Trick or Treat, Happy Halloween Indeed!
Sunday:
I woke up early on fired up the coffee machine. Kissed my wife goodbye and headed to Normangee ahead of the sunrise.
I took the back way to IH-21 which loops past coulter airfield and as I rounded the bend I saw ahead of me with its head hanging into the road a large pig. I made a nice clean head shot with 45,00,000 grain projectile at approx. 44fps by putting the right wheel on the white line holding steady. One pig down before I could even get any coffee drank.
I cautiously braked to a stop and then went into reverse and picked up the 120lbs of meat.
I drove out to Normangee for one last victory lap before I get kicked off in lieu of deer lease hunters in November.
I went in from the North, around by the trap near the stock pond where I saw the crooked little four point buck. I then drove down to the creek where I found a sow (~100lbs) and three smaller pigs (35lbs) in the trap, that's what I call a treat. I grabbed the .22 Magnum and ended their incarceration.
Five pigs didn't seem like quite enough so I drove through the woods out back to the southern pasture where I didn't find any pigs but I saw a nice 10+ point buck and another nice buck (8 pointish) that was walking with a limp. I sure wish I could deer hunt out in Normangee!
First I Took the pigs home and showed them all how to cut leg quarters into two seperate roasts as I learned from Woody.
THen I excitedly took my camera to the computer to download the photos to show ya'll and I sadly found that there was no memory card and there were no pictures saved to the camera. A pretty nasty little halloween trick.
I woke up early on fired up the coffee machine. Kissed my wife goodbye and headed to Normangee ahead of the sunrise.
I took the back way to IH-21 which loops past coulter airfield and as I rounded the bend I saw ahead of me with its head hanging into the road a large pig. I made a nice clean head shot with 45,00,000 grain projectile at approx. 44fps by putting the right wheel on the white line holding steady. One pig down before I could even get any coffee drank.
I cautiously braked to a stop and then went into reverse and picked up the 120lbs of meat.
I drove out to Normangee for one last victory lap before I get kicked off in lieu of deer lease hunters in November.
I went in from the North, around by the trap near the stock pond where I saw the crooked little four point buck. I then drove down to the creek where I found a sow (~100lbs) and three smaller pigs (35lbs) in the trap, that's what I call a treat. I grabbed the .22 Magnum and ended their incarceration.
Five pigs didn't seem like quite enough so I drove through the woods out back to the southern pasture where I didn't find any pigs but I saw a nice 10+ point buck and another nice buck (8 pointish) that was walking with a limp. I sure wish I could deer hunt out in Normangee!
First I Took the pigs home and showed them all how to cut leg quarters into two seperate roasts as I learned from Woody.
THen I excitedly took my camera to the computer to download the photos to show ya'll and I sadly found that there was no memory card and there were no pictures saved to the camera. A pretty nasty little halloween trick.
posted by steven-hoffman | 6:29 PM
5 Comments:
I hate that I missed out on that trip. I would have enjoyed being a passenger on the meat wagon.
That pile of hogs would have made a sweet picture.
I took the time to stack 'em up in front of the trap, laid my rifle behind them, it was a real Kodak moment
First of all,
I had a camera, I was clicking away, the images just weren't retained.
Secondly, that is two pigs I have taken with the Ford, In both cases it had 100% weight retention, and immediate knock down power but poor penetration.
I never even remember trying to sight in the 'Island Blue' Ford. although it was certainly a ditch buster.
The homemade grill guard came boresighted and I haven't messed with it since.
ahh....the memories come floating back through the muck and mire of my subconscience.
Thanks for the stumble down memory lane.
you are 100% right. The brown ford shoots much better.
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