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Yes, it's on my place.

No, Pugs wasn't visiting, though he and you are welcome anytime.

My Dad caught a monster Bluegill on a dry fly in that pond that was 14 1/2" long, ~9" tall, and ~2 1/2" thick. My Mom took a couple of pictures just before it slipped out of my Dad's hands and back into the water.

I've been trying to talk SealBilly into coming out and trying to catch it again since he is also a Bluegill addict.

Ed

Stonecutter,You been hanging out in Texas, and not telling anyone??

If I ever get to TX again, I may have to look you up. Have an old friend not too far from you, near Jefferson.

You have a heck of a nice looking place, from the satellite that is.

Enjoy your day,

Geno

That was last year at the pig hunt in Crystal City. A lot of exotics, but very few pigs. There was 26 of us and only killed 7. This year, there was 24 of us and killed 48, plus 3 or 4 yotes and a bunch of rabbits.

This is me, Roof, & 7mmMato.



This is Colorado Bob with his winning kill in the pig dink-a-thon.

Stonecutter our place is about 2 1/2 hrs S.E. of where you all had your pig hunt, would like to attend pig hunt some day just to meet everyone, don't need to hunt. Rio7

This was cool.........or should I say it was hot.

Yea, it's a great time. Birdwatcher showed up just to hang out. He's from S.A. Go on the 2016 Hog Hunt thread and check out the pictures of everyone.

Usually follow pig hunt thread,looks like a lot of fun with great people I know a couple of them.Rio7

Scope on .460 Wby.

Looks like a Leupy 1-4X20?

I've got two 2.5X20 Ultralights with the heavy crosshair. One on a .375 H&H and one on my .307 Win. I have no reason to dislike them. I will be trying their custom shop 3X Big Bore scope before too long.

I also have a VX-II 1-4x20 on my .450 Marlin. It is the only variable I own. Seems to be a good scope, but haven't used it real hard. It did travel well in a scabbard over 50 or so trail miles on this Montana moose hunt in 2010, but I haven't really used it since.

Yes,it is a Leupold VX-II 1-4X20mm. Also have the Leupold Ultralight 2.5x with the standard duplex,it is waiting to be mounted on the .450 Howell.

Going to, you too!

Went out this morning to try to help my neighbor "Killer" to track and retrieve a monster hog she shot last night.
Couldn't find it until almost noon. Biggest boar I've ever seen. Bigger than the one I saw on RIO7's place a couple of years ago which (IIRC) weighed ~275lb.

Two of us couldn't drag it, even downhill across the leaves. Had to take it apart where he died. Pics later.

Ed

Only one?

Certain we'd be friends.

I love Northwest Wyoming, Cody, Star Valley, Pinedale etc, I'd move there tomorrow, just can't pry the wife from her kids and friends.

Warm, WINDY, slow afternoon, so I'll share a few:

A couple of the neighbors


No. 2 daughter and kids hiking in the Chiricahaus with me last summer


Same grandkids with their cousin cooling off in the Niobrara River on a hot afternoon a few summers ago


Jocey on the same trip, cooling off at Smith Falls

A few more:

Nails belonging to the young huntress who heads up the Mule Deer Foundation here in Nuevo Mexico


Early fall in the upper White River Valley in Colorado where I hunt elk


A wetback who wandered into camp over in the Tonto Basin a couple of years ago


Some Arizona natives having a picnic (from dennisinaz)

Doc, I'm guessing you might have paid a little more for yours than the one my buddy just bought.


It feels like you're sitting right on the road.

I told him to name it the Gold Nugget.

APDDSN0864,Is her pig as big as the one you missed at Charco Largo, 2-3 years ago. he looked like a Hippo, still laugh about that one. Rio7

Oh, sure, rub it in...

Bigger, Blue.

We took a tape measure to this one. 5'4" from tip of snout to base of tail. On it's side, it was 19" from the ground at the shoulder. Didn't try to get a belly girth measurement as it wouldn't have been accurate as he had started to bloat by the time we got the tape to him.

A friend of theirs came over and took the meat we could salvage. Funny thing about this hog, he didn't reek like most big boars. Maybe he took regular baths...

"Killer" put one 150gr .30-30 Corelokt into front of the shoulder, angling through the body as the boar was slightly quartering towards her at about 40 yards.

Good, solid hit. Bullet did not exit though we couldn't find it. Of course, we didn't dig around in the guts, either.

Ed

Ed MISSED one?