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Early Morning Veteran's Day Boar
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11/12/16 12:46 AM
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Double Naught Spy
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Got to go hunting with a vet buddy of mine. We spotted this boar way off in the field and made a long stalk on it. The brightness of the pre-Supermoon was NOT helpful in the open terrain. We stopped in the shadow of a tree to set up out shot. The opening salvo was at about 125-150 yards, hitting the boar, and the boar took off running. We finally dropped him at just over 250 yards and the boar tried to get up again! Another round of shots kept him down for good. The only downside to the night was that the farther you stalk, the farther you have to retrieve the hog! Fortunately, we had a cart and the ground wasn't too soft or rooted-up and we were able to extract the hog without too much difficulty.
Last edited by Double Naught Spy; 11/12/16 03:45 PM.
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Re: Early Morning Veteran Day Boar
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11/12/16 02:20 AM
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mikei
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Good job; well done! You DO need to be careful about where you drop 'em! Thinking about the long haul our can sometimes change your mind.
When mule deer hunting in Colorado and Utah, for instance, dropping a "trophy" across a canyon, with no way to get to him after the shot, has caused me to pass on a couple of pretty nice animals!
Getting old ain't nearly as much fun as everybody said it would be.
Last edited by mikei; 11/12/16 02:21 AM.
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Re: Early Morning Veteran Day Boar
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11/12/16 05:00 AM
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Texas buckeye
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Good job Brian!! You are right about the length of the stalk and the length of the drag!! Mud makes thing a lot worse.
How heavy you think he was?
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Re: Early Morning Veteran Day Boar
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11/12/16 02:21 PM
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Pig_Popper
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Re: Early Morning Veteran Day Boar
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11/12/16 09:44 PM
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SnakeWrangler
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I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: Early Morning Veteran Day Boar
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11/13/16 11:32 AM
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redhaze
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Re: Early Morning Veteran Day Boar
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11/13/16 11:59 AM
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Chief Joe
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"It is the same boiling water that softens the rice, which hardens the egg." It's not always about the circumstances, but what you are made of....
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Re: Early Morning Veteran Day Boar
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11/13/16 10:53 PM
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der Teufel
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Nice going. Yep, having a cart makes the hog hauling a lot easier.
Keep after 'em! --
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