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Online Charlie Lamb

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Littlefeather hunt update!!!
« on: January 30, 2005, 08:09:00 AM »
Well, the phone's ringing cut through my early morning fog brain and I about broke my neck gettin to it. (seriously!)
I knew it could be only one person on the other end and I was right.

Curtis Kellar was on the other end of the line and calm as usual. I knew he was right in the middle of his south Texas hog/javie hunt and I hadn't gotten the promised update yesterday...spent a little too much time on Trad Gang and tied up the phone line.

Seems like he and Wes Martin are having a hell of a time down there.
Woke up the first morning to find Javelina in the front yard and a few bunnies scattered here and there for good measure.

They've been cursed by almost constant rain, though and CK told me he hadn't taken enough clothes to stay really warm. I take that with a grain of salt...the boy gets frost bit when the temps hit 70 degrees!

Mostly they've been spot and stalking the Javies and Curtis got in on one first thing that spotted him, hackled up and bore down on him like the UPS guy headin for the warehouse.
I guess there was some dodging and duckin in the cactus before the little musk hog left for other parts...no arrows shot.
Then a little while later he had the same thing happen. WOW! Javies with an attitude! Ya gotta love it.

Wes Martin also stalked up close to one and had it spot him as he started his draw. It immediately hackled up and turned toward him. I guess that distracted Wes cause the arrow missed.

A little later the boys turned to ambush tactics. Hide in the bushes and wait type stuff.
Well, Curtis said he was sittin in some waist high grass (knee high to you and me) and almost had a sizeable hog walk over the top of him. (the pig turned to one side at ten feet)
CK let the hog get out in the open in front of him and snapped a picture of the hog... then snapped a shot with his bow.
As the hog ran off, he had the feeling it might have been hit a little high, but was pourin blood like a (forgive me)...stuck hog!

In time he tracked the hog, with excellent blood trail, almost 500 yards. It was layin there dead when he finally got to it.

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Re: Littlefeather hunt update!!!
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2005, 08:15:00 AM »
Whoaa, excellent story.  Sounds like they are having a blast.  The javies sound all riled up!!    :eek:   Thanks for the update Charlie.  I'm anxiously awaiting the next installment.    :bigsmyl:
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Re: Littlefeather hunt update!!!
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2005, 08:21:00 AM »
Yes, more please Sir Charles.
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Re: Littlefeather hunt update!!!
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2005, 08:28:00 AM »
COOOOL!!!! That Little feller is a hog killin machine!!!  Thanks Chuck
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Re: Littlefeather hunt update!!!
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2005, 08:36:00 AM »
Hogs yes, but sounds like the javies have his number, bet he's pullin some thorns after the ring around the prickly pear. Maybe CK should stick to electriconics. Thaks for the tale.
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Re: Littlefeather hunt update!!!
« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2005, 09:01:00 AM »
OK! Back to the story...got my coffee in front of me and most of the heart shaped stickers pulled off my fore head (2 year old grand daughter spent the night and I fell asleep on the couch)

Curtis takes a compass bearing from the hog back to the nearest sendero and goes to find Wes...smacking a couple of rabbits on the way.
I guess when he got back to the sendero, there was a pack of hogs with a nice one in the bunch. So he proceeds to put the whammy on the big one. (you can bet both these pigs took a white painted, razor sharp Grizzly El Grande)
This hog heads for the tall and nasty and vaults head long into some extra thick crappola...pigs aren't noted for their jumping ability, but Curtis swears he must have cleared a 4 foot cactus patch.
Soon after he loses sight of the hog he hears it thrashing and dying off about 50 yards, so he eases into the brush.
We're talking hands and knees, pig tunnel crawling and finds the hog. Being pretty sharp, Curtis had shot a compass heading to where he'd last heard the hog, so it's a simple matter of taking out the compass and returning to the sendero....or at least it would have been if he'd have found the compass in his pocket, where he'd put it!

Those of you who have hunted that country will appreciate how easy it is to get turned around in that nasty thick stuff... and that's just what happened to CK!
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Re: Littlefeather hunt update!!!
« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2005, 09:07:00 AM »
LOL what a hoot...sounds like a great time they are a having (cept for the rain).aggressive javies..that would be fun

Love the story of the hearts on the head..I've had the same thing happen to me. Whatsup with grand daughters and stickers?
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Re: Littlefeather hunt update!!!
« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2005, 09:09:00 AM »
More please?
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Re: Littlefeather hunt update!!!
« Reply #8 on: January 30, 2005, 09:16:00 AM »
Cool.  Now I have to add attacking javelina to my list of dangerous southern animals.  So, how long did it take CK to find his way out of Hog Haven?


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Re: Littlefeather hunt update!!!
« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2005, 09:22:00 AM »
Great story.
It ain't hard to get turned around in that stuff!
I ain't never been lost...confused for a month or two, but never lost!!!
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Re: Littlefeather hunt update!!!
« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2005, 09:30:00 AM »
Well, it took him a while to find his way out...hard to imagine unless you've been there and it was overcast to boot.

At this point he's further from the truck than he wanted to be and it's starting to get dark.
Figuring the situation... getting dark, two dead pigs, good blood trails to both, skies clearing... our hero returns to the truck and meets up with Wes...popping another bunny on the way.
They decide that with the cool temps and lack of rain that the hogs will keep until the a.m.

I think they were back at the camp house,(Curtis is pretty impressed with the luxurious housing!)about two hours before the skies opened up and sent them a gulley washer. Poooop!!!
Due to the thickness of the cactus and brush and the possibility of having the blood trails washed out, Curtis was a little apprehensive this morning. I've got my fingers crossed for him.

That all happened yesterday and I got CK's call this morning around 5:30. He's going to try to call me with an update around mid day and if not, then he's gonna call around 7 tonight.

This is the "Texas Sweat" exploratory hunt for all you "Sweaters" that might be reading this. Curtis reports game moving at all times of the day in great numbers.
Said he saw about 50 rabbits yesterday in the rain and that ain't the best situation for seein rabbits.
He's currently on a 900 acre ranch and not the nearby 11,000 acre one we'll be hunting on.
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Re: Littlefeather hunt update!!!
« Reply #11 on: January 30, 2005, 09:36:00 AM »
Charlie,tell CK that,"I know it's tough doing recon work"!!! ...Yea right! Ha! Sounds good!

Thanks for the update.Better go make some more arrows?
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Re: Littlefeather hunt update!!!
« Reply #12 on: January 30, 2005, 09:55:00 AM »
Yeah Tim...me too!! He know's I'm eatin my heart out cause I can't be there this trip. Got a new grandson to welcome into the world tomorrow.
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Re: Littlefeather hunt update!!!
« Reply #13 on: January 30, 2005, 10:10:00 AM »
Charlie,you gonna try to make it to the festival?
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Re: Littlefeather hunt update!!!
« Reply #14 on: January 30, 2005, 10:26:00 AM »
Very cool Charlie!! Thanks for the report and tell CK to carry an extra compass. An early congrats on the new grandson too!
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Re: Littlefeather hunt update!!!
« Reply #15 on: January 30, 2005, 10:33:00 AM »
Thanks Doug!! Been thinkin about headin up toward Forsyth, Montana for some bunny bustin in a few days...how far is that for you?

Tim...wasn't going to go, but now I'm fired up about it and doing some face to face visitin. When is it?
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Re: Littlefeather hunt update!!!
« Reply #16 on: January 30, 2005, 10:37:00 AM »
NEXT weekend bud.

Be there for breakfast?
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Re: Littlefeather hunt update!!!
« Reply #17 on: January 30, 2005, 10:46:00 AM »
Tell me what time and I'll be there with a bib on!!
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Re: Littlefeather hunt update!!!
« Reply #18 on: January 30, 2005, 10:49:00 AM »
Appears to be a couple hundred miles Charlie but interstate all the way. Heck that's just a hop, skip and a jump out here. Ya better not get that close and not stop by. Here's the map.  http://maps.yahoo.com/dd_result?ed=xTowJeV.wimQQVd6MsEKU7USFw--&csz=McLeod+MT&country=us&tcsz=Forsyth%2C+Montana&tcountry=us
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Re: Littlefeather hunt update!!!
« Reply #19 on: January 30, 2005, 10:52:00 AM »
Kinda what I was thinkin! Besides, Forsyth is out in the flats and I can't get that close to mountains without goin there!
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