The Lodge

[AlienXtx]

Sinister- I've never taken a long trip in my truck so I'm no help

Red- ask Tex about the camera because i don't use them or atleast I never have.

 

[tex]

i just bought a stealth cam today to use to hopefully figure out the patterns of all the dam hogs back home so we can kill em all. whats the best setting to use to make it last for at least 7 days? i put the camera on 2 stars & 1mn dead time w/ it on setting A... is there a better setting i need to use to get the best out of this cam?

The cams we use are stealth cams. I am not sure what the settings are but they have been taking 3000-4000 pics over 6 weeks or so on the same set of batteries. I think the dealy is 30 or 60 seconds between pics once it is triggered. dont worry about the battery life, they last A LOT longer than 7 days. Make sure you have a big enough memory card. We are running 1 gig cards in all of the cams.

 

[balakay]

We don't have stealth cams but whatever we have we just hooked a 6v up with a solar charger and don't have to worry about the batteries dying. May work with a stealth cam?

 

[AlienXtx]

Yeah it should, they have those for feeder batteries too. I was just telling dad on Sunday he needed one for his feeder.

 

[kinetik873]

Alright fellas, I'm going hog hunting in Ok this fall (first time), with my .223, what weight of bullet do ya'll reccomend? I am thinking .77gr. Black hills for the punch they have, but would something lighter work? I amy take my .308 out as well.

 

[AlienXtx]

That .223 will work fine in the 100-200 yrd range (that's what my dad uses) I'm not sure on the grain he uses but I shoot 45 grain out of my .204 and they don't seem to like it very much. The .308 would deff be good to bring if you run up on a 300lb plus hogg because they start getting that armored layer pretty thick around that size especially the boars.

 

[balakay]

Just bought a Savage .17 HM2

 

[texasislandboy]

Just bought a Savage .17 HM2

those are nice you should have gotten the .17 hmr not the 2 the hmr2 is a necked down long rifle and the hmr is a necked down .22 mag

 

[balakay]

We wanted an HMR but decided on the HM2 for a few different reasons. It's just going to be used to wound some pigs anyway.

 

[drew02a]

We wanted an HMR but decided on the HM2 for a few different reasons. It's just going to be used to wound some pigs anyway.

WTF, why are you shooting hogs with a .17? That's messed up.

 

[texasislandboy]

naw ask jason they get fucked up hit them in the head they drop

 

[drew02a]

naw ask jason they get fucked up hit them in the head they drop

Yeah, but there's no reason not to kill them with a real bullet. I think shooting big game with tiny bullets is retarded. If your gonna kill it, do it quick.

 

[AlienXtx]

Hogs are a pest and most get left were they fall, shooting them with a smaller round means they run off and die on your neibors place instead.

 

[balakay]

What Keith said. I'm not going to eat all the hogs I shoot and I don't want to drag them off. Shoot them in the stomach with a .22 or .17 and they run off and bleed out and die in the creek bed. If it's one that I plan to eat I'll shoot it with the .257.

 

[AlienXtx]

Exactly, if it over 100lbs it's trash. Unless you bag a big ass Boar, then you just need the head for euro mount.

 

[AlienXtx]

Here are a few pics from yesterday, this is at one of our park & rides in the woodlands. I already have the perfect stand location picked out...

 

[tex]

be sure to use your bow so no one living near by hears you.

 

[AlienXtx]

That's all i use anyway....

 

[drew02a]

That's all i use anyway....

That and your avid light bar

 

[AlienXtx]

That and your avid light bar

Only on hogs, ill use a gun on them fuckers too. But I only shoot deer with a bow