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Post by deputydon on Sept 28, 2005 8:30:36 GMT -5
Until my youngest son got transfered from Ft. Hood Tx. to Ft. Myer Va. I was gonna head to Texas after the 1st of the year and do alittle deer huntin'. But more importantly I wanted to go Javelina huntin' cause I ain't never done it before. Have any of you guys went Javelina huntin'?
Did the army make me miss alot of fun? How is the meat?
DD
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Post by 340wby on Sept 28, 2005 10:48:37 GMT -5
Ive only done it a few times, on a friends ranch,usually with a 357 mag handgun, but it was lots of FUN and the meats taste, depends a great deal on the COOKS SKILLS, Ive had it both great tasting and hardly eadible
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Post by calsibley on Jan 30, 2006 22:19:03 GMT -5
You know, javelinas were all the rage about 10 or 12 years ago, especially in Texas. They were the topic of a lot of magazine articles as well. Now it's rare I hear of hunting them muchless read anything on it. Did their popularity decrease or what? Best wishes.
Cal - Montreal
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Post by chief on May 21, 2006 17:12:43 GMT -5
Javelina are a fun animal to hunt. Your best bet is to find an area that they been using and then get to a high vantage point with a good set of binoc on a tripod and start glassing. They don't see to well but their nose and ears are excellent, so if the wind is right and you are quite you can walk to within spitting distance of them, great for the archer. Don't care to much for the meat and normally end up making jerky out of it. However I do have a buddy that makes some of the best pulled BBQ with it that I have ever tasted. They die rather easy and I have killed them with my 22mag but use my .223 most often. Yeah, I think the Army made you miss out on a fun hunt, but then again if you ever was in the Army they are known for that kinda stuff ;D
Next time your talking to your son please tell him the Chief said thanks for serving we appreciate it. And if you ever get out to the Arizona desert look me up and we'll go "pig" hunting.
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Post by chief on May 21, 2006 17:19:07 GMT -5
Should have also added that they will also respond to a call. That doubles or even triples the fun as you can have anything come in. During one season a few years back a buddy and I were calling, rather I should say I was calling and he was sitting about 30 yards downwind from me. I took a glance over to him and saw that he had his rifle up I looked in the general direction that he had his rifle pointed in but saw nothing, heard the shot but still didn't see what he killed. When I walked over to him I asked if he killed a pig, he just pointed down into a drywash and I saw that he had killed a rather large tom lion, probably one of our better days "pig" hunting.
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Post by jimiowa on May 22, 2006 19:32:32 GMT -5
Always wanted to try those pigs but never got to hunt during the time I was in Texas. DD there might be a good chance you could get some pig hunting in, in the Southern states.( Had to edit, when I saw Fort Meyers I assumed Florida  ) The Hogs would just be a might larger though. |
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Post by deputydon on May 22, 2006 22:06:13 GMT -5
They might have pigs close to Ft. Myer, but it's against the law to hunt dem*#@^*s even in D.C.
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Post by jimiowa on May 22, 2006 22:24:33 GMT -5
They might have pigs close to Ft. Myer, but it's against the law to hunt dem*#@^*s even in D.C. ROFLMAO ;D Well actually I was talking about the pork type wild Hogs. Not those Pigs in DC! I have thought I would like to hunt wild Hogs-European Boar. Did some checking and the nearest place that issues permits is on Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri. The only drawback to that is they require that you use shotgun on the Fort Property. You might want to check it out on the Fort in Va? Not sure how they regulate on Missouri property but the state reports there are Feral Hogs in northern Missouri near the Iowa state line south of Corning Iowa near Grant City Mo. |
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Post by donnie on May 23, 2006 14:57:13 GMT -5
JimIowa,
If things keep going the way they are you'll have feral hogs on a place you can hunt soon! I wish I could remember exactly where I saw the information, Perhaps on TV, but they are spreading so rapidly it is amazing! I am aware of a growing population in Ceawford county Wi.
which is just across the crick from Iowa. In fact one of the managers of the Prairie Du Chien Cabelas store outfits whitetail hunts near P.D.C and has killed a few as there is no protection afforded the pigs. I myself have thought about trying to track one down to try out my new .58 muzzle loader on em!
I also know of 5 feral hampshires running around in eastern Iowa on property I hunt for birds.
Almost shot one last fall at a range if about 15 feet but I started thinking, "how fast can I get another pair of #6s in this double if he should decide to be a hardguy?
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Post by deputydon on May 23, 2006 20:06:24 GMT -5
I haven't heard lately but there were feral hogs all up and down the Missouri River between Sioux City and Omaha.......
And some by Lincoln and Nebr. City too.
G&P's are trying to get rid of the problem themselves instead of inviting hunters to do it!!!!
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Post by jimiowa on May 23, 2006 21:16:08 GMT -5
JimIowa, If things keep going the way they are you'll have feral hogs on a place you can hunt soon! I wish I could remember exactly where I saw the information, Perhaps on TV, but they are spreading so rapidly it is amazing! I am aware of a growing population in Ceawford county Wi. which is just across the crick from Iowa. In fact one of the managers of the Prairie Du Chien Cabelas store outfits whitetail hunts near P.D.C and has killed a few as there is no protection afforded the pigs. I myself have thought about trying to track one down to try out my new .58 muzzle loader on em! I also know of 5 feral hampshires running around in eastern Iowa on property I hunt for birds. Almost shot one last fall at a range if about 15 feet but I started thinking, "how fast can I get another pair of #6s in this double if he should decide to be a hardguy? That is interesting Donnie, If there are 5 feral Hamps that should work out to several hundred in 5 yrs. I really think a nice Fat Hog might be more fun than Deer hunting. Probably better eatin too! One of the reasons I don;t hunt deer much anymore( all I really like is those backstrap chops). All hogs I have ever killed were for butchering with a .22 between eye and ear. At close range I think yor #6's would do the job, on a brain shot only though. Body shot would just make for one pissed off mean hog ;D DD I had heard there were some hogs (around 30 head) running the bluffs south of Omaha along the Big Muddy. DNR said they believed they had escaped from a game farm in Missouri. Think I may need to do some more research on this thing. |
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Post by calsibley on May 23, 2006 21:18:10 GMT -5
You'll have to excuse me but I know next to nothing about javelina. They have tusks, but small ones right? They seem to me to run about 60-70lbs. Is there any danger of getting gored in the legs by them? The larger wild hog have been known to come after you, but I don't know about javelina. Best wishes.
Cal - Motreal
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Post by chief on May 24, 2006 9:41:21 GMT -5
Cal - A 70 pound javelina would be a BIG'UN, an adult big sow would go in the neigborhood of about 40# and a really big adult boar - maybe 60. The largest I have ever killed was a 50# boar. Contrary to popular belief they are not a vicious animal most stories about how vicious they are, are the result of people trying to get to close to them. As I have said in an earlier post their eyesight is rather poor and when you spook a herd, if your close, one may run in your direction and in fact may run into you, hence the novice javelina hunter claims he was attacked. However as with most animals when cornered they will fight, once during bird season my Shorthair tangled with one and ended up with 65 stitches. They do have tusks, but not very large as compared to a wild boar, I have the lower jawbone of one sitting here on my desk and the tusk is about 1 1/2" long, if you like I can take a picture of it and try to post it. They are a big part of the mountain lions diet - that is why I like to hunt them, we have killed a few big cats while hunting javelina. On more than one occassion after we have spotted a herd we will not take any animals, just follow them in hopes that a cat will show.
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Post by deputydon on May 24, 2006 15:21:32 GMT -5
Chief do you live in Javelina Country?
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Post by chief on May 24, 2006 15:53:51 GMT -5
You betcha. Use to have a herd of about 10 in the backyard almost on a daily basis. However civilization has now crept into the neighborhood and we haven't seen them for sometime.
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