MLK Day Granger cold and wet hog hunt

[Mister Bubba's bulletman]

While most Texicans were crawling back in bed after looking at the forecast, I was convinced by the Recruiter that I needed to go hunt hogs in the rain.

I met up with the Recruiter at the Dutchess on 95 at Circleville.

We couldn't convince any of the others to go. I wonder why?

We decided on pushing a few points in and around Willis Creek in unit G, H and unit I. We have had good success in each of those units before.

We saw lots of fresh sighs but never saw a Hog, Buck, Doe, Skunk, Coon, Possum, Beaver, Nutria, or any mammal other than ourselves or anything else except Ducks, a few Dove and thats it.

Nothing else. Didn't even hear or see a Crow.

We probably walked 6 or 7 miles and nothing.

Everything was laying low in the warmest spot it could find and it wasn't where we were.

It turned out to be a good reminder why I love Gortex so much when it rains and why I hate Gortex so much when I walk several miles and it's not freezing cold.

So the hogs got a by today. Maybe next time.

For those who didn't know, Granger does have Beaver.

Anybody else hunt in the rain today?

[txbowkill]

have once or twice, thats why they call it hunting

[Firecuss]

OH LORD I am going to starve the weekend of the 22,23,24th.
Any Beaver recipes out there.

[Swat791]

OH LORD I am going to starve the weekend of the 22,23,24th.

You can always eat beaver! If prepared right it can taste great...

[Rat]

Funny you should ask!
Fried beaver tail

[Rat]

And everyone knows THERE AIN'T NO HOGS AT GRANGER!

[Mister Bubba's bulletman]

Beaver or Nutria?

I forgot I took this photo while out on one of the points today near Willis Creek Park.

Can anybody tell me what made it and how came to determined your conclusion?

[Rat]

Beaver; tooth marks

[Dahmer]

Thats where a beaver is cutting down that tree.


There are NO hogs at Granger. Remember that and everything will be fine.

[Mister Bubba's bulletman]

How would a Nutria's work look different?

[Dahmer]

How would a Nutria's work look different?

I have no idea. I just know how thier heads explode when you hit them with a .223!

[Mister Bubba's bulletman]

I have no idea. I just know how thier heads explode when you hit them with a .223!

Well I thought you would say something like

"you can tell it's Beaver because the Nutria always leave beer bottles around after they finish".

But I like exploding heads too.

[Rat]

Nutria (Coypu) do not eat the hardened stems of plants, preferring the green and or leafy plants to bark or hard-stemed plants. They feed primarily on aquatic vegitation but during winter kills (of water plants) will venture upland to dig for roots and rhizomes.

Coypu tracks differ from Beaver in that the Coypu leaves a distinctive chest drag in it's track, wher a beaver doesn't. Also, looking at the teeth marks between the two rodents, the beaver has much wider teeth, and the Coypu has usually (but not always) a small notch between the teeth marks. Coypu live in burrows usually at the water's edge and do not use debris for hutches like beavers.

Coypu is excelent table fare as well, being an herbivore they taste best just before winter sets in, when they are fattest.

If you find beer bottles next to a work site, it is usually an Armadillo.

[shark]

Rat are you home again? or are you still playing in the sand box? Need together sometime...

[Rat]

I'm home, for good.