Runway Incursion

[GAHorn]

I live on a ranch about 30 miles west of Austin. I have two runways, one (rwy 10-28) is grass about 3500' long. At it's east-end, it crosses the southwest end of the other (rwy 03-21) which is paved about 4000' long. It's only paved 25' wide, but sits on a fenced area that's 150' wide, so it has 75' of grass on each sideline. I have solar-powered runway lights and the lamps sit atop orange traffic-cones that are faced with white reflective rectangles (these are actually new/unissued Texas license plates that were declared surplus by the county tax collector.) They really light up when I'm on final and switch on Del's dual landing/taxi lights!

So, Wed nite I was arriving from Mena AR about 9:30 PM and rolling out on rwy 21, still travelling about 20 mph when a dark shadow passed me by on the left and darted across in front of my prop. It was a wild HOG! He was black and very fast.

Next nite at dusk, I observed 3 or 4 adults and a dozen piglets in Yett pond pasture. (Yett pond is an early TX landmark...a spring-fed pond that predates the Spanish exloration period. It is named after Dr. Samuel Yett who owned slaves on this property in the early 1850's. It was first mapped by a cartographer who worked for Texas in the General Land Office, and who dawdled poetry in the margins of his maps. He was later known by his pen-name, "O. Henry") Went over to the paved runway and observed two more black adults.

Friday nite I sat on the paved runway armed with the 30-30 and shot 4 adults, all of whom ran off as if they were not hit, but I observed the first one hit at the right shoulder and a cloud of dust came off him. (boar with large tusks.) He ran and lept thru a barbed-wire fence with his legs tucked to clear the wire as he passed-thru and disappeared to the west as if he were unhit . I'm positive he died out there somewhere, because it was a solid hit from the right-rear on his side just behind the shoulder.

The 3 others that I'm certain I hit amidships just ran off. 170-grain soft-point 30-30's.

Last nite, Roulette (the labrador super-dog) and I went for a walk down the paved runway. She's black and was trotting in the dim after-light of dusk and was just a black-blob of a dog about 50 yds in front of me. The only light available was from my faint-white runway lights. She stopped and I realized she was nose-to-nose with another black blob about 10' in front of her. The other blob "snorted" and turned to run away, followed by a half-dozen little "blob-lets." Super-dog dashed back towards me, and I pulled my S&W Model 66 and fired three rounds at the departing hog. I may have made hits but couldn't really tell as it disappeared into the brush outside the runway fence-lines.

I'm going to have to hold a fly-in Blob-B-Que, I guess, if I can ever bag those little-blobs.

[hilltop170]

George-
Just name the day and I'll be there with my .308 assault rifle and all the 20 shot clips we'll need. And I'll bring that 1000 rounds of 9mm for you.

Get a laser sight on that S&W 66 and you'll know exactly where it's hitting.

[Robert Eilers]

Reading George's descrption of events it sounds like those pigs are going to live long happy lives - I doubt the same can be said for any poor critter happens to be down range of the pigs .

[GAHorn]

George-
Just name the day and I'll be there with my .308 assault rifle and all the 20 shot clips we'll need. And I'll bring that 1000 rounds of 9mm for you.

Get a laser sight on that S&W 66 and you'll know exactly where it's hitting.

Richard! I didn't know YOU needed an engraved invitation! You're ALWAYS welcome!
This weekend there's a 170 fly-in at Kerrville. Let's get together and make plans.

A good time to shoot might be when you get your 170 back and want to check out those dual landing lights on my strip! You and Ina can plan to spend the nite or you can use the excuse to make a night-takeoff and check out your new lights.

I'd forgotten you wanted to shoot my "repeaters". Bring that ammo and let's burn it up! (Armadillos are always a good target.)

[mit]

Are they good eating?

[GAHorn]

The youngsters are. We roasted a couple for a QB event a few years back. Nothing left but the feet and head and the apple, when it was over. Fed about 130 folks.

[W.J.Langholz]

George

We got some boys up here that fly around with J3's J5's and gcbc's on coyote control. Get them out the window with shot guns.....may have to send them your way
W.

[blueldr]

Tim,
In the above post, you asked "Are they good eating?"

I assume you were asking about the Armadillos. I've been led to believe that most Texans will eat about anything at least once. Especially if it is prepared with lots of Chili.

[GAHorn]

George

We got some boys up here that fly around with J3's J5's and gcbc's on coyote control. Get them out the window with shot guns.....may have to send them your way
W.

I don't think it's fair to hunt animals with airplanes. In Texas, hogs are allowed to be hunted with helicopters. I guess that's more fair.... there's a more even chance at least that the hunters are equally endangered.

[hilltop170]

Richard! I didn't know YOU needed an engraved invitation! You're ALWAYS welcome!
This weekend there's a 170 fly-in at Kerrville. Let's get together and make plans.

A good time to shoot might be when you get your 170 back and want to check out those dual landing lights on my strip! You and Ina can plan to spend the nite or you can use the excuse to make a night-takeoff and check out your new lights.

George-
We will be going to Mena on Saturday to supervise masking the trim stripes on the 170 so we won't be able to make it to Kerrville. Don't have a 170 to fly there anyway, yet. If you keep seeing those pesky critters, we'll definitely come over there and take care of a few of them.

[flyguy]

I've been led to believe that most Texans will eat about anything at least once. Especially if it is prepared with lots of Chili.

NAH ELDER THEMS CAJUNS THAT EATS MOS EENY THING IF ITS DONT EAT THEM FIRST - - -

[cessna170bdriver]

I've been led to believe that most Texans will eat about anything at least once. Especially if it is prepared with lots of Chili.

NAH ELDER THEMS CAJUNS THAT EATS MOS EENY THING IF ITS DONT EAT THEM FIRST - - -

... like these (especially when prepared with lots of CAYENNE:

[flyguy]

PURTY SOON MUDBUG SEESONL B HYEAR MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM BIT TILL THEN WESA GONNA FRY UP SUM OF THIS

[blueldr]

George,
If your QB friends wouldn't eat the feet, head and the apple, you need to find some less picky friends.

[blueldr]

Flyguy,
How about sending some of those catfish out here to California. They're the ferfect size for live bait on the Sacramento River.