St Judes Okeechobee Hog Hunt - 2010

[gregg dudley]

Is that one of them "Snuggie's" that Biggie has on?  I saw them advertised in an infomercial but they only had pink and blue...   :D


Yeah...we know...you got frequent flyer miles.    

[wv lungbuster]

Is that one of them "Snuggie's" that Biggie has on?        

[Pennsyltuckey pete]

I was thinkin the same thing!  Biggie in a snuggie!  There is just something wrong with a blanket with arms in that group.  I know it would get used as a straight jacket.

Please sirs,  Some more!

Was that fire one of the "lighterwood" fires?  They smell so good!

pete

[FerretWYO]

This is going to be good with Biggie flying to SC then to washington.

Nothing better than a good camp fire at night.

Keep it coming.

[elkken]

After a short restless night of sleep it was time for a good cup of coffee ... and they had the perfect cup, for me or the hog ?

Did I mention Terry snores ... good thing for ear plugs

Time for bed, I'm still on Florida time I think

[Biggie Hoffman]

That's ok....you guys laugh at my snuggie. I was the only one that wasn't shivering!

Notice that no one is sitting near Terry and that "fine cigar"

[Marty]

Biggie and Snuggies in the same sentence without mentioning his grandkids-now that's funny!! Aren't those diapers?

[JC]

Biggie, I've heard tell the only difference between a "fine" cigar and a terrible one is which end of it you're on. Least it helps keep the bugs away.

Great story and pics, thanks for sharing it with us.

Marty, hope to meet you up at Smokin Arras this year.

[metsastaja]

Biggie's snuggie?

That my friends is a King size 100% wool Blanket with a hole cut in the middle. Said he made the hole himself and did it before infomercials.

[Terry Green]

Ken had never heard of fat lighter before, he thought we were burning tires the 1st night.
So, I struck a match to a small stick of it to show him how easy it lit.

The next morning really gave him a lesson.  Marty tossed paper plate on the coals from the night before and then sat a fat lighter stump right on top of it.  

5 minutes later......

 

[Terry Green]

This ones for Marty.....the big bodied buck I saw just getting his horns back.....he dwarfed the 4 other bucks he was with by far....and had a woolly winter coat compared to the slick haired others.

   

   

   

   

   

[Biggie Hoffman]

That's what we call a gitback fire....felt pretty good too.

[rushlush]

This is good, keep it coming...

[Terry Green]

I'm gonna get my story out of the way....and then enjoy the bantering.....

Not sure what's in the air, but the Solana Hunt, pig gig 1, bunny hunt and this hunt were all slow for what ever reason.  I did not have a hog in bow range till the last morning. Ken saw way more hogs than I did, and I wouldn't have it any other way.  St Judes fate worked out yet again and rightfully so.

I decided to make a change the last morning as I was headed to the Snake Hole where I killed two in one sit on last years hunt and I switched bows. I chose to hunt with Howard Hill hoping that would change my luck...and it did.

I finally had a hog come in range, an really nice stocky 150# black boar that was extremely nervous.  He faced me for some 20 minutes before finally turning broadside and offering up a shot.  I got to half draw and the gig was up.  It was stone cold silent and all I can figure is he heard my arrow drag across the leather rest on my Howard Hill(that's why I use calf hair).

He made a large loop out of site for 15 minutes and then re-entered from a different direction and was feeding into range with the wind shifted a 180.(this was a big part of our problem the whole hunt).  The gig was really up now, as he blistered out of there and never looked back.

Those big boars are really smart....sometimes I think smarter than a mature whitetail.

I truly had a blast as I always do with Marty.  Many thanks to him for donating this hunt and allowing me to join in on the fun. It means a lot.  Thanks to Ken for his donation also....I think he got his moneys worth as well as the kids.  We all had a lot of fun.

Good to see Biggie, Les, and Jerry again for sure.  They definitely added to the hunt.  

[tradtusker]

Awesome Stuff Guys!
Keep it coming

[Over&Under]

Ya this is shaping up very nicely!  

I am still giggling about Biggie's Snuggie....  

[Shaun]

Does this snuggie make me look ...?

Put Peanut back on that trail.

[Molson]

Great story and great pics!      

[elkken]

Well now it's the next day and we round up the posse to go look for my hog. Marty, me, Terry, Biggie, and Jerry ...

I had marked the last blood with two feet of survey tape tied at eye level. That should be easy to find          

[elkken]