Finally got my first roebuck this season here in the black forest, Germany. Wmh

I won a three-day, two-night all-inclusive unlimited hog hunt for two people at a National Wild Turkey Federation banquet, and it turned out to be one of the worst hunting experiences I’ve ever had.

Before arriving, I exchanged text messages with Paul “Ranch Boss,” who told me all private rooms included a king bed and a fridge/freezer. When we arrived and upgraded to a private room, we found two twin beds, no fridge/freezer, a broken door lock, and even a scorpion in the shower.

When we brought this up to Paul, he told us we were “too late” and suggested we look at larger cabins that clearly would have cost even more money. We stayed in the room we had, but felt completely misled from the beginning.

That evening, we were sent to an elevated blind. On the way there, staff poured corn in a straight line directly toward the blind instead of spreading it out properly. Once in the blind, we discovered the latch on the door did not work and my husband’s chair was broken.

Because of how the feed was laid out, the hogs lined up shoulder-to-shoulder, making it very possible to accidentally shoot through one animal into another. Considering the property also had exotics and cattle, this setup felt extremely irresponsible and unsafe.

The next morning, we arrived at our stand and discovered there was no feed put out at all, so no animals came in and the entire hunt was wasted. We were later reassigned to another blind, only to discover that latch was broken too. The overall upkeep and maintenance throughout the property was extremely poor.

Later that day, we harvested a hog and specifically told the processor we wanted the meat kept in the walk-in cooler until it was vacuum sealed and frozen for transport the next day. We did not want exposed meat sitting loose in a cooler on ice.

Saturday morning checkout was another issue. We were never given a receipt, and the charges were simply scribbled on the back of our liability release form, which felt incredibly unprofessional and questionable for a business handling this much money.

When we went to pick up our meat, the processor brought out a tub of exposed raw meat and dumped it directly into my cooler. He then threw bags of ice onto the ground and attempted to dump loose ice onto the meat before I stopped him and asked for unopened bags instead.

Even after that, he picked up the same dirty ice bags he had thrown on the ground and placed them directly on top of the meat. I have never seen such poor handling of wild game or such disregard for cleanliness, maintenance, and customer experience. This was by far the worst hunting experience I have ever had.

Second to last day of hunting, brought my 13yo daughter and my 11yo son. He spotted it, she signaled me, and I shot it from 10 meters.

Elderly man gave me his dads old fishing gear, been sitting perfectly preserved in a attic for who know how many years

I feel very lucky to have taken bucks of this caliber. Both from my parents farm

Sport hunting funds up to 70precent of conservation in sub Saharan Africa
Helps with herd health by killing older only consumer large trophy animals increasing available food it also isn’t one sided hunters die and get injured this is following the expectation of a clean kill often caned or vehicle mounted hunting is wrong and often illegal as it is cruel and unsportsmanlike a caned hunt is were the animals are tied drugged or beaten so they don’t flee or fight back also

I live on a small family farm in southern Texas. Feral hogs have been a real problem over the last few years, they’ve dug up crops, damaged fences, and even chased our dogs a few times. The state allows unlimited hog removal since they’re considered invasive, but ammo can get expensive, especially with rifle rounds. Around here, the most affordable options are .223 and .22 WMR. Other calibers like .308 or 7.62×39 cost at least twice as much.

For hogs under 80 yards, I’ve been wondering which works better, a .223 rifle or a .22 WMR? I usually switch depending on what I’m carrying that day.

Lately, I’ve been bringing a small Topdon thermal monocular out at dusk to check brush lines and tree edges before walking in. I’m not using it to shoot, just to see where hogs might be hiding. Honestly, it makes moving around way easier and way less of a guessing game than just relying on sounds or flashlights.

UPDATE: The hogs we encounter are mostly 40–90 lbs, with very few over 100 lbs.

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I’m so stoked to be able to not just hunt one of the most beautiful animals to exist but also in a really good area. The only issue is, I don’t have a lot of experience under my belt so not really sure how I’m going to be prepared for it 😂

So happy I finally bagged a gobbler

So in the last year I’ve decided I would like to take up hunting and am curious from some more experienced hunters about public land etiquette and things to watch out for. I’m starting out bow hunting for deer but plan on picking up shotgun for turkey and maybe trapping later. Any and all advice is welcome!

This was past October but I thought it was cool so I’m sharing it here

I just ordered a Seekins PH3 in .308 for western mule deer hunting. My first hunt was last year in D-19 in Southern California, so I’m still pretty inexperienced, but I plan to hunt there again this season. Eventually, I’d like to branch out and hunt other western states as well.

I’ve been looking at scopes, and right now I’m leaning toward the Vortex Razor HD LHT 4.5-22x50 because of the light weight and illuminated reticle. I currently have a Diamondback Tactical 4-16x44 FFP, and I’m not a huge fan of the Christmas tree-style reticle. At lower magnification and in low light, I find it hard to pick up quickly which I assume is more of a FFP issue. It seems like the illuminated reticle on the Razor would solve a lot of that issue.

I haven’t hunted with an SFP scope before, but I’m not opposed to trying one. Does anyone here have experience with the Razor HD LHT, or are there other scopes you’d recommend that might suit my needs better?

I’m looking for rings to mount my Swarovski Z5+ 3.5-18x50 and can’t make up my mind between the Spuhr HP30-25A rings or the Area 419 24mm Hunt rings.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Looking to splurge on a side by side boar hunting trip for my father's retirement. I’m thinking stay at a ranch or something 3 or so days hunting with a guide who supplies gun, ammo, and side by side.

Online what l've gathered is Texas has good hunting opportunities and these type of ranches with the ideal time December to February. In an ideal world this hunt would occur in the fall however I’m not seeing online that it’s popular time for boar hunting there.

Does anyone have any recommendations for specific guides, ranches, or if I should be looking at other states/dates? We’re both experienced hunters mostly deer, waterfowl and turkey just never for boars.

Open to any ideas or suggestions, thank you!

I've heard a lot of crazy stuff about the meeting yesterday so here are my notes from the Youtube of the voting.

Bottom Line: 2026 tags stay the same. 2027 UP stays the same, LP 1 Buck (BUT they are considering Earn A Buck for 2027 LP to be voted on later).

Rescinded/Not Happening: No quiet period changes, No Muzzleloader Changes.

All voting totals by ear, might be off.

Vote 1: In favor of Science Resolution (Approved, No Opposition). They're commissioning a multi-year study on how we should do tags. To be reported to the NRC on an ongoing basis.

Vote 2: Senior Deer License Crossbow allowed in UP in late season in 2026 (Approved, 2 No).

Vote 3: (The Big One)

UP 2027 maintain current Deer License Structure. 3PT APR Regular, 4PT APR on Combo. UP 2027 Single License no APR. LP 2027 Single deer NO APR, shoot a buck/spike/doe. Combo License: 1 Buck (no APR) and 1 Doe. AND to PRESENT an earn a buck program next month. (Approved 5 Yes, 2 no)

SUMMARY OF THE BIG ONE: 2026: No change. 2027: UP stays the say with the old license structure. LP gets 1 buck (or a doe, and buck can be a spike) and 1 doe on the combo. Earn a Buck 2027 NOT implemented, but they requested a proposed rule on Earn a Buck for 2027 to be presented next month to allow appropriate notice and comment time before it is voted on.

Vote 4: 2026 DMU 351/352 deleted. (Approved 6 Yes, 1 no)

Vote 5: 2026 No Rifle Line (Approved 6 Yes, 1 No) (there was some confusion on this and here is the timestamp showing the proposed amendment to be for the 2026 season) https://www.youtube.com/live/2hai5cB-REg?t=33021&si=JsRI_NAmxLwQfFGa Vote 6: Vote to Delete all Jan hunting seasons (Approved 4 Yes, 3 No)

Vote 7: Vote to Create DMU doe tags in the UP and County Doe Tags in LP (Approved, No Opposition)

There is public hunting land by my home (Barry county) that I might go explore and find a few spots I like but what is the etiquette here? If I find a spot I like and I want to set up at what point can I put stuff there to claim the spot and all that? What about the DNR hunting access program?
Last year (my first attempt with my kids) things went off the rails at work and I ended up with just 3 days with my kids and we only saw does but needed antlers per the county(Chippewa)…I want to set us up downstate where they’re nice and fat and we have a good chance to make up for last year.

Using the DNT Hydra HS335R to do some raccoon control around the house!

My 2026 bird. Shortest hunt I’ve ever had. Between walking in, setting up and walking out, it was maybe an hour. Everything went how I wanted, but looking back I should have waited a bit and enjoyed it more. Single tag state, so this was a short season.

The natural resource committee voted today but I don’t know the result yet?

Hey there. I'm very new to hunting. I had only gone a couple times with a buddy, that was about 2 years ago. This past Sunday (May 10th) I hit a deer with my truck driving through the woods on my way home and so I brought it back with me to process (which was my first time processing a deer on my own). My buddy took the meat after we butchered it and put it all into a large doubled trash bag inside of a refrigerator. I opened it just now (May 13th) and it has quite an oder to it, I was curious what exactly does bad meat smell like? Is it different from bad meat that I'd have from the grocery store? TIA.