Posted: 10/9/2011 2:57:59 PM EDT
We ran the hog hunting contest at the Choctaw Casino wild hog hunting tournament today at the outdoor show. Here's Garrett with the biggest hog that got brought in today. 426lbs field dressed, so this thing was probably 500 or a little more on the hoof. Definitely an awesome hog. It was shot with a .270.
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ya'll do that once a year or what? more info  It's an outdoor show/gun show, BBQ cook-off and hog hunting contest. There's also various raffles and they have a contest for the best deer and best hog taxidermy mounts. They do it once a year, this was the 2nd one. They called us and asked us to run the hog hunting contest. We didn't make it last year because they scheduled it on the opening weekend of deer season. www.wildhogdays.com |
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His nuts look like two footballs smashed together. I got some cool video of the whole event that I'll throw together this week if I have a chance including a bunch of video of this guy and the weigh in. I would like to see that. Sounds like a good time! |
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Nice big hog for sure! Why field dressed. That's the rules. I think it's because people hunt all night long and check them in the next day and last year they had some people that wanted to keep them to eat so they needed to field dress them, so in order to accommodate those people, all hogs had to be field dressed before they were weighed in. |
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Ponyboy - waitin' to see those videos!!!!! We've been spending too much time hunting and I haven't had a chance to even pull them off the camera yet. I'll try to get that one finished first but it might be a couple of weeks. Next week muzzle loader season starts up in Oklahoma and we'll be out in the middle of nowhere without cell phone reception for a week. ETA: Here's a few more pictures that were sent to us to hold you over for a bit. 
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that thar be alot of hogs.... what kind of mussle loadersya use? got a couple of them thar Kentucky 45's, they had been sitten up collecting dust for years,, took one out last year an got first hog with black powder.. ain't figured ut how ta down load pic's or video's yet, an tis still on dial-up internet, think me beard grew bout 1/4 inch waiting for that thar video of yours ta down load, in a different thread....
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I shoot a TC Omega .50cal shooting Hornady 250gr .45cal sabots. I haven't used one on a hog yet but it's pretty devastating on deer. About 50% of them pile up on the spot and I haven't had one go more than about 40 yards and I shoot 2-3 deer per year with it. Most that do run make it about two steps and are within 10 yards of where I shot them.
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powder i got has been sitten up 4 about 20yrs, yave tried getting hog with me .44 revoulver, got close few times.... did use it ta finish off hog, that some one else had hit, twas about a 350# hog.... use a . 454 round ball can get bye with .451 friends gun uses that, whin ya seat the ball tis supose ta have thin rim of lead all way round it, .451 tis cutting it close... me .45 use a .440 ball with patch, got some mini, an maxi balls but like ta go old school, keep my shots close... had been while since shot me rifle, am sure the powder has lost some of it's fiiz, even had it under charged, had measure for the .45 pistal... anyways twas easen through the woods an switch-cain, twas about 4 to 5 hogs with in 25yrds, hog went about 40 ta 50 yrds... enjoy shooting rifle an pistal, but cleaning tis little messy... how do ya down load pic on here? tried the copy & paste method, guess didn't have enough glue, lol
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how do ya down load pic on here? tried the copy & paste method, guess didn't have enough glue, lol You have to host it somewhere and link from where it's hosted in your post. We've got free hosting on our website for hunting pictures and stuff like that. Read the post linked below for instructions on how to upload and post your pictures in a thread. Once they're uploaded you can post your pictures on any forum you want or show people your pictures from any computer. How To Upload Photos |
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What keeps someone from trapping a pig and feeding it all year. I'm just sayin. I dont know if they can get that big in a pin or not. Nothin I guess but it would have a lot more fat on it than those hogs did. It would start looking more plump like a farm pig. |
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