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Post by: Terry Green on January 27, 2024, 03:35:54 PM
Ken and Flingblade Gary each got one the last night. I'm sure they will be along soon with pics and stories.
Worst weather conditions I have ever seen hunting javies.
Post by: Terry Green on January 27, 2024, 06:21:35 PM
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Post by: Terry Green on January 27, 2024, 06:59:24 PM
All other hunter are still out doing the same on the spots Joe and I scouted this morning.
Since we have no idea what areas will be better than others. We just found wagon wheels for everyone and name them. And everyone drew a name out of a hat.
Things look promising for the start tomorrow. New property, new adventure. :campfire:
Post by: Terry Green on January 27, 2024, 07:45:34 PM
Here's a pic from them...
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Kodiak Fan and Herb saw 4.
Post by: elkken on January 27, 2024, 08:41:57 PM
Here is my buddy Rocky ... we have been hunting together since 1973, yes we are old ! All the LTR hunt #1 guys we shared camp with most likely will take weeks for their ears to recover from all our stories. A very fine group to share camp with !!
The bow Rocky used used to be mine, it's a beautiful 51# Blacktail Elite recurve and he is shooting 90/95 cedar arrows made by Susanne St Charles tipped with Zwickey Delta heads. They weight about 700 grains and at his 31" draw they fly way better than you might think they would.
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Post by: Possum Head on January 27, 2024, 08:44:37 PM
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Post by: Terry Green on January 27, 2024, 09:11:51 PM
Compliments of Huckbuck....
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Post by: elkken on January 28, 2024, 09:59:23 AM
I won the St Jude hunt and a little St Jude mojo goes a long way !
My Javi was taken the last day of the hunt, a nice sunny 74* day in South Texas. There was way more activity on our two sunny days. Rocky's Javi was a spot and stalk with a 23 yard shot and a short recovery. My Javi was shot from a hiding spot at an intersection of several senderos, a 12 yard shot and another short recovery. Recovering your Javi is not an easy job in this thick South Texas brush country. A set of clippers and a saw are a must !! My Javi ran about 30 yards and died in a nasty thick spot that took me a good long time to clip and saw my way in for the recovery. I can still feel some of those left over Prickly Pear thorns in my behind as I type this. Blood trailing is very difficult due to not being able to stay on the trail even when you can see it, you have to trim brush get back on the blood and then do it all over again in a few more feet. Luckily for me my Javi let out a few last gasps before dying and I was able to follow the sound.
My gear was a 40# Border Black Douglas recurve I bought on the Classifieds from Wingnut, Easton 600 Trad shafts bought on the Classifieds and 150 grain Stinger 4 blades. The Stingers were given to me by a generous Trad Gang member but I apologize for not remembering his name.
Post by: elkken on January 28, 2024, 10:16:49 AM
The full moon coming up on our last evening of the hunt.
Aside from the several rainy days the hunting here was action packed trying to out smart these little Texas critters. We saw LOTS of deer plus coyotes, bobcats, badgers and even a cougar sighting :saywhat: :saywhat: :o
There was also a benefit to all those rainy days .... We were able to get to know our fellow hunters a little better, share our stories and years of knowledge. The human element of this hunt is priceless and we were blessed with a very fine group of Trad Gangers.
If you have not been on a Javi hunt this is a good one :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :archer2:
Post by: Flingblade on January 28, 2024, 11:37:03 AM
This is the view of one of my shooting lanes from one of my hides in the thorns. I'm gonna call it thorns cause yes; everything has thorns down there.
The view from my Waldrop Pacseat
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Post by: Flingblade on January 28, 2024, 12:03:37 PM
Terry drives my truck down at 5, we go over the scenario and start looking for blood. The javie ran about twenty yards up the sendero before cutting into the thorns and Mike finds my arrow where it turned in. Bright red blood with bubbles; good sign. Mike stayed at the last blood on the edge of the sendero as me and Terry worked our way into the thorns. He only made it about another twenty yards into the thorns but that was the nastiest twenty yard blood trail I've ever followed. A big thanks to Terry for his help; at one point he was on his hands and knees bird dogging the trail. It was an interesting blood trail to say the least. Terry hollers out to stop and not move and says he found a big chunk of flesh. Then he picks up my javelina!! Yes!!! I was worried because it looked like the shot was a little far back but the arrow exited right behind the left shoulder.
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Post by: Flingblade on January 28, 2024, 12:12:19 PM
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Post by: Flingblade on January 28, 2024, 12:31:05 PM
In spite of the unusually wet weather it was a great hunt because of the guys I was fortunate to share camp with. All the hunting stories in camp sustained us as we waited out the rain. Sadly, I had to leave Thursday night so I missed the steaks Kaz brought from Rube's steakhouse but that being said, my favorite camp meal was Pete's venison stew! Five star!
I wish my hunting partner for the week; Mike, had had a shot but that just means we may have to go back for round two. If we had five days of sun I can't even imagine how many opportunities we would have had.
Thanks again to all the guys in camp for a great week! If you're thinking about doing this hunt; DO IT!! You won't regret it.
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Post by: rastaman on January 28, 2024, 12:57:32 PM
Post by: Terry Green on January 28, 2024, 02:05:06 PM
Many thanks Ken and Rocky.
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Post by: STICKBENDER98 on January 28, 2024, 06:50:26 PM
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Post by: Terry Green on January 29, 2024, 01:12:33 PM
I only had two narrow shooting lanes and I was hoping that at least one of them would stop perfectly to give me a shot. The first three passed through the lanes without giving me an opportunity. Then the lead javie decided to turn into the bush about eight yards from me. Once he got in to the bush about 3 yd. It was wide open between me and him , and he immediately spotted me. You would take a few steps and look at me again this happened four times, And after the 4 times he'd tried to catch me move, even though I didn't, he had had enough and trotted off into the bush and circled down wind.
I had set up with a perfect crosswind. Yes, once he got behind me. Of course , he began to huffing and puffin to alert all the rest of the javies and they all got nervous and went into the bush. So, the jig was up with the first sounder.....
Post by: stagetek on January 29, 2024, 02:28:34 PM
Post by: Terry Green on January 29, 2024, 04:50:14 PM
Once again, 3 walk past without giving me a shot opportunity, but the 4th one does as the vitals are wide open and head behind prickley pears. I start drawing my bow, and I have no clue why this Javie spooked as I had the same stiff crosswind in my face.
Javie spooked and so did the rest of the group, but they didn't leave just yet. All were in different places and angles, looking around dazed and confused. The lead javies jogged up the road a bit and veered left into the wind through some low grass and into the bush.
Again, the jig was up.....
Post by: RI Red on January 29, 2024, 04:58:00 PM
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Post by: Terry Green on January 29, 2024, 09:47:01 PM
Here comes another sounder of 11 headed toward me, and I lit out back to the same place and set up. Along they came at a pretty steady clip . Soon I hear crunching so I readied for a shot. I'm not sure how many passed through my lanes without offering me a shot, but one finally did.
I normally do not shoot javalina quartering away as a lot of times they will wheel and you will end up hitting them in the tail. At least that's what I was told 20 years ago and I've since heard the same from othe hunters in camp, and yes, many of those results have happened on LTR hunts.
However, this one was only eight yards away and had no idea I was there, so the shot was away and true blowing through like a paper bag full of shaving cream. Then the explosion happened, javies running everywhere away from me.
One that was ahead of mine went straight into the bush, two 45ed away through some short grass into the bush, and one ran back down the road the way they came from and turned Into the bush on my side about 20 yards down the road. I heard it running at a fast clip. Then all was silent for about fifteen seconds.
I was kind of confused because none of the escapees were running like they were hurt , and running through whatever was in their way. From the shot placement that I saw, I knew I had drilled the javie and couldn't figure out why everything that left seemed fine.
I took a step back away from my hide, as that was the way I had to get out was to back up away from the road. I took 2 steps back and 9 yards away on the other side of my hide was my Javie, five yards off of the road. It did a flip flop for about three seconds and it was over....
So I just chilled out for 45 minutes waiting for Smokin Joe to come pick me up at dusk.
Group 1 revenge....
Post by: Terry Green on January 30, 2024, 08:04:31 AM
Next up is an original Rothhaar 145 gr Snuffer...
For the Javie above I grabbed my Zwickey No Mercy hog arrow instead of my Delta.
In the meantime, damned O'l 4 Blades...
Entrance ....
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Post by: huckbuck on January 30, 2024, 09:10:34 AM
Wishing I was still down there instead of here at work :coffee:
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Post by: Flingblade on January 30, 2024, 11:30:34 AM
Post by: Terry Green on January 30, 2024, 01:40:19 PM
Couldn't have hit that one any better Terry! Didn't take you long once you got the license in your pocket and bow in your hand instead of the corn rattling cup! Congrats!
Ha! Yes....
Post by: Terry Green on January 30, 2024, 06:42:40 PM
I just broke a perfectly good arrow!!!
Post by: glenbo on January 30, 2024, 07:17:34 PM
Post by: Terry Green on January 30, 2024, 09:17:24 PM
It was Roger Rothhaar's fault. :campfire:
Post by: Wudstix on January 30, 2024, 11:44:32 PM
Mr. Rothhaar has a good design. I'm partial to some of his original designs at 190 grain. Talk about blood trails.
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Post by: Terry Green on January 31, 2024, 07:26:49 AM
Left to right...
Zeebob, Kodiak Fan, meatheat, Smokin Joe and me
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Hopefully I'll get back to the merry-go-round later today.
Post by: stagetek on January 31, 2024, 11:08:20 AM
Post by: Terry Green on January 31, 2024, 01:43:33 PM
We've also seen a group of 9 and a pair.
Post by: Terry Green on January 31, 2024, 01:45:45 PM
Post by: woodsman196 on January 31, 2024, 03:15:57 PM
Monday and Tuesday I had a few more opportunities but the wind kept me from closing the deal. So in the waning sunlight each evening I took to shooting rabbits. There might be more rabbits than cactus but I haven't been keeping an accurate count of either. I was able to kill a rabbit both Monday and Tuesday. Hopefully I'll be able to keep the streak alive and connect on my second Javelina today.
For those who my be interested I'm shooting a Javaman Assyrian 55@29, Arrow Dynamics full length shafts, 160gr suffer with 40gr insert. The rabbits get 200gr VPA Small Game Thumpers.
I've taken quite a few pictures that I'll try to post soon.
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Post by: supernaut on February 01, 2024, 08:12:54 AM
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Post by: Wudstix on February 01, 2024, 11:49:07 AM
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Post by: Terry Green on February 01, 2024, 03:18:04 PM
Post by: STICKBENDER98 on February 01, 2024, 04:03:51 PM
Campfires warm and the coffee is on, lets here some more stories!!!
Jason
Post by: H A Higgins on February 01, 2024, 04:17:26 PM
After day 2, I chose to mix.
Found a hid at the end if 1 sendero with access to 2 others. A regular loop every 45 minutes added up
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Post by: H A Higgins on February 01, 2024, 04:20:47 PM
From water to bordering desert
Rock showing sediment layers
Post by: H A Higgins on February 01, 2024, 04:23:53 PM
There is beauty too.
Just have to look to see
(Yellow flowers)
Post by: H A Higgins on February 01, 2024, 04:33:01 PM
Forgot the basics of picking a spot.
Arrow hit way forward, I figured front of a front leg or across the sternum.
200 yd track before I ran into stuff to thick to follow.
Came around from other side and grid searched for a couple hours
Figured javie was still walking
Fast forward to yesterday afternoon. On one of my walkabout I detoured down the sendero that was closes to last sign
This stopped me dead in my tracks
I knew the meaning. Another 15 minutes of griding turned up hide, shoulder blades, pelvis and back leg.
20 to 30 yards where I had lost the blood. Had to have walked over it. THICK
Resolution to my shot. Not what anyone would have wanted. Lots of spare time to get into my head and coach for better results.
Post by: H A Higgins on February 01, 2024, 04:39:50 PM
How many years did this tortoise survive it all?
Post by: H A Higgins on February 01, 2024, 04:43:38 PM
Post by: Terry Green on February 01, 2024, 05:45:58 PM
On to day 3....
Joe dropped me off at "Power1' at about 11:30 and he proceeded to 'Power 2'.
It was slow for a bit but a large sounder came out of the sendaro to the left of my hot one. They were feeding toward me so I set out after the to try and set up on the 60 yards out, but the got full and lazily wandered ³ into to the bush toward another sendero....
Hold on.... somebody just lost a tag...
Post by: woodsman196 on February 01, 2024, 06:34:17 PM
Post by: elkken on February 02, 2024, 10:19:39 AM
Post by: woodsman196 on February 02, 2024, 11:41:27 AM
The last evening Terry offer the spot he and Joe had been hunting to John and I since they had both filled their tags. We put John in a chair to ambush on what had been the most active road for Joe and Terry. I sat in the shooting house and watched all the other roads ready to hop out and make a sneek. It didn't take long before a group of 6 popped out at the end of the sendaro just as expected. What wasn't expected was that they would mill around before walking back into the bush two different times. Soon after they went north I had a group of 9 turkey poults and two hens come down my sendaro vacuuming up all the corn. They caught me trying to get pictures and turned back. I recorned the road and prepared for the golden hour. Like they had read the script a small group of Javies started down the road in my direction. For the first time since Sunday the wind was perfect. I climbed out of the box blind and made my way to an ambush spot about 40 yards from them and prepared for a shot. After waiting for what seemed like forever I snuck back out to the road to see the group had turned to follow a sendaro that T'ed into the one I was hunting. Once they were out of sight I hustled back to the box blind and turned up a different sendaro hoping to cut them off. The wind was favorably quartering when I found a good hide near the intersection of the two sendaros. As I was squatting down to be ready to shoot from my knees I saw a Javie through an opening in the brush that was watching me get into position. As I was kneeing his hackels were going up. I was busted! They bolted into the brush and I returned to the shooting house. The last day was getting shorter and I just blew what I expected to be my last opportunity. Back in the shooting house watching all the roads I watched a good sized covey of Scaled Quail and some other birds. 10 minutes later a pair of Javelinas that were with the last group I spooked came out. Back down on the road I took cover and hustled to a hide to wait for them to pass. I watched them feed in one area for a while until they turned and started to feed away from. They were moving away faster than I could close the gap so out of desperation I took out my Javie call and made a couple of short calls to mimmic a small tussle. Both of the Javelinas turn my way and looked briefly then went back to feeding. Since they were now facing me I put the call away hoping they would feed back to me. No such luck. The turned and started back in the original direction they were heading. I tried my call trick again but they would only glance in my direction and did so with little concern. Even more desperate I desided to go full distress with the call. That got them moving! Straight into the bush in a hurry. Ok, back to the shooting house for the last 20-30 minutes. No sooner did I get settled and the same 2 Javies came out in the nest sendaro west of where I last saw them. Once again I'm off to find a hide before the fading light ends my hunt. I shot down the sendaro east of then and cut through the brush to where I expected them to soon pass and I'll be....there they were. Calm and feed in my direction. I had a great hide, a fair quartering wind and only about 15 minutes before time was up. It seemed to be perfect. And it was as the first Javie slipped into the shooting gap. First his nose, then his collar. Two more steps and I'm sending an arrow about 12 yards to fill my final tag. I had my bow up and tension on the string. One step and I'm going to full draw. Suddenly without warning and without lifting his head he shot across the sendaro into the bush and my hunt was over. So close but still so far! The hunt was good and the group was great. Looking forward to the next time!
Post by: Ryan Rothhaar on February 02, 2024, 06:11:19 PM
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Post by: Terry Green on February 02, 2024, 07:11:34 PM
Joe and a pre corned the spots on the original ranch this morning and we got over on the other side of the road new property about eleven o'clock after corning , the original property's hotspots for the next group of hunters that are now coming in tomorrow.
It was pretty slow the first couple of hours and then a sounder of 11 came out of the sendaro to the left of my hot one but they went away from me. So I let them go knowing that they would reappear somewhere else later in the day. Then it was slow again for another hour. So I was still at the hub monitoring all of the sendaros.
Then all of a sudden, I look directly to my left up a senndaro that had a deer feeder with a short fence around it the keep out the hogs and javalina that was set off to the right side of this sendandero in a circular open area. It was like a scene out of young guns where the regulators were ride up and appear at the top of a hill and pause. It was the 11 again and yes, they we coming my way. They were maybe 60 yards away from the circular opening with the deer feeder in the middle. The perimeter short fence had several small mesquite trees growing up in it. So I had a great approach without getting caught. Once I got to the circular opening , I went to the right and went around the perimeter fence which kept me completely covered. The only place that I could set up was at the brush where the circular open area ended. So I knew I had no backcover whatsoever. I only had this wall a brush to stand beside. As I peeked out to see how far they were away away from me. I saw them go into the bush on the right. At this point I thought they were headed toward the other sendaro where I saw them before so I went back to the hub to monitor it....
Post by: Terry Green on February 04, 2024, 12:17:19 AM
In the meantime, thanks to Meathead for working with the pic on my 1st javie making it look much better in contrast....
Post by: rastaman on February 04, 2024, 01:30:58 PM
Post by: Terry Green on February 04, 2024, 03:42:22 PM
Here comes 10 of the 11 out of the Bush back into the road. This time they're only thirty yards away at the most from the circular area coming toward me, with the only place again I could hide being the wall.
With ten of them Jockeying for corn.I had to move and move now. I leaned over and jogged with the low fence as cover and ran around the circular opening back to the wall. As soon as I got set up, I heard crunching. So they were now closing in pretty fast. Again, knowing that I had no back, side or front cover at all I knew I had to shoot the first one or I was going to get made.
Within a minute and a half I saw legs through the prickley pears so I slowly raised my bow and prepared to draw. As the javie started to walk again I began my draw all the while he was still behind the last 3 yd of prickley pears. He only paused for a moment. I was at full draw when his nose stuck out and he just kept walking. As soon as the vitals were available the arrow was gone.
The shot placement looked great, however the arrow did not blow through. I could see the arrow sticking out as well as the downward angle and thought it had pegged in the lower off shoulder where it starts to form a leg bone, and boy did he start carrying the mail.
Now here goes the merry-go-round....
Post by: Terry Green on February 04, 2024, 04:32:27 PM
Way to go Terry! Anyone using any of Norman's string trackers yet?
KAZ ran around with 1 for a week but he never got a shot. I will say that south TX is probably not very friendly for string trackers. One guy the 1st week shot 3 animals with Chad Orde's model and the string broke very quickly after entering the land of spikes and daggers.
Post by: Terry Green on February 04, 2024, 07:00:57 PM
What happened to the other half of the arrow?
Mr Rothhaar road it all the way till the end. He had the last laugh by permanently retiring the arrow.
Post by: Terry Green on February 04, 2024, 07:02:00 PM
Post by: Terry Green on February 04, 2024, 09:25:16 PM
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Here is the merry-go-round...
https://www.tradgang.com/upload/terry/20240130_180416.mp4
Post by: Terry Green on February 04, 2024, 09:58:16 PM
This one is for you Roger. :campfire:
Post by: Terry Green on February 05, 2024, 07:26:09 AM
Ribcage hole.....
And as I suspected, the Snuffer pegged the opposite side exactly where I thought.
Post by: stagetek on February 05, 2024, 11:00:15 AM
Post by: Pete McMiller on February 05, 2024, 11:28:29 AM
Way to go Terry! Anyone using any of Norman's string trackers yet?
KAZ ran around with 1 for a week but he never got a shot. I will say that south TX is probably not very friendly for string trackers. One guy the 1st week shot 3 animals with Chad Orde's model and the string broke very quickly after entering the land of spikes and daggers.
To be clear, I was using one of Chad's string trackers the 1st week. I've been using that particular tracker for quite a few years with varying but generally positive results. On this hunt the 17 lb string broke at the broadhead 3 times (haven't figured out why) but in no way was the cactus or thorns a factor. Actually, one time the string stayed in the animal for 50 yds and took me to 1st blood. I'm still a believer in string trackers when you are sitting/stationary. Obviously they'd be difficult if you are moving.
Post by: Terry Green on February 05, 2024, 12:08:19 PM
Joe and I named all of the wagon wheels and we thought the best thing to do was to draw names of a hat since we had no clue which ones would be more productive.
There were plenty of opportunities for shots. However, the wind was swirling the first couple of days, and that blew a few sounders up really quick. There were also several self admitted rookie mistakes made , which can happen to any of us at any time. The rookie mistake of not picking a spot and having your windage perfect but shooting just over its back. One hunter shot just under one, and the coyotes got a couple also.
Unfortunately , meathead and meathead jr didn't see much action even though they were in the middle of the property on the prettiest wagon wheel there with a little pond and a great view. I have no clue why that area was not productive. There was no reason for it not to be.
But again, it was a better hunt than the number speak, and what a great group of guys we had camp and the food they brought was absolutely fabulous.
This particular property also had a very interesting structure, a castle tower created as a replica of one that the landowner had seen in Spain.
Pics in a bit... watching Tom Phillips put a stalk on....
Post by: Flingblade on February 05, 2024, 12:54:53 PM
Any hogs spotted across the road?
Post by: Terry Green on February 05, 2024, 01:15:08 PM
Post by: Terry Green on February 05, 2024, 01:39:29 PM
Beautifully landscaped, table for 6 on top with a telescope, and a dumb waiter for your picnic basket.....
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Post by: Terry Green on February 05, 2024, 07:36:27 PM
"Kinda hoped they would just jump in."
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Post by: elkken on February 05, 2024, 09:01:55 PM
Now....
I think I know that spot !! Rocky and I had a great deal of fun down that sendaro past the stand up blind. Just a little muddy getting there a few weeks ago .... So glad the sun is shining on you guys now :jumper:
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Post by: Ryan Rothhaar on February 06, 2024, 05:22:17 AM
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Post by: Terry Green on February 06, 2024, 10:50:02 AM
Now.....
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Post by: Terry Green on February 06, 2024, 11:37:17 AM
Post by: Terry Green on February 06, 2024, 12:22:53 PM
25 Mille an hour winds with 40 mph gusts had them shut down a little the 1st 2 days.
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Post by: Wudstix on February 06, 2024, 12:32:23 PM
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Post by: huckbuck on February 06, 2024, 12:35:16 PM
Post by: Terry Green on February 06, 2024, 02:02:54 PM
Blake was sneaking out of his hide on a grassy
sendero and he stopped for a moment and slowly raised his bow. He then came to half Draw, then full draw and held a few seconds and then let down. Skip and I were watching and had no idea what he was drawing on but we figured a rabbit as he was close to the intersection of his sendaro and a wide pipeline strip.
He then came on out to where Skip and I were at the hub. He was all hyped up! He drew down on a mountain lion!
The lion was now paralleling the pipeline, so I eased across and started stalking down the pipeline. The bush was on my right so I had to stalk backwards so I would be in position to shoot if given the chance. I went for 100 yards or so.
No luck, but it was a rush for both of us for sure.
Post by: Terry Green on February 06, 2024, 02:31:36 PM
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Post by: H A Higgins on February 06, 2024, 06:15:35 PM
I want what ever week he is in camp next year. He cooked breakfast every day, and it was very tasty and plenty to go round!
Thanks again Jim!
Post by: Terry Green on February 06, 2024, 06:19:36 PM
Kodiak Fan deserved that one.
I want what ever week he is in camp next year. He cooked breakfast every day, and it was very tasty and plenty to go round!
Thanks again Jim!
Amen!!!
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Post by: woodsman196 on February 06, 2024, 08:42:27 PM
I can say I've only been back to work for 2 days but I already miss hunting those little stink pigs!
Post by: Terry Green on February 07, 2024, 02:24:40 PM
Seems like the hook at the end is a common trait of lion scat most times and both of these have the hook....
Larry's....
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Post by: pdk25 on February 08, 2024, 02:08:59 AM
Wow ! Nice buck. When do they start dropping their antlers in South Texas ?
I wouldn’t count on it. Saw 2 buck sparring today and a bunch of chasing activity.
Post by: Terry Green on February 08, 2024, 08:20:11 AM
I don't know for sure, maybe some body from Texas could answer. But I would say probably early March. Because yes they do chase during these hunts as patrick has said above.
Post by: Terry Green on February 08, 2024, 08:44:43 AM
Patrick and I had a wild 'heart felt' adventure last night. I have a lot of catching up to do on other stuff with other hunters as well.
Post by: Terry Green on February 08, 2024, 11:42:04 AM
Got hogs???
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Post by: elkken on February 08, 2024, 11:42:27 AM
Wow ! Nice buck. When do they start dropping their antlers in South Texas ?
Years ago hunting Javies on the King ranch in March/April we would found sheds. They didn't want you to keep them :biglaugh:
I did see a one horn buck this year on LTR #1 hunting with Rocky
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Post by: pdk25 on February 09, 2024, 12:59:50 PM
I got down there Saturday in time to set up a few spots for hog hunting and we hunted Sunday through Thursday. I don’t know why, but my brain thought that we would be hunting Sunday night but this is better.
The first couple of days were a little rough for me. I saw a few Havelina in the evenings, but it was really windy, and they seemed reluctant to come out of cover, at least at my spot for the first couple days. I may get my days a little confused because I didn’t keep a journal. it was either on Monday or Tuesday that I had a pretty cool encounter with a large for Havelina. Actually, very large doesn’t even come close to describing him. I saw them feeding away from me so I needed to take a parallel Sendero and head them off to get the window in my favor. I must’ve had not very much corn on the Sendero because they were moving out a good clip, and I didn’t have adequate time to get myself into cover. If you’ve ever hunted there, you know that it takes some doing to get in adequate cover without impaling yourself on every prickly pair in Mesquite in the county. In any case, I came through a wash and set up behind a bush, when I saw them coming fast. I had cover as the approach, and I was just hoping that I could get a shot off at the lead Havelina. Unfortunately, it was an old wise Havelina , and as soon as his head got past the bush, he spoke to the other side and went into cover. The rest of the Havelina followed suit. I would say this Havelina was around 3 to 4 times the size of other Havelina in the group, but realistically this Havelina was at a minimum twice his size of other adult or Havelina in the group. I really don’t see a world in which this Havelina would way less than 80 pounds. I know this sounds crazy, but I would not even be surprised if he weighed 90 pounds. I have never seen another Havelina even close to this size. In any case that was the last opportunity I had him although I did see him a couple other times during the hunt. He was pretty KG, and he knew that he was being hunted, so he did not come out in the open very often.
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Post by: Terry Green on February 09, 2024, 02:53:28 PM
I told Patrick about him, and he didn't realize how big he really was till he laid eyes on him. Boy was Patrick carrying on about him.
I saw him whip his brother and body slam him while on hind legs. They sounded like bears fighting. Joe heard the fight but was set up in a hide as I was tagged out, but Joe got to see him later. Yeah, 80+.
Sorry for the terrible pics, it's the best I could do with my camera at 100 yards...
He's by himself here....
Now with Andre Jr and normal javies 25 yards closer....
Post by: pdk25 on February 09, 2024, 03:45:29 PM
As it turned out, I didn't need to worry about that. My luck turned around a bit after dark.
I guess that I will start by saying that we were not having a lot of luck at the small feeders that I put out for hogs earlier in the hunt. The only one that a hog showed up was one that I hung for Terry. A group is showing up on Monday but we’re only there for a few minutes because there are so many deer there and they ate all of the bait. We decided to put a substantial amount more out the next day, and a group came in after midnight, and stayed for almost 2 hours. I had a lot of confidence that they would be back on Wednesday, but it was just a question of when.
It will be hard to tell this story without cutting into Terry’s a little bit, but I will do my best.
Wednesday evening and right after dark a hog showed up at Terry’s bait.
Terry hadn’t eaten in a while and quick grab something to eat and drink and we headed out but that hog only stayed around for a few minutes and was long gone by the time we got there. On the bright side, I had just set a different site for a bait, further north where Dusty had dumped some special corn concoction on the ground. Just a camera and a light over this corn pile. I got pictures from that site with 5 hogs and we headed north. I have never stocked up on pig at night with somebody with me, but I knew that it was pretty open , and there was always a chance that there would be a second shot, so Terry came with me. We made a quiet approach with a very good wind and got very close. Terry stayed back a perfect distance so I didn’t have to worry about the hog spooking. I was probably only 10 yards away and they were acting pretty skittish probably because it was the first time that they had been exposed to a light at this spot. They were acting up, and I am not even 100% sure that I was at full draw but I made a good shot on the largest one of the group and I was sure that it was in the pocket. The hog ran off we heard crashing in the brush, but there were no other secondary shot opportunities. We decided to head back to the car, which was a fair walk just to get some lights and give a little bit more time before we check the blood trail. as it turned out, our tracking job would be slightly delayed.
Post by: Terry Green on February 09, 2024, 05:01:10 PM
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We went back to his car to wait a bit before tracking, and he immediately checked his other cameras and there we two really nice hogs there that came in while we were stalking Patrick's. So, we lit out.....
At about 600 yards away from my spot I bailed and started a brisk walk that would end in a very slow sneak....
I climbed the berm of my pond and started my approach. I scaled down the end of berm and now it was time to get serious about my steps. I had a big clump of trees to hide me so I could concentrate on my footing silence.
As I reached the tree, it was now time to ease to my left for a shot. I didn't want to move too far left to isolate myself from the tree and I don't like horizontal movement on stalks so I try to avoid that at all cost. So once I made that move I pushed the stalk, as I was already in bow range I moved forward to clear the tree for a shot.
The biggest turned broadside and a second and a half later the arrow was on its way. All looked perfect, and sounded perfect with a crash n thrash not far away. I stood still for a few minutes and eases out to text Patrick. He called after the text and was I could see his green head lamp coming from a different direction than I expected. He was ecstatic!!! I'll let him tell you...
Go ahead Patrick...
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We went back to the scene of the crime and surprisingly there wasn’t very much blood, but we found blood at my arrow around 25 yards to 30 yards away Where we had heard crashing after the shot. The hog rolled down the hill and was laying there. I guarantee the hog was dead before we left to go back to the vehicle. I had used the thermal scope, but didn’t see him because he had fallen in a depression.
A few details on the stalk. As we were approaching, I put a arrow with a lid, knock on the string in the loop knock it up so I quick yank that knock off and put it into my pocket and chose a different arrow. That arrow was tipped with a Day Six Evo XL broadhead which wasn’t what I initially intended but it did a great job. Full penetration and fell out after 30 yards, it absolutely devastated. It was a bloodbath near where we found him despite a relatively poor blood trail. I’m assuming that is because he was really hauling butt
Post by: pdk25 on February 09, 2024, 06:10:00 PM
Happy birthday to me. This a prettt good boar by South Texas Standards.
Post by: Terry Green on February 09, 2024, 07:18:34 PM
I took these the next day as my night pics were not blood friendly.
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Post by: lopey15 on February 10, 2024, 08:50:20 AM
This Javie was shot with a 46# Toelke Chinook using Beman Centershot arrows that were built by Big Jim and tipped with 125 grain Magnus Stinger Buzzcuts.
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I harvested this javie with my 50# Toelke Whip with a Black Eagle Vintage arrow tipped with a 150 grain 4 bladed Wasp Sharpshooter Broadhead
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Post by: Flingblade on February 10, 2024, 01:26:41 PM
Great stories and pics guys, congrats to all!
Post by: Terry Green on February 10, 2024, 02:02:59 PM
Terry, Correct me if I am wrong but that stalk sounds like the exact stalk me you and Mike planned out when I first hung my feeder.? Love it when a plan comes together!
Great stories and pics guys, congrats to all!
Gary, if you are talking about youth's there wasn't an issue if any kind
Post by: pdk25 on February 10, 2024, 02:53:39 PM
I am sure that I will remember more details that I haven't posted as time goes by. One thing about that nice boar I shot is that I was surprised that I didn't have a good blood trail, but when Terry saw the arrow, I was so caught up in looking for the blood trail, that I missed the obvious. Terry didn't, and looked around 5 yards down the hill in the depression and called out, "There's your hog" I was able to repay the favor, and I turned on the thermal scope to take a look around when we got out of the vehicle near where he shot his sow. I saw it right away, and said, "There's your hog". It sure was a bloodbath around where she died. It would have been no trouble finding her by the bloodtrail, but was still pretty cool.
Post by: woodsman196 on February 10, 2024, 02:56:36 PM
I have a great time on the 2nd hunt and look forward to returning!
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Post by: pdk25 on February 10, 2024, 03:12:57 PM
I knew that they would come back out, but I wasn't sure one, so I walked the wash between them maybe 75 yards multiple times looking for them. I decided that I ought to cut out a good ambush spot for them in case they showed up, and was in the middle of doing that when I heard them crunching really close, so I took what I had. I had around an 8 inch hole through a bunch of prickly pear for a shooting lane, and came to full draw when I saw a patch of black getting close to it, and held hoping that one would pause in the lane. The lead javi did just that, and I shot it. They scattered, and I had a tough time telling which direction the hit one went because of the cover I was in, but heard some excessive thrashing across the sendero. I gave it a few minutes and looked for blood. No5t any in the road, so I stalked up on a pile of brush that I thought there was thrashing at. Nothing. Then I found a speck of blood on the reddish soil. I followed the sparse trail on my hands and knees, which seemed to gather up every thorn in the county, for around 25 yards which seemed like a half mile cutting brush thorny brush along the way until i found it. Tagged out. Took that one into down and gave to the same guy as the last, and grabbed some more ice for the cooler.
Post by: pdk25 on February 10, 2024, 03:21:37 PM
I came in a different way, and had to walk a good distance, but nonetheless closed the gap and the hogs were still there. There was a deer between me and the light, and I had to spook that deer out of there to get to the hogs. Fortunately, when that deer left, the hog stayed put. I took off my crocs and stocked in my socks, picking up a few thorns, but nothing too bad. Unfortunately there were three hogs they all stared directly at me with no shot angle, and the wind was a little dicey. Waited and waited and waited an eventually I felt a gust at the back of my neck. The hogs perked up and scooted, and one of them turned so that it was slightly quartering towards me, but I knew it was the best shot that I was going to get. I took the shot and the hog scattered. I was not incredibly confident on the shot and was going to give it some time, but Terry had already had some activity, so I headed down to meet him.
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I want to thank everyone that brought food!!!!
I know i'm gonna forget someone but enchiladas from alaska, deer sausage from huckbuck, steaks from KAZ, , and pork butts from arkansas....etc etc.... it was grand thinking about all that while I was staging.... Many thanks for your efforts bringing that along!!!
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commit to stalking... Exact same replay of two nights ago.... I got into position and even got closer. I don't know how without the wind but I did. I was within eight yards of four hogs in the wide open. It was just the light that Patrick had set between me and the hogs. They were all facing me. So I had no shot for a few minutes but then one made the mistake and the arrow was gone....
Post by: Terry Green on February 11, 2024, 08:26:38 AM
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And we were off to find my hog.
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The red spot is where I shot the hog, and the blue is where recovered.
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Post by: smokin joe on February 11, 2024, 01:44:15 PM
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After the hunters drew their hunting areal locations, there were two locations left over. We called them Power-1 and Power-2 because they were south of the big Power Company locations on the southern parcel of Corazon Ranch.
Terry and I both started on Power-2. Though the views were beautiful and we saw some nice deer, Power-2 was very slow in terms of javelina. Terry and I decided to split up and he went over to Power-1 and started seeing javelina right away. Power-2 remained a place to see deer, hawks, beautiful birds, and no javelina.
Terry waisted no time and tagged out in week two. After he tagged out, I moved over to Power-1 and was on them right away. It was there that I used tag number one.
The Javelina #1 story.
We saw that there were several senderos that the javis were using. Being the stealthy guys that we are, we set up a few natural shooting hides on the senderos that would give us places to duck into after stalking up in a way that closed the distance to the critters and gave them enough room to walk past where we set up the hides for a shot.
Javi #1 was working her way down the sendero with a group of about 8 others. There were mixed sizes, including some juveniles, so I wanted to make sure I evaluated them as they passed my hiding spot. I was well hidden with a thicket of mesquite on my right, and a mix of prickly pear and prickly bush to my front. I cut a single shooting hole in the prickly bush to shoot through. I could just barely see through the tangle of branches in a few places -- not enough to see a whole javelina, but enough to see movement so I could know when they were getting close.
I wasn't sure that the single shooting hole would give me enough flexibility in shot choice, but with just the one small hole I knew I would be hard to spot.
Sure enough, a bunch of javelinas entered the little dirt road far enough away that I knew I could make it to my hiding place if I was quiet and smooth enough to avoid detection. I headed down to my spot.
Terry was watching through binoculars and texted me a warning that they were working my way. I got ready.
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Post by: smokin joe on February 11, 2024, 05:07:12 PM
It seemed like it took forever for the javelinas to work their way toward me, but I started to hear them eating and jostling around. Then I saw a bit of movement, not a whole javelina but just the bits I could see through little breaks in the thick cover. Then they disappeared behind there thickest part and In slowly lifted my bow into position.
The first two that I saw pass my shooting hole were small to average, then a big one stepped into the hole and I drew and shot. The arrow went through the chest and landed in the dirt beyond the javelina. It took two quick steps and stopped. Then it took two more and stood still. Then its hair stood on end, not just its back hackles, but all over its body. It stayed like that for a few seconds and made itself look huge.
Then it turned and trotted into the cover about 10 yards to my right. I saw it stumble as it curved around behind me, then it disappeared and I heard it wheeze a few times and then silence.
Terry and I found it where I last heard the wheeze. It was a very large female.
We weighed her when we got back to camp and she was 56.3 pounds. When I cleaned her we saw that the Woodsman broadhead had gone through her and got both lungs without breaking a rib. The arrow had gone through without touching a bone at all.
I took the meat to Ruiz Custom Meats in Laredo and had all of it made into Mexican chorizo. I love that stuff.
Post by: Wudstix on February 11, 2024, 09:19:14 PM
What is the longbow with your pretty hog?
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Post by: smokin joe on February 12, 2024, 08:40:22 AM
It was the last hour of the last day of week #3. I was at the Tank Pond with Bill and Tom. Tom was after some javelinas far to the north that were hanging out in a dead-end sendero. I had dropped Bill off at a spot that had promise on Javi Highway...that's a technique we call a drive-by.
I was satisfied with the hunt because I got a javi in week two and had it made into chorizo. I love good chorizo. I had no intent of getting another javelina, so I was just relaxing and watching Bill's set up with my binoculars.
There was about a half hour of shooting light left when I spotted a group of javelinas way down one of the dirt roads. As I was looking at them with my binoculars I could see that they were working their way down the sendero away from me. They were too far away to ever intercept before they reached the far end of the road, and I knew that they would disperse into the thick cover if they reached the end of the road.
I was at a spot where several of the little dirt roads come together -- sort of like the hub of a wagon wheel with the spokes radiating out making triangular pie slice sections of brush. Each of the roads were about 3/4 of a mile long. The one that the javelinas were on terminated at a huge cut for electric power lines. So did the one at the other side of the pie slice.
Hmmmm....maybe I can go down that other road and cut over and perhaps get to the end of the sendero that the javis were on and head them off before they get to the end and before it gets dark.
This is a technique that I decided to call the Drive-and Dive. I jumped into my Nissan Xterra and I went barreling down the road all the way to the power lines and hang a left and follow the power line cut to where I think the other road ends. I parked the car and sneaked to the end of the road and peeked around and there are the javelinas working their way toward me. It only took a second to realize that they would see the car before they are near enough for me to get a shot. Darn it.
I scrambled through the brush and moved the car so it is behind some thick stuff a bit farther away. Then I headed back toward the javelinas and now they are only about 40-50 yards away. To get a chance at them I had to get to the other side of the road so the wind would be in my favor. I had no choice. I needed to cross the road in the open, and it was worth a try. I put my head down and just stroll across the road acting as if I have no interest in the animals. It worked...they ignored me.
I found a spot to set up that is about 5 yards off of the edge of the road. I had a tall, thick cactus to my right and a tangle of mesquite in front of me with a small void that I could shoot through. It was almost too dark to shoot. If this doesn't happen in the next few minutes it would be too late. I put an arrow on the string and I stood as still as a statue.
The lead javelina was pretty big and it stepped into my shooting lane. Draw. Anchor. Pick a spot. The arrow was gone. Pandemonium breaks out as the critters exploded into the brush. My javi squealed and ran into the brush across the road. As it ran I lost sight of it because of the mesquite between me and the road. I was not exactly sure where it entered the thick brush on the other side of the road. This could cause a problem.
I stayed still for about 10 minutes to let things quiet down. It was now getting hard to see. The sun had set. and it was getting darker very quickly. I decided that the best course of action would be to walk back to the car, get my flashlight, bring to car closer, and wait until it gets darker. Then I would try to spot my lighted nock.
That was a good choice. Once it was dark I walked down the sendero a few yards and there was the bright dot of the lighted nock in the brush. The javelina had gone less than 40 feet from where I shot it. It was another big female, about 50-55 pounds. The woodsman broadhead had gone right through her heart, and she was dead in a matter of a couple of seconds -- a very clean kill.
The arrow had gone all the way through and was pushed back into her when she fell on her side, so the arrow with the lighted nock was standing straight up making it easy to see from the road.
The drive-and-dive technique worked. Drive down the next road over, cut over to the road the javelinas are on, and dive into the cover to head them off.
Post by: Terry Green on February 12, 2024, 09:48:53 AM
Glad I got to witness your 1st one! It was really something watching the 30 pound gain when he fuzzed up his entire body. :campfire:
Post by: trad_bowhunter1965 on February 12, 2024, 10:55:50 AM
drove from Reno NV to Laredo TX I never hunted Javelinas before, Terry and Joe showed us how to setup and what to expect. Day one I had two shots the first one I can't even tell you what happen other than just missed didn't pick a spot the next shot the Javelina just dodged the arrow, Terry told me there were FAST! never seen this kind of fast I had three more shots missed two and I hit one
Terry and I looked for blood for hours never could find any. Terry is a bloodhound he went in the thickest stuff I have ever seen, camp was great Terry gave a broadhead sharpening class and explained why he uses the broadheads he does.
Post by: pdk25 on February 12, 2024, 01:35:51 PM
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Week 3 Gang....I never Bowhunted in a camp with a group of this size before all I can said it these guys are the best and are welcome to come out west to hunt anytime.
Post by: Terry Green on February 13, 2024, 03:38:32 PM
Enchiladas from AK, pork butts, deer sausage, pork and chicken stew, steaks, chorizo, beef and chicken casarolls, wild boar sausage, jerkey, and if I forgot something please post
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