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Til Sunday!
Annual Spring Break hog hunt! Lots of food and fellowship. Been doing this camp since ‘82. My first was in’83. We’ll be at the Junction of Sandy and Coal creeks in Llano county in the shadow of Cedar mountain. Old son and I flintlocks only!!!! I may even get 100 yards from camp this year. Haven’t decided yet! 🤣
Report to follow!
Ta for now!
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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Good luck and have a great time!
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Shoot straight, and pics man, pics!!
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Coordinates, so's I can join you with an old 40-72???
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sounds fun. I hope to pop a pig with my new to me Big Boar soon
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What fresh Hell is this?
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...or we'll send Shrapnel and Pappy out looking for ya!
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Made it back to the ol’ Canta Forda Ranch about 2 this afternoon. Was sick the entire hunt. Still not hitting on all eight. But did manage to get out some. Will post a few interesting pics later. Gonna rest up a bit.
Epic event was I did manage to see a mountain lion Friday about noon!
More later!
Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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Dang Bob, hope you get to feeling better soon ole Buddy!
Can’t wait to hear your Mtn Lion story !
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Get well, and I look forward to the pics and stories.
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...or we'll send Shrapnel and Pappy out looking for ya! Ha! Who you gonna send to look for me? The only "interested party" is about 9000 miles away, and she still can't tell whether we're in Winchester or Charles Town. Leesburg she knows, just not how to get there from anywhere except maybe Ashburn.
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I got to the ranch about noon Thursday. Got my tent and camp squared away. Ranchowner came in from feeding and I walked over to help him set up his tent as he spends with hunt with us. Walking over to help I found this in the road. All together I think 3 more dart points were found. Lion story I felt like I was coming down with something and it hit full force Friday morning. Sore throat, coughing, the works. Still got it this morn. So I felt lousy all weekend. Went out for a while with old son. Wore me out. Returned to camp and about noon. He suggested we go over to a spot and look for sheds. We got to spot at base os mountain and big box canyon. I got out of truck and saw something stand up on a rock mebbe 100-120 yds from us. There it was. Thought it was coyote first but it obviously wasnt. Hollered at son as I was priming my pan to look. It shot off into the brush. We walked over and he sprayed pretty good. You could smell him! Rancher said he had seen about a 2/3 grown cat run across road there in front of him. That description fit this cat. We always have a show and tell gun& accoutrement session and one of the fellows brought out his 4 bore. Archaeologists son holding 4 bore. No, I did not shoot it. With my bad shoulder I could not even hold it up (22 pounds). He also brought a couple of pieces of local history. A percussion Jäger and a German fowler that cam from a family just down the road in Fredericksburg! Been in family since their arrival in the 1840’s!!!! Pics to follow!
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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NICE! that 4 Bore is a beast, wish you could have round balled that cat.
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Here is the rifle; Here is fowler; Holding and seeing these two exquisite pieces made me feel much better. There were in impeccable condition!!! Pigs. I did see pigs but never got a chance to draw a bead on one. Old son was good about hauling my gimp azz to spots as I was pretty frazzled. I did make it 1/2 way up Cedar Mtn. Saturday evening to watch a spot. But I was coughing so bad I’m sure I alerted a tri-county area. But all in all the scenery was great. Did get cold of an evening and in the morning. But weather was very nice. Old son showing me where he saw pigs night before on side of the mountain. My setting spot. That’s Packsaddle mtn. to the north on horizon. Looking southeast toward corner of Blanco-Gillespie co.
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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Beautiful. Thanks for sharing amigo. Y'all seen any snakes?
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Did anyone in your group manage to get any piggies?
-Jake
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Beautiful. Thanks for sharing amigo. Y'all seen any snakes? Young son and son in law saw a garter and a yellow bellied racer, that’s all. No rattlebugs this year. Was kinda chilly for em.
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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Did anyone in your group manage to get any piggies?
-Jake No, which is nothing really out of the ordinary. Most of us haven’t killed a pig up there in years. (Some in decades!). We’ve all killed so many in the past. Most pigs I see are in lawn chairs around the firepit with a plate of fried fish and onion rings. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 25 years ago we were a lot more serious about the hunting part. This is basically a social gathering. Heck. We didn’t even have the shooting contest this year we usually do. Several of our compadres have gone to the happy hunting grounds over the years. And they are truely missed.
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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