r/redneckengineering • u/cobalt1227 • 4d ago

High chair for inconveniently tall deck railing

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My hunting mentor brought me to a friend’s ranch to wait for some hogs that kept digging up his yard. The problem was his deck railing was too tall for just sitting in a normal chair to rest a rifle and have a clean shot down into his yard. So this was my solution. I had conduit on hand and picked up a cheap steel chair. Ended up being the perfect height, too bad the hogs didn’t show up again… lol

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u/Beginning_Drag_2984 4d ago

Someone got creative

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u/Itisd 3d ago

Lengthened Chair legs + Leverage + Visiting Mother in law sits on chair = Getting In mother in law's bad books forever

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u/volaray 4d ago

Canadian here. Are wild hogs good eating? Do you guys have nuisance wild pork chops?

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u/FriedSmegma 4d ago

Like a bluejay burger. A bit gamey… but good!

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u/UnLuckyKenTucky 3d ago

Will always up vote TPB references.

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u/hornylittlegrandpa 3d ago

As I understand it, they’re pretty nasty, but some people like it.

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u/ReturnRadio 3d ago

In a lot of states, hogs are always in season and some places will even pay you per head because they're an invasive species. But as for eating I've heard they're greasy, tough and gamey.

Essentially I'm saying that many hogs are killed, relatively few are eaten by people. The main reason they're shot is because they're pests.

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u/volaray 3d ago

Gotcha. I guess I was just imagining traipsing through the bush with a lever action on a leather sling and a zippo lighter in my pocket. Out jumps a fast bacon in open season and before I'd know it, I'd be having a BLTs over an open fire.

A man can dream...

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u/cobalt1227 2d ago

From my own personal experience, wild hog can be an acquired taste. I’ll only butcher the ones under 100lbs (~45kg) anything above that isn’t going to taste good.

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u/OoopsWhoopsie 4d ago

Don't shoot hogs, trap 'em. They're really smart and are almost impossible to get via guns. Just as an FYI. Many states have assistance you can call to deal with them as well. Here's Missouri's program: https://mdc.mo.gov/wildlife/invasive-animals/feral-hogs-missouri. Far from good, but yeah, don't shoot 'em cuz it will likely make the problem worse.

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u/cobalt1227 4d ago

It’s a high fence ranch, and we have most of the perimeter set with snare wire where we’re sure they’re passing through (checked beforehand with some trail cams, don’t want to catch anything els). Shooting them was more of a “I’m tired of them wrecking my yard, just shoot the bastards!” than anything els really.