Shawn Billings, post: 408637, member: 6521 wrote: looks like he just needs some one to give him a hug.
g'head...;)
Shawn Billings, post: 408544, member: 6521 wrote: I would say that if I see a shark out where I'm surveying, I'm quitting, but they probably don't get around so good on dry land, so I guess I'd be ok with it.
Oh they get around on land allright, they are called LAWYERS. 😉
FL/GA PLS., post: 408716, member: 379 wrote: Oh they get around on land allright, they are called LAWYERS. 😉
I vote this to win "quote of the day" and is a nominee for "quote of the year". Lol.
JaRo, post: 408669, member: 292 wrote: Actually it is a Barrow hog but the way some people pronounce it, I can see where you would get "bar"
I know some that trap the younger boar hogs, castrate them and feed them out for a couple of months, then butcher them.
James
I didnt' get "bar" from anywhere but how folks around here call them that way. It's what you'd call a "local term". You ask someone here what a barrow hog is and they won't have a clue. Always been called a bar hog to us. Nice to know where it came from though. Reminds me of a quote from the movie "Smokey and the Bandit", where Bandit says to Frog "It depends on what part of the country you're standing in as to just how dumb you are". Lol, guess that's true here as well (no I'm not calling you dumb, just find it interesting on local linguistics).
In Ag class as a freshman, we would go out and castrate pigs for local farmers. It was probably a test question at some point. The way my Dad pronounced it was closer to "bear-a".
I am not a fan of wild hogs. I carry a sidearm, as much for skunks as hogs, and as much for other undesirables I might find. Working along the Canadian river,I found quite my share of hogs, and was chased by a few. Even been chased while horseback twice by momma hogs. I have seen how badly a tusk can slice up a leg, and I want no part of that. I also want no part of what will happen after my leg gets sliced and I am on the loosing side of the battle! If I find myself in amoungst hogs, I shoot, and hope the noise runs them off. So far it always has. Since I am working, I never take the meat with me. I have friends who hunt hog and they do process the meat, and I do not know what they marinade in, but it turns out delicious. Cooked low and slow, of course. I have coyote packs that live around the house, and hear their calls at night all the time. I generally don't see them in daytime, or if I do, they are in the distance running away. On the odd days I am working, and they are close, if they are close enough, and the back area is safe, I'll try a shot. I say try, because a pistol is only accurate so far in my aging hands. If I happen to be carrying a rifle, and can still see the coyote when I get the rifle free, then he is shot. (most landowners are very ok with me taking predator animals like coyote and hog, and if it appears I may see them, I generally ask if they would mind, not as a hunt, but if I come across one)
FL/GA PLS., post: 408716, member: 379 wrote: Oh they get around on land allright, they are called LAWYERS. 😉
Are we talking about Coyotes again or hogs? 😉
My recipe for wild hog is quite simple.
Half Fill a large roasting pan with sliced onion, smashed garlic cloves, carrots, celery, pepper and add 1/2 cup marinade like Alelgro.
You can also add whatever other seasoning to your delight.
Top that with your cuts of wild hog, large or small as you wish with bone.
Cover with foil or lid, (I use a #12 Cast Iron Dutch oven that will hold two deer shoulders whole).
Put over a small to moderate flame for 3hrs and keep covered and if too much steam begins to escape turn the flame down to where it is at a simmer.
Afterwards do not attempt to pick up the large aluminum pan, take the meat out and fill other smaller servers. (the bones will fall out)
With the liquid still in the pan, add fresh peeled and quartered potato and bring the heat up to a boil and simmer that for about 20mins till they are ready and have soaked up all that goodness.
:clink:
Barrow hogs=====bear-oh
But in Texas they have bar ditches which are, in fact, borrow ditches because the material from that area was borrowed to build up the road bed between the borrow ditches.
But almost no-one under 60 years old in Texas knows that is why the bar-ditch is called the bar ditch. I actually meet people who are surprised to find out there are still unpaved roads.
Monte, post: 408731, member: 11913 wrote: I carry a sidearm, as much for skunks as hogs, and as much for other undesirables I might find.
Umm...you shoot skunks when you come across them? Doesn't that kind of spoil the local atmosphere?
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I have a skunk that has been hanging out on the front porch with our cat. They seem to kind of like each others company.
Problem is - sometimes I smack the skunk with the screen door when I'm going outside. It must be used to me because I have to gently shoo it off the porch before it will waddle away to a nearby irrigation culvert.
One of these days it will get me or my dog I'm sure. So far we have been getting along. When it starts digging up the lawn, I'll probably have to shoo it out into the field (down wind of the house) and shoot it, but I'm not looking forward to the aftermath.
imaudigger, post: 408766, member: 7286 wrote: Umm...you shoot skunks when you come across them? Doesn't that kind of spoil the local atmosphere?
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Actually, I get real still when I see a skunk, and hope it goes the other way. My fear, and I know it's unlikely, but... Since skunks are not normally out in the daytime, and I am not a very lucky person, might I be about to meet a skunk with rabies? If the little sucker is gonna get within my to close for comfort zone, I'll shoot it. If the air stinks, it's better than me getting bit, or getting a direct blast of "parphume du skunk"! I shoot snakes that think they should be in marachi bands too
Ahh...the phobia comes out!
I was wondering because I have never really figured skunks as a hazard while surveying (unless working around culverts).
Then again - most of my surveying experience is in the mountains, where skunks are not encountered very often.
imaudigger, post: 408766, member: 7286 wrote: I have a skunk that has been hanging out on the front porch with our cat. They seem to kind of like each others company.
Hangin' with the cat.....must be Pep̩ Le Pew.
Tom Adams, post: 408781, member: 7285 wrote: Hangin' with the cat.....must be Pep̩ Le Pew.
This skunk doesn't smell too bad....I remember Pep̩ Le Pew had an odor problem.
There's domestic and feral hogs on this island. The domestic hogs conveniently escape to visit the dump and breed with the wild ones. I have run into wild hogs a few times on property bordering the National Park away from any houses. Scary looking with big tusks but not agressive. Guy that used to work for me said when he was a boy he went along on hunts with dogs and rifles and saw dogs ripped to pieces by hogs.
Larry Best, post: 408872, member: 763 wrote: There's domestic and feral hogs on this island. The domestic hogs conveniently escape to visit the dump and breed with the wild ones. I have run into wild hogs a few times on property bordering the National Park away from any houses. Scary looking with big tusks but not agressive. Guy that used to work for me said when he was a boy he went along on hunts with dogs and rifles and saw dogs ripped to pieces by hogs.
Yes, a hog dog's life is a hard and difficult one. Rarely do you see them live to double digit ages, and I'd be willing to bet the average is 5-6 years.
Wild hog injuries are pretty serious looking (according to Google).
I'd spend the rest of my life getting revenge if I was attacked.
hlbennettpls, post: 408590, member: 10049 wrote: It's amazing how scared people are of these things. I grew up hog hunting in S. FL and we'd go out with nothing more than a rope, a knife and some dogs (oh and beer). Sure we had a few guys get cut, or poked, but nothing like what most folks think. They are way more afraid of you than you are of them, and all they really want to do is get the heck out of your way. Sure, if cornered, like any animal I'm sure they'll turn and fight. Don't corner them and you should be good to go. They are numerous around these parts, and some mighty fine eating too. Carry that sidearm and go get you some bacon!
You didn't cut many male hogs and notch their ears and then release them then. 🙂 I really enjoyed hog hunting behind the dogs (well hunting anything behind the dogs is awesome), but I haven't been in many years and not going to get back into it.
I will say that when they're being chased by dogs, they're much easier to deal with than if you scare them up and corner them without a pack of curs and a bulldog on a leash. I don't worry about them at the farm or working, but I do try to shoot all I can. I've had rallys run over us working and tried to kill one with a machete one time (I missed twice as it was wanting a piece of me).
Tom Adams, post: 408600, member: 7285 wrote: I think domestic hog farms produce gross meat. I think it would be cool to go wild boar hunting and get some wild boar meat some time (and help with the overpopulation of wild boars) I don't think we have any in this state.
No. No it isn't. The sows are one thing, but the boars are some kind of nasty. They have to be castrated and work that crap out of their system for several months otherwise, unless you're starving, you and your family WON'T eat it. It smells rancid.
Actually, any hog over about 200 pounds is so nasty it's not worth it. Choates around 50-80 pounds were my favorite.
