 That's a big pig We are deep in the heart of Texas at night and what comes out in the farmers fields It is they nasty crop-destroying Lone Star size Monster boars. I was hanging out with some friends after a dove hunt and these farmers around the area have given them permission to go out and Take as many of these hogs out as possible. I'll get into why hogs are such a problem here in a minute But right now we're heading out on a long dirt road into one of these farmers fields That's trying to get rid of these hogs, but what's written around in these fields right now is nothing short That got him Shown a lot of my last bullet seriously, yeah What happened Justin dude, you just shot at a freaking huge pig They're brax them with us. He had an eye brand out of bullets. I ran out of bullets So we both ran out of bullets. Anyway, we got him on the road. I think he's down I got it. That is a Manda This thing is freaking huge. It's over 300 pounds probably solid as a freaking rock I shot it with a 6-8 hit it started running Braxton, what were you shooting? Look out through it 308 Braxton hit it with a 308 finished it off Dude, this is the biggest this is the biggest hog ever shot. Put a light on those cutters. Look at these cutters right here, man Look at the cutters the shoulders on this dude, so tough This is a nasty nasty bore. I think it's head up. That's an area you can see how really big it is It's taken all of us to drag this freaking thing. Look at the net back there. Oh, dude That's the next pig I've ever shot though The crazy thing is Coyotes out here too So let's talk about these feral hogs for a moment Universities and parks and wildlife are still studying the expansion and the biology of these feral hogs that were introduced here Many many years ago The reproductive levels are just way more intense than other animal species that are native to the united states Unless you're talking about like a rabbit or something like that these feral hogs They can have two maybe even three litters a year their gestation period isn't even that long they have the capability to be Sexually mature at about six months old So you're talking about a little piglet six months later that female pig is going to spit out You know six to a dozen Other pigs and then do that two to three times a year You're talking about two hogs turned into several dozen hogs at just a year period So some experts in some universities say that Eradicating populations of hogs is just impossible. Luckily in texas We have a huge outdoorsman population that loves taking these hogs and their meat is actually really good The boars are not good. They're pretty nasty, especially when they get big young hogs very tasty It's leaner than your typical pork you'd get at the grocery store But still it's pretty good The problem is and this is where state and other experts step in is the damage That they cause these little routers farmers across texas alone experience several millions of dollars And damage from these hogs every year. So they have terrible agricultural effects But they also have some biological consequences as well With other invasive species that you see and they just will eat anything, you know ground nesting bird eggs They'll eat snakes. They'll eat all sorts of roots and tubers and things like that where trees and other plants will no longer Grow in that area, but they'll sometimes also take, you know, baby fawns and other things I mean a big hog will eat other little pigs. It'll eat anything. They're just voracious eaters I'm sure the majestic whitetails have no pity on these guys I could every time I shoot all the gun smoke. I can't see with the light So I can't reshoot My six eight has been put to work and we got a couple hogs down pretty much everyone I've hunted with for hogs at night You're hunting with a thermal scope and then a suppressor suppressors are amazing for the gun Not only does it knock down the noise. It also takes down the recoil dramatically The six eight is becoming a really popular sportsman's caliber for hogs Mule deer whitetail if you look at the bullet, it's not too much bigger than a 223 But it packs a nasty punch now. I don't have a thermal on here But I've got a lot of buddies that do it is a total game changer This is the solution I have right now for hunting at night is just using my leopold scope, which is pretty good and low light This is the vx6 hd But something I've been wanting to do for a nighttime video is put a weapons mount light on here And I'm in the process of doing one with my bow right now as well with a specialized bow flashlight Now obviously it works out great because you have buddies that with thermals and you can sneak up on the hogs They have terrible eyesight. They have great smell. You got to play the wind out But you can get 50 yards even closer With a rifle and then it just makes your odds tremendous plus if you got a flashlight a weapons mount flashlight You're going to throw that on 50 yards pretty easily This company o-light sent me some of their flashlights to play around with and this is their m2 warrior tactical flashlight you can Take it out of this weapons mount and just use it as a regular flashlight and you can have your Just your standard little light and then if you really want to step things up You just bam hit the turbo and then you can also put a weapons mount pressure trigger On the back so that you don't have to actually put your hand on the flashlight if you don't want to But it's actually pretty easy with your hand being right here in the situation I was in to throw that light on and then acquire your target and pull the trigger So this one's 1500 lumens and I felt pretty comfortable taking a shot out to 60 70 yards with the scope that I had on there There's one problem though If you're going to try using these weapon mounts lights at night with the suppressor and that is The smoke coming out of the barrel wasps right in front of your big light beam It's like having your your brights on on your car on a foggy night So it's hard to re acquire and then shoot again You pretty much got to hit them on the first shot or farmers. They have got tons Fogs running around. I'm talking. We're seeing dozens in these thermals Into the night with three big old texas hogs two Being 300 pounds or more a small dent in the texas hog population But i'm sure the farmers appreciated it big shout out to mike braxton and brad for coming along on this On after an awesome dove hunt during the day What a way to finish the outdoors in the great state of texas These two big snooters right here are going to be going up in the man fish cave I got a cool url mount wood crafting project I'm going to do on these guys and if y'all are curious about my hunting rifle setup and accessories I'll leave links down in the description where you can check all that out this company o light They also sent me a promo code If you guys want to check out their website check out their lights and stuff and save some money on your next light purchase Link is down in the description before I go y'all make sure to hit that like button for this awesome Nocturnal texas hunt and as always go ahead and subscribe right here to the channel hit the ding dongs for all the Notifications and I hope wherever you already having a blessed day. 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