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Weekend Casualty
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07/20/15 01:54 PM
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redchevy
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Headed down to our place this weekend. Filled feed shredded and a few other odds and ends. Pulled cam chips and had quite a few hogs hitting one of our bow set ups. Didn't have the bow with me so decided to sit it with my brothers marlin 45-70. Mosquitoes were horrible but other than that it was a short pleasant sit. Climbed into the tripod at 6 and around 6:30 I had two boars around 150 lbs come in. They looked pretty spooky and were smelling where I had walked in and then testing the air. I got ready but hoped they would stick around for the feeder to go off and maybe I would get a nice sow or one of the bruisers that had been on the cams. The first one spooked and darted off I shot this one on the run for the brush. First shot was hi and back but knocked him down enough to load and put a finisher on him as he was making it to the brush line. Second shot was square on the shoulder and laid him down good! Felt bad I shredded over the top of what I would guess is a quail nest, the next morning a karakara ate all but 3 of the eggs, think it was abandoned. Saw dozens of quail all shapes and sizes from little bitty guys to full grown birds, should be a healthy year for them.
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: Weekend Casualty
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07/20/15 02:16 PM
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Re: Weekend Casualty
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07/20/15 03:47 PM
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catslayer
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Sombody smells like fried borritos...
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Re: Weekend Casualty
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07/20/15 04:11 PM
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Great job man. One less hog in the state
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Re: Weekend Casualty
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07/20/15 04:16 PM
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redchevy
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Great job man. One less hog in the state Believe you me, if I could have made it 100 less I would have!
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: Weekend Casualty
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07/20/15 04:24 PM
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Ive done that a few time over the years hitting quail spots brush hogging.
-Those who say money can't buy happiness never bought a dog.
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Re: Weekend Casualty
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07/20/15 07:10 PM
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Good job on the porker and great pic of you & your boy. No doubt who's kid he is.
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Re: Weekend Casualty
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07/20/15 07:13 PM
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redchevy
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That's my boy! Love that little stinker
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: Weekend Casualty
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07/20/15 07:13 PM
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That's my boy! Love that little stinker They are awesome, aren't they.
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Re: Weekend Casualty
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07/20/15 08:02 PM
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good times
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Re: Weekend Casualty
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07/20/15 09:42 PM
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Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back. _____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________
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Re: Weekend Casualty
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07/20/15 09:54 PM
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Re: Weekend Casualty
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07/20/15 10:46 PM
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Re: Weekend Casualty
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07/20/15 11:24 PM
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Re: Weekend Casualty
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07/20/15 11:58 PM
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Good shooting. Shame about the eggs, but I guess Caracaras got to eat too.
A clear conscience is often the sign of a fuzzy memory.
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Re: Weekend Casualty
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07/21/15 12:22 AM
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Re: Weekend Casualty
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07/21/15 12:35 AM
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Good job. One less hog on planet earth is a great thing.
He is your friend defender your dog. Be worthy of such devotion
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Re: Weekend Casualty
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07/21/15 01:33 AM
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nice pig
what do you think of that .45-70?
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Weekend Casualty
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07/21/15 02:21 AM
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Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Weekend Casualty
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07/21/15 02:22 AM
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Good story...nice hog.
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Re: Weekend Casualty
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07/21/15 02:41 AM
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Re: Weekend Casualty
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07/21/15 08:34 AM
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Re: Weekend Casualty
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#5840862
07/21/15 12:26 PM
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redchevy
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nice pig
what do you think of that .45-70? I like carbines and big fat bullets so its right in my wheel house. Not all that impressed with the performance of the bullets at the moment. Two hogs shot with it and no exits. It did knock this one flat once I did my part and put a good hit on him. I should have just shot as soon as he presented a good shot instead of getting greedy and trying to wait it out for a bigger one. Believe im going to get some 405 soft points or hard cast loaded up in it, think they will do a better job than the 300 grainers in the federals I was shooting. It is not overly pleasant to shoot from the bench with full house loads, but off hand isn't too bad and I can say that shooting from the stand I didn't notice the recoil any more than with my 243, was a pleasure to shoot and the short lever gun made the follow up fast.
It's hell eatin em live
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