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Late to the party...
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01/06/23 02:36 PM
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I just got a long-time friend and fellow retiree on the road for home after a multi-day visit here at the place where he (and I) had a blast. While he has been an "occasional" shooter all his life, I'm afraid that I've been a bad influence on him as he has since gotten into shooting in a big way. As well, he has started to take an interest in hunting and reasoned (quite correctly) that starting out on hogs would be good idea. Usually that would have been an easy request to fill, but the recent drought robbed us of all our surface water and drove the pigs elsewhere. Since receiving some desperately needed rains in November and December, we've got a bit of water again and, as expected, the hogs are starting to filter back into our country. Judging from the game cameras, I told him that I was pretty confident that we could get him onto a pig within a couple of evenings...and without having to stay up too late in the process. Turns out it took about 45 minutes... With the evening sun just a bit above the treetops on the ridge to our west, I spotted a big, lone boar emerge from the post oaks about 160 yards below us. Big-bodied, high-withered and snake-hipped, he began to work his way toward a feeder. My friend promptly got on his rifle...and found his scope blinded by the sun's glare! Excitement and frustration are a bad combo, but I assured him that a) the hog likely wasn't going anywhere for a while, b) didn't know we were anywhere close and c) that the sun would be out of our eyes within ten minutes. Now, ten minutes can be time on the cross for a new hunter and my friend was suffering...until the Almighty sent a small cloud across the sun and eased the glare! He got back on his rifle and, when the boar gave him a broadside opportunity, stuck him with a 100 grain Partition out of the 6mm/.223. At the shot, the boar flipped on his afterburners and streaked across the open field to the south. Cranking another round into the chamber, my friend said, "I can't believe I missed!" and tried to get back on the speeding pig. "Wait", I told him; "Watch". After the first 20-30 yards, the boar had developed a little stutter-step...and by the time he'd covered a hundred yards he was getting really erratic. He turned left onto what the boxers call "queer street", staggered another 20 steps straight toward us and went down kicking. By the time that we got to him, he was long past caring...the slug had been a touch far back for textbook placement but had still caught both lungs. To say that my buddy was happy would be something of an understatement!
"I always take care to fire into the nearest hillside and, lacking that, into darkness". - the late Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
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Re: Late to the party...
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01/06/23 02:40 PM
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Creekrunner
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Excellent outing Amigo! Time to take him across the pond.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: Late to the party...
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01/06/23 02:43 PM
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218 Bee
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Excellent outing Amigo! Time to take him across the pond. Funny you should mention that...'cause that very subject came up!
"I always take care to fire into the nearest hillside and, lacking that, into darkness". - the late Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
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Re: Late to the party...
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01/06/23 02:44 PM
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jdickey
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Sounded like fun, especially for a first time hog hunter. Got him a good tusker!
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Re: Late to the party...
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01/06/23 05:01 PM
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dkershen
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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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01/09/23 09:28 PM
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jnd59
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Congrats to both of you. Glad he was able to see one and get a shot.
No matter how high a duck flies a hammer still breaks a window.
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01/09/23 11:57 PM
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Re: Late to the party...
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01/10/23 01:44 PM
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ILUVBIGBUCKS
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Glad he got him a pig
High fence, low fence, no fence, it really doesn't matter as long as you're hunting!
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01/10/23 01:46 PM
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reeder05
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Good shootin for the first time hog hunter!!
And great write up 218. I enjoyed the read!
Wife has always wanted some Hard 8
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Re: Late to the party...
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01/10/23 02:09 PM
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Good shootin for the first time hog hunter!!
And great write up 218. I enjoyed the read! Same Same
Dalroo Deep in the Heart of Texas How about that Brandon!
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01/10/23 03:18 PM
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603Country
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Nice hog. Will it be for coyote bait, or for the freezer?
Not my monkeys, not my circus...
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Re: Late to the party...
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01/10/23 04:54 PM
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218 Bee
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Nothing this rank and rusty would ever see my knife so, no, not the freezer.
I'd use it for coyote bait but they've got sense enough to leave these old boars alone as well. Very instructive.
Nothing had touched it as of a few days ago; I'll need to swing by today or tomorrow and see if that's changed...
"I always take care to fire into the nearest hillside and, lacking that, into darkness". - the late Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
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01/25/23 03:51 PM
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Re: Late to the party...
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01/26/23 12:24 AM
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71Rcode
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! Excellent writing and storytelling!
NRA Life Member & GOA Member Always interested in Marlins. Let me know what you have for sale!
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01/26/23 01:10 AM
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Re: Late to the party...
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01/26/23 03:24 AM
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ElkOne
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Nice Boar, great job
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Re: Late to the party...
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01/26/23 10:19 AM
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onlysmith&wesson
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Fantastic! I really like the progression from shooting to hunting. Steel and paper are not interesting for very long.
An unethical shot is one you take, that you know you shouldn't.
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Re: Late to the party...
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01/26/23 12:24 PM
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Re: Late to the party...
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#8788937
01/27/23 01:21 AM
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tgltexas
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Re: Late to the party...
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01/27/23 02:56 AM
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Brother in-law
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That’s awesome. Good for your friend
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01/27/23 03:29 AM
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pertnear
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Congratulations to your buddy on a nice boar! Congratulations to you on a great story write-up!
"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” - George Orwell
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