Lads: This is almost too silly to share, but....
This morning, just at first light, I was sitting on my porch and a wild pig appeared,ranging along the edge of my forest about 60 yds away. I very quietly went inside, loaded my rifle and crept back out - it was still there! I sat on the porch to steady the rifle, leveled down on it and took the shot. It dropped like the proverbial stone, my dogs went nuts at the noise, and my wife came racing down the stairs to see what it he heck was going on!!!!! "Lousy way to wake up" was her only comment. It turns out it was a 145 lb sow, perhaps 18 mos old, and very chubby. So, pork for dinner!

Talk about lazy hunting....I almost feel guilty....almost.

Col Boone

Ps Oh, it is year-round open season on pig in Hawaii and I live on 5 acres, so no laws were broken - only the silence of a peaceful morning.

Col., Nice wake up call. Good shooting. Enjoy your ham!
Chasing Crow

Chasing Crow - Thanks, but as I said, I almost feel guilty. While you and I might think that was a nice wakeup call,the Mrs definitely did not!! I heard about it just about non-stop until she left for work....

No darn gratitude.

Though she did not like the early hour wakeup, I can guarantee she will love the pork! Got it butchered and in the frige to mellow a bit before I cook or freeze it.

Shot was just behind the foreleg - an excellent spot. Ball went clear through.

.490 ball, .015 patch, 50 grains in a .50 cal.

Col Boone

Lads: Well, "it ain't over until its' over"...
Seems the sound of a .50 cal rifle does travel a bit and my neighbors (most of whom are politically correct liberals) called the local police about "hearing a shot yesterday morning". Oops! So, today I had a visit by a pair of nice officers, one of whom I know from the local gun club. Says he, "say, did you here anyone discharge a firearm yesterday morning?". "Yep" says I, "'twas me". He smiled and said, "I figured as much....did you get it?" I said I did and offered him some nice brisket - he said, "you know I cannot do that, but I do have to tell you that shooting on your place is pushing the limits a bit". Message received....but, I told him, "look, if I see wild pig ravaging my vegie garden I will take care of it" and he smiled and replied, "well, be careful".

Gee, Lads, you cannot do ANYTHING these days, it seems....

Col Boone

Well, Col. Boone, congrats on the meat in the freezer. Too bad about the nosy neighbors, though. I gotta admit, it tickles me the way some folks get their knickers in a knot.

What business is it of theirs anyway?

Dave - Well, our village is a mix of the older, large properties (such as ours) and smaller,newly settle pieces. Of late I find that those are being taken up by folks "escaping" the crowded city of Honolulu and bringing their urban values out here...sort of "precious", one might say. Even the THOUGHT of somebody shooting gets them stirred up, and when they hear you have actually "killed" something they really get agitated. Well, I have lived up here for 40 years and "this is the way we do things".....so, it is up to them to catch up, I figure. Still, I guess I got to watch that - the police were real nice, but their message was clear. Though the letter of the law here makes it ok for me to shoot on my agriculturally zoned 5 acres, the matter of "reckless endangerment" could be raised, causing a lot of hassles.

Col Boone

Col.Boone just set back and wait,when those cute little curlie tailed piggie wiggies,start rooting up everything in sight!!!!!!!!!! THEY WILL SOON BECOME THOSE --- ----- ---- ----- pigs. YOU FILL IN THE WORDS AS THE NEIGHBORS SAY THEM,as the lawns and flowers get more expensive and extensive keep the kids further away.Same in these areas,cute cuddlie bambie isnt anymore when they are found neck deep in the planted gardens.

Years ago a very anti hunting friend of my wife's moved up to Orcas Island in the Washington San Juans. Jobs were scarce so she and her husband opened a nursery and sunk all their ready cash, about $3500 into nursery stock. The morning after they took delivery they awoke to find $3500 worth of empty pots. Deer had eaten every speck of nursery stock showing above the soil. Needless to say Bambi instantly became a $)(&^@^& side hill rabbit and open game. They survived (barely) the financial loss, and became very fond of venison. I had an old single shot 12 ga I gave 'em and Bill bought a Lee Loader and components to shoot deer with. He became very proficient at knocking down deer with that old pot-iron. He shot six to ten deer a year for many years up there.

Three Hawks

Three Hawks - Oh, yes..THAT little problem. I do get calls now and then wanting me to go hunt pigs that are devastating their gardens, but hesitate because of the urban growth around here. Up on Kauai my Bro in Law, a famed bow hunter, gets calls all the time. He gladly stakes out a stand in their yards at dawn and brings the pigs down nice and quiet. The wild pig problem in Hawaii is severe - even on Oahu, in the outskirts of urban Honolulu, residents are plagued by "pig attacks" on their gardens. There they trap them, but the politically correct folks won't let them be killed!! They release them (so they can munch somebody else's garden!).

Col Boone

Col.Boone I'd say the folks around your area should be well fed if they like pork.Give the culprate to the local food bank might be a solution.Never found anything wrong with pork baisted in the right mixture of citrus and honey,slow roasted over a pit.
Never look a gift pig in the mouth,just call the crew.

Walking Crow - Your commment about the Food Bank is right on and we have tried....BUT, they refuse it saying, "if it is not USDA approved we cannot serve it"! Amazing. The pig hunters on Oahu tried this two years ago and were met with the same answer. They petitioned the Legislature, but those clowns also turned it down stating, "we don't want to encourage folks to go out and shoot animals". My goodness....what an attitude!!! Face it, Lads, things are just going to h..l around us!

Col Boone

yep, ran into the same thing at several "soup kitchens"...the folks running it wanted the venison, BUT it had to be processed by a certified meat processor(which costs some $$)and the soup kitchen didn't have the money....our tax dollars at work....one "end around" is to talk to the folks who are eating at the soup kitchen or getting food from a food bank-had a couple of folks more than grateful for the meat and I enjoyed showing them how to semi-process it...

When ever I have EXTRA game to give away I just look for a family that will use it and take it to them.I wrap and lable it as to I harvested it so the DFW wont tag them for game they didnt harvest.Big Brother will starve waiting for the food inspectors.They are what I refer to "citieots",that is a combination of city and idiots.
Never had anyone who was hungry or down on their luck look over food for an inspection lable.
Though I can understand the food banks point,they are some lawyers just waiting to chase an ambulance.Cut out the middleperson(P.C)go direct too the needy.

Col. Boone,

Quk qust. here... Did anyone ever import Bambi to Hawaii?? Way back when??? Just wonderin'?

Tin Type: Oh yes, Bambi and descendants are here in force. On Molokai and Lanai (two of the Islands) they have now made solid inroads and are hunted each year, especially by muzzle loaders (most all of those the hated inlines). On Maui deer have become a real problem - just as on the US Mainland they wander into gardens, etc, etc. However, Hawaii has a "nuisance animal" license you can obtain for just such a problem. Recently my nephew (he shoots a Hawken percussion) was asked by the owner of an estate to take care of some deer who were ravishing his grounds. He picked up two medium sized ones in a single night and this was right in the middle of a very posh area of estates, etc, right on the beach!

Yep, Bambi is here, just not in much profusion on the Island where I live (the Big Island, southern most in the chain, where the active volcanoes are located). What we got to spare is wild pig!!! They are a real problem.

Col Boone

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seems like some of the tree hugging liberals from connecticut moved to Hawaii...sorry dude...thought we had them all penned up...;-)

Jimbow - Oh, no, they are here in force. It is amazing how they spread. Worse than H1N1, it seems.

Too bad there is no vaccine.

Col Boone