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Diane 204'ed this one at about 150yds with a 39gr BK. She used up a sighter shot then got locked on ready & steady!! Damn I love that thump!!  :yoyo: :yoyo:

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She's got a knack for puttin the smack on them whistle pigs.
(LiL Easter rhyme in there)

So let me see if I have this correct.

Glen  0

Diane 1


Jerry

YEP!!!  :yoyo: :yoyo:

I'm gonna try to record Diane & Baxter shooting one this summer too.  :eyebrownod: :eyebrownod:

Way to go, Nice shot and he looks like he is very peaceful.  :highclap: cc

WTG       Mrs. HaMer!!!!!!!         :highclap: :highclap: :highclap: :congrats: :congrats: :congrats:

QuoteI'm gonna try to record Diane & Baxter shooting one this summer too.

I hope your right about that Glen!!

 :yoyo: Way to go Mrs Hammer!  :yoyo:

Diane said Thanks to aw yawl!!  :eyebrownod: :eyebrownod:

I have an idea that just might work Rich!!  :eyebrownod: :eyebrownod:

Nice shooting by the young lady in charge of the dispatch patrol  :bowingsmilie:.  They got a pretty fair tail too, eh :wo:

Diane is asleep but she would say Thank You Barry.  :laf: :laf:

They usually have a 5-6" tail & it's bristly.  :confused: Kinda like a Turkey beard if I were to reference it to something for you.   :laf: :laf:

Quote from: HaMeR on April 04, 2010, 10:13:53 PM
Kinda like a Turkey beard if I were to reference it to something for you.   :laf: :laf:

Yeah really  :pout: Gotta thank you for that one      :finger:                                 :laf:

The "Huntress" has taken the field!  Way to go Diane!  The 2010 Season is underway..

Dave

You're so warmly Welcome Barry!!  :alscalls: :alscalls:

Yes she has Dave!! And with a vengeance I might add.  :wink:  She said after the shot,,  :readthis: "That felt good.  :biggrin: "   :laf: :laf:

WTG Diane ! :yahoo:

 :laf: :laf:  Diane is working but I'm sure she says Thanks VV!!  :biggrin:

Made it out Sunday for a little groundhoggin. This one made the mistake of standing up waaaay too close to the truck. I got my chair & shooting sticks out & levelled him with the 204.  :eyebrownod: :eyebrownod:  The laser rangefinder showed 302yds!!  :yoyo: :yoyo:  That wasn't the real hilite of the day tho.  :eyebrow: Ya gotta quit looking at the picture & wishing y'all had these things to shoot.  :laf: :laf:

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The hi-lite of yesterday was the hen & poults we seen along the road on our way out. The hen jumped in the high weeds & the little buggers flew up into some small trees just off the road. Diana has a pic of them in the tree but I haven't downloaded her camera yet. The next best thing to happen was that when we got to the field we were gonna hunt we weren't there 5 minutes yet when Diane asked what was on top of the bales about 600yds out. Here it was a blonde coyote setting there. I presume it was looking for groundhogs in the taller hay field. I went on a mission with no calls of any type. I made it out to within 300yds on a downwind round about trek but it was nowhere to be seen. So I figured what the heck & I just started using my voice to sound like a dyeing rabbit. By golly it came in downwind of me & I almost had the shot!! That was purdy cool.

Looks like you have now tied with Diane.  Either that or you won't post how many she has shot because you might be a little embarrassed.      :biggrin:

Jerry

 :laf: :laf: I believe we're tied. I asked her if she wanted that one & she said no.  :shrug: I think it was cause the Farmer was there with us. I gotta get her in the 300yd club. She's out to about 280 already & just missed 426yds by a couple inches last year. That would have bested my 349yds.  :yoyo: :yoyo:

:confused:  I wonder if ol HuntnCarve coulda hit this one with those CB's he uses.  :innocentwhistle:

Maybe with a little "Kentucky windage"??? LOL!  But I don't think the CB would have enough gas left to break the hide. LOL!  When the hogs are "out there a ways"... I pull out the grandaddy of the back pastures, my .220 Swift!  You two would have to add a few hundred yards to catch my long shot with the Swift. :wink:

Wow!!

You guys are "HaMeR'n 'em!!

Good shooting!

Jim

I've already tried 3 shots at 470??  :confused:  some yards. The 3rd shot hit close enough in front of it that it got tired of playing.  :laf: I doubt I'll ever hit 500yds.  :nono: :nono:  At that distance the CB slug would bounce off & go  :shock2: !!  :alscalls: :alscalls:

Busted 3 more this evening Jim!! Wait'll you hear how fer these ones were!!  :yoyo: :yoyo:

This is a real nice hog. Very thick & solid. The 39gr BK just flat laid him out!! The insides were just sloshing around in it's chest.   :eyebrownod:  Chip shot for the 204. 137yds.

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Here's where it gets fun now. Diane & I are walking to the top of the field to look down over the back side. We're no more than 60-70yds from the truck when Diane says groundhog on your left. Here it popped up just as Diane glanced that way. I rested the sticks against my leg & flipped the safety off on the Marlin 17HMR & brought the crosshairs up til I seen eyeballs & BANG!! Oh yeah!! I nailed that little bugger real hard. I stepped it off & by golly it was right where I thought it was. 25 FEET away!! Talk about a perimeter breach!!

This is how I found it.
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Then as we're walking back down the hill to the truck I simply say stop & Diane does. She always obeys.  :wink:  There in the grass is another furballs head peeking at me thru a steely eyeball. I swear this one was in full attack mode. Thankfully I seen it just in time & the lil HMR barked & another "good" hog was re-born. Another stellar shot that was stepped off at an incredible 22 FEET!! We thought since they were getting closer we better get to the truck right away to avoid a disaster.
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 :laf: I could think of a couple captions for those.
Good pics :yoyo:

 :confused:  And you didn't throw em out there??  :laf: :laf:

Way to go Glen!  Looks like you two had a fine evening.  Good thing Diane had your back, otherwise those chucks would have over run you. :alscalls: Would have been hand to paw combat.   :laf:

My longest shot was 626 yards with the Swift.  Dialed in what I thought was the right amount of clicks...From the prone position, I touched one off at a chuck across the valley.  Saw the chuck collapse, then a second later heard the "whump" come drifting back.   It was a sweet moment!

"Kentucky windage"   :laf: :laf: :laf:

We call that chasing chickens..... In my off hand silhouette days the stationary iron chickens would still require a bit of a lead.... :laf: :laf:

Man I sure would have liked to see the turkeys :pout:  I get to miss getting to many coyotes. :argh:  Good job on the use what's at hand thingy. :bowingsmilie: