The Marlin does the job...

Baldy · Post by **Baldy** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 7:18 pm

My one daughter just got her first hogs with what was my 1973 Marlin .30-30. Here she is with her new to her rifle and her first boar hog..

Post by **Bullseye** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 12:40 am

Nice hunting trip!

R,
Bullseye

Georgezilla · Post by **Georgezilla** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 1:01 am

That's awesome!

This picture tricked me... At first, I thought your daughter was really strong and holding that hog up with one arm.

Baldy · Post by **Baldy** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:22 pm

Georgezilla wrote:That's awesome!

This picture tricked me... At first, I thought your daughter was really strong and holding that hog up with one arm.

That little boar weighted almost as much as her at 110lbs...

The sow she got the first day weighted about 120lbs. Thanks for looking gents..

blue68f100 · Post by **blue68f100** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 2:00 pm

I bet she had a great time.

The wild hogs are becoming a big problem here in Texas, to a point that allow shooting from any moving vehicle (including helicopters) as long it's not a public road. They came into my dad's pond behind the house last night, again. I have been checking before I go to bed and nothing but a deer along the fence line. If they had started doing this several months ago I would stay up and wait for them. The drought has dried up a lot of small springs that were in this area. Only the spring fed ponds have water and they are an average 5-6' low.

I'm going to have to setup the rifle with a light and laser (green) which will make it easy to shoot in the dark. Flash light to light there eyes up and put the laser right between them. And I would like my dad to get a trap for them, too.

Hakaman · Post by **Hakaman** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 5:57 pm

I watched a show on animal planet about wild hogs, and they are becoming
a "real" problem. I heard a domesticated hog will become wild in about 2 weeks
or so, growing hair and tusks. They can become quite dangerous as well. Nice
to see your daughter getting involved, and learning to handle firearms properly.
Get them lousy hogs !
Haka

Jack D · Post by **Jack D** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 3:27 pm

Nicely done, young lady.

Those hogs are moving North from CA, but not quite here....yet. They are in Southern Oregon, though. Just not this far North.