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Best Shot I Ever Made
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02/02/12 12:51 AM
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djones
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Flint and I drove up on an unusually large herd of hogs numbering well over 60. They were split into two groups, but unfortunately the group with smaller hogs blocked our approach to the bigger ones. We even had to sneak past one large boar to get into position to maximize the death toll, but that wouldn't be the last we saw of him! We felt comfortable at about 100 yards from the closest pigs. We've been through the countdown enough times that the first shots executed flawlessly. After that, it's a free for all. Thundering hooves couldn't quiet the thumps and squeals that filled the air. The hogs’ confusion creates a sense of urgency in your mind; an urgency to acquire the next target as quickly as possible yet remain alert to possible threats... like the big boar we snuck past that was somewhere behind us. Then a hog like the giant spotted one runs into your field of view and nothing else matters at that moment. Flint and I both hammered him until that "one in a million" shot sent him somersaulting head over hooves 3 TIMES!!! We yelled war cries in celebration, albeit a bit too soon. The black boar raced past us and was quickly getting away while we regrouped for more shooting. Although I could still see him, my first shot was in desperation. It was, however, close enough to make him change directions. My second shot smacked him right behind the ear at 248 measured paces. That may very well be the best shot I've ever made with a 4 power scope at night!
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Re: Best Shot I Ever Made
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02/02/12 12:53 AM
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You are a one man pig wrecking crew. Good work.
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Re: Best Shot I Ever Made
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02/02/12 12:54 AM
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Re: Best Shot I Ever Made
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02/02/12 12:55 AM
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"Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it"---Woodrow F. Call
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Re: Best Shot I Ever Made
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02/02/12 12:55 AM
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dkershen
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Excellent carnage. Good to see the new years building momentum.
To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.www.NewHopeEquine.com - Health and Healing through Horses.
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Re: Best Shot I Ever Made
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02/02/12 01:02 AM
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Just love those ear shots......the only way they go is "down"
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Re: Best Shot I Ever Made
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02/02/12 01:03 AM
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Unfortunately they are as hard to get rid of as fireants and probably do more damage...rain or not...Shoot some more...DD
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Re: Best Shot I Ever Made
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02/02/12 01:04 AM
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Re: Best Shot I Ever Made
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02/02/12 01:04 AM
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Re: Best Shot I Ever Made
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02/02/12 01:23 AM
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Re: Best Shot I Ever Made
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02/02/12 01:55 AM
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I have to wear sunglasses into the woods, because the deer would recognize me, an just surrender with their hooves up.
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Re: Best Shot I Ever Made
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02/02/12 02:05 AM
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Re: Best Shot I Ever Made
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02/02/12 02:40 AM
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We get old too fast and wise too slow
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Re: Best Shot I Ever Made
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02/02/12 03:10 AM
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Re: Best Shot I Ever Made
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02/02/12 03:13 AM
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You are behind pace if you are going to match or surpass last year's total!
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Re: Best Shot I Ever Made
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02/02/12 03:18 AM
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Nice kills but with a herd of 60? I gotta say you been slackin' off if there are that many left or this is new ground.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Best Shot I Ever Made
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02/02/12 04:45 AM
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Re: Best Shot I Ever Made
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02/02/12 06:01 AM
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Re: Best Shot I Ever Made
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02/02/12 06:11 AM
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Re: Best Shot I Ever Made
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02/02/12 12:50 PM
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Sweet, I'm heading out this weekend, ill be happy with one! Keep it up!
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Re: Best Shot I Ever Made
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02/02/12 12:57 PM
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" If you dont know what your doing, it's best to do it quickly"....Jase Robertson
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Re: Best Shot I Ever Made
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02/02/12 02:08 PM
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Re: Best Shot I Ever Made
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02/02/12 02:14 PM
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Wherever Djones lives fat people wear signs saying: "I AM NOT A HOG!"
I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
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Re: Best Shot I Ever Made
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02/02/12 02:52 PM
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djones
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You are behind pace if you are going to match or surpass last year's total! Yea i'm a little behind schedule. I killed 52 in Jan 2011, but only 17 in Jan 2012. I know people say you can hunt them out, but this farmer says he's tried hunters, fences, trappers and helicopters, but I'm the only one who's taken care of the problem. Another farmer didn't even put up a hot wire around his peanuts this year. I got 7 off that farm and never saw another one. Sad times ahead for hog hunting in my area, but I can't seem to bring myself to practice hog conservation. When I see them I go nuts and kill, kill kill. Nice kills but with a herd of 60? I gotta say you been slackin' off if there are that many left or this is new ground. They are near a hog sanctuary. Survivors found each other during my time off for deer season and banded together. Don't worry though, they're all going to die. Sweet, I'm heading out this weekend, ill be happy with one! Keep it up! They're like votes... every one counts!!! Go get 'em Wherever Djones lives fat people wear signs saying: "I AM NOT A HOG!" That's pretty funny. I may photoshop that on Flint's pic next time we hunt together.
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Re: Best Shot I Ever Made
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02/02/12 03:04 PM
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Sweet, I'm heading out this weekend, ill be happy with one! Keep it up! They're like votes... every one counts!!! Go get 'em Now we just gotta put all our votes together to fix that other problem too!
It's hell eatin em live
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