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The FLIR T-50 is an awesome instrument.
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Quoted: The FLIR T-50 is an awesome instrument. Fresh sausage and eggs for breakfast again! I believe you kill way too many hogs to ever come close to running out of pork.... What happened to the 70gr TSX's? Just changing it up a bit?
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I am still breaking in that new SIG 716, have less then 50 rounds though it, once it has over 200 rounds down the pipe I will break out the other two 556s, still working on finishing off the build on one of them.
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Nice kills!
Any reason your loading 130's out of your .308? Cheap 150 core lokts put them on there ass out of a 16 inch tube. I've been using a noveske 6.8 with a 12.5 barrel for awhile shooting 85 gr tsx's and 120 sst's. Needless to say I'm switching back to my .308. Km |
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Not meaning to hijack your thread Skypup, but have any of you ever heard a rattlesnake at night? I wear electronic muffs when hunting and turn them up full volume because my hearing sucks and it gives me an edge with the amplification. I shot a big boar Saturday night and had to go in the woods after him. About 20 yards in and I hear the distinctive sound of a rattlesnake, close! I just froze, as I couldn't immediately tell what direction the sound was coming from.
I pulled up my thermal and couldn't see anything, he's probably same temperature as surroundings and my NV didn't show me anything. If I had a hard time seeing him in the daytime, I'm sure I wouldn't be able to see him at night. I exited gracefully, once I got an idea where he was. Scared the crap out of me, I never heard one rattle at night. |
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Boy that would be scary, JB55, hearing one close by at night in the thick of things would not be good.
I do have on some real nice knee high snake boots I got at Bass Pro Shops and I NEVER go out without them on as I mostly have been afraid of water mocassins where we hunt at. I was at my physican's this last month and was telling her about some of our hog hunting adventures (she just got her first revolver and a CWP) and she told me that just last year FOUR of her patients were bit by rattlesnakes and to ONLY place to go when bit is to the Tertiary hospital because of budget restraints in the healthcare system, they are the ONLY hospital in about an 8 county region that carries snake antivenom.....$10K+ for treatment and it goes up from there..... |
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Nice kills! Any reason your loading 130's out of your .308? Cheap 150 core lokts put them on there ass out of a 16 inch tube. I've been using a noveske 6.8 with a 12.5 barrel for awhile shooting 85 gr tsx's and 120 sst's. Needless to say I'm switching back to my .308. Km Nothing special, I had been loading Barnes 70 grain TSX in my 5.56mm for a couple of years and it performed very well around 2,700 fps as long as I managed to place the bullet in a lethal area. I thought with the 7.62mm, that 125-140 grains would be great about 3,000fps, so I am trying out 200 handloade Barnes 130 Grain TSX. I like the lesser recoil than the heavier slugs and also more velocity too. So far, the results have been spectacular, even though these are not the biggest pigs that I shoot. This is more than plenty adequate for <300 pounders. |
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Skypup, I have a nice set from Cabelas, but never wear them at night unless I am out walking. Usually sitting in a stand that is 14' high and take head shots so that I don't have to go in the woods, but this guy was huge and I had to take a body shot. (heart,lungs)
Does Crystal River hospital take snake bites? They are the closest to my property at 1 hour away. Is there a Bass Pro in Gainesville or Ocala? I don't walk the swamps, therefore, I've only seen a couple moccasins, while I've killed MANY rattlesnakes. |
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University of Florida Shands Teaching Hospital is the only hospital in North Central Florida that has snake anti-venom. I would think that Tampa General and USF would have it available too as it is a tertiary hospital?
I got my snake boots at Bass-Pro in Orlando, my wife paid for them for me as she absolutely demanded that I wear them while hunting. These are the ones I have, very light weight, very comfortable, and totally water and snake proof: http://www.basspro.com/RedHead-Bone-Dry-16-39;-39;-Waterproof-Bayou-Zip-Snake-Boots-for-Men/product/58009/?cm_ven=bazaarvoice&cm_cat=RLP&cm_pla=58009&cm_ite=productname_link I really like them allot. |
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Yours look easy to get in and out of. Mine are very lightweight and comfortable. I can wear them all day, although they do get hot in summertime, under long pants. http://www.cabelas.com/product/Cabelas-GORE-TEX-Cordura-Snake-Boots-Realtree-AP/1217224.uts?Ntk=AllProducts&searchPath=%2Fcatalog%2Fsearch.cmd%3Fform_state%3DsearchForm%26N%3D0%26fsch%3Dtrue%26Ntk%3DAllProducts%26Ntt%3Dsnake%2Bboots%26WTz_l%3DHeader%253BSearch-All%2BProducts%26x%3D27%26y%3D14&Ntt=snake+boots&WTz_l=Header%3BSearch-All+Products
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That looks like a perfect whole roaster!!! But then you have so much pork in the freezer the Eagles need it more than you.. Keep em dropping.
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What are the legalities of hunting at night in your area? Does the State allow it? Can you use suppressors?
I know some states do, and some don't. |
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I know in TX you can hunt hogs with lights, NV, Suppressors, heck if you can afford it you can hunt em with a minigun. Basically any legally owned weapon and any time. They want them gone by whatever means the landowner can muster. Some other states do not have that freedom. I know in my state of Oregon they want the pigs gone but unless I am on private property and I am the landowners representative, I cannot hunt at night with lights or NV. Don't make sense but that's the way it is. I can however hunt with a suppressor though.
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What are the legalities of hunting at night in your area? Does the State allow it? Can you use suppressors? I know some states do, and some don't. Yes to NV/Thermal night hunting for hogs and coyotes on private land 24/7/365 with or without suppressors. |
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cool pic's been out few times on hog hunts at night, an pray didn't come across a poisonous snake
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Having NV & Thermal sure helps when you are walking around at night hunting coyotes and hogs and you come up on this thermally glowing log on the ground in front of you in the rain..... http://www.phossil.com/thom/4th%20July%20Hog/Kanapaha%20Gator2.jpg http://www.phossil.com/thom/4th%20July%20Hog/Kanapaha%20Gator.jpg Not a "log" I'd want to sit on! |
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Was the weight before or after taking the loins?? Looks like a Much bigger pig than 160lbs. But then-----
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You were reading kilos, the scale is reading 350 pounds prior to the tenderloin removal, loins weighed ten pounds each...
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AAHHH much better. Nice pig either way. 350lbs looks more like it. Guess I need to put on my high mag reading glasses.
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Always look forward to your kills Thom.
I need to get me a Hog Grappler. |
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Is that considered small for a black bear? He sure did a job on that hog`s neck!
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it may have been good to keep that bear around to help kill those hogs
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Is that considered small for a black bear? He sure did a job on that hog`s neck! Most black bears around here are about 300-350 pounds, although the Game and Fish recently trapped a couple of 650 pounders. The big ones probably got that large eating garbage around suburban areas, you don't get that heavy eating berries... |
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it may have been good to keep that bear around to help kill those hogs Actually, there are hundreds if not thousands of alligators that love grabbing some pork by the snout when they come down to the water to get a drink or wallow in the mud. There are a couple of 12-13 footers we give wide girth to when we are traversing their territory on foot. There are only a couple of bears around.... |
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it may have been good to keep that bear around to help kill those hogs Actually, there are hundreds if not thousands of alligators that love grabbing some pork by the snout when they come down to the water to get a drink or wallow in the mud. There are a couple of 12-13 footers we give wide girth to when we are traversing their territory on foot. There are only a couple of bears around.... Gotcha, maybe use the bears to help drive the pigs into the water for the gators. |
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I would love to set up a Trail Cam for video near one of these giant Bull Gators hangouts and actually see them take down some of these hogs.
I know they did not get that big and fat eating frogs..... Last weekend I had two seven foot gators in my yard, one in the front yard and another out back, then on the way into work this morning about 6:30AM a huge 10+ foot bull gator was laying in the middle of the driveway! |
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Great thread. There sure is no wildlife like that down in my area of Florida (Miami). I'd really like to do some hog hunting, but don't know where to go.
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