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The Magnificent 13
14 November 2005, 08:16
Hog KillerThe Magnificent 13
The "Band of Bubbas" went to the field this weekend with their big bore rifles to slay things. The "Band of Bubbas" membership now includes not only Texans, but new members from three other states and one CANADIAN province(2 Canuks). To the new guys, welcome
, it was a fun weekend of hunting, shooting, and fellowship.
More pictures to follow.
Hog Killer
IGNORE YOUR RIGHTS AND THEY'LL GO AWAY!!!
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We Band of Bubbas & STC Hunting Club, The Whomper Club
14 November 2005, 08:38
Gringo Cazadorthat picture makes me look like I'm fat and getting old
Billy,
High in the shoulder
(we band of bubbas)
14 November 2005, 08:46
Hog KillerWeeeellll Billy, they say a picture is worth a thousand words.
Hog Killer
IGNORE YOUR RIGHTS AND THEY'LL GO AWAY!!!
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We Band of Bubbas & STC Hunting Club, The Whomper Club
14 November 2005, 09:05
Gringo Cazadorand I guess the picture of the hog I killed will prove that shot the largest hot too...................
wheres my money
Billy,
High in the shoulder
(we band of bubbas)
14 November 2005, 09:36
Hog KillerI think, tiggertate has it. Good luck.
Hog Killer
IGNORE YOUR RIGHTS AND THEY'LL GO AWAY!!!
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We Band of Bubbas & STC Hunting Club, The Whomper Club
14 November 2005, 14:51
Bent FossdalAlways nice with pictures, would be nice also to get a presentation of the gents?
Bent Fossdal
Reiso
5685 Uggdal
Norway
14 November 2005, 16:08
jeffeossoFront Row - left to right
Chris
470Mbogo
Fla3006
Mike Dettorre
Robgunbuilder
GringoCazador (neither kneeling in the front OR standing in the back)
Back Row Left to right
browningguy
tiggertate
Hogkiller
RNS
Levers
Jeffeosso
Invader66
The Band of Bubbas and the STC Hunting Club now have overlapping membership... remember gents, we can't talk of the bubba and STC initiation rites
the smallest rifle on the hunt was a 376 steyr..
A good time was had by all
jeffe
14 November 2005, 17:09
Bent FossdalThanks, Jeffe!
Bent Fossdal
Reiso
5685 Uggdal
Norway
14 November 2005, 17:12
tiggertateMoney? Money? I got no stinking money!
"Experience" is the only class you take where the exam comes before the lesson.
14 November 2005, 18:26
Gringo CazadorI knew I should have took the money and ran.
Billy,
High in the shoulder
(we band of bubbas)
14 November 2005, 18:30
fla3006Billy's prize winning hog, estimated 200 lbs, a splendid shot I was told (by a sniper from the Bosnian War):
Our fearless leader (Jeffeosso) and the sniper:
Jeffe and his second-place hog:
Jeff (BrowningGuy) and a mercy killing (mangy coyote, no hair whatsoever). Always use enough gun (458Winnie):
Mike Dettorre and a good coyote trophy, very nice pelt on this one. First blood 376 Steyr, note the duct tape holding the floorplate in place:
Keith (HogKiller) showing Mike how to butcher a coyote:
Maybe the hunting wasn't the best but the camaraderie could not have been better. We really appreciate the guys from Canada, California & Arizona for coming out! Super bunch, extremely knowledgable shooters and hunters.
NRA Life Member, Band of Bubbas Charter Member, PGCA, DRSS.
Shoot & hunt with vintage classics.
14 November 2005, 18:40
Charles_HelmThanks for the report and pictures. The suspense was killing me, but I held out.
Sounds like you all had a great time.
14 November 2005, 18:48
jeffeossoBilly,
you should have seen the pig that took 4 rounds in the shoulder to put him down and then 2 rounds of 550 in the head (first one was a hawk and didn't go through the hide... )
It was so big we couldn't pull it out with loggin chains....
Allen wound up pulling one leg off, and that leg weighed 85#... not bad for most of a shoulder....
I still think Billy's pig was a bit over 200.. darn nice sow!!
What an excellent time
jeffe
14 November 2005, 19:11
Gringo CazadorIt was very interesting to get big bore shooters together and talk real time and see everybody guns and etc.
IHad a great time, I also got to shoot some of the other guys guns...........which was a blast. Lot of very nice big bore rifles.
The guide that worked on the ranch was quite an interesting fellow from Eastern Euro, not very familier with whitetail deer, but he seemed to know hog hunting and did all the hog trapping on the ranch...........he could walk faster than most men can run chain smoking in the process.........down here in South Texas we'd call him MUCHO HOMBRE.
Billy,
High in the shoulder
(we band of bubbas)
14 November 2005, 19:13
Gringo CazadorJeffe.............I think your full of crap
, I didnt see any pictures........but then again everyone of you would lie just to jack with me.
Billy,
High in the shoulder
(we band of bubbas)
14 November 2005, 19:28
jeffeossoquote:
Originally posted by Gringo Cazador:
Jeffe.............I think your full of crap
, I didnt see any pictures........but then again everyone of you would lie just to jack with me.
hmm, EMBELLISH perhaps...
after all, billy, we pulled that hog's leg clean off...
just like we are pulling yours...
(got ya
)
jeffe
14 November 2005, 19:51
RustyI know you were fun'n when you said it took more that one round from that lever action 45/70!
Rusty
We Band of Brothers!
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14 November 2005, 22:05
Mike_DettorreMoney...I heard Harry talking about getting his new stock checkered by Bill Soverns...said something about the pool money being a good down payment...
MikeLegistine 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.
14 November 2005, 22:16
Gringo CazadorMike,
I heard rumor that you were trying to learn to talk like me so when you went back to CA you could improve you chances with the pretty girls............
Billy,
High in the shoulder
(we band of bubbas)
14 November 2005, 22:27
MacD37Sounds like you guys had a ball! Those get-together fun hunts are the best! Informal hog hunting is the perfect target for this type of get together! The DRSS has one or two of these per year, and we always have a lot of fun up on the Navasota River. Congratulations guys!
....Mac >>>===(x)===> MacD37, ...and DUGABOY1
DRSS Charter member
"If I die today, I've had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"~ME 1982
Hands of Old Elmer Keith
14 November 2005, 22:46
Mike_DettorreBilly,
I could never even approach your lelevl of save and a boner... oh I think that is suave and debonaire...
MikeLegistine 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.
14 November 2005, 23:01
Gringo CazadorMike, Im glad you recognize that
Billy,
High in the shoulder
(we band of bubbas)
15 November 2005, 00:22
JohnTheGreekHey Dettorre !
How is the happy interstate trip of death coming along?!?!?!
Best,
John
p.s. Nice coyote!
15 November 2005, 04:45
boom stickhow about the highly above average...
will you settle for great but not congenial
just kidding...with a name like that you knew you were in for a jab or two
great hog billy...
hog killer...you make my whiskers seem tame...nice proud stache you got there
keep it going guys
15 November 2005, 05:03
invader66Billy, I heard the two guys from Canada needed
more greenbacks and as you said you wanted to go
up there to hunt.They traded even CAN.$ to US$
so you would have money when you arrive. Nice of them.
Semper Fi
WE BAND OF BUBBAS
STC Hunting Club
15 November 2005, 05:22
mstarlingLooks like you fellas had a GREAT time!
Congratulations!!!
Mike
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DRSS, Womper's Club, NRA Life Member/Charter Member NRA Golden Eagles ...
Knifemaker,
http://www.mstarling.com 15 November 2005, 07:03
Hog Killerquote:
Originally posted by boom stick:
hog killer...you make my whiskers seem tame...nice proud stache you got there
Well, I am trying to make up for the lose on top of my head.
Hog Killer
IGNORE YOUR RIGHTS AND THEY'LL GO AWAY!!!
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We Band of Bubbas & STC Hunting Club, The Whomper Club
15 November 2005, 07:58
invader66quote:
Originally posted by Hog Killer:
quote:
Originally posted by boom stick:
hog killer...you make my whiskers seem tame...nice proud stache you got there
Well, I am trying to make up for the lose on top of my head.
Hog Killer
And only a foot left to go.
Semper Fi
WE BAND OF BUBBAS
STC Hunting Club
15 November 2005, 19:03
Hog Killer, the truth hurts.
Hog Killer
IGNORE YOUR RIGHTS AND THEY'LL GO AWAY!!!
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We Band of Bubbas & STC Hunting Club, The Whomper Club
15 November 2005, 19:07
invader66I ain't far behind
Semper Fi
WE BAND OF BUBBAS
STC Hunting Club
15 November 2005, 21:51
470 MbogoThat was truly an awesome time. Hey Billy I tried talking like you going through customs because you were always sounding so smooth and it just about led to the rubber glove. I guess if I had a lip full of snoose it might have gone better.
Chris and I are looking forward to the next time.
Take good care you guys,
Dave
15 November 2005, 22:14
Gringo CazadorDave/Chris
ya know.........you got to be born with cowboy cool........lol, if not it will get you in trouble
I had a great time, I want to come north and hunt with you guys........I promise not to wear shorts.....weather might not agree with it.
Billy,
High in the shoulder
(we band of bubbas)
17 November 2005, 19:55
RobgunbuilderJust got back into town- This hunt was a blast even though we didn't kill nearly as much stuff as last year.I thoroughly enjoyed it though and really liked meeting all you guys in person. .-Rob
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17 November 2005, 21:32
invader66Glad you made it back OK. Good t see you back on AR. Was a great time.
Gene
Semper Fi
WE BAND OF BUBBAS
STC Hunting Club
18 November 2005, 07:41
RNSThanks to the other 12 as I had a great time. Tate thanks for the use of the rifle. I had a great time and am looking forward to the next years trip. Dave thanks for the fish it was great.
RNS
RNS
20 November 2005, 04:01
tiggertateNo problemo, Neal. Billy; get your check yet? I guess so because you've been so quiet, LOL.
I hope you use that dough to buy some real pants.
"Experience" is the only class you take where the exam comes before the lesson.