Gettin' Excited - Ray Hammond's Hog Heaven

[PaddyMac]

How long are Ray's hunts?

[Mike Vines]

Dennis Allman is joining us as well as Larry Surtees, Woody and of course Ray.  I remember Ray saying we were going to have 9 in camp with 6 of us being hunters.

I've never considered myself an expert hunter (sometimes it's better to be lucky instead of good) but hands down, I'm an eater and I'm looking forward to some of Ray's great southern cooking that I keep hearing about.

2# of beef, 2# of other fixins on the burger, 2# of fries and 3 huge pickles.  I had to do it in less than 30 minutes.

   

17 minutes and 58 seconds later

   

[lpcjon2]

Keep eaten like that and someone will be staring at your 8008's...LOL

Can you hunt after a meal like that?

[Ray Hammond]

You guys are scarin me.    

[Mike Vines]

Well guys, it looks like I will be picking up Delaney's pound cake for us when I fly into Charleston.  I honestly can't believe that Julian is going to trust me with it.  Maybe I can get a Secret Service escort for it into camp.

[Bud B.]

17 minutes for a 2# burger?

Pound cake? 5 minutes tops.

 

[Mike Vines]

...or 2 miles, which ever come first.    

[Rick Butler]

I'm sittin here clickin  my heels together and sayin over and over again;
   "there's no place like Ray's
   "there's no place like Ray's"
...5 more weeks and we'll be on our way.

[BowHunterGA]

Charles,

Wind checker works great. I prefer a wind feather on the end of my bow. Ray stated that in most cases feathers don't work well due to moisture. The weekend I was there this wasn't the case as a front moved in and it was windy the whole weekend. Normally though his point would likely be a valid one, especially in the morning.

Two biggest pieces of advice. Move very slow and glass a LOT!! Personally, I tried to move twice as slow as I felt necessary and glassed every 3 to 4 steps. I saw a lot of hogs that way too. When you spot a sounder of hogs, you can move pretty quickly to close the distance but once you get within 50 yards or so I would slow it down again, wind is most important but they can see. Good news is they keep there heads down alot.

If you hunt any near the river watch the banks and don't get to close. The river undercuts the banks and they can collape on you pretty easily. Did not witness it happen but you could see several locations where the bank had given way.

Lastly, eenjoy the fire and conversations in the evenings. The fire will warm your body, there is a good chance the conversation will warm your soul.

Oh, and if Ray starts telling a story about a little pig that I personally ran into several weeks ago just cry out, "HEARD IT!"

[Ray Hammond]

Heard it!!!!!

[BowHunterGA]

Originally posted by Ray Hammond:
Heard it!!!!!

       

[T-D]

Can't wait to get down there. My birthday is the 20th so I am hoping for an early birthday present. The buffalo is ready .... Speaking of the buffalo I am going to shoot before it gets dark. I'll check back in after dark. See ya! Great thread Bud B.

[Rick Butler]

I'm thinking I might bring some packets of jello, a bag of dried corn and a shovel and do up some porcine jello shots while I'm down there.

[Bud B.]

I've thought of a jar of peanut butter....  

[Mike Vines]

quote:Originally posted by Bud B.:
I've thought of a jar of peanut butter....        

I bet they really love fresh COLD beer and lasagna.

[T-D]

This is going to be a fun weekend I can tell it already. Is there any trees down there to climb or do you only still hunt? Bud B. crunchy honey peanut butter it really works.

[Bud B.]

We need to weigh ourselves BEFORE and AFTER the hunt.


Oh, and bring a few flu-flus. I have a few aerial discs I'm bringing.

[benny]

Oh man, don't know how I missed this thread. This will be my 3rd time to Ray's.  Really have been looking forward to it. My main interest is spending time with Woody and learning how to knapped a broardhead.
Just a heads up....if you choose Mike as a turkey guide...stay up wind.LOL

[Gil Verwey]

Good luck, leave a few for me for Memorial Day weekend.

Gil

[kbetts]

Speaking of turkeys.....what's the report?  Haven't decided if I should pursue them or not.  Lord knows I saw plenty when I was there last.