Author Topic: The never ending story - TXS06... Into the breach (Read 30801 times)

Terry Green · « **Reply #120 on:** March 20, 2006, 11:35:00 AM »

OK...Once we got settled in at camp and met all the gang....we were champing at the bit to hit the desert with bow in hand.

Me, JC, and Krister from Norway headed out to the back 40 to find our hidden treasure. We had to negotiate the hub of a wagon wheel that was a maze of fences and gates...some gate opened and closed in two directions......but we found the spoke we wanted to venture out to a sizable tank(TX for pond)with mixed topo features.

We crested the hill and the tank lay below to our right. Within seconds......HOGS were spotted headed toward the upper end of the dry part of the lake bed. We immediately descended and got the wind in our face and quickly closed the distance with a ground that was designed in a stalker' dream.

We got into bow range and was just waiting for any one of the seven to give us the shot angle we wanted. BAMB!....180 degree wind change and away they went up on of the two drainages that feed the pond. We all were left with a grin on our face realizing the hunt held promise.

After a brief recognizance we decided the wind had made its final change for the day...because it was now a stiff breeze in a decisive direction....so we headed off the opposite way with more tank to explore.....

Not 5 minutes later we bump another small group of hogs and chase them through an interesting terrain feature. Imagine two small ponds with a narrow damn separating the two....now break the damn in the middle allowing the two ponds to connect. We chased these hogs out one hundred yard finger and across the break to the other hundred yard finger on the opposite side of the lake.

Needless to say we were pumped with all the action we'd had our 1st 45 minutes into the hunt.....what lay ahead?....anticipation is a wonderful feeling......

Guru · « **Reply #121 on:** March 20, 2006, 11:46:00 AM »

cooooool!!!

JEFFRO · « **Reply #122 on:** March 20, 2006, 11:48:00 AM »

MAN, that's good look'n country, GO GIT'M

IB · « **Reply #123 on:** March 20, 2006, 11:55:00 AM »

Hope the say something about the FOOODDDD

This is gonna be cool story time guys.... THANKS

Terry Green · « **Reply #124 on:** March 20, 2006, 12:08:00 PM »

At this point we felt it best to split up and cover more ground to get an even better feel for the land. I went up another spoke that ran on the upper end of the pond to try and come in from the down wind side and peak into those drainages with a slow still hunt......

I found a higher ridge splitting these two draingages and figured that would be my best approach since it would bring me into the prime area from down wind. I took out my hand pruners and cleared a path for 75 yards or so thought the thick desert to the beginning of the lake terrain where it was much more open. I check the area and didn't see any critters so I pruned my trail a bit more on the way out. I now had a way to sneak into that watering hole nice and quiet like and check it when I felt it needed checking...........

Left View..........

Right View.........

Extreme Right View...........

I then went to explore more of the area around the tank.

Terry Green · « **Reply #125 on:** March 20, 2006, 12:17:00 PM »

A couple more pics from the drains........

A fisherman must have lost his boat.....

Nice buck rub

herb haines · « **Reply #126 on:** March 20, 2006, 12:26:00 PM »

great pics Terry . looks like trees big enough for shade and they might cut back on the growth of under brush .--- just 12 more months --- herb

Terry Green · « **Reply #127 on:** March 20, 2006, 01:04:00 PM »

I made my way around to the lower south side of the tank...this area was very lush for south TX...and it looked cool and inviting for hogs. There is a berm running the south side of the tank for it entire lake with a narrow gully off the side....this was a fun place to stalk let me tell ya....if you saw a hog, he would have been well in bow range......

Guru · « **Reply #128 on:** March 20, 2006, 01:15:00 PM »

Hey Terry why don't all you guys that just got back from the first hunt start a new thread bud.Might be easier for the guys that haven't followed this one..

.....it would be great to have a thread just for the hunt.Maybe keep this one for updates.

Just a thought,cause either way I'm eating it up!!!!

Terry Green · « **Reply #129 on:** March 20, 2006, 01:29:00 PM »

OK Curt......sound like a miraculous plan of a technical nature :D

Terry Green · « **Reply #130 on:** March 20, 2006, 01:40:00 PM »

OK Guys......I moved my story to the new thread....and if all the other participant of the hunt will post their stories on that thread it would be great.....and we'll leave this one for up dated of the second group.

1st bunch of TX Sweat please post your stories on the thread tittled.....

"TEXAS SWEAT 06....Tales of the Hunts...."

Thanks.......

Guru · « **Reply #131 on:** March 20, 2006, 07:33:00 PM »

Come on...no updates???? Vance.....

Terry Green · « **Reply #132 on:** March 20, 2006, 07:38:00 PM »

Guru.......its still light in TX...they are probably still enjoying the bewitching hour.....stay tuned!

Terry Green · « **Reply #133 on:** March 20, 2006, 07:41:00 PM »

I do have one update that I didn't see posted...Norbert had to go to the emergency room to get his pointer finger sewed back up....he cut it really bad Sunday morning on a broadhead as they were killing time to meet us at the gate.

I hope he manages to draw his bow with two fingers....wish him well guys.

Guru · « **Reply #134 on:** March 20, 2006, 10:06:00 PM »

Ouch!!! I hope he's doing OK....

IB · « **Reply #135 on:** March 21, 2006, 12:30:00 AM »

SWEAT UPDATE...... 3/20...... 10:45 PM TX......Charley L

Woke me right up; Sorry Curt I thought they were just having FUN and forgot us :mad:

Not so, seems that a pig got stuck, and as Curtis said the first bunch will understand.

Tracking is a B---H on these Hogs and Javies, Curtis started standing ,then bent over, then on hands and knees, then on his belly then, to a STOP all with a FLASHLIGHT

Charlie said he qulified as a "TUNNEL RAT" in SE ASIA. They will go back in the morning to see if they can find whats left...after YOTES.

Todays Body count went something like this:

BeachBowHunter.......Javie this morning

Whip had a Bore hog succumb to a sharp object.

Curtis called a yote in to about 6yds.
he also Bounced a Stone point off a javie's BEAN as he said "STONE met STONE"

To be Cont..................vance

cjones · « **Reply #136 on:** March 21, 2006, 02:16:00 AM »

Thanks for the update Vance!

Congrats Bob! Looks like there are 5 guys at the sweat that will be going back in May. They should make fine guides for the rest of us. :D

Guru · « **Reply #137 on:** March 21, 2006, 07:08:00 AM »

Congrats to all!!!!

Thanks Vance,It was hard to go to sleep last nighT thinking Charlie forgot about us.He made me sad :( .But alas,he didn't forget us!!

Chad looks like we have a lot to look forward to!!

the Ferret · « **Reply #138 on:** March 21, 2006, 07:17:00 AM »

Wow the body count is rising!

Terry Green · « **Reply #139 on:** March 21, 2006, 08:10:00 AM »

Way to go guys!!!

Wonder where Bob got them hogs......Lemme see what I can find out.


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