Feral Hog Hunt in Texas

WARNING: I have lots of pictures on this one, but I’m trying to catch up… My brother, Doug, organized a hog hunt for my Dad and all my brothers on a ranch in Texas.  Even though I saw more deer than hogs, we had a great time.  I go along with my brothers on their hunt and take my camera to shoot with.  I got to test out my 2X extender with my EF 70-200mm f/2.8 IS II USM.  With my Canon 7D crop sensor, the 2X extender, and my lens, I could get out to the equivalent of a 640mm lens at f/5.6 and 18MP.  Here are some of my favorites from the trip.

Here are a couple of my Dad as we hiked around searching.

Aa hog’s skull we found while Hiking

Most of the hunting was done from blinds near feeders.  While sitting there for hours, I had to take pictures of what ever I could.  I liked the backlit fuzz on this tree.

There was plenty of wild life around… foxes, armadillos, hawks, cardinals, and a ton of deer, goats, and sheep and more.

These particular goats where fenced in around the main ranch.

Every night I would get about an hour to take photos of the stars before clouds would roll in and block it all.  Here is a 8.5 minutes shot pointing at the North Star (54mm zoom at f/2.8 and ISO800).  If I would have had more time, I would have liked to have made it much longer and zoomed in closer.

And here is my favorite photo from the trip.  Some of the guys where in the barn with the lights on.  I gave it a 30 second exposure at f/2.8 and ISO 1600 with the 17mm end of my EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM lens.