Australian Hog, South East Queensland Australia 2nd May 2010, 300 Win mag sitting over a water hole late in the afternoon

This photo was taken at "La Mota" ranch just east of Benavides TX, ten year old Jared Gonzales shot his 1st Javelina during Spring Break with his single shot .22 cal "cricket" open sight at 50 yards, one shot to the head!!!

Ok now this is some crazy, old school hog hunting.  Ever gone hog hunting with a spear?  Not the biggest hog, but what a hunting experience that must have been.

The hog was killed in North East Texas.  These are the pictures of the exit wound.

Another pic of my hog. There was about twenty of them that ran in on me. This was the biggest one and the only boar in the pack.

The biggest pig I've ever taken and it's the first animal I shot with my new PSE X-Force SS.

He is one of many nice wild boar that have been harvested at "Lat Mota" ranch just east of Benavides TX, some of the pigs have been over 300lbs.  I am waiting for the opportunity to harvest a nice wild boar from that location.

This is a Cajun shot East Texas wild boar from around Elkhart at 8:30 at night on November 2, 2009. There was a full moon and I used an ATN Aries 390 Paladin night vision scope with a weaver mount on a Tompson Center Venture 306. The round hit 3/4 of an inch behind the ear at over 90 yards and the hog froze on all fours as he was hit. I called my brother on the wireless and said I missed him shoot him Eric. He shot and hit the hog in the leg at the elbow and the bullet splintered the leg and the hog fell over to our delight. We had got him. The shot at the leg shattered the leg but did not hit the hog as we walked up on the hog there was no sign of a good hit on him. Until we searched throughly did we find the hole behind the ear. I went to get my Uncle and the truck and Eric was going to guard the hog from preditors from the stand. The truck fell through the bridge at Hank's crossing on Squirl Creek and we had to go back to the barn to get the tractor to get the truck off the bridge. The tractor could not get the truck up out of the hole and we were back to the barn for a jack to lift the truck and pull it off the bridge. My uncle said, "well at least we did not need the car to jump the tractor. to get the truck off the bridge." Once the truck was off the bridge we fixed the hole and drove down to the lower part of the pastures to retreive the hog that Eric had defended from at least on attack by Cayotes. He said what took you two so long and we told him the about the troubles. We finished gutting the hog up by the house that night and Hank said well boys I have had enough fun I am off to bed. He is 87 and quite a sport about everything. The next day we tore the bridge completely apart and repaired it to last for the next fifty years. HERBIE was the hog we saw the next night wadding accross the three feet of water in the bottom of the pasture where Squirl Creek and Turkey Creek come together and a beaver has decided to make a place for himself. HERBIE snorted each time he had strided in a motion through the water. We both had beeds on him at 50 yards with no chance of missing but I said to my brother Eric do not shoot him till he gets out of the water because the mud was knee deep plus the water it would not be fun to pul that hog out.  He agreed and HERBIE winded us. Showed us his hind quarters and made for the woods. HERBIE was three times the size of the hog we shot. The butcher said the hog was two and a half years old and the hog weighed after gutting around 175 to 200. These are photos the next morning on our way to the butcher. We are going after HERBIE this spring.

Some East Texas residents.  Can't see the deer for the hogs.

THIS CAME OFF A GAME CAM AT OUR LEASE WHICH IS LOCATED IN EAST TEXAS, A BUDDY BUILT THIS AND THOUGHT HE HAD A FORTRESS AROUND HIS FEEDER AND NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS TIL THIS BAD BOY CAME IN. I'M GUESS HE CLIMBED ON OVER

this picture was taken by trail cam in mineola tx. this is at "operation porkchop" frank's feeder.