Transcript of a YouTube video showing Ryan Ashcraft and Mike (from Mike&Mike Outdoors) hunting invasive feral hogs from a helicopter in Matagorda, Texas. The clip records conversation, safety briefings, in-flight spotting and shooting of hogs, observations about hog damage and reproduction, and reactions after successful shots.
Pat him up. Oh, nice shot. There you go.
I was lied to. We should start there.
Yeah, bud.
Yo.
I just got back from it.
Oh, man, this is gonna be sick.
Let's go. Say what's up. What's up?
How's it going?
What's up, dude?
Nice to finally meet you, brother. Hell time coming like you pull in sideways. I see you. Yeah, sideways. Ryan Ashcraft, man. Nice to meet you.
Tell these people what we're gonna be doing exactly.
Guys. We're gonna be eradicating hogs. We're down here in Matagorda, Texas. My name is Ryan Ashtrap with Ashcraft Aviation. Got my boy Mike, and Mike here with first form. We're gonna be eradicating hogs out of the helicopter. All right.
We're running through this helicopter or what?
Yeah, yeah, give us the run through. Yeah, check it out. Let's check it out. We're gonna clear our gun real quick. Again, I've already cleared it. We're clearing it. We're gonna actually leave it open so all of our viewers know we're not. We're being safe. We got open chamber. So if I sit in here and you're sitting in there, instead of doing like this and bringing it in, you might hit that stick. Go up, down, between your legs, up, out, outside. Always hold the gun on, safety on all, at all times, finger off the trigger. We will start off the hunt. We'll be loaded, we'll be hot. I will tell you when to shoot. I'll tell you when to stop shooting. When I tell you to stop, shoot. Shooting, that is more important than start shooting because that means I'm about to maneuver or move around and get back on the hogs. Or if we have to get back in the wind.
So we're not actually hanging out of the helicopter, just the guy. Okay, got you. Okay, you're good. You're good. Cool. As long as I don't fall out, man, you're good. This is gonna be sick. I can't wait.
Hell yeah. Well, let's get it.
Dude, thank you so much, man. We'll be here. Thanks for doing this.
Yes, sir. Hell, yeah. Anytime.
You should let me drive this motherfucker. Hey, Ryan, want me drive?
Well, apparently what we got on the menu today, big fella, is a little helicopter riding and a little hog hunting. That's it. Did I have enough twang on that bitch? When I said the little hog hunting, that's what we got. You heard insert country ass music, right?
Apparently, Magpul hooked us up with some Shades.
Ready?
We here now?
Yeah. You probably switch.
I would switch.
Yeah. Yeah, we're switching.
Mike's too big.
All right, I'm rolling the height. Barrel's down, maybe.
Wow.
He's back there leaning in like.
I just, like, be looking for movement.
Yep.
Rizzo, I got a boar hog off my seven.
I'm turning around. Oh, damn it.
Damn.
Kill it.
Smoke him.
Man, I just washed my hel. I just watched my helicopter, too.
Look at all this. Look at all this damage right up on right. All those holes. Look, all that damage sh. In it. So when we get in here, just look for. Look for, like, flashing that. Look at all these shacks.
Yeah.
Wow. They've been in here. They really tear all this up. Yeah. Look at this corner. Holy crap. That's all fresh. It's all fresh damage. This is like with all the others right here. Right here.
I got one.
Okay. Okay. I'm gonna turn my right a little bit. Go to your right. Did this first one. Go ahead, boys. Pat him up. Oh, nice shot, Mike. Nice shot, Mike. Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Tiger.
Oh, yeah.
Stunning popp.
Good shooting, bro.
Look at all that. Look at all the damage up there. That's all from that fuel. That's all root. Yeah, that's all roots rooting up right there. It's crazy how much damage they do, man. It's wild. It's so fast. Like, it just. It'll happen overnight. And they reproduce just as fast, Right. They can have 30 pigs a year. One sow can.
Wow.
But the thing is, is that sow, which is a female growing pig, you know, say her female babies can. When they. When they hit six months, they. They. They're ready to breed. So they can be six months old and be breeding. Yeah, it's nuts.
We got one right here. Pop it when you get a chance. Get that opening.
Got him.
Come on. You're ready to roll them? Roll them big ones.
Roll them back. Roll them back.
Shot.
Wait, wait, wait, wait. Wa.
Oh, God. Tagging him. Tagging him up. Hit him again. Hit him again. Hit him again, man. Yeah. Put him out of misery. There you go.
Go ahead.
Oh, God. I owe y'.
All.
Oh, my. Dude, good shot.
Another one out here.
Jet skiing. Yeah. You have never been jet skiing. I've been on a jet ski for you. All right. I'm gonna take a jet ski in. Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
Oh, my go.
Probably the coolest thing I've ever done. Like, ever. That was so badass, dude. This guy. I don't know if he's practicing, or he's been practicing on his own. But this. This guy learned how to shoot.
Give it to me. Give it to me.
He was poking him.
Good job.
Good job.
I'm surprised. I'm proud of you, bro.
That was fun.
That was good.
Oh, man, that was cool.
