Ray took me to his spot in SC this weekend to hunt hogs. Inspired by Flint River and his awesome pics during his hunt with Ray, I tried to pay him back a bit with these. I'll try to stretch this out a lil in true Charlie fashion:
I met Ray at his house Friday afternoon around 3pm. After loading all the gear and 5 coolers in his truck (we had high hopes), we spent the next 6 hours fighting traffic to get to Augusta. A stop for a hot meal, licenses, and some vittles and we were on our way deep into the SC lowland to Ray's camp. We talked of our past and the coming adventure well into the night, crawling into the racks later than we really should have.
Up early Sat morning, we ate a quick snack and began prepping our gear for the hunt. It was already sweltering hot and we both sweat freely as we touched up broaheads and made sure our thermacells were working.
As we slipped down the trail to the areas Ray suggested we check first, we came across the most unusual insect I've seen in some time:
This thing was a good 3"'s long and bigger around than a nickel, with colors more at home at a greatful dead concert than in the woods. Funny, we weren't very far from the Savannah River Site, where all of the U.S. Plutonium is refined :eek: :cool:
We slipped down the road with Ray giving me a history lesson on the place, pointing in a whisper one to particularly productive place after another. I saw hog sign just about everywhere and we hadn't even gotten into the swamp area yet.....
Topic: Hog Huntin with Ray Hammond (Read 12557 times)
