PIG GIG--Week 1 ---***SNAKE PICS ADDED***

[flint kemper]

Wow, what a great hunt. Memories shared with like minded individuals. Wish I was there myself. Flint

[vermonster13]

Great thread!

[tippit]

Grant may have been dapper, but I'll have to go along with Whip in that Smiley definitely had the Best Dress plus it was all wool for the winter wonderland!  tippit

[zipper bowss]

Thanks for sharing the pictures and stories.Tracy and I are leaving friday morning.Im realy looking forward to this.
Bill

[leatherneck]

Now that was indeed a great read. Excellent job to all. That looked like a time nobody will ever forget. Thanks for the ride.

Michael, quit reminding them about the snakes!  

[tippit]

The week before Pig Gig, Thomas was keeping all us up to date on the scouting of Lambshead Ranch.  We got this picture the night before flying out from Boston    It actually may have saved my neck as I took most of my regular Texas warm weather hunting clothes out and put in my New England winter gear!  Who would believe you would need KOM wool, Burly high top rubber boots, and rain gear for Texas pigs    

Luckily we were flying Southwest with 2 free bags...mine weighed 50# & 47#     The only thing I couldn't fit in were my snow shoes!  tippit

 

[meathead]

Good stories guys.  Keep them coming.

[Guru]

With the weather getting nicer, and a glimmer of hope it would stay that way it was way overdue to start some pig traps.

I woke up hours before first light on Wednesday morning as I always did and started racking my brain as to what to do with the flat above the high impassible bank on the river.  After thinking about it more over a day after we found it, it became very obvious that it was a funnel of sorts.

It forced any hog that was traveling along the river to have to come up on the flat with the log piles on it. That would make them very visible. But we needed something to slow them down, and keep them there for a while so as to work in for a stalk.

So in the dark of the camper, while everyone else slept, I came up with the idea of making a "pig bomb" out in front of one of those log piles. We had Jello mix, sour corn, regular corn...I figured why not try it all!  The "bomb" was the bait, and the log pile was the cover for sneaking in close.  Even thought we might be able to build a ground blind in it.

So when Don woke up, I ran my idea by him to see what he thought, and if he'd be willing to help me pack all the stuff we needed down off the bluff.  He was more than willing and also added the he had some "Hog Wild" a commercial dry hog mix that he'd used with success before.

I had my bow, and one pack hanging in front of me with my hunting gear, and one on my back with two containers of sour corn, jello mix, and a package of Hog Wild. Don had his arrowmaster quiver, his bow, and a back pack full of corn.

We dropped down over the cliff (not an easy task in itself), and got to work.....

I laid the "trickle trails" of corn all over the flat to help lead the hogs into the buried treasure, and Don dug the hole and created the "Pig Bomb" by digging a hole and backfilling by layering dirt with sour corn, corn, Hog Wild, and jello........
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Then we took some time to build a blind in the log pile.....the set-up looked perfect!
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The trap was set!

[Mike Gerardi]

That is a great looking spot!

[Bahrzoo]

Come on Curt- I am dieing to hear the rest of this one.

[wv lungbuster]

Great looking blind and trap, I hope it worked out for you guys.

[highpoint forge]

Wow. I was on the other side of the ranch and didn't even know you guys were there. Easy to do on a three county ranch. Lambshead is my buddy's family ranch since 1850's. Lucky chance to hunt there guys. Legendary place....

Talk about spacing out.....should I come back?

[FerretWYO]

Originally posted by DW:
Hey Randy ...wish you could have been there....and about the Elk...I hear about it about 2-3 times a week. He wants to talk to you about it...He's all about the hiking and Backcountry camping...His Scout Troup does one 15-25 mile hike about every other month. He'll be worrying you to Death about it before long...

Anytime anytime. Wyoming has a few elk and I have some leave saved up.      

[mancole5]

This is an awesome thread! Keep the stories and pics coming!

[stringstretcher]

OK...where is the snake story?????

[4runr]

What an outstanding thread once again!

Congrats Grant! And with A Bear take down!!

Congrats Paul!! Tell us about your homemade bow!

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Great stories & Pix. I felt like I was there and got a chill every time I saw the snow pix.

[Bear]

Boy, this looks fun! Cant wait to get the rest of the pig trap and snake hole stories.

[rastaman]

Great thread!  Thanks for taking us along!

[JC]

Snake story is forthcoming....got to download the pics and find some time to write it. I promise...it's on it's way soon