Thanks tallbm! The 5 does tallied 160# of meat but not all of it will be ground up. I figure 15-20# of grind per deer.....Nice haul, I'm excited for all the hunting and success! :D
Yep I agree.Thanks for the heads up on the vortex scope. My cousin uses them on his kids guns. Great scope for the price point.
indaswamp got those scopes in and put my eyeballs through them.... Oh man I'm super excited!!! Again I've had much nicer and better scopes with more bells and whistles, but WOW for the price point I wish I had bought 4!!! Even though I don't have enough rifles in need of optics to use up 2 much less 4 of these hahaha.Slight derail of the thread here but I just ordered 2 of these Vortex scopes.
The reviews were good when they were $300 and now they are on holiday sale for $150 each. My brother but his eyeballs through one and liked it quite a bit and he has horrible vision so I knew they were good to go but I can't give 1st hand feedback on them.
They seem to be an Academy exclusive scope. "Exclusives" like this are generally not a really good thing... BUT Vortex is supposed to have a fairly "legendary" warranty program so if they break down hopefully problems can be easily solved or replaced.
Finally, I've purchased way more high dollar better quality & brand scopes than this and I in no way think this is some kind of amazing holy grail of a scope. It's simply just a good deal for a no frills scope that allows you to see bullet holes in a target at 100yds (often hard to do), has BDC type marks, a no questions asked warranty, and is from a much more reputable brand known for getting people out of the lowest end brands and into something a little more mid range+ in quality.
I'll be saving these scopes for my next rifles. I'll likely put one of the two on my 6.5 Creedmoor which is running a digital day night scope because I had no respectable night vision hog hunting optic and wanted one when I bought the 6.5 so just paired them up as they were bought at the same time.
That day/night scope is likely not going to be on that rifle for long so having a ready to go 4-16magnification x 42mm scope puts me in a good spot for a respectable swap should I need to reach out like the caliber can :)
Here's the dea!
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Ok done derailing the thread, feel free to let me know if I need to delete this but it seemed appropriate with all of your amazing hunting atm indaswamp :)
As someone who lives no where near wild hogs, is the flavor a lot different than regular domestic pork? You are so lucky that you get to harvest so much wild food close to home.Got the big sow on ice....that pig had a 1 1/4" thick cap of fat on the back....one of the fattest wild hogs I have cleaned. The belly is about 1 1/4-1 1/2" thick so I may try and make some wild hog belly bacon. Never made it and this would be the perfect sow to try it.
All depends on what the pig has been eating. We had a bumper crop of acorns this fall so I'm sure this sow has been feeding on them...well that and eating corn out of a corn feeder for the past 2-3 months. Best time to harvest wild hogs for good flavor is fall into early spring. It's when the pigs start on grubs and insects late spring into summer that the flavor can be a little off....As someone who lives no where near wild hogs, is the flavor a lot different than regular domestic pork? You are so lucky that you get to harvest so much wild food close to home.
Got a call from my cousin..."Hey, Uncle Ronny shot 2 hogs this evening, you want them?"
Me-"Hell Yeah!"
I was told 150# sow and a piglet....She's more like 180#
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She's a fat ole girl too! Cleaned her up at the carwash, gutted, packed with ice and will skin and quarter tomorrow. 38*F for the low tonight....they will be fine until morning. Cousin is on shift at the firehouse so we will be deboning tomorrow as well. The guys want the piglet whole for the pellet smoker so I will be giving it to them. Piglet is about 30#. Should get about 60-70# of meat off the sow for processing day.
Uncle Ronnie lives in the country. Has a corn feeder 75 yards from his back door for pigs. Got a street light on the corner of the driveway by the barn. Shot the hogs 45 minutes after sundown. And he shot both hogs in the head. It is legal to shoot feral hogs at night year round here in Louisiana.
As someone who lives no where near wild hogs, is the flavor a lot different than regular domestic pork? You are so lucky that you get to harvest so much wild food close to home.