Baiting

[spotstalkshoot]

I was working ground in the spring for a farmer friend, I saw a small pig(10-15 pounds) rooting along a drainage ditch. Called my farmer buddy, he said he would come over with the side by side. I kept an eye on the pig as I worked around the field. He rode up, I idled the tractor and hopped in. Told him to run the pig until it started to slow up and I would bail out and grab it. We chased the piggy about 100 yards. I hopped out on the go and ran and grabbed it. He drove up and said I cannot believe you caught it. I showed him the ear tattoo ( there is a confinement building 1/2 mile away). He said that was the guys tattoo. I called the building owner and told him I have one of your pigs. He said no you don't and hung up. I called him back and said the tattoo looks like yours, he hung up again after saying it wasn't his. I called my buddy and he said he was keeping it for pork chops. Later he told me the building owner couldn't take it back because it had ran loose and couldn't chance it would bring disease into the building. He kept it in an old feed lot/barn he had. Took it to the butcher when he thought it was 300 pounds. He said it was great pork, I never got even a ham sandwich.

 

[weekender]

I almost wish we had hogs I could shoot for bait. Can you eat any part of the hogs you shoot?

Yes, at least 90% of the hogs I shoot are consumed by us or our extended family. Almost all of the 200 or so I have shot were boars. Only 3 out of that pile were what we call rank. There is no mistaking rank for non-rank. You can smell them from 20' away, if you get the smell on your hands, it is hard to get off. For the most part, they are just as good as pork you buy in the grocery store. Normally I would remove the hams, shoulders and back straps and the rest would be bait. This hog was used whole however. I want that black coyote bad.

Nice shots. that looks like a pretty big hog.

212#

or they just aren't here. I can't imagine why .

In your case it's not "the train station" like in Yellowstone, it's the "pear tree"

 

[22magnum22]

I was working ground in the spring for a farmer friend, I saw a small pig(10-15 pounds) rooting along a drainage ditch. Called my farmer buddy, he said he would come over with the side by side. I kept an eye on the pig as I worked around the field. He rode up, I idled the tractor and hopped in. Told him to run the pig until it started to slow up and I would bail out and grab it. We chased the piggy about 100 yards. I hopped out on the go and ran and grabbed it. He drove up and said I cannot believe you caught it. I showed him the ear tattoo ( there is a confinement building 1/2 mile away). He said that was the guys tattoo. I called the building owner and told him I have one of your pigs. He said no you don't and hung up. I called him back and said the tattoo looks like yours, he hung up again after saying it wasn't his. I called my buddy and he said he was keeping it for pork chops. Later he told me the building owner couldn't take it back because it had ran loose and couldn't chance it would bring disease into the building. He kept it in an old feed lot/barn he had. Took it to the butcher when he thought it was 300 pounds. He said it was great pork, I never got even a ham sandwich.

They do carry a lot of diseases, I won't even touch one. I contracted Rocky Mtn Spotted Fever in 2013 and take no un-necessary chances. We have one slaughterhouse here and they adamantly reject any non-domesticated hog for fear of USDA finding contamination and then virtually living with them for up to a year with very stringent cleaning, disinfecting daily.
On another note, some friend you have there

 

[jmeddy]

spot very nice.

I got Luckey last night at 3:00am in the cold. The sexy savage 204 Ruger dropped her in her tracks at 42 Yards. No heaters for me as I hunting so close I thought they might smell propane. I did use up some hand warmers. Hard to believe that I hunted all kinds of animals all over the country, but this is the first coyote I ever killed. Doing it my own 23 acres just makes it more rewarding. Thanks to 6mm and spot and other members that have giving me help in setting up. After 45 years of hunting there isn't much in new experience, But this night hunting is getting me hooked.

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Can't wait for the "encore" cause I think your are now 'hooked'