I look forward to meeting you in person at the Howard Hill hunt as well. Keep practicing with that horn...I'll bring mine along. I've been on a group hunt where we communicated with hunting horns. They were very effective, and it is amazing how far the sound will carry.
That's excellent about your interest in medieval-style hunting! If you and your friends put together period hunter kits, please consider sending photos to the Rangers and joining our brotherhood. We've got a great group of guys and gals who would love to hear about any medieval hunts you do.
Take care,
Paul
-------------------- ST. HUBERT'S RANGERS, Brotherhood of the Medieval Hunt. MICHIGAN LONGBOW ASSOCIATION HH 'Robin Hood' 55#@27" Shaun Webb Yew ELB 50#@28" Posts: 919 | From: South Lyon, Michigan | Registered: Jul 2004
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quote:Originally posted by bicster: Darren, I would also like to be added to the list. I have been following this discussion since it was on the Howard Hill thread. I just wanted to wait until it was a little closer time wise. Bic Ulrich
Fred- I just add you to the list, see you there.
Darren
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"Archery may not be the sport of all Kings, but Archery is the King of Sports" Howard Hill
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Paul, thank you for the response. My archers are used to operating in medieval "garb", but very few of us carry self bows. My Wesley Special has a shelf, (which saves a lot of fair wear and tear on my finger when I'm shooting self nocked, thread wrapped arrows), and most of my archers are carrying fairly modern, shelved, recurves.
That said, I'll probably be carrying an Archer's Axe and a ridiculously large knife, in addition to my hunting horn, on this hog hunt. You just never know when period gear can come in handy...
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Several months ago the guys that contribute to the Hill thread had an idea to hunt together. Within the last week, plans we’re made to hog hunt Southern Georgia because it offered many opportunities for wild hog and easy access flying into Atlanta.
As the date gets closer, we will need to plan the logistics.
The hog hunt will take place on a WMA, 2/22, 2/23, 2/24 of 2013.
Camping will be primitive. Several members in Georgia have offered to bring camping and cooking equipment. Food bill can be divided amongst everyone. Archery equipment can be shipped ahead of time to a member in Ga. or Fl. If you’re flying in to Atlanta try to carpool with another member. If you’re driving south try to carpool with another member. We should have enough tents and sleeping bags to accommodate everyone that’s flying in. Guys that are driving, bring a target with you, so we can practice and do any fine tuning. WMA license $73.00 3 Day hunting license $20.00
Hill Gang members confirmed they’re attending:
Darren Nunez, tradlongbow
Robert Carter, RC
Nate Steen, Sunset Hill
Jesus, RushLush
David Grant, Canopyboy
Steve Angell, BowHunterGA
John Vernachio, JohnHV
Jeffrey Schulz, Dragonheart
Ross Cameron, Rossco7002
Robert Bramlett, BobB
Timothy Mullen, Molson
Brad Gentry, Brad_Gentry
Eric Westbrook, WESTBROOK
Rik Hinton, Rik
Michael Brady Nimmons, MikeNova
Gerald Sparks, GRS
Ray Gorney Jr., Ray G.
Wade Brabant, stick&string
Jeff Algood, Bowana
Blaine Richardson, Blaino
Matthew Loomis, Kituwa
Cheney Looper, Looper
Ray Dean, longbowray
Tom Graves, tadpole
Boyd Staley, stabow
Bud Blaylock, Bud B
Jon Powell
Christopher Mancill, ChrisM
Kenneth Neal, SpankyNeal
Fred Trahan, awbowman
Paul Dice, moleman
Philip Moore, EastTexasRedneck
Tony Van Dort
Mark Plourde, misfire
David Barr Bentley, Knawbone
Vincent Minta, Berlinder
Zach, Zman
Terry Green
Paul Wilburn, Hawken1911
Eric D. Lambert, Lambow
Louis Lucido
Steve Turey
Roy Williams, MuddHill
Larry Dalzell, 3under
Rob DiStefano
Tom and Nicole Watson
Ben Maher
Mark Hardenbrook, ToxophilitePastor
Dalton Lewis, HuskyArcher
Fred Trahan, awbowman
Jeff and Nichole Battistelli, jbat73
Harry Bowshier, Bigbowsh
Rick and Shawn Butler
Daniel Albright, DannyBows
Flint Kemper
George Galan, xroadshunter
Don Cornett
Gil Verwey
Don Williams
Bob Burton author "Howard Hill Collectibles"
Kyle Hardenbrook, khardrunner
Benjamin McCloskey, benmmc
Mel Riley, Irish
Chuck Deshler, Two Tracks
Tim Smith, Far Rider
Kathryn M. Collister, killdeer
Patrick Donovan, 3Blades
Thom Jorgensen, sticksandstones
Adam Sherman, wolfhunter4life
Jim Wright
Damon Wilber, NOMAD88
David Raia, cahaba
Mark Normand
Todd Herndon, herndondt
Robert E. (Bob) Wilson, owlmagnet
David Mitchell
Greg Clark
Friedrich Ulrich, bicster
Danny Long, Ric O'Shay [QUOTE]
I just added to more Hill Ganger's, We're up to 80 confirmed!
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"Archery may not be the sport of all Kings, but Archery is the King of Sports" Howard Hill
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If we have an idea on which WMAs we might hunt could someone make that call? I read back thru the first several pages and didn't see any named specificaly. But I scan read sometimes and miss things. Reason is, I would like to purchase some topo maps. Maybe the three or four possibilities? Buying an extra map or two wouldn't be a bad thing.
Also, are there any restrictions on tag-along campers? Or is it primitive tenting only?
-------------------- "You can learn more about deer hunting with a bow and arrow in a week, than a gun hunter might learn all his life." ----- Fred Bear Posts: 3675 | From: Zoo City, NC | Registered: Aug 2010
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That list is ridiculous! Lol. This is gonna be great!
Living in the frozen north as I do I've not had the chance to hunt hogs before - is my 45lbs Half Breed good for power or should I bring my 54lbs Cheetah?
-------------------- HHA Cheetah 54@26 HHA Half Breed 52@28 David Miller 'Old Tom' 63@28 John Schulz American Longbow 65@28 David Miller 'The Expedition' - coming soon Posts: 684 | From: Canada | Registered: Jul 2010
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Wow, 80 folks. We probably ought to start seriously thinking about the meal planning. I was just thinking about how we might want to go about that. I know we talked briefly about it before, but 80 mouths to feed does change things somewhat.
If we set up a cooking tent, it'll make things much easier. We'll need a place to store the ingredients, as that will be a lot easier than sending someone to town for each meal. We'll need some burners, fuel, griddles, large cast iron pots, and some serving tables.
For breakfast, if we do scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, grits, and toast, which is about as simple as it comes, we'll likely need close to 60 dozen eggs, 24 loaves of bread, 60 pounds of sausage, 60 pounds of bacon, 40 pounds of grits, and a few quarts of jelly, jam, apple butter.
For lunch, I suggest we just do sandwiches and chips, or potato salad, and set it out in a fix it yourself fashion. BBQ sandwiches would be a good choice, but it will need to be made before hand, and we'll probably need 40 pounds of it for each meal. Plus, 160 buns, 30-40 pounds of baked beans, a gallon or two of BBQ sauce, and 25 pounds of potato salad. Plus the plates and utensils.
For evening meals, we can do a gumbo, a brunswick stew, and a low country boil. Or we could do a fish fry one night. We'll probably need 20 gallons of each, plus another couple dozen loaves of bread or a whole lot of cornbread. And we'll definitely need some sort of dessert, like banana pudding, or pecan pie.
We'll also need several gallons of sweet tea, milk, soft drinks, and water. And we'll have to figure out what to do with all of our trash.
Of the top of my head, I think it will cost us around $30 per person per day for the food. That's $5 for breakfast, $10 for lunch, and $15 for dinner. So, it'll be less than $100 each for the 3 days.
I think if we can hash out the details and logistics of things beforehand, it'll go pretty smoothly. I know some folks will say, let's just all show up, fend for ourselves, and hunt, and we can certainly do that, but I contend that if we organize ourselves, it'll make things a lot easier on those that are travelling from long distances, which, I suspect is going to be the majority. I'd rather put in the extra time to plan this thing right and give everybody the opportunity to hunt and get to know each other.
I'm willing to help organize things, if need be.
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quote:Originally posted by Rossco7002: That list is ridiculous! Lol. This is gonna be great!
Living in the frozen north as I do I've not had the chance to hunt hogs before - is my 45lbs Half Breed good for power or should I bring my 54lbs Cheetah?
Bring whichever one you shoot the best. Either one will work.
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Wasn't a decision made that we would be hunting the Ocmulgee and Okay Woods WMAs?
I would like to get some topos early. Let me know if this isn't the right WMAs and I will hold off getting Topos.
I contacted the WMAs earlier and they had no idea what quadrant they are. When I find out I will let you know what the quadrants are, if this is the WMAs we will hunt.
Thanks Gil
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-------------------- "You can learn more about deer hunting with a bow and arrow in a week, than a gun hunter might learn all his life." ----- Fred Bear Posts: 3675 | From: Zoo City, NC | Registered: Aug 2010
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With this many people it may make sense to let people prepare their own food. Maybe have one dinner for everyone on one of the nights, but 80 people for every meal would take a full time cooking staff.
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We have to think about the people flying for food. I use Mountain House freeze dried meals when I hunt. Perhaps we can pair up people flying and people bringing their own equipment.
I have a 4 man Kifaru with a wood stove and can bring extra mountian house or other food for those that would like to stay with me that are traveling.
At $100 a man that would mean we would have $8000 in food we would have to get to the camp, store and prepare for a 3 day hunt. That would be a lot of food!
I am sure by the time it rolls around we will have it all squared away.
Are we going to hunt the two WMAs I mentioned or are we still up in the air about it?
Thanks Gil
-------------------- TGMM Family of the bow. Posts: 2730 | From: NewJersey | Registered: Jul 2006
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quote:Originally posted by RC: Ocmulgee WMA and Oaky Woods.
This is the 2 WMA's that RC ic going to put us on, and I'm told there are close by.
Earlier in the post, I talked about collecting money for food, at that time everyone wanted to pack there own food. If we can collect enough money I'm sure we can do a lot of things. I'm all in for $100.00 a person.
Darren
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"Archery may not be the sport of all Kings, but Archery is the King of Sports" Howard Hill
Thanks. That's why I wanted it...to do some cyber scouting
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