Nice going. :toast
Excellent! Congrats!
I have to admit that when I had the pig hung up ready to be cleaned I had a moment where I was thinking what in the hell have I gotten myself into?!?!?! I was thinking that maybe I should have waited until I was more prepared to clean the pig… I had never done anything like that before and I didn’t really know where to start. To give myself few minutes to think the process through I went and got two buckets of water and a cleaning brush and I washed the pig. Later my wife said it was funny to see this “city guy” in hunting camo clothes and rubber boots giving a dead pig a bath under the tree. She said our son even asked her if he should get the soap. Once I started I began to remember what I had read on various internet sites and saw on Youtube and it “came” to me. Now I realize that the real work begins AFTER shooting the animal.
Now that I got my hand “dirty” I want to expand out a little bit. Later this year I want to try hunting at a WMA to see what that’s like. I’m going to get a game cart and a tree climber stand and practice using it. I like that Remington model 7 rifle a lot now but I want to use the Marlin 30-30 next time to see how well that rifle works. Whether I get a pig or not I’m sure I’ll enjoy that experience too.
BTW. Nest time I’ll have to take some more pictures as I realized in the excitement I only took one picture of the whole event.
Soap! LoL!!! You're right the work starts after the shooting is done.
I remember shooting a hog about 15 minutes after getting into my stand. I thought it was around 80-90 lbs. It got bigger and bigger as I got closer. It ended up being 160+ but the drag out took atleast an hour. I had to drag him through the swamp and then down a sugar sand fire break the last 150 yards. This was coming off a broken wrist too!
I like you hadn't gutted a hog before and didn't know what to do. I drove to my friends house and he helped me out. Once you get a few under your belt it will become natural.
I like you hadn't gutted a hog before and didn't know what to do. I drove to my friends house and he helped me out. Once you get a few under your belt it will become natural.
If I knew someone who knows how it's done I think I would have tossed the whole pig in the ice chest and drove over with a case of beer. Unfortunately, or fortunately, I didn't know anyone who could help so I had to learn and figure out as I was doing it. It turned out for the best as I don't think it's something you can really learn until you get your hands in it and just do it.
BTW. is the cleaning process for a deer similar to hog? Is the deer harder or easier than hog?
