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Thought I should introduce myself a little- and what better way than to tell a hunting tale? My husband (BigBoreBoarHunter) got me into shooting soon after we met. I didn't honestly think I'd ever really go hunting, but the more I went shooting the more my mind started to change. I'll leave the shooting history to another post. Now, granted, this was a couple years ago (2006??) but I wasn't on the board then. John started researching for me and quizzing me on what I might want to start hunting. Living in CA, we figured hogs would be a decent place to start- to see if I even enjoyed it. We decided to give Kyler Hamann a shot because he offered one of the more appealing packages... lodging, meals, and field dressing. (At the time I was a little squeamish) Booked the hunt and soon enough we were off to the field. I had minimal idea of what to expect- John did a great job explaining the process to me, but it wasn't till I actually got into the field that first morning that I was nervous. Didn't see any hogs the first day, but that was ok by me. Second day, we decided that I would be the first to take a hog if the opportunity presented itself. Early in the evening we spotted some hogs in the field. At this point the butterflies in my stomach were doing step aerobics. Loaded up the 30-06 and off Kyler takes me to stalk up on them. Now, here I am thinking that I'll have to shoot from around 100 yards or so- not a bad thing, just what I had practiced. I guess the wind was in our favor (I had *no* idea at the time) and we were able to stalk to about 20 yards. Kyler set up the shooting sticks for me and gave me the go ahead for whenever I had a good shot. I remember my heartrate picking up quite a bit at this point... hope I wasn't too shaky. I do remember that I never really felt the gun go off... but next thing I know the pig is flopped over. At that point I figured I made a decent shot. Pics taken (gore minimized for the first set) and congrats all around. John asked later if I was just going to hit the pig upside the head or if I was going to shoot him. Got that one loaded and headed off to see if we could find John a pig.... but that is for another post. For my first hunt, an excellent experience and got me bit bad by the hunting bug. oh, and it's all John's fault..... Michelle | ||
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They will let anyone on the forums these days! Glad you enjoyed the trip. Next trip out, you get the skinning knife! John | |||
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nice tale welcome to the forum. VERITAS ODIUM PARIT | |||
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MBBH Dare I say it, The family that slays together..... Best wishes to you and BBBH. Hope ya'll get to have a ton more hunting experiences together. Post often, I for one would enjoy hearing more from the perspective of "females of the opposite sex" GWB | |||
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Oh for Pete's where are the damn pictures! Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Welcome aboard...and congrats as well.  Now as Mike said, how about some photos???  Bobby Μολὼν λαβέ The most important thing in life is not what we do but how and why we do it. - Nana Mouskouri | |||
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Michelle's first pig:  The other pig:  | |||
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Holy smokes your boar is huge... Can you re-post the original pic...I think you reduced them I would like to get a better look Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue. What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Do you know how long it took me to figure the photobucket thing out? Anyways, here is a couple of the large pig in big size.  Here's a pic of the chompers.  The one time I brought an 06 and this is what I had to shoot at.... John | |||
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Personally, I don't trust females of the same sex.... John | |||
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This is the hunt where we learned to "bring enough gun". My pig came pre-marked with a bulls-eye- and I was still off a little.  | |||
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John, Was that taken in barley fields to the west of the T, meaning instead of going right towards PField you go to the left. Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue. What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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You bet. Been on another hunt or two since... I'll start writing those up as well. Thankfully John figured out the picture thing.. I'll get there. I promised I wouldn't spend all my time on his boards | |||
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Mike, #7 make mention of a "PF" action. What is that? Robert If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretense of taking care of them, they must become happy. Thomas Jefferson, 1802 | |||
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This was a post barley hunt. He came down a draw located on the west of the ranch. First shot at 80 yds, he walked two steps, then dropped over. Down for a good 5 seconds, then the fun started. He has a few bullet holes in him. Shortest shot 30 yds broad side on the run. No exit wounds, no lungs, only blood came up the pipe. Looked like the partitions shed in the gristle plate and shanked through. On that day, I missed the 450 marlin.... No its either my 375 Sako or 340 wby. And hell, you know Kyler... John | |||
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Push feed. Don't get him started, I see he already has 10 gripes on his sig! John | |||
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And here I was hoping you wouldn't catch magnumitus. As a measure of my manhood, I have to have a bigger gun than my wife, and it's becoming a painful competition. My next squirrel gun will be a 500 jeffery. When will it end. The humanity! John | |||
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All my gripes are in good fun...my attempt at humor... and I am still searching for number 10...I promise I will stop at 10 Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue. What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Like I said- it's all *your* fault! Of course... we could blame Kyler in part for his encouragement- nothing like seeing what a 338 does to a jackrabbit- but that's a whole 'nother post altogether. Michelle | |||
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Spell check counts as number 10! You have to have good humour on AR, if you take it too seriously, you'll go crazy!! Some of my favorites: Even though it only drops 1" less at 400 yds, the 7mm mag is more superior for long range shooting than a 270. A 300 super duper mag will out kill the 375H&H because it has velocity on its side. My 45 auto can take a brown bear no problem, after all, it can kill a person. Synthetic rifles are ugly, after all, you hang the rifle up on the wall after a hunt. Making a 1000 yd shot is easy, after 50 attempts. Winchester made the first short mag. A 45-70 is a great dangerous game rifle. I need this gun! The other 10 in my arsenal won't cut it. (Hence why I always say I want) I can drop any animal with my 22-250 with a shot behind the ear. Still looking for Cape buffalo footage for this one. Oh, and gun store rants: I bot a 500 S&W Mag 2" for bear protection in Alaska. Oh yeah, how many times have you practice with it? ... With a target that big how could you miss? If a 300 win mag is good, the ultra mag is better. A 12 ga shotgun is the best for stopping brown bear. (All these people are way too tan for having spent any appreciable time in Brown bear territory) And sometimes I poke fun at myself, As I get older, my scopes are lower power. When firing a 454 casull, don't rest you hand on anything, ever, it hurts, trust me. Some times the rear shoulder of the pig and the front shoulder look alike. After a pig trips over its own front feet, after a poorly executed shot with a 300 win mag at running game hit him in the spine and he flips over, sometimes you have to brag about the awesome power of your rifle. Teaching the wife how to shoot (I am now afraid to flirt with any girl within 500 yds of my wife) Those who don't believe in invisibility obviously have never missed a steel target at 7 yds while shooting IPSC. The safety on the M60 machine gun is anything but. There is no substitute for experience, but experience is no substitute for a torque wrench. Shooting an animal across a ravine is poor planning. Game animals don't care how much you spent on your rifle or ammo, but they get quite put off if you practice often. Never unload your rifle until you know the animal has been properly robbed of the will to run or fight. Shooting a squirrel with a 375 is not as cruel as shooting an elk with a 243. When running after game, be mindful of low tree branches and tree roots. It is possible to get a HMMWV airborne at 5 mph, and it is most likely to be done in front of your battalion commander. Sometimes you just need mud tires. Mountain Lion prefer not to be seen, and when they do, you wish you couldn't. The average CA park goer will come up to you, the photographer, and ask you what your taking pictures of, oblivious to the deer bedded down 10' in front of them. Taking it easy on your sportbike does not mean scraping the toes on your boot the first day out. Any ways, I could go on.... John | |||
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Great rant, John, and a fun read over my first cup of coffee! Congratulations on the first and very successful hunt! You've done very well! "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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Hey Michelle, Welcome aboard!! Keep up the good work!! ......and, yep, that second hog is huge! Congrats, Bob There is room for all of God's creatures....right next to the mashed potatoes. http://texaspredatorposse.ipbhost.com/   | |||
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That is a big pig. Any idea of weight? Good shooting! When catapults are outlawed, only outlaws will have catapults! | |||
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Well done Michelle! A resounding "Weidmannsheil" to both you and your husband! - mike ********************* The rifle is a noble weapon... It entices its bearer into primeval forests, into mountains and deserts untenanted by man. - Horace Kephart | |||
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Both pigs were 198 lbs on the hook, my guesses are 250 on the hoof for the larger one, and 100 lbs for the smaller. | |||
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