Most of you guys know Matt Schuster. Great guy but he has some demons like most of us. He's famous for showing up at camp for a weekend with a can of soup. Since everyone else brings too much food, he gets by and gains a few pounds in the process.

He called my Thursday and said he and David Waldrop were going to camp. I told him I would come down and visit with them but it's too hot for me to chase hogs around. So I put on some clean khaki pants and t shirt and sandles.

I get there around 11am and they are just pulling up. Matt had shot a boar and even though he figured it couldn't go far, he wanted his crazy dog Montana to trail it for training purposes. Luckily, I had a pair of snakeboots in the truck and I put them on and off we went.

It was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay at the other end of the place and in the swamp were most of us are afraid to go without a compass. We got on the trail and it was good enough blood that I was looking ahead as we went. My 1st thought was; "Look at that, theres a dead cow down in here."  WRONG! Matt had killed a bruiser of a hog!

Well, Matt has some skeletal problems and can't help much dragging but he did offer David and I his homemade T handle draggin rope. While we were tying it on, we sent Matt back to the truck to take a GPS reading so we could go directly to it. This is NOT the kinda of hog you wouuld mind dragging 10' out of the way.

I leaned my 365# into the handle and looked at David to see what the heck he was doing cause it didn't feel like he was pulling. The poor guy had veins sticking out on his head and sweat dripping off his nose! We gave it a 1,2,3 and got it moving. WE made it about 25 yards and had to stop!

We did this a few more times when I noticed the pulls were getting shorter and the rest stops longer. It's only 95 degrees today and 90% humidity. We had a short Pow Wow and decided even if we could get him back to the truck, we'd never get him up on the tailgate anyway. I asked if there was a 4 wheeler dealership close by. I'd rather buy a 4 wheeler than have a heart attack over draggin a hog! Matt GRACIOUSLY offered to cut him up on the spot so we could carry him out in pieces.

So we didn't get to weight him but I've been around literally hundreds of dead hogs. This baby went 250# EASY and was as solid a hog as I've ever seen. I would dare say 300 but without weighing him, and since I give guys so much crap about overestimating hogs, I won't do it  8-)

This is a hellva wild boar!

 

After David and I were nearly dead, Matt decided we could cut him up.


I told Matt DON'T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN!

 

Thats a big one for sure.  :eek:

WOWEE! what a hogzilla!  congrats matt and thanx for the great story, biggie!

Wow now there's some pork! I would guess closer to 300# comparing it to my neighbors pigs. Congats to Matt!
Magnus

Nice to see you made it out alive!

That is a bruiser for sure.

:eek:         Thanks for the story Biggie!

Great hog, and a fantastic story. That's why someone always asks a big guy to go on the hunt.  

aw Biggie, he's just getting you ready for the flatlands up north... he'll be going to 2-a-days soon  :D

Great hog, great story and great comaraderie.

Jeez....i thought you said he was your friend Biggie.  Sounds like he was trying to kill you two!   :D   Congratulations Matt!

That is a rhino, I bet his hind quarters weigh 60lbs each.  Great story and hog, total tank for sure...

Pack frames and a few trips make any big critter small!

WOW....what a hog!!

Fantastic story....excellent hunt

What a pig..!!!

Hot digity dawg!!!! Shazzam!!!!! How very cool is this one? Way!!

Congratulations Matt!!

Biggie, you and David have my condolences!!!

That's what I call a real rooter tooter!!

Thanks for the story and pictures!

I would have been too winded to type one out..lol

YHS
God bless,Mudd

Oh my, WHAT A TANK!!!!!!

Congrats Matt, how about a story about the hunt?

Everyone keeps telling me you're the best hog hunter they know....you just keep proving them right bud...way to go    

"My Biggie"...please don't do that again, you have a moose to kill    

That is one ugly sonofagun.  Same for the pig.

Way to go guys.
Wayne 101 in the shade this afternoon. You were lucky.

Holy Mackerel  !!!!! Hogzilla !!!

Nice hog!! Well done

c'mon matt, we need the story!!!!