RD's Hunting Camp!
Posted: 13 Dec 2013 15:04
Thought I would post all the the pictures from my camp in one place. Will add others as the critters are taken.[hr][/hr]I started off with a couple of hogs just to get things tuned up!
Rossi Wizard 44 Mag, 300-grain TLC432-300-RF
Rossi R92 45 Colt - 290-grain TLC454-290-RF
Savage 10 FCM Scout 7.62x39 - 123-grain PPU
My dad's whitetail - Glenfield 30GT 30-30 Win - 165-grain TLC311-165-RF
My whitetail - R92 45 Colt - 290-grain TLC454-290-RF
Joe's hog - Remington M700 308 Win - 180-grain Core-Lokt
Joe's buck - Remington M700 308 Win - 180-grain Core-Lokt
JB's spike - Marlin 336Y 30-30 Win - 165-grain C311-165-RF. JB is 10 years old and this is the 6th whitetail. His dad doesn't have the same interest in hunting as his son does but insures that JB is able to join us at the ranch.
My spike - Rossi R762MB 7.62x39 - 123-grain PPU
Joe's spike - Marlin 336 30-30 Win - 150-grain Round Nose Core-Lokt
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I've had some very large hogs coming into a food plot at night so last week with the full moon, I sat on a tripod that I had placed against a pecan tree. At the appointed time, they entered this 3/4 acre plot and I shot one with my R92 chambered in 480 Ruger. I heard the hit and the hog bolted making it to the edge of the field. The brush is extremely thick and the hogs where in there making a lot of noise including their warning huffs so I decided to wait until morning to enter the field.
I went back in the morning and the hog was about 25 yards from where I had been standing the night before. It took me quite a bit of time cover that distance as the cover is solid thorn brush. Unfortunately, it did not take the coyotes any time and they had really made a mess of things. I believe the hog was dead at the shot or it would have gone a lot further but that is how it goes sometime. I would place the hog, all nine of them, at about 250 pounds each. This would have been the wrong sounder to mess with at night.
I went by the field the next night and put a light across the field and his eight buddies where holding a wake so I hunted the field again the following night. The moon rises about 35 to 40 minutes later each night so it came over the horizon too late as the hogs are entering the field at the same time each night. It was so dark when they entered that I could not see my hand or the rifle in my hands. I could hear them eating right in front of me and that is pretty creepy.
Rossi Wizard 44 Mag, 300-grain TLC432-300-RF
Rossi R92 45 Colt - 290-grain TLC454-290-RF
Savage 10 FCM Scout 7.62x39 - 123-grain PPU
My dad's whitetail - Glenfield 30GT 30-30 Win - 165-grain TLC311-165-RF
My whitetail - R92 45 Colt - 290-grain TLC454-290-RF
Joe's hog - Remington M700 308 Win - 180-grain Core-Lokt
Joe's buck - Remington M700 308 Win - 180-grain Core-Lokt
JB's spike - Marlin 336Y 30-30 Win - 165-grain C311-165-RF. JB is 10 years old and this is the 6th whitetail. His dad doesn't have the same interest in hunting as his son does but insures that JB is able to join us at the ranch.
My spike - Rossi R762MB 7.62x39 - 123-grain PPU
Joe's spike - Marlin 336 30-30 Win - 150-grain Round Nose Core-Lokt
[hr][/hr]
I've had some very large hogs coming into a food plot at night so last week with the full moon, I sat on a tripod that I had placed against a pecan tree. At the appointed time, they entered this 3/4 acre plot and I shot one with my R92 chambered in 480 Ruger. I heard the hit and the hog bolted making it to the edge of the field. The brush is extremely thick and the hogs where in there making a lot of noise including their warning huffs so I decided to wait until morning to enter the field.
I went back in the morning and the hog was about 25 yards from where I had been standing the night before. It took me quite a bit of time cover that distance as the cover is solid thorn brush. Unfortunately, it did not take the coyotes any time and they had really made a mess of things. I believe the hog was dead at the shot or it would have gone a lot further but that is how it goes sometime. I would place the hog, all nine of them, at about 250 pounds each. This would have been the wrong sounder to mess with at night.
I went by the field the next night and put a light across the field and his eight buddies where holding a wake so I hunted the field again the following night. The moon rises about 35 to 40 minutes later each night so it came over the horizon too late as the hogs are entering the field at the same time each night. It was so dark when they entered that I could not see my hand or the rifle in my hands. I could hear them eating right in front of me and that is pretty creepy.