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Offline Chris Surtees

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Re: Northerner's Exposure....
« Reply #60 on: April 23, 2008, 01:23:00 PM »
Excellent story fella's!
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Re: Northerner's Exposure....
« Reply #61 on: April 23, 2008, 04:37:00 PM »
YEP, Terry's got a great set of eye's.....In Texas, He found a Simmons bleeder blade out of a hog I shot, in a 'CRAWL on your Hands and Knees" Cedar thicket, 75 yards from the shot...Amazing..great story and pics...Don
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Re: Northerner's Exposure....
« Reply #62 on: April 23, 2008, 08:38:00 PM »
Some frequent camp visitors....

About 4 ft.....

 


a big "softshell"....

 


we watched this guy change colors right before our eyes as he moved around......

 


big brother....about ten ft.......

 
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Re: Northerner's Exposure....
« Reply #63 on: April 23, 2008, 08:41:00 PM »
So I take that means you did'nt go Swimming??  LOL  :smileystooges:
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Re: Northerner's Exposure....
« Reply #64 on: April 23, 2008, 08:45:00 PM »
Ron, a million bucks wouldn't have got me into that water!!  It seemed that the critters just got bigger and meaner as we stayed....who knows what was down in that water   :scared:    :eek:    :biglaugh:
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Re: Northerner's Exposure....
« Reply #65 on: April 23, 2008, 08:56:00 PM »
WOW...I'm sure glad them things was HIBERNATIN when I was down there  ...
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Re: Northerner's Exposure....
« Reply #66 on: April 23, 2008, 09:05:00 PM »
I had one of those little anoles when I was a kid. Grammy bought it for me at the circus, cost a dollar. It taught me a lot about mealworm management.  ;)  

I am really enjoying these pics.
Killdeer  :thumbsup:
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Re: Northerner's Exposure....
« Reply #67 on: April 23, 2008, 09:37:00 PM »
Another first for this trip was getting to shoot an A&H ACS bow......

 It was fine shooting bow for sure    :knothead:
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Re: Northerner's Exposure....
« Reply #68 on: April 23, 2008, 09:43:00 PM »
Sure looks like a lot of fun. Great pics, great story. Im kinda surprised that there werent more snake pics though...
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Re: Northerner's Exposure....
« Reply #69 on: April 23, 2008, 09:47:00 PM »
Can't say enough about the Paradise , great story and greater pics . Definetly a beautiful place , Fred
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Re: Northerner's Exposure....
« Reply #70 on: April 23, 2008, 09:56:00 PM »
Great story and pics guys; thanks for sharing.  Sounds like great fun.
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Re: Northerner's Exposure....
« Reply #71 on: April 24, 2008, 05:54:00 PM »
Jamie, I never saw a snake the whole trip....

It sure is Fred....

I'll be back tonight with more....
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Re: Northerner's Exposure....
« Reply #72 on: April 24, 2008, 07:46:00 PM »
:campfire:    :coffee:   Glad you Guys Had a Blast!!!!!!
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Re: Northerner's Exposure....
« Reply #73 on: April 24, 2008, 07:58:00 PM »
Like I said.....we didn't consider the moon when we planned this trip...but we did our best to fight it.

I can say that I've never walked past more hog sign in my life without seeing hogs in a single day.  We could not get our of hog sign all day on Friday, either Curt and I, or Rob on his loop.

I did get on group Saturday morning on 'the road', but the leader winded me....to bad Curt wasn't on that road, as it was a perfect set up for a left hander as the hogs came paralleling the road on the left side.  I had a big black sow Jaz and I had played cat and mouse with several times a couple of months ago, but as I turned to shoot, the hog bumped into a wall of my scent....it would have been an 18 yard shot on a buck fifty swine.

Yeah, she sure blessed me out when she stampeded out of there, and I was SURE she lead her group right toward Rob and Curt, but they never saw em.

I'm holding out one pic I feel is a hero pic....and I'm sure Curt will agree.....later.....
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Re: Northerner's Exposure....
« Reply #74 on: April 25, 2008, 12:15:00 AM »
...Fri afternoon we left camp and found this ol gal in the "White oak food plot".....she sure was pretty hog,and one I'd would have shot in a heartbeat,I'd never shot anything but black hogs.....but she had 6  little ones(all redder than the next) with her just too small to even consider  killing her or them......

 

 
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Re: Northerner's Exposure....
« Reply #75 on: April 25, 2008, 09:19:00 PM »
You could have had her Curt, no doubt about it,......but you made the right choice my friend with them little 10#ers still suckling.
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Re: Northerner's Exposure....
« Reply #76 on: April 25, 2008, 09:30:00 PM »
You're one heck of a great, respectable guy, Curt. Always knew it...the choice not to shoot that sow just enforces the idea...
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Re: Northerner's Exposure....
« Reply #77 on: April 25, 2008, 09:56:00 PM »
Chris, Thanx bud....Terry and I talked  a lot about the situation as quick as we could....we studied those piggies thru my bino's...I left it up to Terry to let me know what he thought about there size and if they were old enough to make it on there own.He's a lot more experienced than me with hogs.....we came to the conclusion that they wouldn't......

 Terry was joking earlier about throwing my arrow away "so I wouldn't out shoot him"....I bet if we got the chance to shoot with each other more, we'd bring the best out in each other and we'd elevate ourselves to another level in our shooting.......one example...

 ....Fri. morning....I picked out a clump of dry leaves about 30yds or so out...I shot first and shot a hole thru the center of the leaves with my judo....then Terry drew back and shot his arrow thru the same hole I'd just made with my arrow!

..I'd love to get him up to the Muzzy shoot


 More examples of the kind of sign we were seeing.....

Muddy rub tree.....

 


Hookin' tree....done by a boar hogs tusks....

 
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Re: Northerner's Exposure....
« Reply #78 on: April 26, 2008, 01:48:00 AM »
Man that sure looks like a fun trip. Awsome pics as usual...
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Re: Northerner's Exposure....
« Reply #79 on: April 26, 2008, 01:17:00 PM »
Here's the Hero Pic I mentioned earlier......

Those that have been there will agree, that just being able to hunt The Paradise is something really special. Each section of bottom hardwoods has it's own look, layout, and landmark features whether its the West End, Joe's Road, Big Woods, Convict Woods......Or the Trash Can Woods.

I've heard it over and over, "didn't think woods called trash can would ever look this pretty", "Wow, this is the trash can woods"????, "How did THIS get named trash can woods"????

Congrats Curt....I hope this one gets printed out, framed up, and put somewhere special.
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