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  1. Howie1968

    Fat pig down with the TC big boar .58

    No sir ive never done that i prefer my hogs either link smoked sausage, i get domestic fat from the local butcher or i make roasts for the crockpot or in a roasting bag with potatoes carrots onions im not keen on on fried wild pork barbecued is also good
  2. Howie1968

    SOLD TC Hawken

    i sent you a pm
  3. Howie1968

    Fat pig down with the TC big boar .58

    i got the backstraps and the 2 hams they were big hams ive got it on ice with the plug open draining all the blood until it comes out clear. i imagin this will go to smoked jalepeno and cheddar link sausage
  4. Howie1968

    Fat pig down with the TC big boar .58

    .58 wonder wad. Ive thought of going a size bigger in each xaliber but i bought a bunch in caliber once gone i may try bigger
  5. Howie1968

    Fat pig down with the TC big boar .58

    On top of the 2 big boars ive got a cabelas hawken .58 a zoli zouave in .58 and 2 renegades rebored to .58 as you can see .58 is becoming my favorite i hunt close 25 yards or so. I was a huge fan of .54s but i normally shoot conicals out of my .54s i just love what a .570 roundball does its...
  6. Howie1968

    Youre favorite time of day to deer hunt?

    Afternoons until legal shooting hours end. Ive worked nights for 35 years so i rarely hunt mornings
  7. Howie1968

    Fat pig down with the TC big boar .58

    Yes sir when i got them i bought about 300 TOW 600 gr .58 Maxi i shot them and they shot good. the problem was cleaning them after a range session. i found patched roundballs didnt lead my bore i know i gave up some kE but i have a Cabelas Hawken that i shot a few big pigs with the hawken and...
  8. Howie1968

    Fat pig down with the TC big boar .58

    i loved a .54 i found on the big hogs .50 and .54 using roundballs i dont get the pass throughs on hogs 200 lbs and over. Conicals drop hogs in .54 with pass throughs on big hogs using .50 with conicals the 460 gr and 600 gr no excuse blows threw hogs. .58 is the caliber i found besides my .72...
  9. Howie1968

    Fat pig down with the TC big boar .58

    this is the second of 2 big boars i own the other one i finished off a pig i wounded with a .50 TC treehawk
  10. Howie1968

    First buck with the rocklock

    Great job and great shot!
  11. Howie1968

    Fat pig down with the TC big boar .58

    This weekend we had close to 7 inches of rain in our area of Easr Texas yesterday morning i went to my place my south property was about a foot of water from the road 50 yards in so i went to the north property to check the creek and my food plot. As i snuck closer to what was the food plott...
  12. Howie1968

    Few hogs today

    Mike did you get you some .570 rb made up for the hogs?
  13. Howie1968

    Few hogs today

    Good job Mike, we got alot of water now pushed me out of the bottoms but ive got 2 traps set, alot of request for small pigs now. am able to get people some hogs and put some meat up for sausage making,. that .32 squirrel rifle i got from you drops them in the tracks in the traps 15 gr pyrodex p...
  14. Howie1968

    When hog hunting dont go as planned with video

    I have many propeties and this is how i got mine, i first advertised free hog removal via traps, i also stated id help repair fences bale hay etc once i took one hog off a land owners property the first hog i butchered i always took and offered it to the land owner packaged in butcher paper...
  15. Howie1968

    When hog hunting dont go as planned with video

    yes sir the bullet did pass through the sapling, i grabbed the treehawk as its a handy carbine it shoots the 370 gr maxiball well after hitting the sapling the bullet yawed slapping him sideways. after i called down i proceded to track him with no blood i kept hearing him growl at me i seen him...
  16. Howie1968

    When hog hunting dont go as planned with video

    this is the most accurate description of what has happened yet and very true
  17. Howie1968

    When hog hunting dont go as planned with video

    This is a false statement about canned hunts!!! hogs were brought from the spaniards and just about anyone who immigrated. wild hogs were around during the indian days. If you really want to know how and where the hog problems started here is the deal the canned hunt is a myth as far as why...
  18. Howie1968

    When hog hunting dont go as planned with video

    im pretty selective these days i pretty much hunt for big trophy 7 year old boars and mainly hunt them at night. occasionally ill kill one to eat if it has a big long snoout and cutters those get my attention. i agree i love hunting them with my muzzleloaders
  19. Howie1968

    When hog hunting dont go as planned with video

    Mike you are definately killing more than me I'm good for about 100 a year now I'm slowing down I'd love to go back to my 40s
  20. Howie1968

    When hog hunting dont go as planned with video

    The market for the meat is with the wild game processing plants they sell the meat at 28.00 a pound over sees but want to give us 10 cents a pound. Because of the threat of swine brucellosis and pseudo rabies we are not allowed to sell the meat other than to a state inspected buying station...
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