Howdy, /k/. Always been a lurker here, but now I need some advice.

>>30929529
*we just now got hogs

>>30929529
22lr and the ones with horns taste best

If you're gonna be down in the thick of everything, you'll want a semi auto. Recommended calibers are 5.56, 7.62x39, and up. A 30-30 lever gun would be a decent tool if you've got one.
I don't know what your hunting laws are down there, but most places they're considered pests and can be taken with little hassle.
As for the ones that taste the best, I've heard the smaller females taste good.

>>30929529

>wild hog meat

burn it to a crisp before you even entertain the thought of eating it

.223 in spire point or monolithic copper bullet

7.62x39 or any full size rifle caliber in spire point or SST

Any under 2 years old can be aged a few days in a cooler or refrigerator for a few days for a decent cut of meat.

>>30929570
Kek

>>30929570
Pretty much this. The bigger the tusks are, the older the boar is. This means the meat has had a longer time to mature in flavor.

>>30929570
OP here. I'm a ranch kid, fucktard.

>>30929905
Year round hunting for hogs.

Also, the game warden is our outfitter, so I don't have to worry about shit.

>>30929905

Thanks, man. Good information. Was going to use my 7.62.

Good shot entry points?

>>30929529
Here in the great outback of down under, we take boar with either .243 or .308
Will only use a .308 if we happen to see piggies while going after water buffalo, but it definitely gets the job done

>>30930239
Behind the shoulder blade, about 2-3 inches down from the ridge of the spine

>>30930261
Thank you, sir.

I'm going to stay up late and shoot this weekend.

>>30929941
is that to kill parasites or do you just like your meat overcooked until its shoe leather?

>>30930045
and yet every other beast on the planet is taken younger for better flavor and less sinew. interesting.

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>>30930245
Pics, or you're no Australian

we want pics of your harvest, OP. and food porn.

>>30930329
Shit, if I get some, I'll share them with y'all.

I'll identify as ranch kid.

Can't promise anything, but I'm gonna try.

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>>30930322
This is my Ute, Holden sv6, Aussie made, not sold overseas
Also, cunt.

>>30930418
Now that's what I'm talking about

>>30930274
Nurries lad.
Their lungs are fair big but if you hit the sweet spot, a .243 can punch through the muscle and damage both lungs. Boars will bolt and are a cunt to keep up with so you wanna make sure the prick drops after a few seconds

>>30930418
Hey look, it's an El Camino

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>>30930418

>>30930418

> Fairy bread
> Coopers
> Car that looks like an El Camino fucked a Mazda Etude

Australia, we've already talked about this.

>>30930418
>Not sold overseas

New Zealand is overseas... and I saw a ton there.

>>30930418
I've always kind of had a hard on for those, being American I've never had the chance to drive one though. Two questions: Can they be made to be fast? Can you fit a motorcycle in the bed?

>>30930510
I thought I could get away with it

I heard from my southern friends that its best to soak the meat in milk.

It takes some of the gamey taste out of it.

Just remember a side arm. My neighbor got treed by a razorback that took its time dying.

Poor bastard dropped his rifle and had to wait an hour till the thing bleed out.

>>30930592
Yes and yes
Mines only a v6 but majority are v8
The performance models come standard with a 6.2L v8 and some come factory with superchargers

I've seen plenty with 2 dirt bikes strapped in the tray but a Harley might be a bit long

>>30930556
New Zealand is just down the road mate.
No one here considers New Zealand to be another country

>>30930538
Fairy bread is fucking top notch. No one drinks Coopers, or Forster's for that matter. Comfy, powerful, useful semi utility is all an Aussie needs in a car

>>30930707

> Mrs. Bairds with butter and donut sprinkles
> Top notch

Bud, come down to Texas some day and I will blow your damn mind with a homemade sopapilla

>>30930780
Pay for the flight and I'd be happy to.
I've only been to California and I don't really count that as America

>>30930418
My challenge is declined, Strayafriend.

Texasfag OP, here.

I hear about the Holdens over here sometimes.

>>30930780
This man is no liar.

It's almost better than pussy.

Let me come shoot/hunt hog on your land, OP.

Pretty please? I have a friend whose dad owns a ranch, but he's an anti-gun cuck.

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>>30930418
>tfw no utes in the states other than Subaru Baja, El Camino, and Rancheros

I kinda really want to convert my jetta into a ute from Smyth.

>>30931236
That thing ain't exactly pretty
Hiluxs honestly probably the way to go, 4x4, reliable, cheap parts
They aren't the style you want but definitely does the job

>>30931361
>hilux
>US
Unless you feel like paying 20 grand for one from 1991 or prior with over 100,000 miles and likely without a turbo, sure, they're great collectors trucks.

If you live in the states and want a new production mid=size truck that can pretty well equipped for off road and comes with a six speed, get a Tacoma.

If you don't like the taste of cum, you buy a Ford Ranger with 4x4, the five speed and the 4.0

>>30931420
Tundras are made in Texas.

That's a bigger load of cum.

>>30931420
I thought you guys would have plenty left over from the tonne you sent to ISIS

>>30931489
Tundras are trash

They're 3/4 ton size trucks with half ton drivetrain and dinky IFS.

>>30931503
If the US ever does something like that, the vehicles never actually reach our shores. We're like a fixer, we just oversee that they reach port to port and then after that, not our problem.

>>30929529
Eat the young or the sows. Hogs are bad eats.


Set up a deer feeder with corn. , water and a mud pit. And some shade. They will claim it as home in about 1 week.

>>30931236
saw a vw rabbit truck for sale on CL. it seemed pretty practical

>>30930315
Older Hogs are fine if you slow BBQ them. Like dump them in the ground with coals for 2 days... slow.


For grilling or smoking get the young ones.


Killthem all

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>>30931520
have you had problems with one anon?

owners around here (and the rest of the world) say they are mostly trouble free.

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mfw i have many large caliber rifles and no hogs to kill anywhere around here

>>30931553
Wouldn't an older hog be good salt cured? Like if you wanted to do some attic hams?

>>30931574
No, I don't have any problems with them. I just see their design flaws.

they're huge trucks with relatively small and weak drivetrain components and muddled electronics. The older ones were fine, they were half ton trucks, with half ton drivetrain parts so it made sense. Not to mention, they're bro trucks.

They're luxury trucks for the US market, if Toyota wanted a serious off road half ton truck, they would have based it off 70 series land cruiser architecture.

>>30931527
>>30931553
Thanks, guys.

Granted, I've always wanted to do one of those undergound smoking a.

>>30929905
5.56 and hogs is a bad idea. The big ones' chest plates can stop that shit.

>>30930652
Kiwis would be upset greatly to hear you say this haha

>>30931664
God I fucking WISH they'd bring the fucking 70 series over here to the states.

>>30931713
Good thing we don't listen to them either

>>30930631
This. Bring a side arm in a decent caliber with penetrating rounds. I go with 180gr buffalo bore 357Mag. Maybe overkill, but a 1-2 shot drop on a charging boar prevents accidental bowel evacuation. And if you decide to use a revolver, make sure double action works. Buddy of mine just trusted his ruger to work(rather than be responsible with maintenance) on a 250lb charging boar when the trigger slid over the DA sear. Also, not a bad idea to bring a buddy if you can.

East Texbro here.

OP please let me come stay in your bunkhouse and shoot your hogs. There's nowhere to hunt here if you don't have a deer lease.

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>>30931717
Well then it's good news!

http://www.landcruisersdirect.com/

you just can't get the HDJ79 (either the diesels of the gasser) because the double cab pick ups are all generally late model and won't hit the market for another 20 years or so because lol NHTSA

That's the one I want the most, the FZJ79 30th anniversary edition or the HDJ79 with the turbo I6 diesel. I want it to look exactly like this

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>>30931664
so your criticism is purely theoretical?

a little bit silly then to be saying they are trash, since they are the most fucking reliable vehicle on the face of the earth

>>30931717
I hear you. Had an 82FJ60.

Best car ever.

>>30931734
Heheh. 32,000 acres north of Amsted.

Plenty of room to blow shit up.

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Quick /k/, since there's several hunters itt I was wondering whats the 3rd cartridge from the right and what's it good for hunting against?
I have an urge to buy a somewhat powerful bolt action

>>30931789
No, it's not theoretical. It's been proven over and over again that 3/4 ton size trucks with weak drivetrains, big tires, and SLA IFS are not and will not be as good as a real 3/4 ton counterpart. Design flaws are design flaws. No matter "how reliable" your truck is, it is still flawed from a design and engineering perspective. People who put tires larger than 33s on it, drop bracket lift kits, anything like that only aids in the flaws the vehicle has.

>since they are the most fucking reliable vehicle on the face of the earth
that can be said about literally any truck that "never broke down". And in valid criticism, the rest of the world doesn't get the Tundra. They get a 70 series land cruiser with a pick up bed. If of all the toyota products you can choose to call the most reliable vehicle in the world, and you don't choose the land cruiser, you've chosen wrong.

The Tundra is a truck for the US market, plain and simple.

>>30931614
Sure.

Older hogs can be hit or mis on meat quality for standard cuts.

We usually butcher at less than 1 year of age. ( small comercial "farmers market type of operation) older hogs , you amost alwayd get good chops, ok hocks, and the rest we grind for sausage.


Well feed and maintained hogs ( like brood sows ) can sometimes give good cuta and cure well.

For most smoking, salting, and curing you want a younger (less than 8 months-1year) hog that has been castrated ( fattens them up in the last few months) and fed a higher protein/grain diet to add weight and fat.

That said. In wild hogs the meat will be leaner. For bacon go for the young while they have stripes, they will have plenty of fat.

Big sows and hogs , still kill them but ehen you butcher look at the meat. If it isnt marbled with fat. Just make sasuage.


As always. If you cut it open and the meat is blue. Dont eat it. Burn it. It has eaten crops with pesticides or gotten into some.kind of poison. Ive killed one hot near a grain silo that had blue meat from injesting rat poison. It was creepy.


Any sign of worms. Or other parisites. Dont eat it.


If you live in an area where animals get flystruck dont kill wnd eat the hogs till fall/winter just like rabbits.

>>30931755
I miss my fj60

>>30931859
7mm remington mag is my guess.

>>30931705
People say that when they miss the vitals because they don't understand where they are on pigs.

>>30930707
What beer does Australia drink?

>>30931591
Where?

>>30930300
Parasites. They love wild hog. And Texas is still in definite summer.

>>30930780
Will also confirm...sopapillas are the shit.

>>30929529
Where are you? I live in the Rio Grande valley and would love to kill some pests for a fellow Texas Kommando

>>30932734
U know going hotter and longer doesn't make it safer, right?

>>30932789
I know that I don't eat meat that the butcher throws to his dogs. I haven't eaten wild hog, but I've hunted them when I was in Amarillo with a buddy.truth be told, I'm actually very new to game animals.

What do you recommend for unknown quantities or varieties of parasites in pest meat?

>>30932811
Just standard recognized temps for safe meat cooking. Note these temps should be maintained for a certain amount of time. I think they say 6 minutes, but I'm not positive.

http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/eating-nutrition/healthy-eating-saine-alimentation/safety-salubrite/tips-conseils/cook-temperatures-cuisson-tbl-eng.php

>>30932594
I'm gonna say Fosters... Just to piss them all off.

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I used to hunt them around Brenham, I live in Galveston county now though. The big ones we'd just leave in the field, the small under 25 lb ones were great for roasting, and the smaller sows made great sausage.

>>30932734
Southwest of Oxona. Howard Draw

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>>30932838
>healthycanadians

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>>30932866
Oh goddammit

>>30932894
Yeah... It's a drive.

>>30932894
Is that Edinburg I see in blue?

>>30933403
.....yep

Literally a block away from Pan A----

Excuse me, UTRGV.

>>30933433
A FELLOW VAQUERO

>>30933458
Nope. Graduated when I was still a bronc.

Fuck that name change though. Fuck it right in the ass. With something large and radioactive.

>>30929529
Put the kill in a ice chest filled with ice and a cooler. For several hrs and it won't have a bad smell or taste when you eat. You kill the female you won't have that problem.

>>30932561
>inb4 ".22lr is fine, it's just about shot placement"

>>30933465
I dropped pit before the name change so I got that going for me....any ranges in Edinburg area?

>>30936377
Nothing long range. Point blank, a McAllen range, has 25 or 30 yards, but you pay 20 or so for a full day. No shotguns. They also offer ladies day discounts...and then there's Hole In The Wall. It's 15 an hour there.

>>30930780
There's a place up near Dallas that had the best sopapillas when I was growing up. El Fenix, maybe? It was the one where there was a little flagpole paperweight on each table, and you could raise the flag to signal to the passing waiters that you needed a refill on your chips and salsa.

Sopapilla+honey=love

>>30931527
Big Red also supposedly attracts them.

There's also a powder, called "Hog-Gon Wild", that seems to work wonders.

Also, I highly recommend building heavy-duty traps near hog trails. You want to eliminate as many in one go as possible, because survivors learn more and faster than most other species. Look up "Jager hog traps" on youtube for an extreme example of how far you can take trapping.

>>30931864
How do you dress and butcher one?

Do you hang it, peel the skin off, and then cut the meat out, like with deer?

>>30938533
Pretty much.

>>30938478
I use flour mixed with hominy. Works great.

>>30935372
No. Literally talking about not aiming where the vitals are. They're in a funny place on pigs vs deer.

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>>30938478
Hog trails are the same as out goat/cattle trails out there, according to my game warden. Which means the goats will eat it all. Shit, I've seen one eat a tin can.

I'm getting good info outta this thread, though.

Thanks, from the texasfag OP.

>>30940504
*our goat/cattle

>>30938533
http://theelliotthomestead.com/2014/10/how-to-butcher-pigs/

This is a great guide.


You leave the skin on. But need to remove the hair.

Whoever says old hog is good is lying to you. They make ok sausage if you mix it with deer, but that's it. You know how old men get bitter (personality wise you crazy bastards) in their old age? Salty at life? Those darn kids? Get off my lawn before I shoot you in the face? Yeah. Pigs do the same. So does their meat.
Anyway, good and common calibers normally used here (Louisiana) is .243, .270, 7mm-08, and .30-30. Any of them will suit you just fine.