Big pig, big bass made my weekend pass (pics)

[greenheadgunner]

It was an adventurous weekend, to say the least. Turkey season in Texas begins in about a month and I've been patterning the birds regularly at one of my go-to spots.

Buddy and I drove into the property Friday morning (classes had been canceled...woo hoo!) and walked within about 120 yards of the oak trees the turkeys have been roosting. As the early morning light creeped through the trees the birds started talking and a few popped out of the trees to begin their morning routine, which would have involved walking 20 yards in front of us.

My plan was to film them. I say "was" because as I was pulling the video camera out to record I was surprised to hear a BOOM! My buddy, sitting 10 yards away, couldn't pass up on a nice coyote walking by.

Dang. The oak trees erupted with 10-20 pound jennies, jakes, and toms. After a "what the heck were you thinking?" look I grabbed his rifle so he wouldn't spoil the day any further. I walked to the roost to check out the scat and down feathers. Yeah, they were here. In numbers. But, I know they'll be back...we've got month till turkey season.

Five minutes fly by and I hear a strange squeal. Then again. And again. Before my mind could process what the sound was, I was pleasantly surprised to see 15 piglets and two 150lb hogs and a huge sow...actually it was more like somebody jabbed a triple dose syringe full of adrenaline into my jugular.

They trotted along the creekbed, not sensing me, about 40 yards away. One shot in the lungs later, the sow fell!



After some yipping and hooting, we grabbed a Cabelas game scale rated up to 320 pounds. Well, she maxed out the scale and we didn't even get her head and shoulder off the ground...so this little hog tipped in at about 350.

Hog jerky is currently on the smoker and WHOO it smells good. Of course, a 120 pounder prolly would taste a bit better.

Then to cap the weekend off I fished a local legend of a lake. Threw a black spinner bait over some hydrilla and landed this beaut!



Not bad for a weekend when I should have been studying.

[jokester]

Nice bacon I like the color on that pig.

And a dandy bass too!! Congrats

-jokester

[oregoncritters12]

You gotta love cancelled classes....Nice work on the Pig...

[Dave Smith]

Can I just say that you suck? Look at that weather! You should see what it's doing here right now. Great Bass! Nice work on both of those Hawgs! Dave

[Bill Monroe]

Great story. Thanks for sharing it!

[johndeeregreen]

[Hunt'nFish]

Bite me Seth.......I'm jealous!
Ok, Ok...congrats......you DOG!

Hopefully if things work out I'll be headed down to Brownwood for some turkey action myself.
Hunt'nFish

[Slayer12]

what are those things on your legs in the picture of you and the fish?? they are kinda like pants but not as long. I don't see anybody wearing those here in Klamath Falls. Must be some sort of....wait a minute!!! They are shorts!!! I saw some of those last summer!! Nice fish, and good job on that hog!

[greenheadgunner]

Originally Posted by Hunt'nFish

Hopefully if things work out I'll be headed down to Brownwood for some turkey action myself.
Hunt'nFish

Brownwood, eh? Or you could just let me put you ON the turkeys in Abilene.

...and yeah yeah folks, its 83 degrees today. Mmmmmm. Bass'll be spawning before too long...its already too hot to wear much camo when hunting. Hope you're all enjoying the snow/rain/sleet.

[Hunt'nFish]

Oh...your tempting me now!.....But, One trip down will have to do me.
Love that big ol bucketmouth too. What'd it weigh?...I'm gonna say 5.5..maybe 6lb????
That is what I love about TX...the combo hunts.
Critters in the morning and bass in the afternoon.
Love the pics man. Keep it up and enjoy, you'll remember these days for the rest of your life.
Mike

[greenheadgunner]

6.1 lbs on my zebco scale

[Matthewc]

Much like VS or OLN as it used to be called, you are making texas look pretty damn good this time of year to live in : ) Beautiful [Calico?}pig. I hope your doing something with that hyde

[FeatherBusterOSU]

SWEET Seth! It looks like you sure had a fun weekend! I'm glad you posted up the pics. Let me guess...thats Jesse's gun and he's the one that ALMOST spoiled the hog kill . Cool pics!

-Jimmy

[greenheadgunner]

HAHA Jimmy you nailed it!! It was jesse, and he keeps claiming that his pig last fall was bigger!

Come down here. These pigs are more fun to hunt that anything....well, almost.

[SImudBogger]

what kind of rifle did you shoot it with? i hear pigs are really tough and that if you shoot to far forward they have a really thick shoulder pad that will stop a bullet from doing much damage, true?

[Super Fluke]

Nice pig and fish

[toas243]

Originally Posted by jokester

Nice bacon I like the color on that pig.

And a dandy bass too!! Congrats

-jokester

Hate to tell jokester but there is no bacon on them pigs :blush: :blush: :blush: ,good meat though

[greenheadgunner]

30-06 ...the shoulder plate is extremely tough not to mention the grossly thick skin and grime...there was over 2inches of grime/fat around the shoulders.

[HOGGEMIN]

Nice job on the porker and Bass too.

[SImudBogger]

sweet. i love my .30-06. are hogs considered vermin in texas? do you need a tag for them? or can anyone shoot as many as they want all year round?