These guys told me they wanted to turkey hunt- but they L-I-E-D!!!!!!
All they did was stalk pig after pig after pig after pig.
It just makes a fella sick sometimes.... NOT!!
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It sounds to me like there are some stories to be told and some pictures to be shown. :campfire: :campfire:
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pic added...sorry...left it out.
They're still on their way home....
Arrow K9, Tim Mullen, PDK, Aaron and Chris Elzer and Squirrel Bait and I....
It was awesome...I hunted turkeys for a little and had some luck as well.
Less feathers and more meat...can`t blame them.
Great job.Pork on the dirt.RC
If they'd shot 1 out of every 10 they saw, we'd have to have 6 more photos.
Aint nothing like a turkey hunt turned into a hog slaughter. :thumbsup: :clapper:
It looks and sounds like they had a heck of a great time.
Them boys is sad right now wishing they were heade south instead of back north.Congradulations.
jealous...
Good job boys!
My buddy pat (pdk25) should be at my house in a minute to drop off his skull.
Ray heck your PMs.
Some pics and stories to follow. Just got home from there and it was a blast. Everyone there was very informative. I'm the ugly fellow in the green and plaid shirt that had some beginners luck. :wavey: :biglaugh:
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Oh, my girlfriend thinks I gained a few pounds while I was there. :biglaugh:
That's just the new beard. Nice hunting with you, Dave.
I just got home a few minutes ago, but I'll tell my story here briefly.
First off, let me say the the weather was awesome this weekend. After hunting the last couple of years with the temps in the 90's, it was a pleasure to hunt with temps in the 70's. The conditions on friday were perfect. A front had come through on thursday evening bringing the temp down from the upper 80's of the previous week and giving just enough rain to make for quiet stalking.
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I set out with Tim(Molson), making our way west toward the river. Tim was the first to see a group of pigs to the north, but the wind swirled and the pigs got out of there in a hurry. Tim decided to try to circle around them and I continued on toward the river.
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I got to a field near the river and took off for the north, going parallel to the river and following some washout basins next to the river that Ray had said had some good pig sign. I hadn't gone 100 yards when I heard a very loud grunt that was close, but I couldn't see any pigs. I crept closer to a gulley and saw a group of hogs making there way out of the gulley obliquely away from me.
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The wind was almost ready to bust me, but the pigs turned slightly to the north. I crossed the gulley and circled around to get the wind right. As it turns out, all of the pigs but one circled around back into the gulley and were rooting around. I couldn't see them because of the brush between the pigs and myself and the depression. I fixed my sights on a pretty cool looking brown sow that probably weighed 75 pounds and was now around 15 yards away, as I crept closer on my hands and knees. A couple of steps in either direction and I would have a shot.
I heard a grunt to my left saw a glimpse of black fur through the brush. Another hog was making it's way back to the rise by going around the brush pile. I turned on my knees to face where I expected the hog to come out. I was at half draw when the hog stepped out from the brush at 10 yards, but she stopped and stared straight at me. She gave a little huff and ran straight for me. Ray and squirrelbait later convinced me that something probably spooked her from behind and that she most likely didn't even know that I was there. It happened so fast that, at the time, I assumed that she was gonna run me down. She may not have been all that big, but she looked big enough while I was on my knees. I quickly came to full draw and release one for her chest, but she veered at the release. That was probably when she first realized that I was there, but the arrow was on the way and took her behind her left shoulder and angled out through her right flank. At the time, I was just happy that she kept on going and I directed my attention back to the brown sow. She had startled at the commotion, but quickly went back to feeding. I crept a few more yards to be less exposed and began to wait for the right shot opportunity. I heard the black sow that I shot moan behind me, and I figured it was down. The wind swirled again, and then the brown sow and the other hogs in the gulley took off south along the river.
I went over to the next gulley to the east, and there was the sow, around 20-30 yards from where I shot her. I was pretty happy to get her, and not more than an hour or so into the hunt. She probably weighed around 75 pounds. Can't wait to hear Dave's story.
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Way to go Pat!
Great job guy's
Those are some funny looking birds :laughing: Nice shooting guy's
Come on boys,,, this cant be all.More stories and pics man!!!
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Well, I guess it is my turn to tell all. As Pat said the conditions were pretty good for stalking. I was hunting an area just east of Tim and Pat that had thick palmettos and standing water in some areas. The pig sign was abundant in that area. With trails and wallows everywhere I was one happy camper to say the least.
There was a road that split the area I was hunting and depending on the wind is which way I stalked. After while of slow stalking, I heard a grunt. I then preceded in that direction but had the fickle wind betray me to the sounds of hogs taking off. I then saw Pat and he was on his way back to the truck to get his hog. After a congradulations I was back down the road which dead ends into a lower swamp of some big cypress trees. I could see pigs a hundred yards ahead and the wind was good. I slowly made my way towards the group of seven hogs. It was muddy and has I closed the distance of about twenty-five yards I went to pull my foot out of the mud and it made that suction sound and the gig was up.
I then sat for about ten minutes just to take in all the sights when I thought I would look behind me to see a snake. I was told that it was a black racer and was harmless, but I didn't stick around to find out either.
I then preceded to work my way out of the swamp and back towards the palmettos. Just before reaching the palmettos there is a slight rise from leaving the lower swamp grounds. As I reach the top slowly I can see and hear hogs coming my direction. I get next to a big cypress tree and here comes a good sized sow. She was moving left to right and when she cleared a spot in the palmettos at about twenty-two paces I released. The shot was true and she only went about ten or so yards and fell over. She let out a death moan and moments later a hugh boar appeared looking straight at me and not happy. He looking right at me and made some primal grunts it what seemed like minutes, but was in reality only about fifteen seconds. He then charged straight at me! I had tensed the string of my bow but knew that would do no good, so I was getting ready to duck behind the big tree I was next to and the boar veered off to my left and out of sight through the swamp. Man was he big. I then drug my hog a mere four hundred yards to the nearest road where I later met Mike and Tim who graciously helped me get my hog.
Sorry for the long story guys. :knothead:
Congrats and great stories.... :clapper:
I would also like to thank Mike, Tim and Pat for giving me some valuable information the night previous in Estill. We all stayed the night before and they gave some pointers that I believe helped me since this was my first hop hunt. Thanks guys! :notworthy:
Here is a little piggy that Mike Gerardi found in the palmettos and a campfire pic of some of the group.
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Fun Stuff!!!
Dave it was a pleasure sharing camp with ya. I had a great time. Awsome group of people at camp and a great property. Feeding Mitchum was getting pretty old, but thats what buddies are for.
ray made it home about 1am.we had a great time,awesome food,and good laughter.learned how to hog hunt.want to go back already,no pics camera was dead.need to get new camera for next time.gonna mail some stuff back to you,forgot to give back your maps,will get em out today.
got to see some hogs but no shots,lots of deer,turkeys.thanks again.....chris
I was happy to provide some of the entertainment in camp for the weekend. I never claimed to be the sharpest tool in the shed, and here is some proof. Tim may want to fill in the details.
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There I was just wakeing up in my rack. I hear Pat very calmly and with dignity, "Tim may I bother you with a question" Tim replies ,"why yes Pat" Pat says," Am I on fire." Tims runs across the camper and starts smacking Pat on the back and says," why yes pat you are" I figure its time to get up and render some adult supervision. Pat had leaned on the stove to tallk with tim and his shirt lit up. Just finsihed Medical school?
We're in the process of creating a memorial placque to go on the front of the stove, red with white letters about 3 inches high saying-
" DR PAT SAYS - DON'T SIT ON THE STOVE, BOYS AND GIRLS "
That was pretty funny, til I noticed that his fantastic "stop, drop, and roll" technique melted my brand new kitchen rug I paid a whole ten bucks for"!!!!!! :bigsmyl: :wavey: :thumbsup:
:thumbsup: Great job guys!
I hate I mmmmmmissed this one! Ray had invited me to come over and hang with you guys but I just couldn't break away.
Ya'll don't know how lucky you were weatherwise...best weather we've had in months!
I really wanted to be there to help drag Davids hog..I knew he'd get one.
I wish you'd been there, Big...
you and I could have doubled up on the dirty birds Saturday morning.
Left the trailer at 9....back at 1030 with a hefty boy.
Congratulations on the successful hunt.Sounds like fun and also some good eating.
rays cooking is superb.looked forward to it after hunting.squirrel bait will keep you entertained.trying to figure out when to go back...chris
Biggie your neck would of been killin ya from shaking your head at our group. Ray your sharpie sign is priceless!!! I would'nt change it except to write it in crayon.
Pat was a good sport about the whole thing. You can never say he will fold under pressure. He never got excited while being on fire. :thumbsup: :campfire: Thats Pat in the middle.
Hey Pat,
Glad you guys had a great time. I was giving you some time to get home before I touched base. Glad it all worked out. I will be there in less than 3 weeks, can't wait.
ALDO
Sound like a great time, thanks for sharing!
Biggie, I wish you could of been there as well. I really enjoyed chatting with ya at the PBS gathering. Maybe next time. Hey Ray, Pat said he'll pay you for that rug when he gets done triple billing some folks for there medical needs. :readit:
Hey Biggie I slept on the couch. It was a bit shaky. Ray said you would know why!
Pat catching his shirt on fire was certainly one of the funniest events ever. I was just stretched out on the couch talking with Pat but not really looking at him. Pat just kinda steps away from the stove and casually says, "Hey Tim, am I on fire?" I glanced at him, expecting him NOT to be on fire, and there he was with flames licking all the way up his back. I said, "YEAH!" and jumped up and ran over and beat it out. Pat started to do a bit of a dance, like he was chasing a bee, but we got the flames out. Cotton embers were falling all over so I felt it necessary to put them out by stomping them into Rays new high dollar rug. Lucky for Pat he wasn't wearing any synthetic material or that would have been really bad. He didn't suffer any damage and we started laughing about it. Ray heard all the commotion and came inside to see what was going on. He just shook his head, agreed with Mike that we needed adult supervision, and walked back outside.
As for the pig hunting we hunted our butts off for two days straight non stop daylight to dark. We had pigs running all around us on Friday and enough on Saturday to keep it interesting. I can only tell you to NOT approach pig hunting with a whitetail attitude. I shot a nice boar Friday right against the elbow with a nice wide Tusker Delta. That sucker went 10 yards and laid down with his head flat on the ground facing me. I should have just shot him again right then but I figured he was done so I didn't rush. I just took a couple steps to the side and was going to put another arrow in him. When I did, one of the sows spooked and he got up and took off with them. That was the last I saw of him. Pigs are incredibly tough critters.
There's more stories to tell from this trip but you'll just have to come hunt with us some time to hear them. It was great to meet the guys from Illinois and I believe Dave Sisamis owes me a double anchovy and hog sausage pizza! As always, Ray was gracious host on the property was fantastic. Mike Mitchum was there but couldn't hunt. He said something about a public restroom and pointed to a cast on his arm. I thought it best not to ask... :D :campfire:
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:campfire: Thats Pat in the middle.
:biglaugh: THAT.... Is funny!!!!!
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That's fantastic, great stories!
Great time I think I am gonna make it a yearly thing. :bigsmyl:
Looks like a absolute blast!!! Good for you guys!!!
Molson, the next time I see you your getting BLUNTED!
I'm glad I didn't get on your bad side Squirrel Bait. I'm still healing from the hand you gave me. :biglaugh: :laughing:
Great pics and story guys, congrats.
I saw the shirttail gone and figured he missed.
Good of you boys to come up with a semi-cool alibi for Pat. Nothing like huntin' buds to cover for each other.
Killdeer :bigsmyl:
Thats just how we roll Killie.
word, yo.
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Molson, the next time I see you your getting BLUNTED!
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Word-YO!!!!!
Mike. I bet he can pig squeal real nice too
Might take two blunts to make him squeal extra special. :goldtooth:
You guys and your blunting and squealing. My oh my....
I don't have time for such childishness. I'm going to Rittman for a delicious southern fried chicken sandwich. I hear there's a pizza shop there that just put one on the menu!!!! :saywhat:
Extra crunchy, I hope.
Extra crunchy beats extra crispy... :D
Speaking of childishness, there's a rumor runnin' around, Pat, that says you tried lighting something off that everybody tells everybody else not to try lighting off, and that's what happened to your shirt.
I told them that you wouldn't do that, that you're a real smart feller.
Killdeer :thumbsup:
I am pretty childish, and not really a smart feller, but I wasn't the one chowing down on the beans in Estill.
awesome
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Molson,
I hope they have donuts for dessert there.
Ray... They are pastries, not donuts. Look it up!! :thumbsup: :D
Great stories guys. Sounds like a ball. Thanks for sharing it.
The entertainment value just keeps going and going. :biglaugh: :biglaugh: :biglaugh:
Sorry, Tim
Only heard of PO PO and D-O-N-U-T-S
I think only PO PO who are elegant, if you know what I mean, eat pastries.
Just to verify my new menu. FRIED CHICKEN SANDWICH BONES AND ALL. I might even start putting chicken and bones on my pizzas.LOL :knothead:
Man I think someone needs a HUG !
Pat and I were walking back out of the swamp on a dirt road headed to another spot. Just as we got to a low spot in the road with water on both sides I heard a grunt snort. We stopped dead in our tracks and I could now hear them moving off to my left. A shallow river bed with a high wall was on my left and the hogs were feeding just above the river bed . I watched as two little footballs with a good size black boar headed further to my left along the river bed along the high wall. I knew that the river would bring the hogs back my way and tried to get in front of them. After running back down the road a good piece ,I noticed that the hogs had gone into the riverbed. Just another 20 yards and I cut back into the woods. Hoping to be in front of them enough that when they went by it would be right below me. Just as I approached the drop off to the river, a red sow and three little footballs came up the dang wall right in front of me. 30yds away and right in my face. They made a hard left and went 50yds and stopped. Not seeing the boar I was just about to take a knee when he came up the wall at the same spot as the others. He was a bit over 200lbs. I froze as he made a quick left and stopped by a palmetto 45yds to my left. That boar stopped facing the same way I was with his head slightly turned my way. I hoped that he would calm down and just calmly go towards the others and start feeding. I had the wind and thought he might dismiss me. He did not move for two whole minuets. The excitement started to build and then that old feeling of the dang wind on the back of my neck. Two grunts and he was outta there. On the way back to the road it made me laugh that he had whooped me and seemed to be in total control of the situation from start to finish. Maybe next time.
I don't think that there is anything worse than the feel of wind on the back of your neck.
Yeah there is....you know when you get that little bit of throw-up in the back of your mouth?
YUK Biggie!!!!!
Just reading that caused that very thing to just happen....Thank you Sir... :mad: :D
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I think only PO PO who are elegant, if you know what I mean, eat pastries.
... and fancy imported beer!!!! :)
This area of the channel was full of medium size gators.
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I had a better look at this little guy. I tried to catch him. He might look small and help less, but he was cold as stone and quick!
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Nice pics Mike. :clapper:
Just a bump...Ray your hogs taste darn good but what do you feed them used grease?
Im working on Pats skull he brought me and hot dog is that thing greasy!!! Ive done record book bears that weren't this greasy!!!
without a doubt, ray's hog heaven is truly THE PLACE to be!
counting the days, going to be a blast, hope we have as much fun as you fellers did!!
Oh you will, even if I wouldn't have harvested a pig. That place is just a fun place to stalk around and the camp was a blast.