the hill and found two hole but no ghog!. i'v had many to fall into their hole, so i looked...nothing? he had to be in one of the holes, so i got down and put my face into each hole. once my eyes got accustomed to the darkness, i could see a nose and snout, not moving. i threw small rocks, hitting it's nose and no movement...just had to be dead. so i went prone and stuck my arm deep into the hole blindly grasping the face and attemmpted to extract the animal and he was STUCK! my arm was at max extension so i had to force my shoulder into the hole to grab more face and finally was able to get it out...i was a bit ditry by now. my very well earned trophy weighed 10 lb 7 0z!
sleeping ghogs
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Wow! That is one hog of a hog. ;D Geat story. Keep them coming.
Paul
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Paul
www.boltfluting.com
My hunting partner will take small limbs and vines .He will stick in the hole and and feels if he can feel anything then starts going in a circle motion the limbs and vine will catch on the fur and you can pull it out .It works he did it this past weekend .He learned it squirrel hunting .
Bangs OH
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I like to catch 'em when they're "spaced out" like that, but it runs the risk of them falling back into the hole when shot. I don't count them as kills until I see a carcass, so I've tried to develop a habit of bringing along a small mirror; you can really drill a beam of reflected sunlight deep into a den with practice.
Also, wouldn't recommend reaching down and grabbing any varmint, dead or alive. After a belated visit to a doctor last year, he told me my self-diagnosis of something called "rabbit fever" (Tularemia) was probably right on, considering the symptoms and bite evidence. We all do like to check out that trophy and examine bullet performance, etc., though. I'm making up a snare rig like animal-control officers use; in a pinch I've (carefully) used pole pruners when handy...
Also, wouldn't recommend reaching down and grabbing any varmint, dead or alive. After a belated visit to a doctor last year, he told me my self-diagnosis of something called "rabbit fever" (Tularemia) was probably right on, considering the symptoms and bite evidence. We all do like to check out that trophy and examine bullet performance, etc., though. I'm making up a snare rig like animal-control officers use; in a pinch I've (carefully) used pole pruners when handy...
civil82
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It's that time of the year! Unfortunately, most of the fields that I hunt haven't been mowed due to wet ground/threatening rain.
I participated in a g-hog competition a few weeks back and the prize was based on total weight. I'm not a fan of reaching in the hole even if I know that the hog was plastered. One sunk down after a close shot with a 300 Blackout. I ended up poking around, then stuck my camera phone with the flash on to make sure that the stick was in fact hitting an animal and not the curve of a hole.
Good luck to you, I'm headed out tonight on a few short fields that are perfect for the 300 BLK.
I participated in a g-hog competition a few weeks back and the prize was based on total weight. I'm not a fan of reaching in the hole even if I know that the hog was plastered. One sunk down after a close shot with a 300 Blackout. I ended up poking around, then stuck my camera phone with the flash on to make sure that the stick was in fact hitting an animal and not the curve of a hole.
Good luck to you, I'm headed out tonight on a few short fields that are perfect for the 300 BLK.
CaptainMal
Silver $$ Contributor
I wrote an article for Varmint Hunter called, "Garden Hose for the 500 Yard Club". One purpose was to explain how to recover dead hogs that made it down the hole.
Take a piece of hose, attach a few large treble hooks to the end, slide it down the hose and twist it around.
Out comes your "hog".
Much better than grabbing a hog that just might grab back.
Take a piece of hose, attach a few large treble hooks to the end, slide it down the hose and twist it around.
Out comes your "hog".
Much better than grabbing a hog that just might grab back.
A piece of old Barbed wire does the trick also. Dad showed us that when we were young as we cleaned and ate them. Dad wouldn't let a meal get away! Of course it was all head shooting with a .22LR. When CCI brought the "Stinger" out it quickly became Dad's "Holy Grail"! He never cared for my LR shooting and Buzzard bait harvesting. I told him when I get a job I ain't ever eating another and held to it! Sure do miss that man, RIP Dad see you soon at the "Big Table" and I doubt God serves Groundhog!
a garden hose with treble hooks!!! YES!! thanks a lot. i'v tried the barbed wire trick without any luck. i once stuck 8 feet of wire into a hole and got nothing. my gunsmith, a long time ghog hunter, told me if i use the wire thing to be sure i had a pistol handy since a wounded pig on the end of a wire is VERY unhappy and they will bite...ask my friend who took a baby ghog as a pet but unfortunately it's mother was not in agreement and bit the fool all over his hand and arm. he's proud of the scars. i rolled a big one at 375 yds and surely thought he was done, but after a few kicks and rolls, he crawled into his hole and i saw nothing. the garden hose and hooks would have been perfect.
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