TX TUSK HUNT 2020!

[GCook]

Those lights work well.  We had a couple munted to the bottom of some feeder boxes but that gives you a very limited area lit up.  That's a nice innovation the way you set it up.

[Terry Green]

It amazing what you can find, and with what frequency, on oil field property. 

[Blaino]

Blano.....that is a green light that lights up the area for night hunting... .comes on at dusk all by itself.

Joe was kind enough to let me borrow his ....I'm going to get a couple my self for next year.

Those green area lights are from Kill Light. They have a three-position switch. There is OFF, and then there is ON -- and between there is a setting that has the light come on a bit dim at dark and then build up slowly to full brightness. They take 4 C-cell batteries and will provide light all night long for well over a week.

They are designed with rings and magnets on the back for mounting them on the bottom of a standard feeder. With a little wire or para cord it is easy to hang them if there is no feeder around.

They really work well. 

 

[GCook]

Try this link https://elusivewildlife.com/shop/black-friday.html

[smokin joe]

If you try the link, scroll down to the photo cell light. They work great.

[Chuck Jones]

Sounds like a fun hunt!
Our United Bowhunters of Illinois Traditional group was in Texas about the same time. Good weather and lots of pigs. We killed 7 the first week and I hunted with a first time longbow hunter from England who killed a nice boar the second week. I had dozens of pigs and sows come in to baits and in stalking range those two weeks that I passed on. I killed a nice smaller size boar and little larger boar that should eat just fine also. Mine were daytime kills.  Had a 250# plus boar come in 3 times and never offered a good enough shot. Can’t wait for next year!

[Terry Green]

Sounds like a fun hunt!
Our United Bowhunters of Illinois Traditional group was in Texas about the same time. Good weather and lots of pigs. We killed 7 the first week and I hunted with a first time longbow hunter from England who killed a nice boar the second week. I had dozens of pigs and sows come in to baits and in stalking range those two weeks that I passed on. I killed a nice smaller size boar and little larger boar that should eat just fine also. Mine were daytime kills.  Had a 250# plus boar come in 3 times and never offered a good enough shot. Can’t wait for next year!

Where are the pics????

[Chuck Jones]

Here’s one of mine. I shot him from the ground at 5 yards, when he came in to check out a sow and pigs that were crunching a few grains of corn I had thrown out in front of me. Went 30 yards after hit by a razor sharp Tuffhead on a Sitka spruce shaft from a 45# longbow.

[Terry Green]

YESSSSSSS!!!!!

I NEED MORE!!!!!!

[trick00]

Nice un!!!

[Chuck Jones]

Some pigs and a couple Razorback sows came to visit on the last evening.

[Chuck Jones]

We had a nice place at camp to hang and butcher the kills.

[Alexander Traditional]

Nice shoot'in!

That's some serious hogs!

[GCook]

This is the one we are using on four of our set ups.

[BearBandit]

Looks like a lot of fun.   That's a bucket list hunt for me,  not many feral pigs up this way.

[Wudstix]

Yet!
 

[BearBandit]

Hahaha, we do have some down in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan,  if they start pushing north I'll be ready

[Skates 2]

The kill light Terry was using was round, is there another shape available now?

[Chuck Jones]

I tried the larger kill lights and sometimes the larger hogs shied away or wouldn’t come into the light. I had better luck with a green headlamp strapped to my bow. I waited in the dark until the pigs were at the bait and eating. I then turned on the light while aiming it up in the air. I slowly brought the light down and held it as steady as possible. One or two pigs out of several groups I tried this on were nervous, but came back in. After a while with the green light, I turned on a brighter white light without spooking the pigs. I didn’t shoot any with lights this trip, but could see well enough to pick a good spot.

Here is a picture of part of one group that came in just after dark. There were 2 decent boars and 2 sows including a huge pregnant sow with this group. None ran away when I turned on the light. There was a large boar that kept circling and growling that never came in.

[Wudstix]

I have a Streamlight Trident Buckmaster model headlamp that has two levels of green light and then a bright white.  Green has not spooked pigs and white is good to kayak down the river.  Green light for sure works on pigs and to some extent deer.