Well, it's been a while since we posted any stories....and for that, I apologize! It's not that we haven't been hunting....but, like everybody else, we've just been BUSY! But after last night, we just had to share the details of the hunt!

To set the stage, we had the good fortune to hunt with 3 guys who had several things in common....friendship, the love for God & Country and the US Army! Tony, Bob and Jose came to Madisonville, by way of Ft. Hood and Ft. Leavanworth....and they were "locked and loaded"!

After a nice supper, we drove a few miles south of town to our "battlefield" and got geared up. Usually there is a pretty steep learning curve when it comes to acquainting hunters with our gear....but not with these guys! They took to the gear like a duck to water. When the sun went down, we were off in search of pork!

The search didn't take long either....about 30 minutes into the hunt, we spotted a group of 32 hogs, rooting up a storm in the creek bottom. After a quick check of the wind, we made a stalk to within about 60 yards of the main group......and the war started!

General George Patton said " I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight."....and that's exactly what Tony, Bob and Jose did! When the dust settled, 14 hogs had met their maker. Good job guys!




After a few pictures, we loaded up and continued the search for "the enemy". About an hour later, we found them.....another group of about 15. This time we some "friendlies" to deal with. The hogs were rooting up a meadow about 20 yards from a large group of cattle, so we had to be careful. If you've never been in that position, it seems that the cattle are somtimes collaborating with the hogs! Kind of like an Early Warning System! We finally manueved so that we had a clear shot at the hogs and once again, all that Army training took over! 4 more bit the dust! 18 and still counting! Our previous record was 23 hogs...hhmmmmm!



Number 19 wasn't as pretty. We saw him about the same time he saw us....and it was "off to the races"! Jed managed to cut him off with the Ranger before he got to the woods and made a couple of excellent shots to end the boar's rooting career! Because of the recent heavy rain, we didn't get a photo of him....but high water or not, he's part of the body count!

The next hour or so was a little slow and we were beginning to think that the record was out of reach. But, as we got back to within sight of our trucks, things changed! A lone sow ...a quick stalk.... and we were up to 20! We thought we were done and then we saw the last group of the night...rooting about 100 yards from our parked trucks! If it hadn't been for the suppressors on the guns, we would've been busted after the previous stalk, but the final group never heard a thing.



Needless to say, the guys went to work and laid down seven more! A new THC Record! To make things better, Jed spotted a bobcat as we were gathering up the last group of casualties. A couple of shots later, the count was 27 hogs and a bobcat!



The next morning, after a whopping 2 hour nap, Carl, Dewayne and I decided to gather all of the hogs for a group photo. That's when we found Number 28! As it turns out, the second stalk netted 5 hogs, not 4! Because of the high grass and ground fog, we didn't see the spotted boar fall....but we spotted him, thanks to the morning sun.

28 hogs and a bobcat....a great night for sure....a new THC Record! The bar just got raised!



Thanks again to Tony, Bob and Jose for a great night ! We truly enjoyed it!

Hooah!

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Way to go guys! There's only another 2.5 million more out there (in Texas alone). Keep at 'em.

Great Job!

Great work guys. That last picture is great.

Real nice work.

Hmmm--and I was feeling good about killing one this morning!

Now that's a heaping pile of pork chops...

Congratulations! A good "Pile O' Pork"!

Awesome.
Do you get into alot of big boars. Still waitng on my first trophy boar.
Looks like alot of fun.
W.

That's a lot of pork.

I'm curious about the 4x4 vehicle in the last picture. What is it, please?

Thanks,
Kabluewy

Very nice looks like lots of fun. Are those thermal scopes I see on the weapons?

Ho, hum, just another slow night piling up mountains of hogs?!?

Great job Jed & Clark!! Congrats on the bobcat too!!

Bob

Mike-Yep, they use state of the art night vision from top to bottom. Here is a link to the article I wrote about THC for "AR Guns & Hunting": Article Link-Click Here

Thats a buncha pork!!


Good going guys

How long did it take to clean all those pigs?

Thanks Bob. Nice article. I thought I recognized thermal imagers. Technically thermal scopes are not vision. Although they do give wonderful images in total darkness they can also be used in broad daylight whereas true night vision imagers can not without special filters. Thermals can see through smoke fog night etc. As such they are more functional in my mind except for 4th gen scopes with filters. Either way they are top notch and not cheap.

I understand that Mike. I was referring to all of their equipment in general. A big part of the package is using the night vision goggles and helmets. They also use a laptop FLIR unit to locate hogs.

Bottom line.....it is a LOT of fun!

Bob

GOOD WORK AND HUNTERS USE TO BE GREAT SOLDIERS.

Wow, what a slaughter! Save some for October!

Andy

Dang! That's a lot of pork! Nice work!

Corky's Apple BBQ sauce, mesquite smoker, and fresh pork!!! Great shooting and great eating!!! Great work by our troops!!!

Heck of a pile of Pork!

well done lads there is some work ahead of you good pig control

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Originally posted by Kabluewy:
I'm curious about the 4x4 vehicle in the last picture. What is it, please?

Thanks,
Kabluewy

K

it is the best 4x4 by far it is a land rover defender with the sides chopped back some, at least that is what i get from the picture.

cheers

peter

quote:

Originally posted by Kabluewy:
That's a lot of pork.

I'm curious about the 4x4 vehicle in the last picture. What is it, please?

Thanks,
Kabluewy

Peter in Denmark nailed it, it's a Rover with a little diesel engine. In low gear she will climb up a Live Oak tree.

Just made it in from another double digit night of hog wackin, I need a shower and some ZZZZZ's.

GoodNight/Morning..............whatever, Later,
Jed

Jed

THC,
Well done sir. The Brazos Valley has a little more breathing room from the hogs. PM sent.

Holy Moly

All those hogs made my day, but the best was the Land Rover 110 in the back

Oh my, that's bringing tears too me eyes, I sold my last one 3 months ago and still wanna kikck my own butt

Looks like ya'll fixed them hawgs real good!

Jeb, yall are gonna shoot yourselves outa business!! Save some for Troy and I!!

What do you guys do with all that meat???

You bet Kelly, you come back when Troy does not need that sleeping bag to stay defrosted.

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Originally posted by N E 450 No2:
What do you guys do with all that meat???

We are like Blue Bell of the hog killin world.

We eat all we can and give away the rest. Any of the hunters that want meat are encourgaged to take some home with them, we give meat away all to that will take it. And the rest I hate to say goes to feed the hungry.....................................................................................................................................................The hungry buzzards and coyotes.

jed