10 days till texas!...3 days now and counting

[Budog56]

Butch's Last Gasp is what we are calling it. My best friend and hunting buddy for all my life is getting married this august so we decided for a bachelor party we were gonna get a hog hunt together.. I realize we picked a bad month.. lol...but was the only time itd work for all of us..I was hoping to go with 7th age but the other wheelie bow guys in the group outvoted me..Im hoping to get some pics and a sotry up when we get it rolling but right now i am hoping for some help from the "experts" gonna put my lsit of things i was taking and hoping i could get some suggestions on what else i could use etc...thanks  Seth

Bear superkodiak  
couple dozen gold tip traditional arrows
8 WW's  4 judos, some field points and a snaro bird point(for snakes)
extra string
extra glove and arm guards
two pairs of boots
gaiters?????not sure yet
Knives
good hat
under armour i think
pack with hydration bladder
lots of extra socks
plenty of changes of clothes
rubber gloves for gutting processing etc
thermacell and bug spray for backup
camera(s)

[longstick]

flashlight
portable AC

Dont know where your going or the situation of the hunt but its very possible those hawgs are moving late night. A good operation will be able to put you on them Im sure during the day but you never can tell

[Stripstrike1]

It is Hot here now.  Get a real good bug spray because the ticks and chiggars are out in droves.  I hunted last weekend and killed two pigs and am still putting Neosporin on my damaged legs.  Where are yall going?  You are in a great month for pig hunting man....they need water bad right now and its not as hot as it will be in August if you can believe that.  Have fun and post plenty of pics.

[BlackDog]

Pair of leather gloves and snake boots or chaps if your going to south Texas. Was 100 degrees here Friday....lots of water.

[Budog56]

Thanks for all the help so far im just jumping in to put two things i originally forgot...tweezers and bandaids..

Originally posted by Stripstrike1:
  Where are yall going? .

we are going near Abilene(sp)

[frassettor]

A bacholor party fit for a king!! Thats great that you doing that  

[Budog56]

ttt

[bm22]

if there is water on the place you are hunting hang out there during miday, hogs don't have sweat glands so the have to have water, if there is a creak or small river stalk down the edge of it. pigs will sometimes sleep in the water or close to it.  unless the water has cover nearby the pigs don't like to hang out the run down to the water and run away. at least that is the way the do it in south texas.
i haven't looked at thte moon chart but if it is light enough out i would corn a road and hunt it in the late evening or night.

bring your snake boots and judos to shoot the snakes.

good luck

[Gerardo]

where are you going in texas?

Excellent bachelor party!!!!!

[Budog56]

GOing to a place near abilene tx.

[straitera]

Don't need two pair of boots unless you have extra room. I just erased a rattler pic from the Abilene area weighed at over 100#. They get active around dark. You're not as likely to get bit as you are to miss a shot at something because your eyes are always peeled to the ground. Snake leggings will ease your mind. 1 good fixed blade skinner will be plenty. Don't know what under armor is. If its hot, leave it. You'll put the water bladder to the test. Beer cooler? After a good size hike nothing goes down like something ice cold. You will have fun. Get pics.

[hunt it]

I know everything is bigger in Texas but 100# rattlers?????  I'd like to see that one, beer cooler in that story someplace. If snakes are gettin that big I'd leave the judos at home and carry a defender.