Our ole hunting buddy Matt Schuster just left me a message from the Paradise stating he has finally gotten flatten by a 200# boar. Side note here...i have said on this site a couple of times in the past..........there is arguebly not a finer spot and stalk hog hunter than Matt Schuster anywhere. His numbers are staggering but he is 50, single and hog hunts 48 weekends a year :) ....He's in same class as RC and Hogdancer!..that kind of guy..........i'll try to drag ole Matt on here to tell the story but to get run over by a feral hog after all his experience...got to hear the story.......later...i hope
I'd like to hear the story ! and thanks but I am nowhere near the hog hunter that Matt and RC are.
Oh boy, This one oughta be good!!
Hopefully we can get our buddy Matt out of the woods long enough to get the story :campfire:
Can't wait to "hear" his story! :coffee:
Of course, he is probably still in the woods and will be awhile getting out!
Can't wait to read this one. I hope nothing got hurt other than maybe his pride. :bigsmyl: :campfire:
I hate when my pride gets hurt.But it's not me this time so out with the story :readit: :bigsmyl:
I detect a little jealousy in this post from Joey! Word on the street is that if a bunch of guys went to the Paradise on Friday - single Matt's footprints were everywhere already! Ah the benefits! Somebody shoulda told us!
This should be a good story. :biglaugh:
:campfire:
Where is SHOEMAN?!
BTW, I bet it was closer to 100#'s......
While we wait, here is a photo of Shoeman from about 3 years ago when we hunted Kauai.
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The last weekend of South Florida deer season- the stalker killed a hog one eve and a buck the next morning- but both from a treestand. He is a killer.
Ho......he said you almost killed him on that trip!..i gaurentee you none of his arrows matched in weight or spine or lenght or BH's in that pic........Schuster is the Hobo of Traditional Bowhunters......Marty saw him last week on a tuesday in West Palm beach driving around with a 60# shout on ice in his truck.......he is a traveling hog depredation machine.
I'm a jealous Marty..my only near death charge missed.....i was "quick"!!!
"Ho......he said you almost killed him on that trip!" That was the trip he saved my life! Oh yeah...my water filter broke and we both got really sick from untreated water....maybe I DID almost kill him in all my gratitude!
Shoe musta been weak from the lack of soup, caused him to be slow....
I'm looking forward to this! He sure knows what hes doing too. He watched me stalk and miss my first hog down at rays!
:knothead: :campfire:
now this oughta be a GOOD one and worth the wait ... hey matt!?!?!?!?
It sounds like he's okay, then.
Ok I am getting ramped up. Just got a month off at work for all my hard work in the past.
Need to hear some hog stories real bad.
Looking forward to learning here..making some arrows up and getting my gear ready for the trip.
Look like I will have my ACS ready next week and shipped to me....the BW PCHX is on the table in about 3-4 weeks.
Jer
Last weekend I shot with Matt at the TBOF Shoot. His go to bow had recently exploded on him and he was shooting a back-up which he wasn't use to. His string kept stretching to the point he had to get a new one. Tied on a nock point using the eye-ball method of measurement, then commenced to shooting using miss matched arrows. :saywhat:
This could be the reason for his getting run over by the Hog.
Is it possible he may actually have mmmmmmmissed!!!!
Give us the truth Matt!! :biglaugh:
was the bow he shooting cocobolo and osage riser?
I believe it may have been, but not certain. I only remember it had dark limbs. Didn't really pay that close attention to it.
We were to busy talking!!
his go to bow is an old Quillian patriot with no finish left on it that's been run over by two vehicles, left in the woods several times - but he's probably killed 150 hogs with that thing.
I can believe it blew up...heck the glue probably gave out on it its been pulled so many times and there's so much moisture between the lams!!!
I want to hear about this one. been head-butted once myself...it's quite the experience!!!!
Ray, I think your calculator is busted....
I just got back from down there. That ol boar had some teeth! I don't know how Shoe didn't get cut but he didn't.
Wow, you guys are brutal! :biglaugh: :biglaugh: Come on Matt, tell the story.
A charging boar is something Ive never had happen. Sounds almost as scary as a guy I know who found a dead gator in the woods and was gonna make a belt out of it. :saywhat: Don
The one that head butted me had two broadheads stickin' out of it but not much tush
QuoteOriginally posted by Ray Hammond:
The one that head butted me had two broadheads stickin' out of it but not much tush
big. Just think about it. He's had that bow for fifteen years. He hunted every other day for that time period- all he had to do was kill ten a year for that time period. I think your reckonin de-vice has sprung a leak!!! :bigsmyl:
the story the story whats the story? the joy of a good story :D :bigsmyl:
QuoteOriginally posted by Ray Hammond:
The one that head butted me had two broadheads stickin' out of it but not much tush
big. Just think about it. He's had that bow for fifteen years. He hunted every other day for that time period- all he had to do was kill ten a year for that time period. I think your reckonin de-vice has sprung a leak!!! :bigsmyl:
Can't wait!!! Always love a good hog huntin' story.
I know ole "shoeman" is a good hunter and he makes his equipment last FOREVER..........but by far the most impressive thing about him is his ability to stay away from maternal bliss!!!! How's he do that?
Hey Matt,
Hope you have that getting knocked over thing out of your system; When you're here this spring, one of these "hairy pigs" knocks you over and he may stop and chew on you for a time!
Ran into Matt last Saturday at the TBOF shoot, he was holding a longbow when I saw him. He said he might make it to one of the LongHammock shoots we have every other weekend just south of Ocala.
Has anyone considered the pig may have been looking for love? Or visa versa? And where was his trusty sidekick(and one true love) Montana?
I talked to Shoe a couple hours ago. I think he suffereing from stage fright.....
Ok, here is the story - and I don't hunt near as much as yall think I do.
I got down to Paradise on Friday afternoon and, as usual, I take my trusty sidekick Montana the crazy Wirehair with me on the first hunt to wear her out, then I can hunt alone the rest of the weekend. David Waldrop was with me and we went to a big section of hardwoods and palmettos that we call the Trash Can Woods. Rain was falling and nothing was moving at all. No squirrels, armadillos, or hogs. We jumped quite a few deer out of there beds but the woods were dead. I'm not sure if this boar heard us and came to us or if he was just having a very bad day and happened to walk by, but I heard a big critter hitting palmettos coming toward is. By the time I had Montana sitting with me kneeling on her leash and got an an arrow on the string, the boar was cruising by at ten yards. I hit him low behind the shoulder and the arrow angled up through one lung but, unfortunatel, not both. He took off and I unleashed Montana and let go after him. A hundred yards away, he bayed up. At the time, I figured he was on his last leg because he was pouring blood. Anyway, I can't shoot worth beans when I get real excited and I promptly missed a follow-up shot. Rather than dirty another arrow, I figured it better to retrieve that one. With one eye on the boar I eased over to pick it up. Boar and dog were about ten yards away at this point and I could see that the pig was watching me and not the dog. I squatted to pick up the arrow and took my eyes off the boar for two seconds and the next thing I know is that I got hit by a big hairy linebacker and I am rolling over in a tangle of legs. I never saw or heard him coming. Jumping up, I was happy to see his sizeable testicles moving away with Montana in pursuit. Why he didn't cut me, I don't know. He hit me head on and since I was squatting, I just rolled right over. . . . He bayed up a short ways away, David Waldrop came to the commotion and after a rather ugly ending, the boar is dead and I am not.
Glad your OK !
Matt.....glad you are OK....How about a PIC of the boar?.....pretty please?
Terry, I will try and send one to somebody who can post it. I don't have a lot of time since I have had to get a real job. . .
Matt glad you are OK but sure would have like to have been there to see that. I know you are down in Florida now but you can come back up and see some of GA boys once in a while. Friday afternoon we were dodging rain showers trying to get the targets up for the state shoot. Missed not seeing you there but given the choice I would have rather been at Paradise also. Did you get your newsletter? Just making sure I got the new address right. Real job, you yea right.
That is crazy. Hope Matt can come tell the story.
I must have been tired when I made this post. haha
Glad everything worked out OK.
I guess it's better to be bowled over by a pig than a buffalo!!!!
I am glad you are ok.
I have to say I laughed at this line "...after a rather ugly ending, the boar is dead and I am not. "
Made me laugh.
Man, you should've had on the Human Energy Concealment System and that ole boar would've never know you were there! Riiggghhttt!!!
Now if we could just get him to tell a story in print the way he does in person. His skills in yarn spinning are only surpassed by his ability to ventilate hogs. :readit:
Shoe sent me pics to post but unfortunately I am at the office and I can't access photobucket, etc. from this computer....
QuoteOriginally posted by matt schuster:
after a rather ugly ending, the boar is dead and I am not.
Priceless! Glad you're OK buddy :notworthy:
Steve...send them to me
DonD, his crazy dog only bites at little kids. It didn't do a very good job of keeping her master safe. "with Montana in pursuit"
I'd just give a dog like that away to the blind, or a family of hungry Koreans.
Nice! :thumbsup:
On their way Big....
Glad your ok but you got to hand it to that hog...he struck when your guard was down.
THis is whay makes memories if we survive 'em
Can't wait to do this....I will probably get tore up, but I can't wait to chase them.
JB
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Here's the big bad boar...notice how far back he's standing like he's still ascared of it.
That is one helluva hog, glad it came out well for you.
Biggie, glad you got them to work, I could'nt get them to load , do you have the pic with the closeup of the teeth
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WOW he's massive....you are lucky he didn't tear you up.....
I think I better purchase a handgun backup...
Do you guys do that? With all the talk of cotton mouths etc i think a sawed off 20 gauge or 410 would be a handy think to have strapped to your side.
And ppl worry about the grizzlies up here in the yukon.....we don't even give it a second thought.
It's like the aussies when I was there...they kep talking about the grizzlies...they can get killed or real sick just taking the friggin trash out.
red backs (spiders)- tiger snakes - browns - ti pans - frogs for darn sakes - jelly fish - crocs - pythons - they even have a shellfish that has a poison dart....
Ppl worry about a grizz...
We don't have snakes - anything poisonous accept the poliTICKS.
no skunks - we are like a cold climate New Zealand i think...not sure if they have bears but I doubt it.
Crazy maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan..Jer bear
Nice! Big pig!
Nice Matt, way to go bud! :notworthy: :campfire:
:scared: :thumbsup:
That sure is a good boar! You're a lucky boy; he could've done some real harm! Well-done on a fine adventure!
Matt, that boy's wearin' some hardware!!! Sweeeett!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you could pull some poundage instead of that girly bow you'd have got both lungs...he he
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Great Hog Matt!!!!!....and the Trash Can woods is about as cool a place to kill one as anywhere.
Congrats my friend!!!!!
THAT is a big hog! Congrats!!!!!
The man loves killing those pigs. Matt,I'm thinkin that pig will make alot of hot italian sausage for the Woodson and MacMahon camps.
Man, oh man....glad you are ok Matt! i would have messed my pants at the very least! :eek:
Thanks guys, he was a good one but he just happened to be the one that walked by. . no skill on my part. As Ray said, I usually shoot the little one with my girly bow. . . And Randy, I would have messed my pants if I had seen him coming. Luckily, I was blissfully ignorant - a state that I tend to be in quite a bit these days.
WOW!!!!!!! Again I reflect on Terrys' advice."If You Live Where There Aint Hogs,Move!!!" Very nice, congradulations. Who is this Montana lady and what is her race?
"The Trash Can woods"...I've been there...
Someone could write one heck of an article about that peice of woods :campfire:
Wow that is a HOG Matt.
Jack
I killed what Matt has labeled as the "World's Dumbest Hog" in the Trash Can Woods! I need to scan that ole' photo sometime.
"Rather than dirty another arrow, I figured it better to retrieve that one."
Ya know Matt, sometimes your frugality will get you in trouble.
Besides, if the pig didn't actually BITE you, he was just exiting the area and you were a speed bump.
Just kidding, of course. You ARE a little bug eyed in the second pic.
Good boar Shoeman.Prolly don`t sound like it but your lucky you ain`t got stitches or something broke. You know you are getting old and breakable....RC
Trash Can Woods! Dang...purdiest spot on paradise in my opinion. Couldn't think of a finer spot to slay a hog. That's a bruiser Matt, congratulations again.
Man, I bet that woke you up when you got kissed in the butt by that dude!!
Great story!!!
Makes me wonder if the pig had the ability to reason that you weren`t looking and he had a chance to get you.
That pig is as big as a runaway Prius.
Great story!!! :D
Awesome photo and great hog! Congrats Matt!
Biggie mentioned Koerans...is that bow a
Samick? LOL. and what about those limbsavers,hehe
"That's a bruiser Matt"
Matt once told me that "old man Hoffman (Wayne) once told him that if you make a little slit in a pig's hide when they're fresh that you can insert a air hose and inflate the pig to make it appear bigger" and that he was saving it for a special occasion.....
HOGZILLA, is finally dead. Ha ha...
Mooning hogs is not recommended at distances of under 20 yards! Nice hog, Matt! Glad you weren't sliced and diced.
Matt,
Maybe this incident will have you look a little harder for that Woman with Medical insurance you can get on! Shouldn't be too hard to find!
Very cool looking hog.
Congratulations Matt. Next time you might want to think about just dirtying up another arrow :biglaugh:
Great story! Congrats, and sure glad he didn't decide to "rough you up"!
Here ya go Curt.....
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Sounds like an exciting time,thanks for the story. I still need to give hogs a try.
Hey guy,
Your gonna have to quite that regular job and get back to hunting every other day. All of us married guys with kids need a hero to look up to and a single guy who hunts all the time is close enough to a real hero for us. Makes us all wonder what it would be like!
BTW, I saved Shoeman's life in the Trash Can Woods when a rogue copperhead was on the loose. One well placed arrow saved the day!
I was rewarded for my valiancy with a hog within the hour.
Yeah but I bet you still ate canned soup for supper that day....
Great story. Glad you are ok Matt. That is a awesome hog for sure.
Lots of folks don`t know Mat invented "Schustering". It Means...the art of camping for a week with friends and never cooking a meal....Eating good every night.lolRC
"Yeah but I bet you still ate canned soup for supper that day...."
I don't recall if that was the time Shoe almost "choked out"? If so that menas it was the one time he brought MORE than soup!
Actually, the first time Steve came to Paradise, I fed him soup then he got a ride to town and bought two bags full of cinnamin twirls. That's how he keeps in such good shape. Schusterin is really just trying to keep all you guys who bring way too much food from being wasteful. Plus I know you feel good about yourself for feeding me and then making fun of me and I am willing to do my part because I am a giver. . .
Dang ! A comment and a question.. Nice hog, that thing looks to stand waist high to you.
Now. . . How in the hell can you MISS a mountain like that ?
ChuckC
posted by biggie:
I'd just give a dog like that away to the blind, or a family of hungry Koreans
rotflmao...thats rich..you crack me up biggie :biglaugh: :biglaugh:
Schuster ......your slipping....Steve got ME to go across the river and buy him 2 dozen pecan swirls. I missed i a pretty good Emu one time about 40 yards south of that trash can one morning.....nice hog shoe.......Big Red genes still at the "Dice"
QuoteOriginally posted by RC:
Lots of folks don`t know Mat invented "Schustering". It Means...the art of camping for a week with friends and never cooking a meal....Eating good every night.lolRC
Matt obviously got the idea for that from hanging out at camp with Marty and Biggie. I have seen lots of world class Schustering at Okeechobee.
:bigsmyl: :bigsmyl:
pete
No Pete...Schustering started many years ago in the swamps of Georgia.
Gotta admit it seems to work pretty good for him.
One of those things were you think; "Now why didn't I think of that?"
Joebuck.....yep,
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I let this build up before I read the whole thing. FUNNY STUFF. Glad you are OK. I just sit back here in MI wondering what would be tuffer, huntin southern hogs or hunting with southeren hunters. Both groups can be ruff on a fella. It sure sounds like fun either way.
THAT PIG WAS HUGE!(i think, never seen one in the wild before)
way to go Matt.
Chuck
Very nice rooter :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Just goes to show that there is no place for a pig to go on Paradise where he won't run into Matt!
Good hog Matt. Glad you ain't dead.
I agree with Chuck, you southern boys have us northern boys second guessing hunting them big hairy, knock you on can hogs.
Forgot to add, glad your alright Matt, and that you killed that hog. You must be living right.
You fellas obviously are talking about the wrong Matt. When he and I were pioneering the late hunts at Solana (until then they had no scheduled hunts after early December except the doe control rifle hunts) he cooked at least two of our meals and one was so fancy that Shep was scared to eat it---said he wasn't sure that ginger was something that was meant to be eaten.
Anyway, the Matt i know would never dream of feeding anybody canned soup, he's way too discriminating for that.
Now about that hog and Montana: anybody who's been around Montana (or my wire Max) will tell you that she (and every wire I've ever been around) are very moody. She was probably mad with Matt about something and decided to teach him a lesson by not chasing it until after it gave him a scare
If you'd have put an armadillo skin on that hog Matt it wouldn't have gotten ten feet before it was stripped to smitherines and there was blood in a forty foot circle.
I wouldn't trust that dog of Matt's if I had a porterhouse in one hand and a .45 in the other.