Mr September

Awesome! Congrats!

In my opinion whether it's "legally" a hand gun or not is irrelevant. It absolutely circumvents the disadvantage that is supposed to be built into a primitive, or at least "more" primitive hunt tag. Whether it is "legal" has nothing to do with what the spirit of the what the tag/H.A.M. hunt is intended. Also: A tag that is easier to obtain BECAUSE success is SUPPOSED to be more difficult. It's at the very least cheating the system. Like staying out of work so you can collect unemployment because it's more than you make working. It's absolutely "legal" when done properly... But that's not who I am, how I do things. It probably is legal... But is that really who/what you want to be? I know those aren't the principals that made this country and its people so great in the past. Some times it just boils down to "right" and "wrong". Grab a wheel gun and go have fun, and actually "hunt". You would have had a better experience anyway. Whether you actually killed one or not. All JMHO of course. Congrats on getting some meat. How is the meat? How did you prepare?

For all you guys that live in the beautiful desert year round with these cool little cactus bounders: How does the drought affect them? Their habits, or feed, or times of day, water proximity etc...? Does a dry year change how and where you look for them? Areas? Times of day? Geography? Just curious to know if there are guys that know enough about these mysterious little critters to have a line on how drought effects them?

Interesting

Just an FYI: I have two separate herds that have switched their home range significantly in the last 10 years.

Well that's good news. I have found pigs to be FAR more crepuscular than they are generally rumored to be. I know this, the guys with the whole: "They won't even be on their feet until 10" thing... You just keep doing that. Makes it nice stalking herd after herd at the first crack of light all alone. LMAO! (And yes I have killed several pigs over the years in the evening. It fact last years was within the last few minutes of light.

I agree with you. I have seen them shift home ranges for different reasons over the years as well.

Interesting. Is this normal for the area? I haven't hunted 24B in close to 15 years.

Very nice! How were the numbers in your area compared to the past?

I do all this in the field gutless method. Then I bone out the meat put into 4 one gallon ziplock bags including skull and leave. Simple as can be. I can do an entire pig in about an hour. Trim in the convenience of my kitchen and do whatever preparation I choose. Generally an awesome Jalapeno polish that I've developed over the years and smoke.

Congratulations! Did you see many?

Awesome! Congrats. You guys must have that area pretty dialed in to find that many herds so quickly.

How are the numbers this year?

Yes how did you do that?

Man thats really cool! You got another one I could buy?

Good to know. Thanks!

Very nice pig!

Looks like you made a few things...😂____ Congrats boys!

Glad you stopped hunting them. Right thing to do if you can't stomach eating them. Wish more would do the same. Good man.

Congrats! How are the populations looking this year? Much moisture down there this summer?

Awesome! How are the numbers looking?

Anything new?

ANY

Kind of a Stephen Baldwin thing goin on there...? LOL! 😉

They have been in the bottoms this year. Just a heads up. Hard to see.