Texas Pigs

[TDYRanger]

I tell you what... shooting pigs is about as much fun as you can have with your cloths on.










This setup is my RRA with piston upper. Damn fine shooting gun.



And yes I do "pound beers for Jesus"

[StagLefty]

Looks like fun !! You need to see some of the pics at bladesforum.com ESEE sub-forum of the guy that killed some Texas pigs with a Junglas knife. Created quite a stir among some of the tree huggers to say the least.

[Daniel_187]

Good shooting. I always wanted to shoot pigs. Did you take all of them with AR's in .223? what kind of ammo? how many shots? how far? Moar Details.

[BigBear]

mmmhmm..... Bacon thread!

[ghettodub]

that shirt is epic, haha

[steveopia]

At the risk of sounding silly . . .

Are these pigs that you're hunting the pigs that are considered to have an "out of control" population? Wild pigs that are overrunning certain areas? And if so, are they safe for eating? I remember reading somewhere that you shouldn't eat the wild pigs due to disease or something like that.

Looks like a fun and potentially very tasty time. Nice pics. Thanks for sharing!!

[sniper7]

Mmmm tasty! That little pig looks delicious

[TDYRanger]

Okay I'll try to go in order:

1)All pigs shown here were taken with AR's in .223. I used 62gr HP's (PMC) the shots ranged between 70 yards and 10 yards ( I am an exceptionally sneaky bastard for a fat guy) All one shot right through the ear hole (get the job done right freaking now thanks) My buddy's who came with me used an AK and a MINI-30 respectively. Shots were made between 40 and 80 yards both used 122gr HP (WOLF). I will say this that 7.62x39 has a HELL of a whack. Where I shot mine in the head it was like laser surgery my friends head shot was more like a detonation. Both cool in their own ways

2)Bacon does rock

3) thanks the shirt is pretty kick ass (says I love Jesus and I love the suds... perfect)

4) These are part of the wild pig menace. We did our part to help control the population. Always thinking of my next trip down there. There is little or no issues on eating other than the usual pork things. The only thing I recommend is when you cook it add some fat to the mix because they are WAY lean. Also the meat is much darker than the pig you pick up at Soopers. More like a cross of venison and chicken (weird bu I think right).


A little of the bounty..pulled pork with some Carolina mop sauce

5) That 6.8 would be AWESOME. We hunted on a ranch down there. most of the hunting in TX is done on hunt leases. What I would recommend is start looking for leases or people with land down there where you can go. The hunt ranch is a great option as well. For anyone who has not hunted on a ranch before and thinks it's kind of pussy hunting... WRONG! Two of the toughest days of hunting I can remember were on a ranch. One day was 100* plus with 95% humidity the other day was PISSING rain and about 85* felt like I was back at Ranger school. But the result was way worth wild. 2 trips 4 little piggies!!

[patrick0685]

i wanna go so bad, who did you go through or what?

[TDYRanger]

i wanna go so bad, who did you go through or what?

http://www.dosplumashuntingranch.com/

GO!! It is freaking AWESOME. We spent a whole afternoon when we were there shooting turtles. Ever shoot a turtle with an AR? Holy smokes is that a riot. You shoot turtles because the wreck the bass fishing ponds. Even if you didn't have a ligit reason it's still fun. Like watery prairie dogs