California Pork (pics)

[fishnxtc]

First off, I would like to give a big thank you to Wife&3kids for the guide recommendation could not have been a better trip hunted with Killertraylor, Max, guide Tom Willoughby and myself. All I have to say if you like excitement this is one trip you have to take.I will let the pics do the talking will try to post a story later.
Chris

Max getting his pig

Killertraylor and Me with our pigs. (mine had a problem with the rope while being pulled out)
Max's pig (he likes blonds) Some tired Warriors

[fishnxtc]

please help with the pics

[fishnxtc]

help with pic

[2LEYS]

Nice!

[jokester]

Nice work and good pics

I didn't read your blurb till after I looked at the pics. I thought the snout looked a little too short on that one pig Then I saw the next with your face and the nose Did you guys all get 'em with a rifle?

-jokester

[2LEYS]

KillerTraylor's pig.


Max going after his pig.


The blonde

[Killertraylor]

Yes - all hogs were shot with a rifle. Tom has leased access to 5 private ranches, we hunted two of them and were done around noon on the first day. These are all wild hogs, no high fences. We passed up several smaller pigs first thing in the morning. We only found the blonde pig without the dogs - the dogs flushed the other two out for us. Wide open huge country - a really fun trip. Mine looks like it was shot in a field, but that pic was taken after we roped it and drug it up out of the canyon. The rope slipped on Chris' pig when they were dragging it out and tore the nose most of the way off, so that's why the snout photo. Beautiful day- 75 degrees and sunny, fun weekend getaway! We flew in and out of San Jose, there is a butcher in Paso Robles cutting the meat and will freeze it and put it on a plane and we pick it up at the airport in a week or so. Total cost for the trip including airfare, guide, license, and butchering is about $1000.

[Popeye]

Nice porker Joe

[Eric Strand]

Mmmmmmm Bacon.

" Shoot em with their feet down "
Eric Strand

[snit]

Nice porkies guys!!!

[Bait O' Eggs]

Nice job guys

Those 2 dogs in the back of the truck, make it look like a daily occurance

[Killertraylor]

Nice job guys

Those 2 dogs in the back of the truck, make it look like a daily occurance

Yeah - it's amazing how wild those dogs go at sight of a LIVE pig, but as soon as they are dead, they have NO INTEREST whatsoever. They worked really hard - running miles of canyon so they were pretty whipped by the time we hung and skinned them.

[oregoncritters12]

Good work...I get down there several times a year generally. Pigs are a great warm-up to the Oregon season..Heading down in June

[duckdog310]

Are there any good places/services in Northern Cali offering this type of hunting?

Not to hijack the thread. . .VERY nice piggies!

Do the dogs flush 'em and then back off for the shots? Or do you have to sneak a bullet in amongst the tangle?

[Killertraylor]

Do the dogs flush 'em and then back off for the shots? Or do you have to sneak a bullet in amongst the tangle?

I don't know the answer to whether there are similar outfits in Northern California, but you don't shoot when the dogs are anywhere near or behind the pig - for example, the bullet from my .270 WSM went in right behind the shoulder and hit a rib, turning and exiting the pig in the chest - if the dog had been close enough, it could have been hit even though it wasn't in my line of fire. Good pig hounds, like any good hunting dog, are very hard to find - you certainly don't want to take a chance of shooting one. The dogs actually stayed back once they "bayed" the hogs that Chris and I shot.

[blacktail519]

Nicely done guys I am going to head down that way this year and do just that, as it looks like a good time. The club i belong too has around 125 private ranches in California, and I can't sit back any longer.....It's time for me too shoot some pigs :grin:

[wife&3kids]

Chris,

glad you had a great time..Those hunts are amazing

[oregonoutdoors]

Congrats looks like an awesome hunt.

I am drooling over your pics. I am going down to n. cali on 4/1 for a weekend bowhunt, can't hardly wait.

[Wak]

Nice job guys. That looks like a blast. I'm ready to pay a grand just for the 2 days of 75 degree weather. The pigs would be a bonus.

Let us know how it tastes.

[OuterLimits]

Pork, the other white meat Great lookin' hogs!!!

[Ryan Pultz]

Makes me miss living in Central California We use to chase pigs around Hollister and Gilroy four or five times a year. rp

[fishnxtc]

Let us know how you do. From what I have been hearing from others who have gone on guided hunts ours has turned out the best for success and pure fun. I can say 100% that our guide will get you your pig or I'll eat my hat

[diamondfish]

looking to do that very thing myself sometime soon. Nice job on the hunt.

[wife&3kids]

here'a a pic of my last one Chris..
i WANT TO go bigger next time.

[Killertraylor]

That would scare the @*## out of me if I got up in the middle of the night, still sleeping off the vodka and bumped into it.

That was an awesome hunt - THANK YOU for the referral, and that's a sweet boar, but GOOD GOD!!! Why do people mount them! :grin: :grin: :grin:

[wife&3kids]

Killer,

the reason I mounted it is because I wanted to look at it every onece in a while in an attempt to relive the moment.
That guy was mean and in hiding as the old boars do when they get old. He lost a few fights and went into retreat.
we went in after him. If you go a few more times, you'll know what I mean. 2 of the three I have killed were close encounters of the scary kind..

[5-Cents]

Very nice bacon guys... Chris say hi to Max for me!