Porcus Hogrelius

#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…

#0018I came upon a deeply discounted thermal scanner. I got it, and now I’m ready to open a new chapter in my mission of feral hog eradication.Son Ben and his family planned to visit the tree farm this weekend, so daughter Ella and I drove down Thursday after work.We got down in time to refill the… Continue reading Enter the Thermal Scanner

#0017Here’s an example of a European mount of a boar hog. The work was done by TKO Taxidermy here in Gun Barrel City. It is also possible to make a skull mount a DIY project.If you like this type of trophy, don’t shoot your pig in the head.As mentioned in a previous Meditation, I recommend the… Continue reading Skull Mounts