Whistlepigs 2024

[Hedgelj]

Got two today, one when a pistol at about 10 yards and the other at 330 yards

I was shooting from the driveway from the large rock behind the brown shed.

 

[finelyshedded]

Nice long poke shootin Doug

 

["J"]

I do miss ground hog slaying! Keep it up with the updates Doug!

 

[giles]

What is the weapon of choice here?

 

[Wiley E Coyote]

I learned to bow hunt stalking ground hogs in Greene county as a kid. Killed my first one with a 35#kodiak Magnum, cedar arrow and a Browning Serpentine head. I will never forget that memory! Standing over that critter the feelings that ran through my body were amazing! I was eleven years old and the seed of a life long love of bow hunting was instilled in my soul!

 

[Hedgelj]

What is the weapon of choice here?

I used a custom AR 15 that I built for long distance shooting.
White Oak Armament 18" SPR barrel and upper
Magpul PRS stock
Vortex 4-16
Geissele high speed national match trigger
Suppressed
IMI mk262 clone ammo

I've rung steel out to 800 yards with this set up.

 

[Hedgelj]

I do miss ground hog slaying! Keep it up with the updates Doug!

The soybeans and corn are small enough and tender enough that the pigs are out enjoying them. The young ones are also not very smart yet. It's a great time to hunt them.

 

[GoetsTalon]

That's awesome! Been years since I watched over bean fields with my 22-250.

 

[P8riot]

I had one last year and I told my wife I needed to find the time to shoot it when it wasn't near the buildings, dog kennel, propane tanks or trailer. She laughed at me and said we moved to 20 acres and now you want to kill the wildlife... I knew it just meant more targets this year and I wanted to prove a point that I'm always right!

That fat bitch had 7! They are everywhere. My wife is freaking because they are coming right up to the house and she is worried about fleas and ticks. I just gave her a look and repeated what she had told me. Point proven.

Shot one baby and threw it over the hill. Haven't seen another since. Weird timing and they all just happened to leave the den in the next couple of days or they got the message!

Mom is still around but she is skittish and is always infront of an expensive or explosive backstop.

A ground hog with a fancy paint job did this to my burn barrel. No clue what happened?! I only burn cardboard in there and never any food things. It either climbed in and couldn't climb out or it intentionally went through the side looking for who knows what.