DaveS

It was an OK show. I thought it was a little cruel letting the dogs chew up the hogs and then trying to knife the pig. I turned it off. I'm alergic to "dumb***s".

Well said Adam!

Traditional Muzzleloader: NO SCOPES ALLOWED, must be "old style" sidelock weapons of either cap or flint. Same with muzzloading pistols and revolvers. Move modern inlines into the same season as modern gun.

My main problem is, when turkey opens I'm way too ready to grab my crossbow and get after pigs!

Sounds like ya'll had a great time!

Whiskey, you need to teach me to call them in!

Everyone has some good ideas. Lets give good sound reasoning for our changes. Maybe we can take all these ideas and put them on paper and submit them to TWRA when they start seeking hunter input. We just have to give good reason and cause for changes.

When I run my shop I toyed with the idea of giving Taxidermy lesson. I still think about giving lessons but logistics would be a nightmare I think. Now that I'm retired from the Fire Department, I may entertain that idea.

I think your ideas are already in place in a few deer units. I'm interested in the broadheads, what would we use?

AWESOME !

Well said Troll!

Hunting off a 4 wheeler is legal on private property this year. I had a chance at a big doe, she stood there staring at me. I couldn't bring my self to shoot her while sitting on the ATV. So, as I got off my ATV to shoot, she ran. It was meant to be I suppose. I'm content with most things as they are. As far as hogs go, my crossbow suits me fine. Would like to hunt them with my muzzleloader though. I can't afford to hunt them with an artillery piece.

Hey brother, does that count for anybody in Montgomery county? After all, I was cheering ya on!

A trophy wild boar. Has to be pure black, between 250 and 275 pounds and have 3+ inches of tusk.

I beleive there should be some regs on them, but in the mean time as we wait for a season on them, how many wild turkey eggs will be eaten? How many duck and geese will have their nests destroyed and the eggs eaten? How many quail eggs? Eggs of ground nesting birds are like candy to a feral hog. One of the areas I hunt was full of turkeys 4 years ago. You could see flocks of them in the fields. Then the hogs showed up. The turkey season of 2010, we seen 2 turkeys the whole season. But we slapped the snot out of a few hogs with bow. Could of killed dozens more if we were allow to use a gun! There has to be a change, we are in serious trouble if not!

Congrats! Nice hog. How much did he weigh? Again, nice hog!

That's a fine lookinf hog Reb!

Thank you.....OK Krull, you got yourself into it.....how did you get away from that one?

I am at a total loss of words. I don't recon I've ever been that drunk before. I did however, see some aliems one time! And they wasn't green like people say. They are actually dark blue....

I got my other hog finished. She's on her way to my trophy room!

All we can do, is write TWRA and voice our opinions. Maybe the envolvement of Quail Unlimited, NWTF and Ducks Unlimited will help us all too. Those are some of the most powerful groups out there.

They are reproducing in rapid numbers in places like LBL, Cross Creeks, Fort Campbell and Barkley WMA. You are just not allow to hunt them in a manner needed to control and/or eradicate them. The USDA and state/federal wildlife officials want hunters to kill every one of them you see. But yet they won't open a season on them. Yes, "pig bomb" is for real, and getting worse! Right in our own back yards!

When you mention "fenced in hunting", in areas where feral hog and/or wild boar do not occur naturally, they MUST be enclosed with "hog proof" fencing. In the areas ya'll mention, you could hunt all day and not see a fence, maybe not even a hog. Your hunt is "guarnteed" mostly if you use dogs. Just my experience is all.

Jimmy Walker in Palmyra does a really good job and he labels everything. However, I do my own.

If I flesh and thin by hand, I like a small curved bladed knife that will fit my hand. And old (must be sharp) curved bladed butcher knife works well for thinning/shaving. Placing a piece of 2x4 or 2x6 under the area of the hide you're working will help you greatly. Another trick you can use to thin a hide down is, build you a 6x8 foot frame of 2x4's. Flesh, pickle and tan the hide as usual. Allow to drain. Lace the deer hide onto the frame using clothesline (I use parachute cord) and small "S" hooks, stretch it tight. Allow hide to completely dry. When dry use an electric sander, and while being extremely careful, sand the hide thin. Any holes you may cut can be repaired later. Take the hide down, soak in a bucket of salt water until pliable. Rinse and drain. When drained, apply your softening oil and proceed as usual. Remember, the thinner a deer hide is, the softer it will finish out. If you need more info, shoot me a PM and I'll give you my phone number and you can give me a call.