it is cheaper if you skin your pig first and quarter it,at most places, i allways just leave the skin on mine my processor only charges 20 dollars extra and the time is worth the money for me, if i shoot multiple hogs then i will skin them out

I have been hunting in texas for 32 years and pigs can sound mean. The first time I heard a growl it made the hair on the back of my neck stand. (I was 12 years old) Now I just stick them with an arrow. (With plenty of RAGE) P.S don't waste your money on those hog attractants, waste of money. Mix deer corn with some cheap beer in five gallon bucket, let ferment and serve. Happy hunting.

Are you looking strictly for a free hunt or are you willing to hunt with an outfitter.

I hunt a 680 acre place in Freestone county.  When we first started there we found 3 spots (there are only 2 hunters) where hogs had a trail they used regular.  We baited near those trails with corn and diesel to feel them out.  We buried this mixture 3' deep, mixed with dirt and packed, at each spot and scattered some on the surface from the trails to the buried spots.  It took a couple of days, but the next weekend we found holes 3' deep at each location.  We continued this for several weeks and had the same results even though we had several kills each week.  I then picked one of the spots and put up a feeder and 150 yds from that I put an open stand 8' high.  Each time I go I scatter more diesel/corn mix on the surface, and in 2 years there have been very few times I have gone home empty. The other 2 spots have no feeder and we have to redo the baiting each time.  It usually takes a day for the hogs to find it, but they keep coming back to check it out.

As an added attraction, I put a 3' piece of PVC pipe with a few holes anchored to a t-post about 10 yards from the feeder.    The hogs first got the caps off the end, and we had to put self tapping screws on them.  And then they were able to force the knots loose in the ropes.  So  we looped a cable through a hole in the cap with cable clamps on the inside of the caps.  This has worked well.  You will have to empty the pipes occasionally when the corn gets moldy from getting wet before all the corn is eaten.

My game camera tells us that more than one group will come almost every night, at different times, from dark to early morning.  I've  tried to stay awake all night so I could get more kills, but after I have 2 or 3 on the ground I'm not quite as excited to keep awake and  I quit.  We have dropped as many as 9 in one weekend.  That time 7 of them were over 150 lbs.

I hope this helps get you started.  Good luck and hunt safe.

I'm almost strictly a Winchester guy (rifle-wise anyways) and I'll agree with Colby on the base/ring combo. I've never had good luck with weaver style bases and think of them more of an improved (slightly) dove-tail mount (found on .22s and air-guns). I'm betting that the simmons 8-point that came mounted on it was on weaaver style bases to begin with. Might be why you're unable to hit paper (wobbly scope syndrome). If that's not the cause do this (because bore-sighters are hit or miss - excuse the pun). After bore-sighting, don't goto the 100-yard range first off. Start at 25-50, adjust scope to impact, then increase range and do this all the way out to your maximum effective range or as far as your comfortable to shoot (or your range allows). Do it correct the first time and you'll never have to do it again.

Thanks G man and kevin for the kind words and replying to my post.  I agree with you Kevin that we must always stay positive.  I look at all my outdoor activities as a great experience and I give all the thanks to my dad who took the time to introduce me to the outdoors and still makes time for me.  All of us that live in Texas and utilize it's wonderful natural resources are blessed with great sporting opportunities.  It's a shame more people have not had the chance to do the same.  That's why I believe strongly it's important to take our youth hunting and fishing or that friend who's never been or relative who always is curious about your outdoor adventures.  Hell, I'm even trying to get my wife, sister in law and mother in law more involved with our outdoor adventures.  My father in law who does not own a riffle and never has been hunting just this year began going fishing with me, my son, and brother in law, which led him to go on his first Dove Hunt for whitewings this past Sept, mission accomplished!!!