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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: DanielB89 on July 29, 2016, 09:14:00 AM
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I won't be able to post the story yet, but I do have a picture to post..
(http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o795/wadebinkley/54A4511A-8E0B-4C2D-B530-FCEFADD15400_zpsiuenrlqf.jpg) (http://s1343.photobucket.com/user/wadebinkley/media/54A4511A-8E0B-4C2D-B530-FCEFADD15400_zpsiuenrlqf.jpg.html)
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Congrats..
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Sadie,and a dead hog !!......i like the story already :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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:campfire:
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Originally posted by fujimo:
Sadie,and a dead hog !!......i like the story already :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Looks tasty!
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Congrats! that is my favorite size porker for eating!! I think your hunting buddy agrees!!
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That's gonna be some good eats . :thumbsup:
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Looking good! Sadie will be hooked now
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Congrats! In for the story
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Yay!!
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That's one little piggy that wont go to the market!
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You know, I always hate it when someone starts a thread and just leaves you hanging. But since I already know the first half to this story it ain't so bad! :laughing:
Part 2 takes place tonight!
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When you said you were going on a family vacation I thought you meant Disney World. I'm not sure how hog hunting qualifies! Lol
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Congratulations. Now we are just waiting for the story.
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I have always said, anyone can hit a big target but you have to be good to hit a small one
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Where is the story? If they don't happen within a day I ignore them, period. It ain't worth my time to follow a thread because somebody wants to extend their time in the limelight.
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Well, Crittergetter and I are back on stand. Had a great day filled with laziness and good barbecue!
I arrived at Randy's house at around 445 yesterday even and we quickly shot a few shots and headed towards the woods. He put me on his best stand. The wind was swirly all afternoon with it going from perfectly to completely wrong in a matter of seconds. He has been showing me the pics from these stands and there has been hogs here literally every day and multiple times a day.
Shortly after him dropping me off, I get a text from him telling me their are pigs under his feeder... I'll let him tell his part.
I couldn't help but think of how UN-lucky I am. I have a joke going with my wife about how every time I go some where the animals there all the sudden stop doing what they've been doing all week.
This one was no different. The pigs had been showing up right around 740 daily and devouring all the corn. Feeder went off at 7:25 and I went on high alert knowing the dinner bell had just went off.
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7:40 rolled around.. I am on 100% full alert. Knowing my luck is about to be broken. I'm wording and waiting and time seems to roll by.. 7:45....8...8:15, I was losing faith. My bad luck had prevailed yet again!
It is just before dark, the feeder light is starting to show on the ground when all of the sudden I hear something to my left and about 10 or so pigs had ran in. Before I knew it I was on my feet with bow in hand and had sleazy picked out my victim. A pig around #100 that was at around 8 yards. When I drew and anchored:l, she moved and I let down. She wuickly opened up the door for the shot again at around 12 yards and I politely took it, my lighted nock flew true. It was a steep downward angle and hit her where In a location that appeared to be a well placed shot left to right but a little high.
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Originally posted by Walt Francis:
Where is the story? If they don't happen within a day I ignore them, period. It ain't worth my time to follow a thread because somebody wants to extend their time in the limelight.
Walt,
While I would love for you to enjoy the story, I am still enjoying my hunt/vacation. If it isn't completed in a timely enough manner, I apologize; but it is my thread.
Have a good day. I hope you'll stick this one out.
Daniel
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Pigs bolted every where.. Left, right, away, towards, etc. As I watched the nocturnal disappear into the woods, I see a piglet running straight towards me. He stops at no farther than 5 yards from the base of the lean to. I draw, bend at the waste, remember to aim low and release. The arrow flew nearly perfect, with the exception of a couple of inches back. He took off and I was still staring at the lighted nock stuck in the ground.
He ran about 5 yards and laid down, then ran another 5 and laid down again. I knew he was done. So. Moved on to try to pick off another one. No more opportunities were presented, but I was ready should it have!
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This was right after the chaos had happened.
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This feathers are white..
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Entry wound
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A pic of me and my girl after the trail..
(http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o795/wadebinkley/547A27D0-B899-4250-AE7F-6C0DA271745B_zpsmspad8tb.jpg) (http://s1343.photobucket.com/user/wadebinkley/media/547A27D0-B899-4250-AE7F-6C0DA271745B_zpsmspad8tb.jpg.html)
One more..
(http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o795/wadebinkley/DBF1D5AF-C71F-4A50-9D4C-75F808F3A609_zps6phsxo8f.jpg) (http://s1343.photobucket.com/user/wadebinkley/media/DBF1D5AF-C71F-4A50-9D4C-75F808F3A609_zps6phsxo8f.jpg.html)
We had to add ugly to the mix.. ;)
(http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o795/wadebinkley/D317E751-27E3-4938-B60A-60F79301B7C9_zpslnoacq6m.jpg) (http://s1343.photobucket.com/user/wadebinkley/media/D317E751-27E3-4938-B60A-60F79301B7C9_zpslnoacq6m.jpg.html)
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Here were some very cool pics that Randy educated me on a hogs vitals. I had thought the shot on the hog was a decent shot, and it was, but it wasn't as good as I had thought.
Here is the entry hole: it didn't look near that far back on the shot.
(http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o795/wadebinkley/3806DACB-7E29-4656-9B79-A7D87DDE26D2_zpszbmxc3bh.jpg) (http://s1343.photobucket.com/user/wadebinkley/media/3806DACB-7E29-4656-9B79-A7D87DDE26D2_zpszbmxc3bh.jpg.html)
Exit hole: same thing, I thought it was more forwards at the time of the shot.
(http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o795/wadebinkley/1A5A92CF-C361-4F4B-93B3-7DCEC39EABCB_zpscscjhwgo.jpg) (http://s1343.photobucket.com/user/wadebinkley/media/1A5A92CF-C361-4F4B-93B3-7DCEC39EABCB_zpscscjhwgo.jpg.html)
After we gutted the hog, we managed to keep them fully intact and I got my anatomy lesson.
Here is a pic of all of the intestines and vitals laying how they should be inside the pig.
(http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o795/wadebinkley/66CD0289-4EE5-4FAF-88AA-9136A9E89508_zpsdimgow9u.jpg) (http://s1343.photobucket.com/user/wadebinkley/media/66CD0289-4EE5-4FAF-88AA-9136A9E89508_zpsdimgow9u.jpg.html)
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Here is where the arrow entered:
You can just see the hole in the back of the lung
(http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o795/wadebinkley/207317C9-FEFE-463A-9110-C40360CFC270_zps30viovvg.jpg) (http://s1343.photobucket.com/user/wadebinkley/media/207317C9-FEFE-463A-9110-C40360CFC270_zps30viovvg.jpg.html)
Next it went in a center punched the liver
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The exit wound on the off side of the liver
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I got educated on shooting pigs. I have killed quite a few, but I had never actually did my own autopsy I guess. Either way, it was very cool to see where I had hit and exited outside the ribs and see where it went through on the inside.
I hope you guys enjoy the story. We will hopefully have another to post about tonight!
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As Paul Harvey said... "And now for the rest of the story".
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Nice!! Good luck tonight!! Just out of curiosity, what broadhead were you using? Pretty good holes.
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That one was a Simmons interceptor(the original) and I can get it absolutely razor sharp. You can see where it even cut the hair on the way in.
I love that head!
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awesome Daniel- cool story- great times with Sadie. super pumped and stoked for you and Sadie. inseparable bonds being formed right there!!
nice full circle- all the work and then a real trail- kudo's man.
oh and tell Randy to clean up a bit for the next pic!!! :D
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Way to go Daniel and Sadie!!!
Randy, I'm feeling kinda sorry for you having to put up with him for two days!!! :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
Bisch
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Originally posted by Walt Francis:
Where is the story? If they don't happen within a day I ignore them, period. It ain't worth my time to follow a thread because somebody wants to extend their time in the limelight.
We're back from tonight's hunt. This really made me laugh out loud!!!!!
I'll add my version after we eat dinner. I love the limelight!!!
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Originally posted by fujimo:
awesome Daniel- cool story- great times with Sadie. super pumped and stoked for you and Sadie. inseparable bonds being formed right there!!
nice full circle- all the work and then a real trail- kudo's man.
oh and tell Randy to clean up a bit for the next pic!!! :D
It was a blast! I loved watching her work.
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First off I just wanna say, I'm not really that ugly Daniel!! :laughing:
We headed out yesterday afternoon and I got Daniel set up in my bow stand. Then I headed over to try to hunt the "hole stand". I call it the hole because,well, it's in a hole! It's normally hunted by my wife and kids with a rifle. It's hard to bow hunt because the wind likes to swirl real bad down in this hole. As I drove over the hill I see there a several hogs already at the feeder.
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So I parked and put a stalk on them. I followed the fence line till I got on the down wind side and came up on them with a brush pile between us. Here's a pic from about 80 yards out on my way down the fence line. (http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k359/crittergetter76/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-07/C466FA44-F7E2-47E3-B87C-10F8275DE15D_zpsjcudp5ni.jpg) (http://s324.photobucket.com/user/crittergetter76/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-07/C466FA44-F7E2-47E3-B87C-10F8275DE15D_zpsjcudp5ni.jpg.html)
When I got to the brush pile I was about 35 yards out and new I was on borrowed time with the winds in this hole. So I circled on the up hill side because of less brush and was a quicker approach. Got to about 25 yards and could see several football sized porkers in the tall grass but no clear shots. Took a couple more steps and a 100 lb sow steps out at 20 yards. I start to draw and she turns away with her rump facing me. She moves under the feeder in the depression that has been rooted out over the years and all I can see is her top half. The whole time the bigger boar is staying on the edge of the thick stuff and not getting any closer. Now she steps out of the depression and I get ready to draw when the wind swirls a little and the boar get a whiff of me. He lets out a grunt and everything scatters except the sow she freezes broad side, I draw. The arrow is on its way when all of a sudden she drops an my arrow goes an inch over her back!
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I sit out the rest of the evening in the side of the brush pile without anything else coming in. Daniels txt me after dark and says he shot 2 pigs so I leave my chair and stuff there and go help him with recovery. On our way out I go back to get my things and find my arrow and all the corn is gone! Suckers came by while I was helping Daniel. Dang!
Friday- I get home from work and wait for Daniel to return. We go out back and do a little shooting. Sadie is going crazy and digging in my wood pile and Daniel goes to investigate. All of a sudden the biggest dang field rat I've ever seen takes off. I swear I thought it was a rabbit! It climbs a tree and hangs out in a limb thinking it's safe! Not so! I grab a Judo and say to Daniel " I'm fixing to lose this arrow"! He reassures me and I let her fly. I hit the rat and the limb it's on and it takes off again, a little slower this time and makes it to another tree. Daniel climbes the tree to get my arrow that didn't fall all the way down. We get the arrow and I line up for another shot! The arrow makes a loud popping sound as I drill it dead center and nock it out of the tree. I'm in total shock but try to play it off! lol
The rat catches itself on the way down and Daniel shakes it out and it falls on the other side of the fence and crawls it's way into a hole. Was a hilarious few minutes!
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Fast forward to this evenings hunt. I sit at the same feeder but had to sit the other side because of the wind. I got set up behind some brush at 25 yards. Not ideal but it'll work. Not long after the feeder went off a couple of 75 pounders and some little ones come in to feed. (http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k359/crittergetter76/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-07/D84E7146-0025-41CA-8625-AAFDDA3FC5AE_zpsfsi5vraz.jpg) (http://s324.photobucket.com/user/crittergetter76/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-07/D84E7146-0025-41CA-8625-AAFDDA3FC5AE_zpsfsi5vraz.jpg.html) I pick out the first one that gives me a shot and go thru my shot routine. I Focuse hard because it's at my max comfort range and let her go.
You know that moment when everything slows down and you can see the mystical flight of the arrow? When it's headed toward its mark and you know you just made the perfect shot?!
This is that moment! Well, you know that moment inside that moment when your dreams are shattered by the impossible? Well, this is that moment. At the last possible millisecond that dang sow lurches forward and I miss a foot behind her!! :banghead:
But in my defense my arrow struck exactly where it was supposed to except my intended target was no longer there. So is that still considers a miss? :laughing:
I've never had hogs jump the string till this week! Crazy!
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Those were the two luckiest consecutive shots I have ever seen. But lucky or not, he drilled the rat shooting straight up. Very impressive(lucky) ;)
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Good write up. Sounds like a fun weekend.
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Good going Randy and Daniel! You said your on vacation, did you leave your wife at home? Or was this supposed to be a fun trip for her to
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Really, congrats on a fun and successful hunt my friends, :)
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Good thread Guy's Thanks for taking us along, sounds like you had a great time. Congratulations.
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Congratulations on a fine hunt! Thanks for sharing!
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Cool, congrats.
Yup crittergirl sure hain't no looker.. :)
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Originally posted by Roy from Pa:
Cool, congrats.
Yup crittergirl sure hain't no looker.. :)
:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
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I don't know what the heck y'all are talking about!?!? My wife says I'm HOT!! Although she is blind in one eye and can't see out the other! Just kidding, but she still thinks I'm sexy! :dunno:
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I have met your wife, and I know you "out punted your coverage."
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Originally posted by Bisch:
Way to go Daniel and Sadie!!!
Randy, I'm feeling kinda sorry for you having to put up with him for two days!!! :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
Bisch
I second that lol
Congrats! Sadi is going to make a fine tracker!
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Originally posted by Bisch:
Way to go Daniel and Sadie!!!
Randy, I'm feeling kinda sorry for you having to put up with him for two days!!! :archer: :archer: :archer:
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Congrats Daniel. Great hunt and training for the pup.
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Congrats y'all on a great hunt, and nice work with your dog Daniel!
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Congrats sounds like you guys had a good time.
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:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Geeze Daniel, I thought that was you, your hog, and critterboy in that one picture. I didn't know it was Sadie. I apologize. :)
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Love chasing them hogs....
,,,Sam,,,
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A fun read guys. That a girl Sadie!
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Originally posted by DanielB89:
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Originally posted by Bisch:
Way to go Daniel and Sadie!!!
Randy, I'm feeling kinda sorry for you having to put up with him for two days!!! :archer: :archer: :archer:
Probably! You killed a pig, and I didn't!!!
Bisch
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Great story guys, sounds like a fun couple of days!
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Great read, exciting, informative and comedic. I liked the anatomy lesson. These kinds of stories get me dreaming about my future first hunting trip! Thank you for sharing, guys. :)
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Way to go!