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skywalkrNCSU
02-05-17, 07:29
I was fortunate enough to be in a position where I am going to get to go hog hunting from a helicopter later this week and wanted to hear from any of you guys who have done it before if you had any tips before hand. Apparently I will mostly be using a 12 gauge with 00 buck but might try out one of my AR's as well.

Any advice?
BuzzinSATX
02-05-17, 07:54
No advice as it's something I want to do as well. All I can say is good luck 'smoking that bacon'!
signal4l
02-05-17, 08:25
A friend of mine went on a helicopter hog hunt. Big problem they had came from the use of brass catchers. The pilot didnt want shell casings to damage the helicopter. They used ARs and 1 FAL. The brass catchers caused frequent malfunctions with all guns.
TacticalFun
02-05-17, 08:27
We did this twice down in Texas at night. Was amazing! We used ar's. If they are running make sure you lead your shots or you will have a lot of wasted ammo.

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skywalkrNCSU
02-05-17, 09:23
We did this twice down in Texas at night. Was amazing! We used ar's. If they are running make sure you lead your shots or you will have a lot of wasted ammo.

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Good point, I didn't even think of that. I actually did a training deal once where they put a movie on a screen and you shot at it with live ammo and it would show you where you hit. They used it to teach how to lead animals like hogs. Going to have to try to remember that stuff
skywalkrNCSU
02-08-17, 12:34
Man what a blast. Got 29 piggies and 2 coyotes and had a great time. If you ever get the chance to do it I highly recommend it.
dmd08
02-08-17, 16:05
Which company did you go through and in which part of the state?
WickedWillis
02-08-17, 17:30
Man what a blast. Got 29 piggies and 2 coyotes and had a great time. If you ever get the chance to do it I highly recommend it.

All shelter meat?
waveslayer
02-08-17, 17:39
I was fortunate enough to be in a position where I am going to get to go hog hunting from a helicopter later this week and wanted to hear from any of you guys who have done it before if you had any tips before hand. Apparently I will mostly be using a 12 gauge with 00 buck but might try out one of my AR's as well.

Any advice?
Who are you going with. I'm on a search now to go on a hunt such as this

My wife thinks I only have 3 guns
kerplode
02-08-17, 18:18
All shelter meat?
Like as in collected, processed, and donated to feed people?

Doubt it...Most likely it was all left in the field to rot.
WickedWillis
02-08-17, 18:21
Like as in collected, processed, and donated to feed people?

Doubt it...Most likely it was all left in the field to rot.

Yeah it's actually a great program to feed the needy. Several ranches in Texas and other Southern states participate in it.
kerplode
02-08-17, 18:38
Cool! That's pretty awesome.
skywalkrNCSU
02-09-17, 08:31
Which company did you go through and in which part of the state?

It was a program setup through some ranchers/farmers that have a big pig problem. I only got to do it because I knew someone who has a place down there (south Texas)
mrcarbine
02-12-17, 10:09
best use an AR with suppressor, shoot from a distance because the helicopter blade noise will spook them.