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Author Topic: Close encounters of the pork kind.....  (Read 342 times)

Online ron w

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Close encounters of the pork kind.....
« on: January 10, 2011, 10:05:00 AM »
Just got back from a pig hunt with Ray Hammond....great time, I think I gained 7 pounds. Real unique experience, never hunted anywhere like it before. Did not get a pig but I had a still hunt all most happened when a hog bedded in front of me. I worked the wind and when it almost happenen he was broadside at 12 yards....just to much stuff in the way for a clean shot.......it was neat!!! I'm sure the other guys will jump in and share.....really a great trip.   :thumbsup:    :notworthy:   THANKS RAY.......ron w
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Re: Close encounters of the pork kind.....
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2011, 10:09:00 AM »
We really got snookered by the weather....

I really enjoyed the weekend with you guys- Ron, Ken, Chris and Jeff!

It's not supposed to be this cold in the low country of South Carolina!!!
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Re: Close encounters of the pork kind.....
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2011, 10:16:00 AM »
Hah, snookered...

Saw more wildlife in two days down there than I have all season. Stalked within 5 yards (if that) of a nice boar, even if I didn't know it. Found myself surrounded by three decent bucks at 15 yards. Called in a pretty hen turkey just for the heck of it. Spent time outside stalking through the river cane, palmetto, and a few cyprus, in weather that would have made any deer hunter smile up north. Even got my armadillo.

When you add being guided and fed by a guy who embodies southern charm, snookered we were not.   :bigsmyl:  

Now to try getting back there...
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Re: Close encounters of the pork kind.....
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2011, 10:31:00 AM »
Oh, man.  I am jealous!  Piggies sound like they'd be the ideal bow game.  

I forget what my bow feels like without a gloved hand.    :dunno:
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Re: Close encounters of the pork kind.....
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2011, 10:54:00 AM »
Even in the south....at 22 degrees the bow was in a gloved hand....lol, but it did warm to 40 in the afternoon!
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Re: Close encounters of the pork kind.....
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2011, 11:13:00 AM »
stumpkiller, here in NC this morning we have 5" of snow and it is still falling and now they are calling for ice......even the squirrels are hunkered down........dag gum global warming.......  :campfire:
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Re: Close encounters of the pork kind.....
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2011, 11:26:00 AM »
Wow!  Thanks for sharing that.  (Misery likes company).  I spent the weekend chipping out frozen firewood and moving it indoors to thaw for burning.    "[dntthnk]"  

My brother lived in Taylors, SC for 15 years or so and I got continual weather reports.   Bum.  Now he's in the Rochester, NY area.  Ha, ha.  Payback is a b!tc#.  

A bowhunting friend of mine loved to tell of the time he was at a town not too far away where there used to be (maybe still is) an archery festival and on the last day they would release a farm piglet at dawn and the bowhunters would have at it for a pig roast.  PETA would have loved that.  Anyway, one year the pig procurement chairman outdid himself and got an adult Russian boar.  I guess Mr. Pig took his pound of flesh and scatterred and tattered the shooters before he went down.
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Re: Close encounters of the pork kind.....
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2011, 04:43:00 PM »
Guess the ceramic boar hogs' magic wore clean off of em. I know you fellas had fun and thats a good portion of what its all about.Waiting on some pics. Since Bear Misser wont chime in tell me,,, did he and Thorny get into them? You planning on a return?
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Re: Close encounters of the pork kind.....
« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2011, 05:02:00 PM »
Jeff saw the first two, and one or two more after that. Ken, I believe, happened upon the largest number of pigs...
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Re: Close encounters of the pork kind.....
« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2011, 05:58:00 PM »
The ceramic hog was with me the whole time Izzy, I cursed him out for letting me down, right after that I saw a good sized hog at 12 yards, but no shot!
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Re: Close encounters of the pork kind.....
« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2011, 06:27:00 PM »
Glad you fellas had a good time! I've never hunted down south and it's something I'd like to do in the future... God Willing.

... mike ...
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Re: Close encounters of the pork kind.....
« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2011, 06:32:00 PM »
Ahhhh, you see Ron! The ceramic hog didnt let you down, you didnt believe in him.
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Re: Close encounters of the pork kind.....
« Reply #12 on: January 10, 2011, 06:37:00 PM »
Ron: If you can make it thru a Muzzy Stump Shoot, "too much stuff in the way" just doesn't cut it.
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Re: Close encounters of the pork kind.....
« Reply #13 on: January 10, 2011, 06:43:00 PM »
Bill

I think he got skeered when the hog stood up and gave him that look "you owe me ten bucks"

I think Ken had 8 or 9 close for a few minutes
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Re: Close encounters of the pork kind.....
« Reply #14 on: January 10, 2011, 07:08:00 PM »
The pig did have his hand out!   :dunno:
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Re: Close encounters of the pork kind.....
« Reply #15 on: January 10, 2011, 07:30:00 PM »
sounds like yall had a great time, rays' got a fun operation down there. :archer:  Im headed down in may for take two..   :archer2:
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