dkhamner

first buddy, i wasn't putting down the .243. its a excellent round but not for hogs. second, no i dont eat them, you dont eat a rat when you kill it in a trap do you? these hogs here are a pest. when the game wardens are using helicopters with spotlights to hunt them with fully automatic weapons and leaving the carcasses there due to the hogs being a pest to farmers and ranchers in the area why cant i use a FMJ to kill them. the wardens leave them laying there to rot. a lot of farmers and ranchers are trying to trap them but the hogs are very smart. you might catch them once in a trap but they get wise to it and wont go in. thanks for the reply.

dkhamner

well bigcountry we have ate some and still do if its a good size. we have found that the smaller sows are better eating. generaly around the 100 lb range. there not that gamey, we have found that the best way is to smoke the whole pig, i'm not sure for how long i'm not the cook. i do all my hunting off the red river in texas. the deer hunting is getting better, passed up on a good 8 pointer this year. the hogs here is whats so fun. there's a never ending supply of them and its legal.

Slamfire

Most full metal jackets tumble in flesh. The designers deny they did that deliberately, but only the Swiss have taken pains to insure theirs do not tumble in flesh. [X(]

dkhamner

i was using old military surplus ammo FMJ 147 gr. i know this is not a hunting round per say but if your just hog hunting, they will take the hogs down. i know the FMJ was designed to injure a human rather than kill a human. the military thought it more stratigic to would the enemy than kill him. if an enemy is wounded it will take his buddies to carry him from the battle field. this elliminates two or more enemy fighters. "push on" my commander said. makes since to me.

frizzellr

If you can't see the difference between a hog and a rat then you are more dense than I thought.

Anyone else having trouble believing this or is it just me?

m.t.hands

i can believe it but i can't understand it, so far the only critter i don't care for eating, that i have killed, are squirrel's and javalina's, but i like wild hog and wouldn't ever leave one in a ditch, if i kill it i eat it, except for coyotes

, from what i've seen and heard this is the best solution, hogs are really a pain and most places that have them don't want them, so trap them out!!!!

bigcountry

Unfortunatly I believe it. I hear about wardens doing it all the time here in MD or places that deer are so abundent that the hunters for the hungry turn away deer during peak days. Farmers on the eastern shore of MD are real bad to let deer rot. So I can see it with pigs too. Its ashame. I figure if it ain't hurtin me or have a direct impact on me, and I don't eat it, I let animals walk.

frizzellr

Seems like a good way to start some dieases floating around. Just doesn't seem like sound ecological practice, nor does it seem at all ethical.

speedgator

That was my exact thought when I read it.

dkhamner

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Anyone else having trouble believing this or is it just me?
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believe it or not, its the truth. if you are having a hard time digesting this stuff i could probably get you several numbers of farmers in the area that will agree with me. this is kinda funny