BeardownAZ

Id like to say I don't care but I do. However I looked once and saw nothing last Friday so I figure I didn't get drawn. Business as usual. When people with no points or 2-3 points can get drawn over a person with 15-18 points, especially when some people get drawn year after year on coveted tags, the system is seriously flawed. Yes, I'm alittle bitter

Agreed. Also learned a lot on bullet selection and what I thought was good was actually not. Fun animal to hunt

Awesome! I love to see these open sight hunts. Agreed with what you said about forcing it to be fun and interesting. Doesn't seem as fun to hunt them with long range scoped rifles. Keeps it more challenging with open sights or pistols.

Very cool. Always like seeing posts about different type of hunting guns other then the usual kind. 7.62x39 is a good round and very underrated in my opinion. In the right guns, even AKs, it can be pretty accurate even with the abundant cheap ammo. Got an Arsenal AK I plan on hunting pigs with open sights next year. Can't wait.

BenBrown, Another part of the problem is there are to many people so loyal to a certain company, they refuse to acknowledege that there is a issue when there is one and underplay it. As you stated, if proper firearms safety is practiced, no one would ever get hurt regardless. However, a gun going off when the safety is released is still a problem. Imagine the uproar if a vehicle went full throttle and you couldn't stop it once the break was released? There would be heck to pay, as there should be. I will sell my Remington 700 once its back from them. I am done with them. They knew it was an issue but refused to take care of it. That's really what bothers me the most.

Have you been handcalling mostly or electronic? We seen a ton of coyotes on the HAM hunt using the javelina calls. Wish I had taken my rifle. Good Job!

I have the OD green pair made by Howard Leight?? paid like $40 or $50. I've had em for 5 or 6 years maybe more. Seem pretty good. I have no complaints. But Im not selling mine

Well the antis will go after anything, but Remington isn't helping itself either by having the QA issues it's been having. I only own one 700 and it has been recalled. Wish I could just get my money back and buy a Savage or a Tikka.

Never really been into javelina or desired to hunt them. However I thought it would be cool to try a ham hunt using a regular self defense type pistol. Man, was I humbled this weekend with my shooting abilities. Me and two friends, who like to hunt javelina, went in on this together. We found plenty of pig and got within distance plenty of times but finalizing it wasn't so easy. I don't know if it because we under estimated them or over estimated our shooting ability but needless to say, it's like Javelinas 7(or more) - Hunters 0. Still a blast either way. I will say, semi autos and pigs make for a challenge that's for sure. We were using a Glock 22, 20 and a 1911. All factory standard.

It's not letting me upload photos for some reason. I'll keep trying and get them posted. If someone PMs me there number I can send it. It keeps saying no file chosen for upload

Well we were down in some grassy flats looking for pig in the brushy washes when one of my buddies spotted two coyotes about 150 yards away. They had no idea we were there. So my buddy said "should I lip squeak and see if they come in? " Sure why not, I told him. Figured what the heck, what do we have to lose. Next thing you know, here they come once he starts. All three of us kneel down in the grass and pull our pistols thinking no way they will ever get close enough. One heads in straight towards us at a trot, the other splits off too our left, trying to flank us. Next thing you know at about 40-50 yards the one jumps up over a bush and stops right in front of us. I take a shot and miss, take another as he runs, and by chance on the third shot, nail em. All I see was feet in the air and then disappear in the grass. With total disbelief, we walk over and there he is dead. Of course with the first shot, the other one bolts before our other buddy can see it too shoot. The whole sequence is still unbelievable. From simply lip squeaking them all the way to pistol range to hitting him on the run. It was possible the coolest thing I've seen hunting ever. Couldn't do that twice again if we had too.

Thats a fact! I hit a coyote this hunt with that same 10mm and he died instantly. Not to sound morbid or weird but I guarantee a large man could not handle being hit the way those pigs got stuck. It was unbelievable how tough they were to get down.

Toughest little animal I've ever shot at. The one blooded up is my buddy's. it took 3 shots from a Glock 10mm and a finishing shot from a 44 mag to kill it. The other one was killed with two shots with from a 10mm. I still can't believe how they take shot and run like they were never touched. Mine never bleed one bit. I have much new respect for an animal I never thought twice about. Sorry for the crappy pics and less then wonderful write up, lol.

Well bummer. The first two days we hunted in my buddies honey hole, we noticed the pigs were extremely skittish and quick to completely leave the area. He said this was unusual. It seems someone has been poaching in there. We found three pigs dead, not real recent but last month or so in the wash we were hunting. Just left within feet of each other. Today, we couldn't find pig to save our life except one and he cleared out of the country ASAP. Something tells me,us, that someone or some people are going in there a lot more then we realize and taking game. We have not seen one vehicle in this area any of the days we have hunted. Sucks when this happens

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I think most pistol calibers will work fine within reasonable distance. I would love to have a Smith and Wesson R8 357 mag just for hunting. I think pig and coyote calling with that would be fun. Kinda pricey though. Might even do a rifle hunt next year with an open sights AK. Really digging this up close stuff more.

I just started this year hunting javelina. And the area we are hunting, has been hunted a lot over the years by the friend I'm hunting with and they seem to love the area no matter what. He said he's never not seen javelina in this area despite pigs being killed in the area.

How far away would you guess the coati was? How accurate are the 5.7s? Thought that would be an interesting round to hunt with.

Yeah I was out using my Glock 20 for the first time. I think flinching or over squeezing and pulling happened. Need to practice more that's for sure. But fun and a lot of learning took place.

Your better then me or us Desertmafia, we failed horribly. Made for a lot of good laughs all of us missing with pigs running everywhere

yes its a lot of fun

With Ozark Trail making tumblers and coolers(if they were ever in stock), the competition is only gonna put more pressure on Yeti. Once RTIC redesigns the cooler, that will be just another reason tonot pay Yetis prices once again. Good Luck on Yeti spending the coin going against Walmart(Ozark Trail). I have no issue with Yetis other then what I think is a ridiculous price. I guess some don't mind as long they can put a cool sticker on the back of there truck, lol.

maybe yeti will come off there high horse and sell at reasonable prices now that there game has been figured out. I refuse to buy there stuff at there ridiculous prices. But $140 bucks shipped, definitely worth a try

Walmart has the Ozark Trail softpak coolers for $45. I believe they are the 30.