Got me a Whistle Pig....Finally

[timbo]

This thing was smart...he would run to his burrow every time I tried to open the door to take him down...I've tried since this spring to trap him and/or shoot him...today, he wasn't quite so smart...It was a long shot, about 150 feet.

I didn't want to wound him and have him run to his burrow and die under the barn where I couldn't reach him. One shot with my Marlin Glenfield .22LR dropped him like a stone. Went through his ear and made a pretty big exit wound on the other side of his noggin. I bought this .22lr when I was fifteen back in the 70's. Still shoots like a laser, even after shooting hundreds of thousands of rounds through it... the round that took him down was a CCI Stinger.

I took the carcass to the end of my field and tossed him in the woods for the coyotes and/or vultures to enjoy. There's plenty of those around here.

There's no trapping these varmints and taking them out somewhere else to live...too many cattle around here that can break a leg in a burrow. There's one more that I'm aware of on my property and I'm keeping an eye out for that one too...

 

[240Geezer]

Nice shot.
Can't get rid of mine. Kill one and there's more that show up.

 

[Soundwave]

I didn't know a whistle pig was an actually animal. I thought this was gonna be about whiskey!

 

[timbo]

Nice shot.
Can't get rid of mine. Kill one and there's more that show up.

I was hoping all spring and summer that there were no young'uns under the barn. I figured if there were, they would've made themselves known by now. I was actually surprised how fat this one was. He didn't look like that this past spring.

 

[timbo]

I didn't know a whistle pig was an actually animal. I thought this was gonna be about whiskey!

my dad used to call them that in NH and it's pretty common here in MO to hear them called that too.

 

[mcshooter]

I'd have eat it

 

[Lucas McCain]

And they stink something awful.

 

[timbo]

I'd have eat it

I asked my wife if she wanted me to clean it and cook it up. The blanched look on her face was all I needed. I've eaten it before...tastes a little like greasy pork and this critter was well fattened. All it's been eating was grass and clover in the field.

 

[jkelly1229]

I didn't know a whistle pig was an actually animal. I thought this was gonna be about whiskey!

Me too

 

[mcshooter]

I asked my wife if she wanted me to clean it and cook it up. The blanched look on her face was all I needed. I've eaten it before...tastes a little like greasy pork and it was well fattened. All it's been eating was grass and clover in the field.

Yum

Sounds like dinner

 

[timbo]

Yum

Sounds like dinner

I need a sign here...Woodchuck, it's what's for dinner.

Most of the farms out here have signs that say "Beef, it's what's for dinner".

 

[timbo]

Me too

LOL...I had to look it up...I didn't know there was such a thing as Whistlepig Whiskey, probably because I don't really care for rye whisky. It makes sense now why my dad called them whistle pigs living in northern NH. Oddly, it's a thing out here too.

 

[jkelly1229]

LOL...I had to look it up...I didn't know there was such a thing as Whistlepig Whiskey, probably because I don't really care for rye whisky. It makes sense now why my dad called them whistle pigs living in northern NH. Oddly, it's a thing out here too.

Its "rye" but Canadian lol. It was whiskey bought from the Great north then resold as whistle pig until the distillery got online

They've been adding their own whiskey to it... it's overrated

 

[Asaltweapon]

That ain’t going chuck no more wood.

 

[WojtekWeaponry]

Fantastic. I didn't bag any whistlepigs this year as I was busy as balls at my office but they are enjoyable to hunt.

 

[Caveman]

I had so much fun hunting these as a kid with my 22lr. First thing I learned to stalk. Worming up the back side of the hill to overlook the fields. Moving less waiting to see them move first.

 

[PaulR]

They make a really, really, really good Rye.
$$$ though. ~$80 a bottle.

 

[enbloc]

 

[timbo]

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I shot it from inside the mudroom that goes out to the back yard/field...I used the partially closed outside back door as a blind. My wife was watching the chuck from the kitchen window. When she heard the report and the chuck drop where it was sitting, she said "Nice shot"! She was impressed. God, I love my wife! LOL

 

[enbloc]

This looks "So somewhere other than Massachusetts..."
PS: Don't eat it...

 

[enbloc]

I shot it from inside the mudroom that goes out to the back yard/field...I used the partially closed outside back door as a blind. My wife was watching the chuck from the kitchen window. When she heard the report and the chuck drop where it was sitting, she said "Nice shot"! She was impressed. God, I love my wife! LOL

On the plus side: You did not shoot from the second-floor bathroom... seated.

 

[jasonj84]

I thought this was another whiskey thread...Glad there is no Whistle Pig shortage.

 

[timbo]

This looks "So somewhere other than Massachusetts..."
PS: Don't eat it...
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It isn't (mass, LOL) and I won't (eat it). I heard a bunch of coyotes fighting over it last night. I may take a walk down there and see what's left of it. We also have a bear and bobcat in the area so they may have noticed it too.

 

[enbloc]

It isn't (mass, LOL) and I won't (eat it). I heard a bunch of coyotes fighting over it last night. I may take a walk down there and see what's left of it. We also have a bear and bobcat in the area so they may have noticed it too.

You collecting the whole set...???

 

[timbo]

You collecting the whole set...???

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No but as soon as deer season opens up