When I first started shooting pigs here, I had about 10 acres per year getting torn up. Figure that the cost of lost hay, tilling, reseeding, and spraying the inevitable weeds that are going to pop up - I was out about $155-210/acre.

Now, I get occasional visitors which I usually manage to get pretty quickly. I do have a ~200+lb boar right now that crosses the place about once per week.

At one point I was shooting them on about a dozen properties in the area. That all went away unfortunately when my wife started her vet clinic and needed someone to manage the practice. Pretty easy call, pay someone $75K+ per year, or stop taking midday naps in order to go out and hunt hogs.

So, if one has a lot of oak trees, the acorns that are starting to fall will really fatten a hog up pretty well and make for some decent meat. I don't do a lot of hog cooking, but I will take some backstraps for pulled pork sandwiches. My wife makes a sweet relish that is the bomb-diggity, and I'll add some sweet and hot BBQ sauce.

Some of the locals here don't like pregnant sows. I can't taste much of a difference. They're perfectly happy though with a 200+lb boar as long as he has that acorn fat on him.

Sometimes I donate them to neighbors who claim to be hungry. Frequently though those same neighbors are too tired to put in the work to butcher one (go figure), so the hog gets staked out in a pasture with a cell camera on it, and then I go coyote hunting.

Ahhh, the fabled “buffalo hunt…”

TheBigCountry said:

Paging @diggler1833 he knows a thing or to about hawging

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That was just fat girls at the club, and you promised you wouldn't tell....

XikoPlavi said:

Yeah. Audio is crazy stupid. Clear Audio cartridges (some say) are really just overpriced AT (audio technica) junk. I will stick with Lyra, Soundsmith and air-tight. There are some that are 20k but ive never seen the clear audio jubilee this much. This is a Chinese scam probably.

Look up SAT tonearms and turntable.

VAC tube mono blocks.

Stupid money. It’s ridiculous.

I will admit though that I have 125k in my entire system.

BUT, it also sucks to be poor

And, yeah if it doesn’t sound good you dont know how to properly match your components.

Clear Audio is junk IMO. Hahaha.

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I wouldn't call it junk, just over priced. Way over priced. AT is good stuff. Best cart I've had was a Transfiguration Proteus with the diamond cantilever. The openness and air were the best I've heard.

BurtG said:

Have you dealt with the general public ? Let alone “hunters”
Que up the stories of public ranges the week before long legged rat season.



Trapping or poisoning is the only control. Hunting hogs is just for fun

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Thankfully, I’m a member of a private range. Even there, the shenanigans are pretty wild.

There’s a ranch around here that has some billboards. Their pitch is literally “Come help us with our hog problem.” Go to the website and it’s $X per day + a kill fee + $Y/lb above some weight.

I’ll shoot and eat a pig that runs by me while I’m out after something else. But, with bone in pork shoulder being less than $2/lb, if I’m paying, I’ll hunt them at the supermarket.

lash said:

Gorgeous sword and incredible detail, but I honestly would have liked to see more actual forging and work than talking about it.

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I believe his Instagram is @uhlmann_blades

Nothing has been posted yet but soon I bet he will post more.

TTT

Lawless said:

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You can take those sleeves and throw them in the dumpster. As Mr.T would say.....I pity the fool that has to wear those sleves.....lol
IYKYK

Username* said:

You know they invaded Greece and Yugoslavia before they started fighting the Soviets.

Reading what you originally wrote, the 1st remark, in the context of the conflict seemed to be ignoring the order in which Germany invade countries. France was 5th, Soviets were the 8th.

Italy had more troops in Africa and was the main part of the Axis force, not the Germans.

Take care, have yourself a nice day.

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You have no reading comprehension at all.

Son of a bitch...

Godspeed Ace.

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Your timing seems to be spot on with all the comments.

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It’s a good thing that guy had restraint, he could have killed that guy easily

hlee said:

My point is just that if they were actually a pest, land owners would be paying hunters to shoot them. Not the other way around.

As to nasty or tough? My son shot a sow that was probably 250 lbs and I’d much rather eat more of that than any deer I’ve ever had.

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Proper aging is super important to meat quality.

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I went with Lever and the 105BTHP from Hornaday, Nosler brass but the few Hornaday cases I have ran great, maybe better than the Nosler . Personally, I’d go with a CCI450M or Remington 7 1/2 primer . The 205s are great but crater fairly easy. I don’t run then I’m something I know will be high pressure. Maybe at 22” you can back the mod down some and they’d be fine.

Unless you’re throated was out the 105 is gonna be WAY down in the case. I ended up running 2.20” COAL to get it to feed without jamming into the lands. Shoots good though, even with the heavily compressed load.

I worked with RO's, and pure water systems used in Pharma manufacturing for 20 + years......Since I have retired, I have also worked with the company that manufactured some of this equipment.............it is an amazing process, and produces a very pure water for pharm manufacturing, including injectables................but don't drink the water.

Home RO systems are somewhat different.................

MO Fugga said:

Nothing wrong with using your land to make a profit. Don't like it? Get your own. I'd be more than happy to pay to go on a pork safari.

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My point is just that if they were actually a pest, land owners would be paying hunters to shoot them. Not the other way around.

As to nasty or tough? My son shot a sow that was probably 250 lbs and I’d much rather eat more of that than any deer I’ve ever had.

I have one