Enjoyed all of this.

Thanks for posting.

Beautiful photo`s.

Biggies smile is no doubt, contagious.  :D

Thanx fellas, but it's not over yet!

Someone asked about the Terminator/Woodsman Elite bh's....They are a fantastic bh that I would shoot at about anything that walks.  I was shooting the 160 non-vented glue-on's mounted on 125gr. steel adapters...Great broadhead!


.......The next morning I would sit the "Snake Hole"....It was very cold by south Florida standards, for me it felt just like home.

Shortly  before daylight I had 4 young bucks come in. I could see small antler on them with the help of my binocular.  They soon wandered off and within minutes of their departure, I could hear crunching over by the feeder...hogs!

This was another wonderful morning filled with a lot of action....but no dead hogs brought in to hang and skin. Some of the sites....

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After the morning hunt it was time to "detail" a stand. All the stands at Marty's place are extremely well thought out. Not a stone goes unturned to make them as effective as possible. I've hunted a lot of other peoples stands, and it always seems that there's something I would change. But that was not the case with any stand I hunted...

Almost every feeder had two stands, to hunt different wind directions. All had great backround cover, either natural or added. All were rock solid, and none of them squeaked or rattled...absolutely silent! All had at least one bowholder, sometimes more than one to give options. Every one had a pull up rope...like i said, no stone unturned!

Here's Biggie adding some backround cover, then a bowholder to a stand.....
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I swear, I'm jealous!

What do we get for post #300???

   

You know, Gene's new book has some space dedicated to "detailing" ladder stands.  I wonder if this is a chicken or egg type thing.

Curt, you had WAYYYYY too much fun    
The pics are awesome, can't hardly see you behind that big grin!

After lunch we went back out on the buggy to check a few things out and corn a road we'd already chummed up a couple times already.  

This was the third time we'd corn this road, and it had been picked clean both times prior. Once on each side of the road. Now both sides looked as though a dozer had gone thru....more on this road later....

So on the way back to camp, all of a sudden Marty cuts the engine and we coast to a stop. They'd spotted hogs!!

I could also see the palmettos shaking and certainly hear them, but until they actually pointed one out I couldn't see any. But there was no doubt there was quite a few hogs in there...and they had no clue we were around!!!!!!

I put my shooting glove on, they put my bow in my hand and pushed me off the back of the buggy...
..time to test my "ground game"...the hunt was on!!!!

I'd left my camera in a pouch on the buggy and I thought about it too late to give it to one of them to take pix or video.....but little did I know...Marty had found it......

At first I walked down the roadway, checking with them to see If I'd gone over far enough. They had a birds eye view from the buggy about 70yds away. Then they urgently started motioning for me to head into the palmettos. I was trying to be quiet at first, but soon realized that making noise wasn't a problem at all. The hogs themselves were making a racket and even if they heard me, they'd just think it was another hog in the sounder....my priority was to keep the wind in my favor....
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I finally started to close on some hog sounds that seemed to be staying relatively in the same place......
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Soon I was 5yds. from a totally unsuspecting sow....but had no shot......
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Then, as she started to walk off, quartering away hard and still unaware of my presence, a shot opened up at about 8yds....  
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I saw the Terminator hit her right where I wanted it......far back as she was quartering away sharply, but burying deep, up into her chest....
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She crashed off squealing, and after just a few yards I lost track of her in the chaos of the departing sounder thru the palmettos...
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At the time, I had no idea Marty had caught it all on film.....

What a magical and special trip that was!  Between the characters, the tropical paradise, and the game, one of the best threads in a long long time!
Enjoyed every word and picture - thanks for taking all the time and effort to include us  

what a great time, and a great thread,  keep the stories and pictures coming

Oh, we're not done yet!   :D      
Carry on bud!

I agree, this is an AWESOME thread! Congrats Curt!

       

Cool story!  I'm really enjoying this one!

Nice work so far Curt.

We were close enough to hear the arrow thump. I grinned at Marty cause we both knew he'd hit the opposite shoulder. It's the finest sound in the woods!

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We went to camp to get Peanut, the tracking wonder dog.......

very intertaning thread Curt. Thanks for sharing. Don

Great story Curt..... Thanks !!

Good stuff Curt. That last photo must have been a shock as you reviewed you pics. Looks like a wonderful time with Marty and the Bigster in the jungles of S. FLA

From the looks of it Curt you were in constant DANGER. Good job watchin your back and getting out of there safe!  I dont think those guys look very stable.

Too good Buddy, just too good!      

Looks like a blast Curt!!