I live in DFW, I’m a degreed professional with a great job and more than enough frequent flier miles. Been to Iraq twice. Honorable discharge. Just bought my first house. I haven’t done shit for myself for fun in years, and I just want to shoot some damn pigs. Or a deer. I’ve never done that, either. I’ve never been. Any potential father figures want to adopt a 6’4’’ 265 lb former Scout/Sniper and take him hunting pigs I’m game.
Beggars can’t be choosers, but I would prefer to be stalking them and not sitting in a stand. I can cover expenses or lodging if it would help, and yes, I know I can just pay an outfitter, but that’s not really the experience I’m looking for. I would pay extra if your hogs have laser beams or shoot back as well, and I can entertain your with war stories about the activities that occur in porta potties or the mustaches I grew. Thanks!
Good luck. We need a “Introduce a member to hunting” forum or something. I’ve been trying to find someone to teach me deer hunting (or reloading) for years.
You know you’re literally an hour or two (at the most) away from great hog hunting right? If I were you I would start looking for a good lease. Make sure you’re leasing directly from the land owner (no brokers) and iron out everything in writing.
I’d also suggest the “texashuntingforum.com”. Even though those asshats banned me, the members are a decent bunch and will probably be able to help you out, just steer clear of their “moderators”.
Just wanted to drop an update. I met up with a member on here named TXBK. Never done this before, didn’t know what to experience. He took me out on his land here in TX, we kitted up and hiked 200 acres of some of the most beautiful Texas country I have seen. We didn’t see a single damn pig! Plenty of tracks, three jackrabbits, and an armadillo, but didn’t fire a single round. The moral of the story is this- we both had an amazing time. It was a great opportunity to meet up with someone who has similar interests, strap on our gear and start walking. It was an awesome experience and test of both our physical abilities and how we have our gear set up. It taught me that although my cardio was on point, when we spent over a mile hiking through a sandy dried out creek bed it taught be that my legs weren’t used to the stabilization and wearing my old combat boots. I had a chance to show TXBK why I camo all of my rifles.
At the end of the day, I made a good friend, learned, and grew my network of good, hardworking American’s that I can turn to should the shit hits the fan. And I hunted something with four legs for the first time I would HIGHLY recommend that more of us on this website get together in person and get out there rather than post on here. You never know who you might meet, what you might learn, or how you might grow. Having all of the latest high-speed gear doesn’t matter if you can’t carry it for eight hours…or it makes noise… or shines. GET OUT THERE!
That being said, I do have tons of frequent flier miles, and am definitely able to travel if someone has hogs they want dead!
TXBK is a very fine fellow. I’m glad you had a chance to hunt with him.
And just like you said, there’s a lot more to hunting than just putting meat in the freezer. I’d say your hunting trip was very successful. Glad you both had a good day.
I was a bit apprehensive to respond at first, for various reasons. You never know these days. I’m mean if Chris was lying about his character, experience, and accomplishments…he probably wasn’t lying about his stature and I know that he will be armed. I was weighing the options between great guy just looking for some dang pigs to shoot, and horrible blind internet dude-date gone wrong. Turns out that Chris is just the man he proclaimed to be, and I didn’t have to spend the rest of my life deceased or talking to a therapist.
We covered a lot of ground. Through the woods, across the pasture, up the hill, down the hill, up the hill, down the hill, across the creek, across the pasture, across the creek, down the creek for a really long time, up the hill, through the woods, back to the truck, throw in some fences and briars and we had a heck of a Sunday afternoon hike. We probably made 4 or 5 miles through some pretty rough country. It stinks that we didn’t find what we were after, but that was the type of hunt you were after. I guarantee you that I could had you in and out in a couple hours with a couple pigs, but you would have been sitting in a stand looking at a corn feeder.
I had a great time, and got a good work-out on top of that. We had some good conversation, and I learned a few things. Best part is that I made a friend, and like he said just improved my network.
If you are apprehensive about taking Chris on a hunt, don’t be. He is respectful, responsible, and genuinely good people.
