It’s what all the best, dressed hog hunters will be wearing this coming year! Just saw this photo over at Rex’s Deer Camp Blog, and had to share it here (I hope he doesn’t mind). It’s simply classic! Not every day you see something like this at the skinning rack, but it’s sure to set [...]
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July 28th, 2010
Lead Ban Chronicles – New Website With Non-Lead Ammo Info
Just got an email from my friend, Jim Petterson. As some of you may remember, Jim was the fella from the National Park Service who took me and Holly on a hog hunt down near Pinnacles National Park (you can read about my take here, and Holly’s report here), and then spent a good bit [...]
Go to Lead Ban Chronicles – New Website With Non-Lead Ammo InfoJuly 27th, 2010
The Quest For The Mythical Blacktail Buck
So the quest begins… I thought this would be a little more fun than the usual 10 minutes of footage in which I don’t get anything. Hope you enjoy. Related Articles:A-zone Blacktail and Hog Hunt- RecapA little video from the past weekendHog Blog is Gone Hunting! Training WheelsHog Blog Friends Success StoriesA Zone Archery Opener [...]
Go to The Quest For The Mythical Blacktail BuckJuly 26th, 2010
September Dreams…
Well, this will be a quick one, because I’ve got too much going on at work today to do more. I just booked tickets for Kat and myself back to NC for the September 11 archery deer opener! Happened to stumble onto a pretty great deal, as airline deals go, and had to jump on [...]
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Carnivorous Deer?!?
If all goes according to plan, I’m up at the Hedgepeth Ranch right about now skinning out my A-zone blacktail buck… or at least a hog. I hope to return soon and regale you all with tales, photos, and maybe even video of my exploits. In the meantime, I had to share this video with [...]
Go to Carnivorous Deer?!?July 23rd, 2010
Other Public Service Announcements… so to speak
In addition to the upcoming Hunt.Fish.Feed. event (AUG 4, mark your calendars!), I meant to include a couple of other things that are going on that should be of interest to some of you. First, Albert Rasch, despite dodging rocket attacks in Afghanistan, is doing his annual part to promote the National Hunting and Fishing Day, [...]
Go to Other Public Service Announcements… so to speakJuly 23rd, 2010
Hunt Fish Feed Coming to San Diego
In April, I first learned about the Sportsman Channel’s Hunt.Fish.Feed program, and did a short note about it here on the Hog Blog. It’s a pretty good program, where hunters donate wild game meat as well as their time and labor to serve it up at homeless shelters, or to other folks who could use [...]
Go to Hunt Fish Feed Coming to San DiegoJuly 22nd, 2010
Hog Blog Friends Success Stories
OK, so this isn’t so much a story as a picture and a quick note. You may recognize this guy. It’s Matt, De Hog Shootines’ Gent’man. Matt took this fat, blacktail forkie down south of me, in the Central Coast region during the second week of the A-zone archery season. In his email, he made sure [...]
Go to Hog Blog Friends Success StoriesJuly 21st, 2010
What To Do About Bad Behavior On Outdoor TV
So this follows on last night’s rant, re: intentional bad shots on hunting television shows. What I’ve got to say isn’t new here. In fact, I’m probably repeating myself because I know I’ve covered this ground before. But so what? It’s my blog. I’ve talked to and heard from a lot of hunters who have [...]
Go to What To Do About Bad Behavior On Outdoor TVJuly 20th, 2010
South Carolina Early Season Buck Hunt Opportunity
Hey, just got this in… My little brother has four slots open for the SC deer opener (August 15). You get a week of hunting for $500. That does not include food, lodging or license, but it’s all the bucks you care to shoot. You can use any legal weapon during the hunt, rifle, bow, [...]
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RANT TIME
This is just a quick one… OK, so I’ve been here with the house and the TV pretty much to myself for the last few days since Kat’s off in Dallas taking care of her mom. It’s not necessarily something to be proud of, this newfound couch potato status, but there ya go… Anyway, of [...]
Go to RANT TIMEJuly 19th, 2010
The Road To Hell…
… is paved… etc. (Actually, I think I drove the road to Hell one rainy night at Tejon, and it wasn’t paved at all… but maybe that’s a different story.) I can’t believe it’s Monday already. The weekend just started… or so it seems. And it could have been such a good one, even if [...]
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The Value of Tradition
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the discussion we’re just wrapping up over at Tovar’s Mindful Carnivore blog. While I definitely recommend that, if you haven’t, you should go check out the discussion there, I’ll summarize some of it. It all began with Tovar’s post regarding one of the biggest threats to hunting. [...]
Go to The Value of TraditionJuly 16th, 2010
New Hog Blog Poll
Well, I hadn’t thought about it lately, but the last Hog Blog poll stayed online for a lot longer than I’d intended. The last question, in case you don’t recall, was what kind of rifle action do you use most often? After 799 responses, the outstanding winner was Bolt Action. That’s not such a surprise [...]
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Keeping Up With the Carolinas
OK, so I was gonna try to make a post every day this week, but I’m running dry. I’ve actually got to work for my money this week, and along with keeping up with a couple of other discussions, I’m just short of new stuff. So, I’ll borrow from someone else… actually, two “someone elses”. [...]
Go to Keeping Up With the CarolinasJuly 14th, 2010
Pig Attack – Revisited
This is sort of a randomly assigned association in my terribly fogged up mind this afternoon, but that’s OK. It’s MY blog, and I can be weird from time to time. So with that in mind, and in light of some really good ethics and animal cruelty discussion over at Tovar’s blog, my eye was [...]
Go to Pig Attack – RevisitedJuly 13th, 2010
Wild Boar Burgers… At Fuddruckers?
I’m not sure how widespread the Fuddruckers burger chain is, but there’s one near me and I have to say it’s not bad. They’re one of these places that basically cooks up the burger, slaps it on a bun, and then sends you off to their condiments bar to load it up to your delight. [...]
Go to Wild Boar Burgers… At Fuddruckers?July 12th, 2010
A Zone Archery Opener Recap
I killed a deer this weekend. Or at least I’m pretty sure I did. But it didn’t really happen at all like I’d planned when I set out on Friday evening. To begin with, it wasn’t a magnificent, blacktail buck, emerging unsuspecting on a foggy, cool morning from a cluster of oaks. It wasn’t even [...]
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Gone Hunting! A-zone Archery Opener!
Well, it’s finally here! Tomorrow morning, one-half hour before sunrise will herald the official start of the 2010 California deer hunting season! Best of all, I’ll be out there, Mathews Drenalin in hand, hoping to hang my first CA archery tag on a blacktail buck. I’ve been waiting eagerly all spring and summer for this, [...]
Go to Gone Hunting! A-zone Archery Opener!July 7th, 2010
Gearing Up For Hunting Seasons – Good Tips From Albert At The Rasch Outdoor Chronicles
My friend, Albert Rasch, is over in Afghanistan doing some kind of silly, dangerous stuff right now, but he’s keeping his blog, The Rasch Outdoor Chronicles alive with occasional updates and reposts of some of his older, “classic” posts. I happened to pop over there yesterday, and saw that he’s reposted a 2008 treatise on [...]
Go to Gearing Up For Hunting Seasons – Good Tips From Albert At The Rasch Outdoor ChroniclesJuly 6th, 2010
Lead Ban Chronicles – AB 2223 Killed In Committee
I haven’t heard a lot lately on AB2223, the proposal to ban lead shot on CA Wildlife Areas. I suppose that’s partly because I’ve been as busy as a one-legged man in an ass kicking contest, but also because the issue has been relatively quiet. Most folks in-the-know were confident that this bill would be [...]
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Time To Shop For The 2010 Hunting Season?
So July4 has come and gone. Happy Birthday, America! For all the blemishes and rough spots, I still love this country and the freedoms I have here. Summertime. Queue the Miles Davis solo now… I was reminded during my last couple of trips back to NC that this time of year, high summer, was once my [...]
Go to Time To Shop For The 2010 Hunting Season?July 1st, 2010
Follow Up on SC Regulatory Changes
Big thanks to regular reader, Brian (Carolina Rig) for pointing out that there were some details I had not seen regarding SC’s new regulations… particularly as far as night shooting hogs. It should serve as a reminder to every hunter to review the actual regulations personally, prior to acting on information posted in a blog [...]
Go to Follow Up on SC Regulatory ChangesJune 30th, 2010
Got a hog hunting jones…
It’s been so bloody long since I went hunting! I got a hog huntin’ jones Got a hog huntin’ jones oh baby, oo oo ooo Yes, I am the victim of a hog huntin’ jones Ever since I was a little baby, I always be hog huntin’ In fact, I was the huntinest hog hunter in [...]
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Porcine Press – Tuesday Edition
Today seems like a good day for a new edition of the Porcine Press. Why? Mostly because I couldn’t think of anything else to write about. So, for starters, here’s a big one from South Carolina. As reported in several SC news sources, including the SunNews, the SC legislature has passed some new laws related [...]
Go to Porcine Press – Tuesday EditionJune 28th, 2010
Back In The Groove
OK, so I’m really not back “in the groove” as much as I’d like to be, but I am back in CA and hunting is on my mind. I realize of course, that mid-summer doesn’t really equate to hunting for folks in most of the country, and I can certainly relate. When I go back [...]
Go to Back In The GrooveJune 24th, 2010
Another New Hog Rifle?
OK, so it’s a never-ending search for the ultimate hog rifle. Never let anyone tell you that, “all you need is a plain-jane 30-06.” Nope, there’s always got to be a little something more. So imagine my pleasure when I was fooling around over at the Gun Nut blog and saw this beauty! A 2-bore, [...]
Go to Another New Hog Rifle?June 23rd, 2010
Pig Hunt the Movie – Coming Soon to a Blockbuster Near You!
I got an email today from Patrick Kack-Brice, one of the guys behind Pig Hunt – The Movie. It’s funny, because I was just thinking about the movie, as I’ve been hanging out a little with an old friend of mine who works in video post-poduction. We used to watch some pretty cool stuff in [...]
Go to Pig Hunt the Movie – Coming Soon to a Blockbuster Near You!June 22nd, 2010
Online Learning About Feral Hogs
Interested in learning more about controlling feral hogs, as well as more about their potential damage and threats to livestock, agriculture, and private property? There’s a kinda cool site called Forestry Webinars, put together by Southern Regional Extension Forestry.
The site includes a whole slew of “webinars” (interactive, online presentations) about various forestry and land management [...]
June 20th, 2010
Father’s Day, 2010
So today was Father’s Day.
Me? I’m 3000 miles from my daughter, who, by all accounts, had a great day. …And that’s really all I’d ever want for her. I’ve said it before and I mean it as much now as then, she’s the best father’s day gift I could ever dream of…
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