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Re: The Destroyer!
[Re: Csddarden]
#3997886
01/27/13 06:05 PM
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thewrap
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I'm in the same boat. Had a hog take down my feeder two days in a row.
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Re: The Destroyer!
[Re: thewrap]
#3997936
01/27/13 06:26 PM
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wheeling_hunter
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thats one big hog and great looking buck
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Re: The Destroyer!
[Re: wheeling_hunter]
#3998307
01/27/13 08:31 PM
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HoughTown
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That pig needs a bullet BAD. Rotten luck. Great buck though
Left Lane For Passing Only
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Re: The Destroyer!
[Re: HoughTown]
#3998359
01/27/13 08:58 PM
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Old Rabbit
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I had had the same problem. Concreted the legs in about 1 foot deep and bolted through the legs with 1/4” bolts. The next week the feeder was on the ground with the bolts sheared in half. Now I have 3/8” bolts and have 1” re-bar driven through the feet that are 4 feet long. They still try to dig them up but so far none have fallen.
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Re: The Destroyer!
[Re: Csddarden]
#3998375
01/27/13 09:02 PM
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Posts: 159
209HUNTER
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On a side note, this lease will be up for grabs next year if anyone is interested. We had pictures of some GREAT bucks on this place and this year was the first that it had EVER been leased. Was previously only hunted by the owner. It's a beautiful place that's a little over 1000 acres that's almost exclusively creek bottom, comes with 6 elevated box blinds, 6 super-short feeder setups(40-60 yards or so) and even has a 4 bed travel trailer for your use. We paid $2375 each for 4 hunters.
Hunters to the North are like-minded hunters that are all about management and to the north of them is another ranch operated by a friend of mine (Crooked Wing Outfitters) and is likewise managed. 140-160 deer are not uncommon in this area with the chance at some real brutes. [/quote]
Are you talking about it coming open this next season (13/14)? If so is 4 hunters the max or can you have more? I have a few buddies that might be very interested. Feel free to PM
The devil made me do it the first time, the second time I did it on my own
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Re: The Destroyer!
[Re: 209HUNTER]
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01/27/13 09:26 PM
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Csddarden
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Yes, it's looking like we will be trying to find a place a bit closer and with a higher deer population.
See, that's the deal here. We knew with this lease we would sacrifice quantity with quality, but the other lease members are sick and tired of not seeing deer, so we're going to sacrifice the quality for quantity this next time and see how it works out. We're looking in the San Angelo/Ozona/Sonora area if anyone has any leads. Maybe Brownwood/Sterling City/Robert Lee, etc.
Personally, I wouldn't hunt more than 4 on this place. It simply doesn't have the deer numbers to hunt more than 4. I guess you could, but it would be overhunted in my opinion. It was 9-grand for the lease total, all you really need is corn, it's setup ready to hunt, and we determined that 4 was the max we would hunt, so we kicked one guy outa the group and just went with 4. Felt bad about it, but he was the low man on the totem pole so to speak.
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Re: The Destroyer!
[Re: Csddarden]
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01/28/13 04:20 PM
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whitetailfanatic
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Put basket around timers, or spin tech plate, and also try using cattle/ hog panels Less pigs = more deer
Last edited by whitetailfanatic; 01/28/13 04:22 PM.
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Re: The Destroyer!
[Re: whitetailfanatic]
#4001167
01/28/13 05:30 PM
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Mr. Clean
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I take Self Tapping Screws and put them on the legs all the way around about 2 feet below the feeder then criss cross Barb wire to each feeder leg......it keeps the Hogs from going up through the middle and from the sides and killing the feeder motor....then I t-Post each Leg down.
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Re: The Destroyer!
[Re: Mr. Clean]
#4001205
01/28/13 05:39 PM
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Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 9,185
hook_n_line
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We started welding a 3 ft piece of angle iron as bases on our feeder legs. It's been working so far, even for the rooters.
Sometimes it's hard being me! But somebody has to do it.
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Re: The Destroyer!
[Re: Csddarden]
#4001786
01/28/13 08:45 PM
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Posts: 138
CeSkOnE
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Re: The Destroyer!
[Re: Csddarden]
#4001905
01/28/13 09:27 PM
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DocBailey
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As for the NV, if I remember we purchased an ATN MK390? It's just a Gen2, says it'll only reach to 75yards w/o a moon, but 300 with ambient moonlight. On midway it was 500-somethin I think, not sure. My buddy Rooster just told me, "f-it, if you'll pitch in 200, I'll order in and turn an upper into a dedicated NV rig".
Thermal is rediculously expensive.
On a side note, this lease will be up for grabs next year if anyone is interested. We had pictures of some GREAT bucks on this place and this year was the first that it had EVER been leased. Was previously only hunted by the owner. It's a beautiful place that's a little over 1000 acres that's almost exclusively creek bottom, comes with 6 elevated box blinds, 6 super-short feeder setups(40-60 yards or so) and even has a 4 bed travel trailer for your use. We paid $2375 each for 4 hunters.
Hunters to the North are like-minded hunters that are all about management and to the north of them is another ranch operated by a friend of mine (Crooked Wing Outfitters) and is likewise managed. 140-160 deer are not uncommon in this area with the chance at some real brutes. I have nothing to do with the website, but www.thermaloutfitters.com rents thermal scopes for weeks and/or months at a time for reasonable prices. Might try them so you can get that mega-hog, he's a bruiser.
Last edited by DocBailey; 01/28/13 09:28 PM.
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Re: The Destroyer!
[Re: DocBailey]
#4001933
01/28/13 09:37 PM
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Rebel.
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Re: The Destroyer!
[Re: Rebel.]
#4001970
01/28/13 09:52 PM
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J.P. Greeson
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That's definitely a corn fed hog!
“Wildlife and its habitat cannot speak, so we must and we will.” – Theodore Roosevelt
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Re: The Destroyer!
[Re: Csddarden]
#4001973
01/28/13 09:53 PM
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Txkiller
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You need to destroy his face with the biggest caliber you have!
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Re: The Destroyer!
[Re: Csddarden]
#4004601
01/29/13 04:52 PM
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elcasador
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Re: The Destroyer!
[Re: Txkiller]
#4004638
01/29/13 05:03 PM
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txshntr
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You need to destroy his face with the biggest caliber you have!
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Re: The Destroyer!
[Re: txshntr]
#4005348
01/29/13 08:36 PM
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Mr. Clean
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You need to destroy his face with the biggest caliber you have! THF GANG HUNT!!!!?
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Re: The Destroyer!
[Re: TF Panther]
#4005738
01/29/13 10:29 PM
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woodwzrd1010
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YEP..........
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Re: The Destroyer!
[Re: Csddarden]
#4005739
01/29/13 10:29 PM
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Posts: 137
Gusval
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My condolence to the feeders. That hog needs to be put down before it destroys anymore feeders.
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Re: The Destroyer!
[Re: Csddarden]
#4006816
01/30/13 03:18 AM
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wayne22-250
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Woodsman
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GOOD LUCK KILLING THE HOG NICE LOOKING OLD BUCK TO
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