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in reply to: Bows; lengths, curves and handles… #8874

Smithhammer wrote: [quote=Etter1]

Plus, as soon as GA finishes this game I’m headed out to the Panic Concert.

I suppose that’s a valid excuse.

Btw, our good friends (serious Panic-heads) just had a daughter, and named her ‘Greta.”

“…Greta’s got a gun

This ain’t no flowerchild…”

I’m going to text you a picture from the show last night and you’re going to hate me.

A friend of mine’s late step father was their head sound guy and she got us all access passes. I never stayed in one place very long but I met Sonny and got to watch a lot of the show right alongside the band. Schools was pouring sweat mere feet from me. Stood for a while in the front row below jimmy herring too. It was unreal.

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in reply to: Dream Hunts #8726

David Petersen wrote: Ralph — That’s the first I’ve heard of feral hogs in CO! I’ll check it out, thank you. Living here, distance is a major obstacle to hog hunting, making it “exotic” to me.

Etter — For several months in 1969-70 I was stationed at Hunter-Stewart while undergoing Army helicopter flight training. This included a weeklong jungle survival class in the swamp, where we were larded with spook stories about giant hogs, gators and quicksand. All I ran into was plenty of rattlers, which taste like chicken when you’re hungry. I recall flying treetop along those forest-shrouded winding rivers, and very tough walking and navigating. Perfect Bigfoot country! I lived at Savanna Beach and there was nothing there but nice old frame houses. I’ll bet it’s unrecognizable now.

I would bet it is a bit different. It is some snakey turf for sure.

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in reply to: Bows; lengths, curves and handles… #7766

Great looking bows guys. I would play but all my bows are recurves between 60 and 62″. Plus, as soon as GA finishes this game I’m headed out to the Panic Concert.

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in reply to: Dream Hunts #7765

I see you’re in North Carolina but don’t know where. Coastal South Carolina , South GA, and North Florida are loaded with em and very little pressure gets put on them that time of year. I bet if you did some research, you could find some a little closer to home.

I was getting on them regularly in the dead of winter in the mountains of NE GA. They’re not reliable up there though and move daily.

Find any public land in any of those areas with a lot of water (swamps and sloughs) and there will be pigs nearby.

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in reply to: Dream Hunts #7762

There are a lot of WMAs in S GA with a lot of pigs. Chickasawhatchee and Horse Creek come immediately to mind.

If you had 4-7 days to hunt any place like that, you could get dialed into some big groups of pigs in a few days I’m sure.

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in reply to: Dream Hunts #7761

Steve Graf wrote: [quote=Etter1][quote=David Petersen]A fair chase feral hog hunt (no bait, no hounds, etc.) someplace other than Texas.

You can be on feral hogs every day of the week in south ga on public land. Theyre fun to hunt. Fort stewart in SE ga is loaded with em. Gas money and a license is all it costs. Season is open year round.

Then that’s a done deal! I’m going after deer season. Will I see them in January and February?

Yeah, I know guys down here that get on em pretty much every hunt. It’s swamp hunting. Hip boots and a compass are a must. Tailfeather and I were talking about doing a January or February hunt down there and maybe throw in some red and trout fishing. We sure wouldn’t mind some company if we get some dates settled.

I will be going to Arizona for 10-12 days in January depending on how much driving I can get done each day so I don’t have as much flexibility as I normally would but I bet Joe and I can work out a few days to make at least a long weekend. Even if we don’t, he could probably point you into some nice areas.

It’s in SE GA, near Savannah.

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in reply to: Dream Hunts #63492

David Petersen wrote: A fair chase feral hog hunt (no bait, no hounds, etc.) someplace other than Texas.

You can be on feral hogs every day of the week in south ga on public land. Theyre fun to hunt. Fort stewart in SE ga is loaded with em. Gas money and a license is all it costs. Season is open year round.

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in reply to: Dream Hunts #62497

Smithhammer wrote: [quote=Etter1] A lot of our dream hunts are others’ every day hunts.

I think about that a lot with all of the good things I have such easy access to – that many save up for years to come out and do the same thing, and I should never let myself take it for granted.

But the lure of the exotic is an irresistable siren sometimes – and if I can spot and stalk a javelina this Jan. with my longbow, I’ll consider a ‘dream hunt’ ticked off the list!

And Tailfeather – git yer butt out to AZ and join us!

As I told ya the other night, Ive never longed to hunt a javelina, nor have I spent much time learning about them but the idea of spending a week in an environment so foreign to me is just thrilling!

Im gonna start reading up on them now.

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in reply to: Dream Hunts #62458

It’s funny the point that Bruce just made. A lot of our dream hunts are others’ every day hunts. A lot of guys would probably dream of chasing bears the way we do down here. Sneak hunting ridges and stalking them when theyre up in trees. I dream about it every season but it has become semi “normal” to be able to do it.

But I dream of hunting elk and mule deer, and lions, and upland game. All of the things that are “normal” to Bruce.

There is a good thought to be remembered in that.

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in reply to: Dream Hunts #61846

Spot and Stalk Black Bear in Alaska by boat. The spot and stalk part would be fantastic let alone the fishing for salmon, steelhead, rockfish, and halibut. Plus you put out the shrimp and crab pots every single day and dig clams on the beaches. The eating alone might make that trip a success!

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in reply to: How's the hunting? #60970

It’s been terribly slow for me, Tailfeather, Broadhead, and BuckyT down here in GA. I’ve had a couple good sits but mostly seeing nothing. It’s sure odd.

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in reply to: New Buffalo Bow #60105

Looks like a piece of junk. Ill do you a favor and trade you my samick red stag for it even stephens.

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in reply to: Southwest DIY Javelina Hunts? #55209

So I”ve bought my license and understand the application but am I correct in assuming that we send a check with the application for $115.00. That is the way I’m reading it. Just don’t want to mess it up.

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in reply to: Wool Poncho #55168

Tuco might be my favorite movie character ever. I don’t know what it is about the rough necks.

Tuco

Quint

and Al Swerejen from Deadwood

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in reply to: Rovin'… #55156

Great video Smithy! Hate to hear it about the elk but bears oughta be out on the slopes gorging up for the winter.

I do have to say, if we shoot together in Arizona, you are going to make me look foolish. Great shooting!

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