Um...Bear Grylls. :p (At least, that's what they made it look like on TV.)

I have a friend who's a Marine and does some of their survival training. He said it's a running joke to tell their class to "never do anything Bear does." :rolleyes: After watching the episode he did in northern AL, in the winter, where he warned to watch for alligators!?...I kind of think he may be right!

You shoot pigeons? Are they wild ones? I never see any wild pigeons around here but sometimes in the Houston area around the overpasses and the zoo I see them.. My grandfather raised pigeons on his farm and he would occasionally eat them.:eek:

South America for Pigeons. I have been to Peru and Argentina. Chicago has quite the pigeon population, but they frown on shooting a shootgun on Michigan Ave!

My Grandfather raised racing pigeons, and had a pigeon coup on the top level of his building. Yes, a pigeon was throw in the sauce of Sundays Spaghetti dinner. I ate pigeon and really liked it back then, but then again, as a 4 year old, I had my own little glass for red wine, so maybe I was not really with it, if you know what I mean.

I use to have a Pot Belly Pig named PorkChop. I would tell him to go Pee in the Box and he would. Liter box trained. He lives in Farmersville Tx and loves to sneak over to the neighbors garden and eat everything. She caught him sunning himself after rooting up their garden. Gotta love those pigs.

I don't hunt but my Dad and brother did growing up they would go hunting with lots of beer;) and me and my sisters and mom would get money to go shopping!!:thumbup: I always looked forward to their wonderful tales of wild boar hunting:eek: they actually brought one home once and had it mounted hung the head on the wall. It was so gross!
As for me I would rather shop:p

Now I have a taste for a Pork Chop! I was wondering what I was going to do for dinner. Guess I will head on over to Jamesons Char House for a mouth watering Pork Chop!

I am not allowed to have anything on the wall. I have one head, in a box, in the basement, on the top shelf. Shopping, really?

You are too funny..LMAO

and if I was ordering them in Texas, I would ask for POKE CHOPS

Steve,

I just saw the hog pics - I was quite impressed to see that big monster you took with a bow. I hope you were in a tree :D - a wild hog in a good mood is a mean sucker I can only imagine what a pissed off wild hog would do.

I sure wish I had a hunter here to bag some bucks. I would love to have a freezer full to feed the furkids.

Now if you have time when you're in Dallas. Head out to the Ft. Worth Stockyards. There's a place called the Star Cafe. A hole in the wall bar, great beer. But, they have the best steaks in the DFW Metroplex. You can cut them with a fork.

Oh! If you're in to Fried Chicken in Farmer's Branch there's Babe's.....best fried chicken ever. Marinated overnight in Butter Milk and Brine.......

OMG! My family raced pigeons when I was growning. My grandfather had a pigeon coup in their backyard. I remember how they would take them out, clock them and then watch when they came back from the race. Now my cousin who is around your age and his dad (my uncle) still race pigeons. I will guarantee they knew each other. :eek:

Taking a shotgun on the Mag Mile would cause just a little concern. :rolleyes:

mmmm nothing like a Texas POKE


CHOP :D

No, I was standing out in the middle of a woodline, in direct sight. I was waiting, and as luck would have it, he came walking on by. He was 20 yards away, not a hard shot, but he was starting to run. I had to finish him (the squeemish may not read this)

with another arrow, and a 45 ACP round. (I always pack a 45 ACP Colt when in TX, and I am licensed to conceal carry there from my AZ permit) They are just tough. Once, I shot from about 200 yards away and he was running on an angle towards me. It was a good shot, behind the right shoulder. He went down, and immediately got back up and starting running again. Off I went, and then he started running in a circle, and after another 10 minutes, finally dropped. He was still breathing when I got there. Come to discover it was a darn good shot. Through lung, chest, part of the stomach, and blew out his left hip. We discoved this while we were cleaning it. They can take a lot of punishment. That is why they just keep increasing.

I would never hunt with a pack of Catch Dogs. I could not stand to see how cut up they get. I have a friend that is an MD in Argentina who does it. He raises his own, and is a breeder, probably the best in South America. He will lose one Dog on each major hunt, and the others he is stitching up and giving IV's and fluids in the field. Then hunt on horseback, and do use the knife. For them, it is not a hobby, but a way of life.

After my meal at Wendy's (wait time at the Char House for the Poke Chop), that sounds great, and I will try the steak place. A fork?

Was he Italian/Sicilian old world? My Grandfather liked his birds more than his family. A whole other story!

I am working on tact, so I had best not say anything to that! :D

When I get home this evening I'll post some pics from one of the game cameras we have out before deer season. There are some huge hogs on there.

I love to listen to them come in from the brush, I like the squeeky little noises and I love that they are so multi-colored and pretty to look at, especially the babies.

That would be great. What part of TX are you in? The little pigmets remind me of the old Pigskin football. THey are cute when small, but they really grow out of it fast. There are some amazing colors.

Oh my, ya never know what you are going to see on Yorkie Talk. Just saw this thread and read most of it.... interesting. I had no idea of the over population of hogs in Texas and the damage they do. We should send some troops of Hawaiian boys over there; wild pig hunting is a popular sport here, but there aren't so many of them.

They cook them in an imu pit, buried in the ground wrapped in banana leaves, and then have Kalua Pork, a favorite local and luau food.

So how does the taste of wild hog differ from pork we get at the grocery store? I assume it is not as fatty, and probably not as juicy tender??

Steve, I'm in Corpus Christi. I have friends with nice places to hunt all over this great state and my husband has a place just outside of Woodsboro next to part of the Rook Ranch. You have an open invite come down anytime and help get rid of some of the hoggies, anything you don't want to eat or process can be donated to Hunters for the Hungry, there are at least 10-15 processors close to me that will help out with that program.

That's awesome that eradication of pests can turn into food.... a WIN-WIN situation for sure.

I will certainly have to take ou up on the offer. Do you use a truck of ATV's to move the hogs? I am not an avid Hog Eater unless they are under 100 pounds and you have a nice BBQ rub.

We could feed the state because as long as I have ammo and targets, I am good for a long time

It does not taste the same....it is dryer, stringy, tough, and has a wild taste. Some really like it. It is not my favorite, But, Cabella's sells it here for $16 a piund, and folks in N. Illinois buy it. The key is to only eat the meat from a smaller one, under 100 pounds. Then, the key is a slow smoke.

If I was starving, I would and could eat it!

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Oooh, I've heard about those wild pigs in Texas..weren't they mixed with a wild bore or something....they are a huge problem from what I know of them. I've also heard they can weigh 500 lbs or more.

You are right! They are Wild Bore. Isn't that right Steve? I bet they Bite Hard.

I am the wild "Bore". The Hogs are wild Boar. :D

They can rip you up good with their sharp tusks and cutters. They even kick.

I have never seen one 500 pounds where I go, but sure, some could get up to that weight depending on the climate, food source, and longevity. Largest one I ever got was around 410. That was huge. Usually I go after the 250 pounders. Thats big, and they are fast, and can smell you a good distance away.

The key is shot placement, and even then, these guys just get up and shake it off.

And I would respond, but I am following in your footsteps and working on tact. :D