Night Vision Let's see your NV gear and kill pics

[Victor-TNVC]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Hooper</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

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Plain ol' nasty there!

 

[aziator]

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Hooper, that is a mean looking pig there...

 

[CTM1]

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This page of pictures is awesome indeed!
Lovin the suppressed RPD with IR laz, bad azz!
Sadly, moving to TX has alluded me for the second time in the last year.

 

[Hooper]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: aziator</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Hooper, that is a mean looking pig there... </div></div>

Killed two in same field within 2 hours of each other about 75 yds apart. Same size, about 280 lbs. but that one had slightly longer cutters. Both had Mule hooves in front(no split hoof) and tassles off the sides of their heads.

Fresh cut corn. Good stuff

It is said these were Spanish decent from some of Desoto's transplants.

Both got simultaneous shots from both 6.5 Grendel and 5.56. Dropped in tracks

 

[Hooper]

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We are documenting different traits on these pigs. In one geographic area, they have noticeably longer snouts/heads but not so long cutters and have less average body mass. Fed on Agriculture. Said to have been offspring from pigs that were turned out after a research facility closed many years ago.

Another place 45 miles away, we see more domestic mix lighter colors, blue tic spots etc..mostly black russian boar but some mixed spotted ones. Average body mass. Large sounder size. Mixed woods hogs some agriculture but it is 90% cotton. Usually they are in nut grass on edge of cotton fields.

60 miles from there we see these huge Spanish hogs razor backs, long cutters, mule hooves. Not so much agriculture, just small corn patches on large plantations for upcoming deer seasons. Lots of wooded swampy areas.

Rarely are these hogs spotted during the day in during these hot summer temps. Trapping is not so good for them either. Too much to eat right now on the farmer's dime.

 

[Phantom223]

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We also see different traits in the wild hogs here in Texas on different properties we hunt around 60 miles apart. One place has lean, mean,Grizzly bear color, and big tusk real junk yard wild looking hogs with alittle smaller over body mass as adults (little waste big shoulders. My families ranch they look like lost farm pigs much meater heavier body, smaller overall tusk size and lots of colors (black,brown,white,tan,gray,spotted,stripe and so on.)

 

[Asm1]

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You guys are all doing a good job!

 

[znztivguy]

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Awesome picts and gear. Living in California I would be hard pressed to find such occasion to use such nice gear and on what????
Wondering what is done with all the dead hogs? What do they taste like?

 

[RogueHk]

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awesome those hog pic's are making me hungry!! Finally something I can hunt and want to eat!

 

[j-huskey]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: znztiv</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Awesome picts and gear. Living in California I would be hard pressed to find such occasion to use such nice gear and on what????
Wondering what is done with all the dead hogs? What do they taste like? </div></div>

Just like chicken...

Actually just like any pork you buy from the store when choice cut. Some boars are not worth a second look once dead. The young sows fed on agriculture are choice meat. A lot do go to waste because there are few people who want to come get then at 0230 in the morning.

 

[jwp6114]

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[jwp6114]

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Sig 556 10' sbr

 

[Victor-TNVC]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: JWP6114</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Sig 556 10' sbr

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Nice gun, what range you take down those hogs?

 

[j-huskey]

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Jake was danger close on those hogs..... 35-40 yards....

 

[jwp6114]

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Danger close, lol, it seemed to me that with no magnification i stopped making attempts past about 80, Next time we go out i want to mount my TA-31 ACOG and give that gun another try. Might bring a 16" .308.

But nothing i have seen thus far comes close to the Grendel.

 

[Victor-TNVC]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jhuskey</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Jake was danger close on those hogs..... 35-40 yards.... </div></div>

hehehe, I figured with that shootin' stick, it was not that far at all.

 

[SkyPup]

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Nice little SIG 556 SBR, mine are not SBR but have taken down hundreds of hogs!

Got this 450 pounder @ 175 yards with one Barnes 70 grain TSX:

He is so damn huge he makes my SIG 556 looks like an SBR!!!!

 

[jwp6114]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SkyPup</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
He is so damn huge he makes my SIG 556 looks like an SBR!!!!

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thats a massive hog.

 

[TestnDoc]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SkyPup</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Nice little SIG 556 SBR, mine are not SBR but have taken down hundreds of hogs!

Got this 450 pounder @ 175 yards with one Barnes 70 grain TSX:

He is so damn huge he makes my SIG 556 looks like an SBR!!!!

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We're you using your FLIR T50? Send me some bacon!!

 

[Nostradumbass]

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Good night last night....this boar is pretty big for NE Texas, he weighed almost 290#, and a serious bitch to load in the Teryx!

These two boars were fighting in the standing corn, I could see the tops of the corn shaking, so I ran in and caught them oblivious to me. Never seen two hogs fight so hard like that....anyways I smoked them both....Live Action! Ye! Ye! Ye!

Oh, and saw this on the way home, never knew we had bugs like this here.

 

[km2006dmax]

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http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff44...0D139C5B35B.jpg

That is a big nasty right there nos! Loaded one up that weighed 240 covered in mud in my lifted ranger with 30 inch Mud lites on it. Was wore out after that!

 

[Solothurn]

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I don't recall if anybody got a pic of the rattlesnake!

 

[Phantom223]

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I hate rattlesnakes a couple years back we had a close call with a 4+ft coon tail it struck at my buddy walking ahead of me missing his leg by only inches one night. We bought some of the lite weight turtle skin snake pants and wear them during warm weather now it was a wake up call we were 2+ miles from the truck in a very rugged area it would have been real bad if he had been hit. Good $140 snake pants seemed cheap from then on!

 

[Lofty]

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You guys suck.....why did I have to read this thread?

Ive managed to avoid my temptation for NV and thermal gear. My ability to resist is wearing thin.

 

[Victor-TNVC]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SkyPup</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Nice little SIG 556 SBR, mine are not SBR but have taken down hundreds of hogs!

Got this 450 pounder @ 175 yards with one Barnes 70 grain TSX:

He is so damn huge he makes my SIG 556 looks like an SBR!!!!

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Damn...This taken from your property? Guess you didn't need the T-50 to spot em first! ;-)

 

[SkyPup]

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Yeah, that bastard was on my property. I had been after him for a number of months seeing his rooting and his tracks, the hoof prints were as big as any cows. He really destroyed allot of vegetation every night before I nailed him with one Barnes 70 grain TSX trough the lungs, he made it about 50 feet and collapsed, totally exsanguinated.

Here is another big arse boar I nailed in the same place with a 70 grain TSX out of my Thompson Center Contender Carbine with custom MatchGrade Machine 20" 1:7: twist .223 barrel:

Here is a Barnes 70 grain TSX I recovered under the far side shoulder after he was hit @ 190 yards and died:

Those petals spinning at >250,000rpms churn up some tissue....

Had to cut his oysters in 1/2 to get them into the frying pan!

Here is another one I took down during the day.

All of these were one shot kills at 175+ yards!

 

[Phantom223]

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Man you guys grow big hogs there in Florida! Around these parts a 150-225 mature boar is about the norm with maybe a freak 250-300lber every few years showing up but pretty rare.

 

[JB55]

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Skypup,
Some of the biggest hogs you've shot look to have some domestic genes in them. The cutters on that one are freaking huge. I don't think I've seen any bigger. Oh, by the way, how do those oysters taste?

 

[SkyPup]

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The Oysters go down great with a cold beer!

We live in the backwoods swamps right west of Paynes Prairie State Park, exactly where the conquistador Hernando DeSoto brought the very First Cracker SWINE into North America. In May 1539, de Soto landed nine ships with over 620 men and 220 horses and set up the largest cattle ranch in Florida on Paynes Prairie. Our Florida Cracker Cows are also the descendents of these original Spanish cattle. Our Cracker Horses are also descendants of the original Spanish horses as well. There is also a herd of original Bison on the prairie too.

http://www.floridastateparks.org/resources/doc/individualparks/brochures/ppp-brochure.pdf

We have the hog and coyote removal exclusively on the Park's 28,000 acres of land...

 

[SkyPup]

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Here was our 4th of July BBQ, this dude fed dozens of fine pork....

Here is a flyover of our place from the air, about 2,800 acres in the photo, not to mention hundreds of large gators....

 

[SkyPup]

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We are not the only hog hunters that use Night Vision in the State of Florida though...

 

[SkyPup]

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We also had these two poor injured deer show up in the backyard earlier this year.

One deer was helping bring the other injured deer over to one of our indigenous Sandhill Cranes, who then supervised the medical treatment until the poor deer was well enough to leave under his own energy...

 

[CTM1]

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So you ate PIG BALLS?

I do not think I can ever view your posts in the same way

 

[TNVC - Kyle]

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Great pictures, SkyPup! You have definately shown the diversity that we have in Florida. Also, shared some history. I'll share a little back: my Stepmothers family were the original Minorcan settlers of St. Augustine. Their family name is on the plaque at the church. They ended up migrating out to Hastings and grew most of the food that Mr. Hastings sold to Mr. Flagler when the railroad came in. Crackers...indeed.

I KNOW you have some big gators on the backside of your land. I used to hunt Newnan's (not far from you) when I was at UF. Took several biguns out of that water. I just took a 10'10" out of Rodman, last week.

 

[SkyPup]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: CTM1</div><div class="ubbcode-body">So you ate PIG BALLS?

I do not think I can ever view your posts in the same way
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Pig Fries are Cowboy Caviar...

 

[SkyPup]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TNVC_Kyle</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Great pictures, SkyPup! You have definately shown the diversity that we have in Florida. Also, shared some history. I'll share a little back: my Stepmothers family were the original Minorcan settlers of St. Augustine. Their family name is on the plaque at the church. They ended up migrating out to Hastings and grew most of the food that Mr. Hastings sold to Mr. Flagler when the railroad came in. Crackers...indeed.

I KNOW you have some big gators on the backside of your land. I used to hunt Newnan's (not far from you) when I was at UF. Took several biguns out of that water. I just took a 10'10" out of Rodman, last week. </div></div>

Kyle, there are some truly large gators in Newnan's, but the State Record was harvested in Orange Lake....

One time during Early Wood Duck and Teal season I gunned my Gheenoe onto a Tussock that turned out to be an active gator nest, glad that I lived to tell about it, it was F***ing scary...

Hastings is still the veggie capitol of Florida today!

 

[TNVC - Kyle]

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That's because I am still trying to catch up with one in Lake George.

Orange is a great place to hunt but, you almost have to have an airboat these days. I like to hunt solo and, I like to take them with the bow. Orange is too hard for me to hunt that way. But, you are right...DINOSAURS!

 

[SkyPup]

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Orange is right down Wachoota Road from me so one of my favorite places to hunt the last 40 years. My friends all have airboats but I still have a Gheenoe.

Gator season was halted by the Fish & Game in both Lochloosa and Orange Lakes on account of the low water from the drought, too many people were having to be rescued by helicopter after getting stuck in the quickmuck out there.

This will be the first time I have not hunted there in over 40 years this fall....

 

[TNVC - Kyle]

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That's a shame. I know how much I look forward to it. Water is low everywhere. Orange really suffered from the sinkhole a few years back and now, everything is hurting due to the drought.

I have one tag left in Rodman and we have two for Marion County and two for St. John's. You are welcome to join in, if we can work out the scheduling.

 

[YTALER]

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Did that deer have a severely sprained ankle or something along those lines ?

 

[TNVC - Kyle]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: YTALER</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Did that deer have a severely sprained ankle or something along those lines ? </div></div>


Your Dad and my Dad, would get along just fine.

 

[SkyPup]

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You know with me having graduated from veterinary school and all that many years ago, that as a trained zoological professional, I would only post photographs of explicit wildlife medical problems instead of deer porn...

 

[SkyPup]

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Here is another FLIR T-50 video of a Big Boar I killed with the SIG 556:

http://www.phossil.com/thom/Night%20Vision/FLIR%20T50/Big%20Boar.wmv

 

[HTR707]

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Here I go again posting a NV kill in the daylight. There's just something wrong about that, LOL. Anyway, my guide, Cris, took this hunter, when I had to be away. The wind was out of the north after the hurricane went in to LA / MS, so the first day was tough. Then on the second day, using everything we own, M24, PVS-14, Lasers, and D-740, they worked a few groups at various distances. They finally positioned themselves to within 50 yards, and the hunter made a perfect shot into the neck. DRT with a .308, TAP load.

 

[JB55]

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Skypup,
You're not far from my property which is about a third of the way between Chiefland and Cedar Key. Nothing but hunting property and state land around me.

 

[SkyPup]

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JB55, that is pretty good, I know that area quite well.

For years I was in a large hunt club that leased 45,000 acres just west of Bronson on the Waccasassa River near Blue Springs in Devil's Hammock, right behind Campbells Seafood Restaurant on SR 24, if you know where that is.

We have a deal going with a private hog hunt ranch out on Cedar Key Road to take our live trapped wild hogs (we have the State Dept of Agriculture License to Capture and Transport Wild Porcines) and use them for canned hog hunting trips on their property.

http://www.freshfromflorida.com/ai/pdf/brochures/DACS-P-01510_Swine_Trappers.pdf

 

[jwp6114]

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ALways an exciting learning experiance whenever i get to go out... made target impacts ranging from 1 inch to 150 yds...

Bill let me know if i owe you anything for the dammages

Lesson learned: be intamatly familiar will all improvised shooting platforms and there structural supports.

Bill had a hard time finding his 9 pieces of 6.5 Grindle brass while standing near knee deep in my 5.56 brass

Saw the largest rattlesnake i have ever seen...

there we 9 confirmed kills between the two of us...

And the one minor incident resulting in slight battle dammage from a 55gn V-max VS steel tactical vehicle roof support beam... Suppressor was about 1 inch from this support i couldnt see in the NV scope... "NAIL'd IT"

 

[j-huskey]

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Attack Support was trying to get even for the snake, a deal made between them earlier. The support moved really fast and almost got Jake. If it had not been anchored by several bolts, the support probably would have got Jake's arm from the elbow down. So he had to shoot the support in self defense.
Would have made a really sharp U-Tube video, Jake VS the roof support.

 

[I^2 Technologies - Peter]

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HOLY CRAP that is a big snake!

Hey here is a question, did you cats hear the snake rattle at all? My last trip to Texas I saw two Rattle snakes and neither of them made a sound. In fact the second one slithered right behind us and the film crew all whipped out their pistols to blast him, I actually stopped them long enough to get out a Thermal Imager to see if he showed up at all against the background. Interestingly enough all I could see where his diamonds as he moved and then just barely. Also I was looking at him with a good 640X480 unit at about 10 feet so the lesson here is cold blooded snakes do NOT show up in a Thermal Imager. When the shooting commenced his blood splattered all over the inside of the bush he was hiding in and it instantly went cold showing up as black.

"Snakes... why did it have to be snakes?"

IPSC_GUY
SIERRA II ALPHA

 

[Fongman]

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The last two rattle snakes I've encountered at my land in TX did not rattle at all. I've heard several people comment they've gone quite since becoming prey to the pig population.