Eghad
February 12, 2007, 07:15 PM
Had a good time at the Langley Ranch in Centerville, TX. We went up on Sunday and came back today. We did some varmint/predator hunting that evening. He is trying to raise some turkeys for his ranch and tries to keep the coons and bobcats thinned out. He tries to keep one hog per acre.
We got up this morning to beat the rain. He has some stands along the trails. I was waiting for him to put my pard in a tripod stand he had on a hill. I was leaning aginst some bushes watching a gully bottom when 4 appeared. The hogs are pretty smart..lol. They were behind some trees before you get to a clearing in the gully. They stopped at the trees looked and then scooted across to the brush on the other sided of the clearing. I could see them in my scope but didn't have a clear shot because of the brush. After he got back we went to a tree stand on the other side of the gully where you could see the bottom and another trail.
He told me they would usually take the gully an double back on the upper trail. I dont think I had been on the stand for five minutes when four of them showed up. The fourth one looked like the right size. So I used my sling for an offhand shot it was probably about 75 yards. He stopped and when he did I shot and hit him solid behind the ear knocking him over where he stayed.
My pard shot the bobcat. He finally killed a hog right before it started raining. We heard his shot and were on the way to him when we saw him going down the hill to his kill. Then he rapidly came back up the hill as the hogs buddy looked upset at the fact that his bud had been killed..lol. We had to scare him off before we could retrieve the hog...lol
http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=22784&stc=1&d=1171322358
http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=22785&stc=1&d=1171322358
http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=22786&stc=1&d=1171322370
We got up this morning to beat the rain. He has some stands along the trails. I was waiting for him to put my pard in a tripod stand he had on a hill. I was leaning aginst some bushes watching a gully bottom when 4 appeared. The hogs are pretty smart..lol. They were behind some trees before you get to a clearing in the gully. They stopped at the trees looked and then scooted across to the brush on the other sided of the clearing. I could see them in my scope but didn't have a clear shot because of the brush. After he got back we went to a tree stand on the other side of the gully where you could see the bottom and another trail.
He told me they would usually take the gully an double back on the upper trail. I dont think I had been on the stand for five minutes when four of them showed up. The fourth one looked like the right size. So I used my sling for an offhand shot it was probably about 75 yards. He stopped and when he did I shot and hit him solid behind the ear knocking him over where he stayed.
My pard shot the bobcat. He finally killed a hog right before it started raining. We heard his shot and were on the way to him when we saw him going down the hill to his kill. Then he rapidly came back up the hill as the hogs buddy looked upset at the fact that his bud had been killed..lol. We had to scare him off before we could retrieve the hog...lol
http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=22784&stc=1&d=1171322358
http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=22785&stc=1&d=1171322358
http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=22786&stc=1&d=1171322370