Author Topic: Laredo Tusk Roundup 24 ‘HERE WE GO’ (Read 19209 times)

Terry Green · « **Reply #40 on:** January 30, 2024, 08:04:31 AM »

Yesterday was a really fun merry-go-round with 3 other sounders, but no shot opportunities even thought many walked by me. I did have a really nice one in perfect position with head hid behind the prickly, and at half draw a little one walked up in between us and totally blocked the vitals.

Next up is an original Rothhaar 145 gr Snuffer...

For the Javie above I grabbed my Zwickey No Mercy hog arrow instead of my Delta.

In the meantime, damned O'l 4 Blades...

Entrance ....

Exit....

huckbuck · « **Reply #41 on:** January 30, 2024, 09:10:34 AM »

Congrats Terry...thats textbook Javi Hunting

Wishing I was still down there instead of here at work

rastaman · « **Reply #42 on:** January 30, 2024, 10:33:17 AM »

Way to go Terry!

stagetek · « **Reply #43 on:** January 30, 2024, 10:44:32 AM »

Great shot, Terry. Congrats !!

elkken · « **Reply #44 on:** January 30, 2024, 11:23:31 AM »

way to go Terry .... sounds like across the road has been action packed and thank you mother nature for all the sunshine for this group !!

Flingblade · « **Reply #45 on:** January 30, 2024, 11:30:34 AM »

Couldn't have hit that one any better Terry! Didn't take you long once you got the license in your pocket and bow in your hand instead of the corn rattling cup! Congrats!

Terry Green · « **Reply #46 on:** January 30, 2024, 01:40:19 PM »

Quote from: Flingblade on January 30, 2024, 11:30:34 AM

Couldn't have hit that one any better Terry! Didn't take you long once you got the license in your pocket and bow in your hand instead of the corn rattling cup! Congrats!

Ha! Yes....

Terry Green · « **Reply #47 on:** January 30, 2024, 06:42:40 PM »

Oh no!

I just broke a perfectly good arrow!!!

glenbo · « **Reply #48 on:** January 30, 2024, 07:17:34 PM »

Congratulations, well done.🏹

Terry Green · « **Reply #49 on:** January 30, 2024, 09:17:24 PM »

Well, there was another Merry-go-round today, literally, but it didn't work out to well for the javie.

It was Roger Rothhaar's fault.

Wudstix · « **Reply #50 on:** January 30, 2024, 11:44:32 PM »

Mr. Green;
Mr. Rothhaar has a good design. I'm partial to some of his original designs at 190 grain. Talk about blood trails.

Terry Green · « **Reply #51 on:** January 31, 2024, 07:26:49 AM »

Here is about half of the group....

Left to right...

Zeebob, Kodiak Fan, meatheat, Smokin Joe and me

Hopefully I'll get back to the merry-go-round later today.

stagetek · « **Reply #52 on:** January 31, 2024, 11:08:20 AM »

What ? No mud ??

Terry Green · « **Reply #53 on:** January 31, 2024, 01:43:33 PM »

Been out an hour and Joe already got an opportunity, and has another opportunity coming at him... 10 I believe.

We've also seen a group of 9 and a pair.

Terry Green · « **Reply #54 on:** January 31, 2024, 01:45:45 PM »

woodsman196 · « **Reply #55 on:** January 31, 2024, 03:15:57 PM »

After flying in Friday and making a trip to Walmart we arrived at the ranch. We had some quick introductions and banter before heading out to scout and corn our individual hunting areas. John (Arkansas Traveler) and I drew a "wagon wheel" (an elevated box blind with several shooting lanes that radiate from the blind) in the west corner of the pasture. We found promising sign and began to corn the roads. After we finished our set up we returned to the ranch house for dinner. This is going to be one of the hunts where I gain weight from the abundance of excellent food both at dinner time and in the morning for breakfast. Sunday morning found John and I excited to send an arrow. John sat sentry at the wagon wheel and I took off to walk the roads and more open areas looking for sign and Javies to stalk. There was an abundance of sign left in what was soft ground last week because of the rain. The ground has since dried out and is back to being crusty rocky and in some spots sandy. This is my first time hunting Javelina since 2015 and it didn't take long to remember everything in South Texas has either got thorns or fangs! After a rather long hike I reunited with John and we decided to recorn our wagon wheel hoping that the sound of the truck and corn cup might get things moving. We sat in the truck for a while after we finished. Having hunted with John before I enjoy sharing stories and camps with him a great deal. Sometimes to the point of neglecting my own goals for the hunt. When we decided to return to hunting I climbed into the box blind where I could see all of our "spokes" and John sat in a chair watching the roads upwind of our position. It wasn't long before John called out that the Javies were coming out. I got the nod to begin my stalk. I stared down the shooting lane with a good crosswind and snuck until I felt like I was getting to close for all those eyes and would soon be picked out. I found a spot I could step off of the road behind some cover and knelt down to wait for an opportunity for a shot. Soon the group that was a mix of sows with young and a few boars was approaching my hide. There seemed to be 15-20 Javelinas in the group and the first ones that came by was a sow with two TINY babies that past me at about 12 feet. She eventually caught my wind a took off into the bush putting the rest of the group on guard. Soon I had another one that I was going to shoot walk into the same spot. By the time he turned to give me a shot he was behind a branch. When he cleared the branch he was barely 6ft away and caught me trying to draw. In a flash he darted into the bush and the rest of the group went with him. I returned to the box blind still grinning from having been so close so early in the hunt. After about an hour Javelinas started to come back out into a different shooting lane and I took off again to try and get into position to make a shot. This time I was able to get a little farther off the shooting lane where I had better cover and more room for things to happen. Again this time the first Javies to come past were sows and little ones. The group was mixed to the point it was difficult to tell which Javie was with which of the little ones. I let 8-10 pass before a couple of lone stragglers walked into veiw. As they were showing up a few of the first Javies to pass me started to walk into the bush just past me on my side of the sendaro. I stayed as still as I could until I had my opportunity to draw. When I first decided to shoot he was quartering to me slightly. When I drew on him one of the others in the group caught me drawing and woofed. He looked right at me but I was already at full draw and the Javie was standing broadside looking my way. When I shot it was at his right side. He spun and I hit him right below the jaw inside the left shoulder blade. He took off in a streak snapping my arrow when the knock hit the ground. While checking for blood I found a second shorter piece of arrow that I think he bit off. With John's help we started to look for blood. I'll say for sure that Javie blood on this dry ground is way harder to see than deer blood on the hardwood leaves of Indiana. We tracked him for about 40 yards where I found him dead in a little bit of a wash in the mesquite. I had shot and found my first Javelina! When I was skinning and deboning him in the skinning shed I found that big Suffer stopped in his right ham.

Monday and Tuesday I had a few more opportunities but the wind kept me from closing the deal. So in the waning sunlight each evening I took to shooting rabbits. There might be more rabbits than cactus but I haven't been keeping an accurate count of either. I was able to kill a rabbit both Monday and Tuesday. Hopefully I'll be able to keep the streak alive and connect on my second Javelina today.

For those who my be interested I'm shooting a Javaman Assyrian 55@29, Arrow Dynamics full length shafts, 160gr suffer with 40gr insert. The rabbits get 200gr VPA Small Game Thumpers.

I've taken quite a few pictures that I'll try to post soon.

woodsman196 · « **Reply #56 on:** January 31, 2024, 04:03:32 PM »

The cats are out today. I've seen 2 singles and a pair.

glenbo · « **Reply #57 on:** January 31, 2024, 07:41:03 PM »

Congratulations and thanks for sharing your hunt. Looks like a lot of fun.

glenbo · « **Reply #58 on:** January 31, 2024, 07:42:36 PM »

The bow is a real looker.

rastaman · « **Reply #59 on:** January 31, 2024, 10:15:35 PM »

Congratulations Ivan and thanks for sharing your hunt!


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