Porcus Hogrelius

#0023I drove to the tree farm one afternoon. There was work to be done, always is. This was in May. In the fall I have been planting a winter mix of seeds in my food plots: wheat, oats, clover, etc.When I got to the tree farm I could see that the hogs had been in… Continue reading Early May at the Tree Farm

#0022As of first thing this morning, there were two pig carcasses side by side after my late-night hunting and butchering. These pigs had been skinned and quartered but not gutted per the process outlined in a previous Meditation.Late this afternoon I walked by them – nothing but bones and hide.It only took one day for… Continue reading How efficient are buzzards?

#0021Please see the attached videos.One is from my thermal scanner. The setting was “red hot” which gives it the red and yellow coloring with an excellent contrast against the background.The night vision video with the spotted hog corresponds with the thermal images.The third video is a hog at 20 yards in the tall grain. A… Continue reading Night vision versus thermal

#0020I drove to the tree farm to work Sunday and Monday.Upon arrival, I filled the pig pipes with corn and confirmed that the camera was working properly. Then, to bed.The telephone camera sent the attached photo after midnight. I made my approach but there was no pig. Very wary are these old boars.Later that night… Continue reading Adventure and Misadventure

#0019This photo just came in via my telephone camera.For the uninitiated, this is a boar, between 150 and 200 pounds. He is walking past the pig pipe which is the device that I use to bait the pigs. It’s a PVC pipe, filled with corn, with some holes drilled in it to dispense the corn,… Continue reading Boaring…