Hogzilla and family...

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I recently watched a program on the increasing problem of feral hogs in the US. It's rather amazing how prolific these creatures are, and the numbers presented in the show were staggering.

I remember years back speaking with a fellow who had lived in Hawaii. He talked of increasing hillside erosion due to hogs. We're slowly hearing reports of hogs moving north in PA, but there isn't a publicized problem as yet. Since the farm area around here is mostly dairy and corn, any pig population could have a negative effect.
 
Our total lease area is what the locals call "Paper Company Land".
We have around 6500 acres divided into 3 separate lease sections.
I manage the S/E section...about 2100 acres.
The hunters on the N/W side have killed/trapped 67 hogs since May 1st.
We are still loaded with them.
 
Hum... looks like fun. Get my M-1 Garand... load up some nice M-2 ball, put some sandwiches and a canteen in the musette bag along with a pair of binoculars... have lots of fun nailing a couple of 'em. Got a church member who recently cooked 30 boston butts... all from hogs he and others in the church had shot/trapped. Gave over 20 of those wonderful things to a local women's shelter. Good for him!

In a few more days deer season will open... firearms that is! Happily it's always open season on hogs! So, we'll all gather for deer hunting since it will be opening day, but if any of us see hogs, well as they say, "It's on!"
 
THE PILGRIM said:
brucev said:
Hum... looks like fun. Get my M-1 Garand... load up some nice M-2 ball, put some sandwiches and a canteen in the musette bag along with a pair of binoculars...

Musette bag? I haven't heard that term since what's his name was a Corporal.
This ought to get the young guys googling!
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Musette bag? Well, actually I think it was referred to as a 1936 pattern utility type bag. My identical-twin brother and I were each given one along with a Daisy lever action B.B. gun for our 8th birthday. We used the bags for carrying our books to school and we used the B.B. guns for shooting things that needed shooting.

Over the years the bags got lost along with one of the B.B. guns. I found the remaining B.B. gun in my parents utility room, cleaned it up and let my daughters use it to shoot Ritz crackers that I'd throw up in the air off the porch. A few years later my identical-twin brother came down with terminal cancer. He died on a Tuesday morning. On the preceding Sunday, he still felt half-way decent, he was desperate to get out of the house and do anything except stare at the walls. My father and little brother got him out in the backyard in a lawn chair. My father helped him hold his head up while my brother cocked the B.B. gun. My brother had been a lifelong shooting enthusiast and was a superlative practical marksman, a skill that served him well as a deputy sheriff. He could do marvelous things with the action of a S&W revolver. At least that afternoon he had some fun w/ my father and little brother in the backyard.

Last year a gentleman advertised several of these bags for sale. I ordered one and told him I'd be using it in the woods. He called back and after a bit of talking he sold me one that was not museum grade but very good condition. It was a little less money and more suited for my purposes. Come Opening Day, I'll have that little bag slung over one shoulder and my rifle slung over the other shoulder. It won't make me 8 years old again, but it will bring back memories of one afternoon when my brother and I were young and filled with excitement as we bailed out the back door with our G.I. bags and our "rifles."
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Wonderful story, despite the tragedy of losing your twin. I lost my brother a month ago, and we had a store of wonderful memories, some of which involved BB guns, arrows, and some pretty primitive behavior. :)
 
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Just sayin'.
 
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