Fall in TX
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Topic: Fall in TX
Posted By: Luv2Q
Subject: Fall in TX
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2014 at 1:44pm
Thought some of our northern friends might enjoy seeing a little TX color. Nothing like our northern climes, of course, but at least there's a little bit of color.  Pix taken late Nov.  Texas, like many other states, is unfortunately overrun with ferral hogs. Here's a batch on the side of the road not far from our house. Imagine if this was your yard! Wish I'd had my pistola with me; could have had some bacon & sausage ..   ------------- John & Teri Tundra 5.7L V8 / RP 180 E2 WDH / Integrated controller (POS) replaced by Tekonsha P3 |
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Posted By: dsmiths
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2014 at 9:22pm
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Man those hogs look like the perfect size for a big old Bar B Q. Whole hog, baked beans and cold beer, Sounds like a podding perfect cookout. ------------- Dane and Donna Smith 2011 RP-172 2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer 4X4 lift kit prodigy wireless brake controller |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2014 at 10:15pm
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Mmmmmm, bacon. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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Posted By: hogone
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2014 at 6:37am
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luv2q: wow on the hogs. is there open season on those, i've read they are very destructive. are they good to eat? are they docile or aggressive? just curious, don't know much about them. bear are coming more prevelent in missouri, a guy hit a 600 pounder a month ago in the southern part. they have been spotted 25 miles south of me. i totally welcome them!! pack "d" looked ruff last night. hogone ------------- Jon & Pam 2013 RP177 2023 F150 2017 HD Streetglide CHEESEHEAD |
Posted By: Luv2Q
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2014 at 10:15am
------------- John & Teri Tundra 5.7L V8 / RP 180 E2 WDH / Integrated controller (POS) replaced by Tekonsha P3 |
Posted By: Old Dingo&Mrs.Dingo
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2014 at 5:45pm
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We have family in Grand Saline, just east of Dallas. Several years ago my wife's cousin showed me the results of the wild hogs "visiting" his hay field. After a day's rain, it looked for all the world like flood damage. He said they just shoot them and bury the carcass. Around here the farmers claim that feral hogs carry diseases and infect the domestic stock. I only know what I've been told, but anyway you look at it, they're a problem. ------------- Old Dingo and/or Mrs. Dingo 181G 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee |
Posted By: hogone
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2014 at 7:51pm
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so is open season 365 days a year? of what i have been reading, it needs to be. obtw, armadillos are around here now too. hogone ------------- Jon & Pam 2013 RP177 2023 F150 2017 HD Streetglide CHEESEHEAD |
Posted By: Luv2Q
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2014 at 10:11pm
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Dingo .. Yep, big problem. Haven't heard of disease problems, but sure could be. They're a dang problem any way you cut it. Hogone .. Yep, no days off for the pigs. Armies? They're not much of a nuisance down here, nothing like the hogs. When you see one on the road, don't try to straddle it. Dumb things hop straight up just about the time the vehicle's right above it. They're blind as a bat. ------------- John & Teri Tundra 5.7L V8 / RP 180 E2 WDH / Integrated controller (POS) replaced by Tekonsha P3 |
Posted By: dsmiths
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2014 at 9:38pm
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Hogone, you have armadillos In Missouri ? I am in Southern Indiana across the river from Louisville Ky and I think we are too cold for dillos. We do have Bob Cats , I have seen them in the past while hiking/hunting in the woods, Had one killed just 12 miles west of me yesterday evening. No feral hogs near me but I understand they are in the Evansville In area. I would like to have a 50 to 75 pounder and dig a big old pit and get a good hard wood fire a going and build some coals, then scrub it, season it, wrap it and put her on the fire . We have lots of Deer, Wild Turkey ( I saw 5 hens behind the house at 2pm ) and other assorted wild game. I want to go podding and cooking. ------------- Dane and Donna Smith 2011 RP-172 2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer 4X4 lift kit prodigy wireless brake controller |
Posted By: Luv2Q
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2014 at 10:46pm
Smiths, your pig pit roast idea sure sounds good. Makes me think of going into hog-hunting mode .. but I'd really rather let my son-in-law handle that end of things. To me, hunting is sometimes like skiing: I often prefer to sip my Jack Daniels & watch someone else do it!.  You say you have Wild Turkey? Heck, that works as well as Jack Daniels!------------- John & Teri Tundra 5.7L V8 / RP 180 E2 WDH / Integrated controller (POS) replaced by Tekonsha P3 |
Posted By: hogone
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2014 at 6:25am
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dsmiths: 10-4 on the dillos, been around for years. not a bunch in st louis area (but some), plenty in southern part of state. cougers(mountain lions), bears, tons of turkey and of course deer. sure wish the timber wolf would return but that will never happen. have a few groups of wild horses in the south as well, they hang along the current river area. hogone ------------- Jon & Pam 2013 RP177 2023 F150 2017 HD Streetglide CHEESEHEAD |
Posted By: dsmiths
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2014 at 11:21pm
Luv2Q, Wild Turkey ohhh yeah. I got a Elijah Craig single barrel 18 years old we bought 10 years ago. Donna Said we are going to uncork it this Christmas. She has been saying that for 10 years. Luv2Q and Hogone, I got an Idea, We get a nice 50 lb hog and cook it in a pit of hardwood coals, circle the pods and pop the cork on that 28 year old bottle of Elijah Craig  ------------- Dane and Donna Smith 2011 RP-172 2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer 4X4 lift kit prodigy wireless brake controller |
Posted By: Luv2Q
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2014 at 12:12am
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Dane, I haven't heard an idea that good in a looong time! Count me in! ------------- John & Teri Tundra 5.7L V8 / RP 180 E2 WDH / Integrated controller (POS) replaced by Tekonsha P3 |
Posted By: hogone
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2014 at 6:21am
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oh my; this has got to happen!!! hogone ------------- Jon & Pam 2013 RP177 2023 F150 2017 HD Streetglide CHEESEHEAD |
Posted By: Podster
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2014 at 8:44am
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You sure you guys wouldn't rather have a nice big green leafy salad? ------------- Cliff & Raelynn Ranger 4.0/178 (1/2 ton 5,800lb tow capacity) |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2014 at 1:27pm
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ROTFLMAO ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual
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Posted By: David and Danette
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2014 at 3:34pm
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If you wanted to do something different you could come down to the everglades and hunt pythons and wild hogs at the same time. Though you won't see to much as far as Fall colors like up north we stay green year around.
------------- 2018 Vista Cruiser 19BFD (2018- 2012 Vibe 6503 (2014-2019) 2009 r-pod 171 (2009-2014) Middle Tn 2014 Ram 1500 Quad cab |
Posted By: hogone
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2014 at 7:38am
ok, i'll blame it on the "pink stuff" last night!!!! what does ROTFLMAO mean? hogone------------- Jon & Pam 2013 RP177 2023 F150 2017 HD Streetglide CHEESEHEAD |
Posted By: Podster
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2014 at 9:10am
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ROTFLMAO, a direct hit on the funny bone resulting in a person Rolling On The Floor, Laughing their "My" (first personal pronoun) A$$ Off. ------------- Cliff & Raelynn Ranger 4.0/178 (1/2 ton 5,800lb tow capacity) |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2014 at 10:58pm
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I got a great visual of you guys sitting around drinking high-end stuff, munching on big salads. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual
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Posted By: Luv2Q
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2014 at 1:04am
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We've got to think positive, I tell ya: We will get a pig! We will get a pig! None of that rabbit food for us. We better look out or they'll be suggesting napkins & finger bowls. ------------- John & Teri Tundra 5.7L V8 / RP 180 E2 WDH / Integrated controller (POS) replaced by Tekonsha P3 |