Thanks! I got a couple more in the works. Yes, things have improved quite a bit and hopefully that will continue.

Thanks! I have some other bullet projects lined up for future work as well, FYI.

Thanks, Tom!

Yay! Thank you!

Thanks, Jeff! Might have another out very soon.

Happy holidays, Mark!

Visually and in real time, it is easy to spot the hits in the field when they do that.

For sure. I'd have to stifle the urge to giggle like a schoolgirl though. 😁

@@MikeUman We all do.

Thanks, I try to get the distances and hog sizes recorded most of the time. It is interesting to see how the ammo works at various ranges. Sometimes, we just end up with a pile of hogs and I am not certain (come video editing time) which hogs were shot at what distances, hence why some data were missing.

There will be more...

Thanks a lot!

Oh yes!

Thanks!

Not anymore!

Thanks, Phil!

Thanks, Lynn!

Yay! Thank you!

Thanks, even on runners we try to make controlled shots and then correct as needed.

Thanks!

Thanks!

Billions and billions!

Maybe in the future. These compilations take a lot of time to put together.

Thanks. I think it adds some perspective given that thermal makes it hard to tell if it is a big pig at long distance or a small pig up close, sometimes.

While I see where you are coming from, having to shoot a hog more than once is sort of bad form in many cases. HOWEVER, showing some well placed shots that required follow-ups might be good for an educational video. That will take some time to research. I have lots of videos.

Oh but there is MORE. The 2nd 100 will be out in a couple of days, hopefully. The 3rd around the January 1 or 2.

Same to you, thank you!

Thanks! There are plenty of better shooters, LOL.

No, Yogi, other matters came up. 🙁

Carpe Sus - Hog Hunting & More well I hope everything is ok with Mum and your family Brian here’s to a better 2021 mate 🤙🤙

Welcome to the channel, David! I wish we could do eradication. At best we spot-check/kill hogs to help mitigate the damage that they do on the particular properties that I hunt. As a result, the hogs we are killing mostly do not live on the properties that I hunt and instead come into feed from surrounding properties where they have safer refuge as there is less hunting on them. I don't eat feral hogs any more. If a landowner or friend asks for feral hog meat, I will get them some. Otherwise, we split open their bellies and leave them for the buzzards.

Lol, actually, by aiming better!

I know I put bullets into 386 recovered hogs. Some were solely shot by me. Some were jointly shot. Ben probably shot 75-100. Some of those overlap with mine, but from my small area in north Texas, I would guess we took out more than 450 (recovered) hogs. That does not include any lost in thick brush or that managed to run off property.

I shoot 6.5 Grendel. The 'big sound' is because of the placement of the microphone close to the chamber.

Pretty standard and works well for us.

Not making fun of it, just got a kick out of the time two and one came quickly. Really enjoy your content!!

@@danielbutcher5836 that’s my fault - he’s going to make me walk home if I keep doing that ;)

No.

Edited...because this is a compilation of hogs going down when shot.

Thank you!!! In Texas, it is illegal to sell hogs that haven't gone through a 2 part inspection process which includes inspection while alive. So hunted hogs cannot be sold in Texas. They can't be donated to food shelters, either. They can be shared with family and friends, but not for public consumption.

@@CarpeSus Copy that. 👍

I noted the date in the video, LOL. Before that, I was not using anything cheap. I am a fan of quality gear. A good barrel and a good trigger are critical to good shooting in my book. That is probably because I need all the help I can get. Combine that with a good BGC and maybe a piston system and life is good. Don't get me wrong, some of the cheap stuff is still pretty good and some is outstanding. I just haven't experimented with it an nobody has offered to sponsor me with it. Lone Star Armory offered to let me use one of their rifles, no restrictions (I told them that things get messy in the field!). It has been a delight. It is a quality piece of kit and they really stand behind their work.

Some people enjoy them. I don't, anymore. Young males and females are the preferred choices.

確かに！

I haven't hunted without a suppressor on the 6.5 Grendel in 3 or 4 years now.

@@CarpeSus yeah ... that was quite loud.

@@strikezero01 Well, that is why they make volume controls.

I don't eat feral hog anymore. So, yep, about 99% gets left for the coyotes, buzzards, and worms. I will gladly donate a complete carcass to somebody local that wants it, but no longer cut up hogs for people that say they "need" the meat. Most of those people really just want free butchered, bagged, labeled, and refrigerated meat that they can access at their convenience, during a reasonable hour of the day. That puts a lot of undue time and expense on me when my job is supposed to be killing hogs doing damage to people's properties.

To answer your question, neither. We don't do "eradication" and we aren't doing it as some sort of managed fun hunting regiment to maintain the population. We are doing mitigation, plain and simple. Why mitigation and not eradication? Eradication implies killing of all the hogs, which would be great, but we only get access to small parcels of land. We can't kill the hogs on the properties we don't hunt. However, we make a difference to the properties we hunt by killing the hogs we can and driving off hogs that we can't. That reduces the destruction on the properties we hunt and our goal is attained. I am out doing this 3 nights a week. Yes, the Australian rabbit scenario. Interesting case study. You do realize that they failed to accomplish their goal. Despite the fences, drives, and introducing rabbit hemorrhagic fever into the population, there is still a rabbit problem today. www.thoughtco.com/feral-rabbits-in-australia-1434350#:~:text=Currently,%20the%20rabbit%20inhabits%20around%202.5%20million%20square,continent%20has%20is%20now%20threatened%20by%20the%20rabbits.

@@CarpeSus Thanks for the thoughtful reply. Eradication would definitely require a government initiative, to gain access to all properties at once. I see those vids of farmers' fields full of pigs and I wonder that any of them (the farmers that is) can sleep at night, with all their product being chewed up. Unless they can charge enough for hunting rights and make it a business.

@@markhoopertr There are so many issues involved. On any given field I hunt, deer do more crop damage than hogs, but we can't shoot deer for being pest. Hogs do a different kind of damage (rooting) in addition to eating crops and such. Government? They are so good at such things, LOL. Remember, there are still well over 200 million rabbits in Australia.

I never claimed to make a dent in the population. When you treat for roaches or termites in your home, you don't make a dent in the population. I am mitigating the damage done on the properties I protect, however. I can't control hogs on other properties anymore than you can control bugs outside of the area you treat.

Part 2 is linked at the end of the video and Part 3 at the end of Part 2, LOL!