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OK..here we go! Had a great time with you guys..best hunt yet. Got off to a slow start by auguring into the caliche with my face and being rescued by you guys! thanks for that!
I will happily use a swollen face and black eye as an excuse why my first day hunting didn't go well!
Second day saw nothing in the morning,and by evening thought I'd better get busy, given the chance...
And I was given the chance. Scored on a trifecta of good sized sows ( including a 169 pounder..)








.223AI and Nosler 60 grain BTs...brain shots all.

This allowed me to sleep in the next morning

Got in some Brim fishing in the pond with Pat...a real pleasure

Got to meet some new faces, and spend time with some old ones in witty conversation!

Dan, as always , put together a bang-up gathering, and scored on a Blackbuck that was worthy after numerous tries! I hadn't the heart to tell him I managed to get closer earlier.....





( actually, this is a 'stunt double' on another ranch )


Great to see you all again...more later!

I heard that you got the black eye and bruises because you yelled, "THONG WEDGIE is KILLING MEEEEEEE!" causing Bob to rush to your aid, knocking you over.

Truth?

I sure do miss chasing hogs and black buck in shorts and a short sleeve shirt

This is what Tom looked like one or two days "after" his fight.
After the Doc had done the relook and re patch several times.

I was walking out to the range, approached and saw someone on the ground surrounded by people. I had my camera. I thought to myself, nooo I don't work for the newspaper not going to take a pic of this.
Joel (ran past me), to get a truck to haul Tom back to the lodge.
As I walked up on the crowd Tom wanted up and off the ground. They helped and let him stand. Truck came and Tom was gone to the lodge area.

Very glad he made it Ok with a war scar only.

I'll bet that's a real true statement. Never seen much snow, so that's a lot for me.
47 here and 56 in Crystal City.

I spend much of my time hunting around the area you guys hunted. We call the brush, 'chaparral.' Most of where I hunt has little or no cultivation or hope fields. We hunt senderos. It always strikes me a little funny when people criticize me for not spot and stalk, or still-hunting. I guess if I still-hunted, I'd use a knife or spear for my three foot 'shots!' As I've said we hunt the conditions we are given. captdavid

You know, all the "cool" kids are going to copy him next year. It is a "badge of honor" type thing.

It'll go like, "Yeah, I got Ingwe'd all right. You should seen the size of that beast!"

It hit 80 here yesterday. Blue skies and green fields. I'd trade it all for another week hog hunting with you guys.

I fully understand. A tree saw and machete are going into my pack next year. I too had to track a pig into the bush but I was lucky as mine ran in a straight line across the field and expired ten yards into the Mesquite.

Besides being thick, EVERYTHING has a thorn on it. Captdavid

10/4 everything sticks or bites....I wore shorts and below the ankle muck shoes...asked my guide about snakes and thorns he replied well you won't be walking around the brush....lmao wrong I tracked a hog that went on a death run over 100 yds right through the thick of it,then dragged it out back to my blind

On my one and only African hunt, I asked my PH, why he wore shorts. He said that with shorts you are more cognizant of where you put your legs!! captdavid

also when you're barefooted like i was on our nilgia hunt last week, you pay attention when you got cactus everywhere.

So did the Grand Poobah trip on the leg of the shooting bench? I tripped on it myself last year and again this year, but both times I was saved by my cat-like reflexes. I guess I learned that from my cats

I'm tempted next year to bring some reflective tape to put on the table legs

We also had a member thoroughly scoped by a lovely lightweight big bore rifle. Probably good after all that I didn't bring one of my big bores, otherwise we'd might have had 3 or more injured old guys

There was a tad of blood shed at the firing line this year.

I thought about breaking his fall but figured it'd be the end of me. He'd squash me like a junebug.

I had 2 rifles in my hand both with pretty wood stocks or I would have

GW got bit by the scope on his 4lb. 9.3x74R whilst trying to shoot off a bench designed for folks with 14" torsos. Thankfully, despite the best efforts of his supraorbital foramen, the German optic went away unscathed.

He told me he tripped on an invisible something.

Well, I was going to post some pictures, but I can't get Photobucket to work, so I'll try tomorrow.