Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Nilgai, How much gun is enough?

Still say we should round up a few 24HCF guys and make a hunt out of it. Gunner's big enough he can be our pack mule....

Johnny, we should do that. I happen to know a guy (STXHunter) who has some great nilgai hunting grounds. Last time we went we had to hump nilgai quarters half a mile through knee-deep muddy tidal flats, so a bull mule like gunner500 would definitely come in handy!

You bet we should Doc, maybe next Feb or so? You're not small yourself, and you have relatively new knees, so you'd be great to have around too!

Dirtfarmer has some awesome guns he could bring......so does Geedub.

Count me in if you get a group together. Would love the company.

JG... I did that "march of death" nilgai-toting thing with Rog and kamo_gari and a very fit young retired SF guy 2 years ago, and I don't care to repeat it, new knees or not! I'm nominating YOU to be the head porter on this deal.

I like a set up where one can do a stalk hunt, but have a truck for extraction. That's the way my bud and I hunt them. Those bulls can get pretty big, packing them out isn't my cup of tea.

Us ole farts just don't need all that...

And it do get pretty warm down in that part of the country, real warm and very humid.

DF

I don't mind being the point man/info gatherer. It's been on my bucket list for a while now anyway. I'll probably wait until Fall to start if you guys don't mind me rounding up some information.

DF, 10/4 on the truck extraction!

If I could carry enough gas to get the airboat down to rogers area, and it was mud and not sand... drive right up to em...

Another thought on packing them out. In hot weather, the meat needs to be on ice, ASAP. Packing out game in CO or AK is one thing, packing out meat in S. TX is another matter, bad for the meat, terrible for the packers.

Us Cajuns do like to take care of the meat. With Nilgai, that's a big deal.

DF

I shot a pig on top of the hill once with my bow. Walked over to make sure I could find her and then gutted her real quick. About 730 AM in the summer, walked right down, and drove the power wagon back up fairly quickly.

I think... that it didn't take an hour for all this to happen..

Next day in a cooler full of ice, she was sour and we tossed her.

You are dead on about the heat.

But then we only hunted nilgai ever in Feb, before the Juisache would green out preferably. As soon as deer season was over and they'd let us hunt.

Feb sounds better than a hot weather hunt.

DF

Anything less powerful than a .308 caliber magnum only spooks our deer. I'm thinking about ditching my Swede and .270 because they are having the same effect as below on deer.

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Now I remember.......



Jerry

Not trying to make sense but to have fun.

That's better.


Jerry

Ima humane hunter DF, and not a good enough shot to be a stunt shooter like you know who.........SHHHHHHHH..............

LOL, that dude left port moons ago JG, all that's left is a worn out old dog.

Bull Mule?............very funny Doc, bet we can conspire to get it all done though.

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And y'all don't forget to bounce a rock off my doghouse if you start to put something together.

Yes, you should most certainly be part of the crew Scott, hell, you started the thread. ;]

Who might that be?