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Omelet wrote:

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Isabella Woodhouse wrote:

Good grief, am I getting ripped off!

Look for Lou Ana bramd?

That is the only brand I can find around here. Incredible. You pay $6
for a gal and I have to pay that for less than a quart!

Huh. Might be location... I'm in central Texas.

I'm trying to clear my deep freeze at the moment in anticipation of
being allowed to go feral hog hunting.

Are these escaped pig descendants or truly wild ones?

Feral hogs, not wild pigs (Javalinas etc.).
They are actually supposed to be better eating. I have yet to try one
but have heard nothing but good. They are pests on many properties North
of here!

Oh I have no doubt they will be better eating than the typical grocery
store cardb....uh..... pork they sell now.

giggles

"When the boar breaks cover, there is only you and your spear."
~ Robert Jordan, Wheel of Time

lol Yeah, spearing a hog might be a great adventure, but I'm too old
for that. I'll use my trusty .308. ;-)

Heh... thought that might give you a little chuckle. Those must be
pretty darn big hogs! Winchester? Browning?

Winchester lever action, model 88.
Dad gave it to me for my 16th birthday so I've had it for 30 years.
Kicks like a mule, but not too bad if you bench it right.

I could use the AR-15 and I'm told .223 would work for hogs, but I'd
rather make sure I get a 1 shot kill and prefer a head shot.

I just had a feeling it might be a Winchester. I wouldn't use a .22
either though they are great for small, irritating pests like squirrels.
Too bad they don't have heat-seeking nano-missiles for the moles.

Ob gardens: The feral hogs really do a number on some people's gardens
so welcome hunters in some areas. And yes, some of them can get to be
quite large!

My DH was telling me he used to see them all the time at Fort Sill---
those and the armadillos. I was sitting at the table cutting beans the
other day (what else do I ever do anymore?) and one of my ancho pepper
plants on the deck started shaking like crazy. I watched as a squirrel
chewed right though my lashing I had used to anchor the stake (they get
so high!) to my deck rail. There must be millions of acorns and walnuts
in the forest right behind our house. But nooooooooooo..... they have
to come up on the deck after my peppers--- which do exceptionally well
in September and October btw. I don't bother them unless they bother
me.

And returning to heirloom tomatoes, they had them at the grocery
today... in a cooler! Ick!

Isabella
--
"I will show you fear in a handful of dust"
-T.S. Eliot