Here’s a quickie while I’m off in Texas chasing hogs and exotics, and checking out properties. I was contacted a little while back by a fella who said he had this new website where he offered some great deals on ammunition. He’d send me a box of my choice if I’d say a little something [...]
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May 13th, 2011
Texas Exotics Hunt Part V
By the time this post comes online (if the damned autopost works) I’ll be heading to the Oakland International Airport once again. This time, though, it’s different. I’m heading back to the Texas Hill Country for a couple days of hunting exotics and hogs, and then a couple of days hunting for a piece of [...]
Go to Texas Exotics Hunt Part VMay 12th, 2011
Big Fun In Texas For Hog And Predator Hunters
I’ve seen a thing or two about this on the hunting channel, but just got the press release today. It’s only two weeks away, which isn’t a ton of time to plan, but if you’re heading to Georgia over that weekend, or if you’re there already, this should be a whole lot of fun! FOR [...]
Go to Big Fun In Texas For Hog And Predator HuntersMay 11th, 2011
Blame It On California… Feral Hogs In Oregon
It’s a well known fact, at least according to folks in many neighboring states (and some not so neighboring) that Californians are moving in and ruining the place. I’ve heard it everywhere from Texas to Idaho, and even way out in Colorado. The “Californicators” buy up the land, infect the local politics, and try to [...]
Go to Blame It On California… Feral Hogs In OregonMay 10th, 2011
Another Dog Shaped Hole
It’s been a bad couple of weeks. Work has been a little insane with travel out the ear and deadlines I should never have accepted. But that’s what they pay me for… I try to avoid complaining about having a job. But on top of everything else, Cyrus the wonder dog, our four-year-old black lab [...]
Go to Another Dog Shaped HoleMay 6th, 2011
To Dream The Semi-Possible Dream…
Today started out like a normal enough day. Alarm at 05:00. Coffee, shower, good-bye to Kat and out the door. I fired up the bike, turned up the music under my helmet, and hit the road. At 06:30, the freeway traffic isn’t all that bad, and I was making pretty good time with minimal aggravation. [...]
Go to To Dream The Semi-Possible Dream…May 4th, 2011
Rites Of Spring… Summer… And, Well, Pretty Much Any Time
It occurs to me, after reading Dan’s great story, that I’ve never written about that bane of the CA hog hunter… poison oak. For a quick overview, poison oak is similar to poison ivy and poison sumac in that it’s a wicked, nasty plant that produces an oil called urishiol. For the majority of people, [...]
Go to Rites Of Spring… Summer… And, Well, Pretty Much Any TimeMay 2nd, 2011
Computer Crashes And Hog Hunting Jones
One would think that a blogger who writes so much about hog hunting would actually get out and do a little hog hunting from time to time, no? Well, one would think. The fact is, though, hunts have been few and far between, and while there are some great trips on the horizon (including an [...]
Go to Computer Crashes And Hog Hunting JonesApril 28th, 2011
Quick Note From The Hog Blog
Busy as a one-legged man in a butt kicking contest, and not much time for blogging, but I did want to send all my best to you folks who are getting hammered by these storms in the east. Special thoughts go out to the people of Alabama right now, but it looks like these things [...]
Go to Quick Note From The Hog BlogApril 26th, 2011
Lead Ban Chronicles – New From the NSSF Blog
I don’t usually like this sort of post, but work and being on the road have left me short of inspiration. So anyway, have a look at this blog from the NSSF (National Shooting Sports Foundation), posted in response to recent testimony before the Minnesota Association of Conservation Professionals. Besides their insistence on using the [...]
Go to Lead Ban Chronicles – New From the NSSF BlogApril 25th, 2011
The Hog Blog Travelogue… Spokane, Washington to Sandpoint, Idaho
I’ve been travelling a lot with work over the last year or so, but usually it’s not that big a deal… a couple of days a month, and then I’m back home again. I almost never have to stay over a weekend at any work location. Almost, that is, until this trip. This trip sent [...]
Go to The Hog Blog Travelogue… Spokane, Washington to Sandpoint, IdahoApril 21st, 2011
Stuck in Spokane Again…
Nothing hunting related here. On the road with work. Just substitute Spokane for Lodi. Enjoy this article? Check out these:Lead Ban Chronicles – A Different PerspectiveThe Spur of the Moment BuckHitting the field – Hog Blog back on the huntA New Old Hog Hunting Opportunity for CA BowhuntersStay Dry With Camp DrySwine Flu Update – [...]
Go to Stuck in Spokane Again…April 20th, 2011
Spring Has Sprung. It’s Time To Be On The Lookout For Mr. No Shoulders
Winter’s final gasps are fading across much of the country, and the earth is beginning to warm. The turkeys are gobbling and strutting for the hens while the mallards are engaged in their obscene gang-rape mating frenzies. The does are giving birth, and a careful and observant walk through the woods edge may reveal the [...]
Go to Spring Has Sprung. It’s Time To Be On The Lookout For Mr. No ShouldersApril 19th, 2011
The Swine Invasion – Feral Hogs in the Empire State
It’s not really news that there are feral hogs in New York. There were reports of the animals in a few counties as far back as 2005, but it looks like now the NY Dept of Environmental Conservation is getting serious about it. In news stories running around several NY newspapers, like this on in [...]
Go to The Swine Invasion – Feral Hogs in the Empire StateApril 18th, 2011
Monday Morning… Rant and Rave?
Monday, and I’ve got nothing to write about? Honestly, after this weekend I’m wondering if I shouldn’t change the name of this blog to the Recliner Blog. Seems like all I do anymore when I’m not at work or flying off to Spokane is sit in my recliner and wish I were hunting. Hmm… I [...]
Go to Monday Morning… Rant and Rave?April 14th, 2011
And now for something completely different…
One of my Facebook friends shared this recently, and I couldn’t help but pass it along here. It cracked me up. It’s also some pretty impressive mouth calling… no diaphram calls, or other devices were used. So anyway, enjoy! Related Articles:Press Releases and other miscellaneaHog Blog Friends On The Hunt – Turkey SeasonDiabolical turkey birds [...]
Go to And now for something completely different…April 12th, 2011
Lead Ban Chronicles – Keep The EPA From Regulating Lead Ammunition
Here’s an action alert from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) regarding an act designed to prevent the EPA from regulating lead ammunition. Personally, I’m still opposed to the use of the term “traditional ammunition” because it reeks of dishonesty, and some of the language in this press release is intellectually offensive to me. It’s [...]
Go to Lead Ban Chronicles – Keep The EPA From Regulating Lead AmmunitionApril 11th, 2011
Hunting For A Rangefinder?
So you’re thinking about a range-finder? A little while back, a friend of mine was asking for my input on buying a new rangefinder. He’d scanned the BassPro and Cabelas catalogs, and he narrowed his list to a couple of top-of-the-line models. At first glance, that’s not a bad way to go. Laser rangefinders are, [...]
Go to Hunting For A Rangefinder?April 7th, 2011
Lead Ban Chronicles – Research Suggests Effectiveness Of Lead Ban
Is it just me, or does the lead ban stuff roll in waves? A whole lot of nothing, and then it’s one story after another. Anyway, just got this in my email alerts. A UC Davis News and Information article highlights the findings of the reports which studied the blood/lead levels of golden eagles and [...]
Go to Lead Ban Chronicles – Research Suggests Effectiveness Of Lead BanApril 6th, 2011
Porcine Press – Texas One Step Closer To Allowing Sport Hunting From Helicopters
According to this piece from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, it looks like Texas is on the verge of making it legal for landowners to sell “helicopter hunts” for hogs and coyotes. Some folks may remember a little while back, when Texas made it legal for landowners or their agents to use helicopters to depredate hogs [...]
Go to Porcine Press – Texas One Step Closer To Allowing Sport Hunting From HelicoptersApril 5th, 2011
Wildlife Habitat At Risk Due To Budget Cuts?
This just in… The United States as well as the individual states are experiencing a financial crisis. I’m no economist, so excuse me if I misuse terms or spout off on a topic with which I’ve very little expertise, but I feel like I’m pretty safe with that last statement. Things are tough all over this [...]
Go to Wildlife Habitat At Risk Due To Budget Cuts?April 5th, 2011
USSA Giving Away A Gun A Week For One Year
That’s right, and all it takes to win one, or two, or 52 is the purchase of one of the 1000 tickets, at $50/ea. Sportsmen can now purchase tickets for a weekly drawing that could put brand new firearms or bows in their hands while protecting their hunting rights. The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance’s 52-Gun Raffle [...]
Go to USSA Giving Away A Gun A Week For One YearApril 4th, 2011
Back On Track
OK, that’s just about enough April Tom-Foolery for now. Thanks to all of you for being good sports, even the ones who caught on quickly. And Jamie, someone has to be The Example. Anyway, the only “Tom” I plan to be fooling over the next few weeks will have feathers and a beard. Onto other [...]
Go to Back On TrackApril 1st, 2011
Big Changes For The Hog Blog
What a long, strange trip it’s been. The past couple of weeks have been exceptionally strange… a little life changing, if the truth be told. There’ve been a couple of events lately that have really given rise to some deep introspection. I realized, for example, that I’ve been living in something of a fantasy world, perpetuating [...]
Go to Big Changes For The Hog BlogMarch 31st, 2011
How Much Is Enough – Redux
Welcome to the darker side of the Hog Blog. When I started out to write the How Much is Enough series, I had a specific goal in mind. I wanted to take some of the most common challenges I hear from anti-hunters and couch them in the terms of a discussion about hunter ethics. I [...]
Go to How Much Is Enough – ReduxMarch 30th, 2011
Lead Ban Chronicles – New Research Implicates Lead Ammo In Condor Illness
Just got an alert on a report out of UC Santa Cruz that claims a pretty damning link between lead ammunition and lead toxicity in condors. You can read about the report in this article, from the Santa Cruz Good Times Online. In short, the research used lead isotope signatures to link lead in the [...]
Go to Lead Ban Chronicles – New Research Implicates Lead Ammo In Condor IllnessMarch 28th, 2011
How Much Is Enough? Part IV
It’s Monday, and I’m back at it. I figure I’ll wrap this little exercise up today, and combine the last two items on the list. We owe a clean and healthy ecosystem to other outdoors users, as well as to the wildlife itself. This includes simple things that are too often overlooked, such as cleaning [...]
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