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Offline Dave Bulla

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Re: Hail Storm Bacon and The Bay of Pigs...
« Reply #60 on: May 10, 2006, 01:05:00 PM »
Wow, great story!

One of these days I'm a gonna have to kill myself a hawg....  Not many of them around here in MO though.  Might have to try getting back to the TX sweat again some time.
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Re: Hail Storm Bacon and The Bay of Pigs...
« Reply #61 on: May 10, 2006, 01:43:00 PM »
Nice job Terry! Looks like you are living up to the legend of your shooting abilities. One of these days I'm gonna have to try this piggy huntin. Congrats!!
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Re: Hail Storm Bacon and The Bay of Pigs...
« Reply #62 on: May 10, 2006, 01:54:00 PM »
Now that I look at "Gimpy/Shaggy" - the bi-colored long haired hog, look at the resemblance, especially in the head, that hog has to "the world's ugliest hawg"- one I killed over there a couple years ago!

   

their heads look almost identical...Worlds Ugliest Hawg has woolly mammoth hair though, tight curls, instead of long and wavy..but the head bone structure is unique, and identical..and very different from the more classical hog "Bride of Horsetail" Terry got.
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Re: Hail Storm Bacon and The Bay of Pigs...
« Reply #63 on: May 10, 2006, 04:03:00 PM »
This might be a great opportunity to show some shot placement photos.  Ray and I discussed this on the way back, and by showing these pics someone may save themselves some grief.  It shows just how forward you can shoot a hog because of the front end bone structure.

Remember, this 300#er only ran 30 yards, and this shot did get both lungs and the heart......

This pic reveals that 'Bride of Horse Tail' was slightly quartering away. It also shows how far forward it exited without hitting any bone. This picture however is deceiving on how low on the body the shot placement was.

       

This pic shows the true elevation on the body...and makes the shot 'low and tight'.

     
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Re: Hail Storm Bacon and The Bay of Pigs...
« Reply #64 on: May 10, 2006, 04:22:00 PM »
Awesome Terry, congrats on the "Threesome!"   ;)
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Re: Hail Storm Bacon and The Bay of Pigs...
« Reply #65 on: May 10, 2006, 04:29:00 PM »
Guys, what a great story. Thanks. These last two photos are phenominal. Besides the arrow placement, you can also get a great feel for the size and thickness of the hog. Awesome.
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Re: Hail Storm Bacon and The Bay of Pigs...
« Reply #66 on: May 10, 2006, 05:40:00 PM »
Great story Terry,
Thanks for sharing.

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Re: Hail Storm Bacon and The Bay of Pigs...
« Reply #67 on: May 10, 2006, 06:40:00 PM »
Terry,
What...A...Story, Man!! And whattahaawwg!! At loss for words. I had the honor and privilege to accompany Ray down in SC, and it was the best time I ever had in my life. Ray Hammond is the best! We became instantaneous friends
Bravo!

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Re: Hail Storm Bacon and The Bay of Pigs...
« Reply #68 on: May 10, 2006, 07:32:00 PM »
Aha, Terry and Ray - congrats on a fine hog hunt!  Great story telling as usual, Mr. Green - and I see that "Ol' Number Two of Three" has been put to good use at last ... I might just hafta take "Ol' Number Three of Three" down to Texas in a few weeks, get it rightly blooded as well ...
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Re: Hail Storm Bacon and The Bay of Pigs...
« Reply #69 on: May 10, 2006, 07:32:00 PM »
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 How did you guys get that thing in the back of your truck     :bigsmyl:    

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Great question Dale.....and this may help someone down the road a bit.

OK, we got the hog lying on the ground on her belly with her tail facing the tail gate....we then lifted the rear legs and laid them on the tail gate and then scooted her till the rear hams were on the tail gate.  This was the easy part cause most of the weight was still resting on the ground. Ray held the legs and I got in the back of the truck. Now this really helped and not sure if all pick up trucks are like this or not...but  Ray's has a nice gap between the tail gate and bed when the tail gate is down and that allowed me to get my boot heels in real deep.  Ray gathered up the head while I held the rear ankles and on the count of 3 again Ray picked up the head and shoved and I lifted the best I could with my arms and pushed back with my legs leaning at a 45 degree angle.  We had set it up to use our legs.
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Re: Hail Storm Bacon and The Bay of Pigs...
« Reply #70 on: May 10, 2006, 07:54:00 PM »
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PS: did you have to also listen to Ray's music  like ..........ALL the time??      :thumbsup:  
Why I even made him stop on the way home so I could buy him Wonderland by Paul Hardcastle.  Jazzmasters II.
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Re: Hail Storm Bacon and The Bay of Pigs...
« Reply #71 on: May 10, 2006, 08:51:00 PM »
and if you compare the shot Tarz made on the Bride of Horsetail to this diagram someone posted on another forum you see why Tarz's shot is so perfect...look at the placement of lungs AND heart...the shot cut the top out of the heart, all the big arteries going out the top of the heart to the lungs, and the lungs themselves. PERFECTION.    :thumbsup:        :thumbsup:        :notworthy:    

Two blade, Three blade, Four blade- you make THAT shot on pigs, they're dead...no matter what.

     
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Re: Hail Storm Bacon and The Bay of Pigs...
« Reply #72 on: May 10, 2006, 09:11:00 PM »
Terry,  Great story, shooting, gracious huntin partner...Man you got it all in that weekend!  Doc
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Re: Hail Storm Bacon and The Bay of Pigs...
« Reply #73 on: May 10, 2006, 10:01:00 PM »
Cool beans guys....fire up the smoker!! :)  marco#78
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Re: Hail Storm Bacon and The Bay of Pigs...
« Reply #74 on: May 10, 2006, 11:15:00 PM »
Wow thanks for sharing all of that, great details and pictures!! You sure got alot of ham to eat now.

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Re: Hail Storm Bacon and The Bay of Pigs...
« Reply #75 on: May 10, 2006, 11:31:00 PM »
Awesome hog Terry! That last one was a hoss. Nice pics and story as usual.   :thumbsup:
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Re: Hail Storm Bacon and The Bay of Pigs...
« Reply #76 on: May 11, 2006, 11:53:00 AM »
Awesome EH! You guys sure did a great job of bringing home the bacon. Great hunt, pictures and story. Mighty fine shootin to top it off!!!
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Re: Hail Storm Bacon and The Bay of Pigs...
« Reply #77 on: May 11, 2006, 12:02:00 PM »
Ray H.,
Nice job with the picture illustration. That's a dandy and it dovetails in nicely with Terry's live shots.

Great job guys.  :thumbsup:
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Re: Hail Storm Bacon and The Bay of Pigs...
« Reply #78 on: May 11, 2006, 05:28:00 PM »
What a great story   :)
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Re: Hail Storm Bacon and The Bay of Pigs...
« Reply #79 on: May 11, 2006, 07:47:00 PM »
Thanks for all the comments.  I had such a blast I just had to share it....and like many other hunts, its till working on my mind....like JC said, I'm savoring it.  And just finished a shoulder on the grill as well.

I think I've answered all the questions here, and those in emails, but if I left anyone or anything out just gimme a shout.

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