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went to river view ranch with my wife and a couple friends last night and hunted today. had a wonderful time and saw dozens and dozens of animals. exotics, hogs, deer, buffalo...... i took alot of pics and some video clips- ill get a full write up and pics posted tommorow telling about our hunt. had a wonderful time and hoping to go back then end of the week!

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Look forward to the pics and videos! The hunting that is.

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Look forward to the pix, as long as they aren't wearing ear tags and such? ;)

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Did you see Fred's brother? LOL

Glad you are back, can not wait for the pictures

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We want pics now Good Ole gutshot! Why are pictures always "tomorrow" with you?

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I was wondering the same thing .....:eek:

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PhotoShop takes time!

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not tommorow--- tonight! LOL

and your right, im new with photo shop and i gotta practice!! joking, no photoshop here.

i saw fred in the flesh, even fed him some grass!!

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Still no pics. I guess we will just have to use our imagination.

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a couple hog skulls from the lodge

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mouflan that ronnie shot.. will scoe gold in the SCI book.

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hogs i was stalking in the woods.

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the lodge we stayed in. furnished very well.

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black buck

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black buck shoulder mount and catalina ram european mount.

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breader boar, fred.... and a small boar that wouldnt leave our stand.

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sika deer

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merino ram

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hawian ram

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hey nice pics, looks like a good time, had to be fun!

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loved every min of it!! planning a trip back. i cant say enough about this place and these guys. highly reccomended. above and beyond anything i imagined. ive been to several other ranches and hunted but river view was by far the best. im not affiliated with them in anyway, just want to give credit where credit is due. hope that i might be able to someway return the wonderful treatment we recieved. thumbs way way up.

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Some great pics, looks like a blast.

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Congrats Gutshot! A job well done. Did you hunt the Blackbuck? They're tough to kill with a bow. What other exotics did the ranch have? Hunting exotics in the "off season" is a wonderful way to hone skills and keep the edge sharp. Despite what some think, hunts like this are not 'that easy". To say so would be like saying every watermelon is sweet. We all know that's not the case. I 've triedseven times to spot and stalk a good axis buck. Hopefully, I get him on my eighth attempt.

Give my congrats to the rest in your group.

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huckleberry-- very kind words and much thanks to you for that. i didnt hunt the balck buck, had my eye on a big hog and never got the chance. my wife had a heck of a hunt, gotta keep her happy! LOL the mouflan that my brother in law killed was around 20 yards in the first 30 min of our hunt but he couldnt get a clear shot at the one he wanted. add 10 hours of hard spot and stalk hunting and there he lay.

at this ranch they have fallow- brown, spotted, and white.
a number of rams, merino, corsican, hawian, barbado, jacobs 4 horn that i remember right off. catalina goats, buffalo, hogs, red stag, seems like a few that i cant recall. a wonderful hunt without a doubt.

again, thanks for the kind words.

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I will go. Give me a while to recover, but I will go.

Heck of a job on the pics. Looks good bud.And
sorry about the whole "always tomorrow" thing. (not really)

My steaks bleed more than my hogs do.

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Looks like your wife knows how to lay some serious smack down on some exotics. My wife harvested a couple pair of new shoes and a purse Saturday. She's a real predator.

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Congrats. It looks like you guys had a great time. I've always wanted to go on an off-season hunt for exotics if the ranch is big enough, but the money always goes somewhere else.

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mark-- i was hoping youd like em. i myself have mixed feelings about the whole fence subject, but seriously-- these animals are on drugs or somthing. cagey, spooky, run from anything and the lay of the land along with cover, it hunts alot bigger than 300 acres. having not known it was 300 acres, one would guess it to be close to twice that. i hunted hard all day and saw about 1/2 maybe 2/3rds of the property. hes also got some free range hunting i heard him talking about so theres an option for hunters not wanting in the fence.
hows the end of august or september sometime look for ya? im hoping mark makes it work and flies into dallas or okc-- if you can get together and fly in together ill pick ya up..... i got tickets to new york last week for less than 300 bucks. im sure with an advance purchase you can find em cheaper than that.

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Great pics D, I mean, good ole gutshot. I just checked on the flight and its is $232.00 into Dallas. I was thinking end of August but I will have to check my wifes schedule, I think they start back to school the third week and its a pretty busy time for her.But I will definately be down there. Man I need to get a second job, or hit the powerball, or marry someone that makes more money than a teacher. God I love to bowhunt

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tell ya what- you hit powerball you split with me and ill do the same for you.... double our chances, two guys two states--- were bound to win it!! and if we wait till its worth our time to play, we can buy a small island somewhere and grow our own animals--LOL

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I just won the powerball! I am going. When can we all go together? No seriously, great pics and looks like a lot of fun. Hope we can all make it!

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I have to admit I think I have gotten to where I am taking being
independently wealthy too serious. I need to get out more.

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migh tbe heading back to river view this weekend. got some rain down this way this morning but supposed to clear out by this evening. im down in dallas working on a re-model job and will be back home tonight, if the wifes wanting to go again well be heading back..... ill let ya know! LOL

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This weekend will be thelast good huntingweather we see until late October. Of course, I'll be moving and hating it. Go kill something!