Christmas Pigs

[RattlesnakeDan]

 

[Curly Shuffle]

Good on ya!!! Nice going! BANG BANG!! Glad to see some video of you trappin again!

 

[Ratdog68]

Nice work there Dan, good lookin' trio, great eating size too.

 

[RattlesnakeDan]

2 are gone already and the other I'm holding for a gal until Wednesday...she's going to cook it in the ground. The little one is probably on the pit right now and the other is going to be butchered today for Tamales. No waste anyways.

 

[Curly Shuffle]

Wanted to see the rodeo of you catching those critters!!! BANG BANG!! Squeal!!!

 

[RattlesnakeDan]

Wanted to see the rodeo of you catching those critters!!! BANG BANG!! Squeal!!!

You know I can't show it....ancient Chinese secret.

 

[RattlesnakeDan]

I just remembered my trail camera was set up...looks like 6 or 7 hogs were at the trap for a bit before catching the 3. After the catch the outside ones hung around for hours, apparently waiting for their buddies.

 

[Oso Grande]

You're looking a little tired in the after pic, but at least you don't look bloody!

 

[Ratdog68]

You're looking a little tired in the after pic, but at least you don't look bloody!

Hopefully, no more armpit snagging on the tops of hog panel... rough on shirts and hide.

 

[RattlesnakeDan]

You're looking a little tired in the after pic, but at least you don't look bloody!

Maybe...pic was about 1 1/2 hrs later at second property after checking 2nd trap and unloading and setting up original trap on different ranch. The hogs had mellowed enough to get a pic with the tail gate down but they are hog tied!
It used to take an hour to get a pig out, now about 5 minutes per hog..tied up and loaded.

 

[Ratdog68]

You got'choo a system going there, that's good time.

 

[Oso Grande]

Maybe...pic was about 1 1/2 hrs later at second property after checking 2nd trap and unloading and setting up original trap on different ranch. The hogs had mellowed enough to get a pic with the tail gate down but they are hog tied!
It used to take an hour to get a pig out, now about 5 minutes per hog..tied up and loaded.

That was what I was wondering....

Ok now they're trapped, now what? Climb in with them? How do you handle that?

 

[RattlesnakeDan]

Actually I use a lariat, choke them out 1 by 1, drag them out, get on top of them, loosen the rope a bit, tie legs and load...goes pretty quick. I can handle a 200# plus hog without injury or being a big deal anymore. I knew watching the UFC all these years would pay off! LOL

 

[FrankT]

Would love to see that sometime, it looked like it would be a war getting them out, you old dog do it the easy way!! Congrats

 

[RattlesnakeDan]

Would love to see that sometime, it looked like it would be a war getting them out, you old dog do it the easy way!! Congrats

There are a few things that get better with age. Like thinking ahead. Lol

 

[rob072770]

Great job I might have paid money to see hog rodeo!

 

[Ratdog68]

LOL... yea, as we get older pain doesn't just vanish with a few aspirin, a few beers, and 8hrs.' worth of sleep. Good motivator for some fore thought.

 

[Chopperdrvr]

I was wondering how you trained them to just lay there for the picture taking. I was figuring you were a hog whisperer

 

[Ratdog68]

I was wondering how you trained them to just lay there for the picture taking. I was figuring you were a hog whisperer

Instead, he's just running a black-market hog adoption racket.

He's a hog-coyote... smuggling flesh.

 

[Homebrewer]

Good job on trappin' and tieing up that trio of hogs. I like the photo of the hogs in your truck!
Do you also get a delivery of tamales from one of your hog deals?

Dennis