Weekend at Burnies.
 

Firstly I want to thank Kent for inviting me out to his place.

But boy it is a loooooong drive, 5 hours from my house to his.

We got up bright and early Saturday morning to a nice frost, grabbed a cup of coffee had a shower and headed out on the 30 minute drive to the hunting grounds.

Got changed out in the field and headed into the stands.

I had no sooner got comfy in the stand when a deer started to blow, I could just make out the shape and that it was facing away from and to the side of me, then I head hogs moving around in the thick stuff.

Just on day break I could see there was 5 hogs in this mob ranging in size from around 50lb to about 150lb but unfortunately they did not offer me a shot before moving on.

That was all the excitement till around 9am when a 1 1/2 yr old six pointer came in, I made up my mind that this was his lucky day and just sat and watched him for a good 15 minutes before he moved on.

Shortly after he left in the distance I seen a huge bodied buck moving slowly through the crp field he looked to have had a real nice set of head gear but I never had my bino's with me but from just plain eye sight at around 250yds he was impressive.

That was all the excitement for the morning hunt.

We left went grabbed something to eat and headed back to the cabin.

Around 2:30pm once again showered and headed back for the afternoon hunt.

As we where walking in Kent spotted a big boar probably going 250lb at the feeder, so I loaded up an arrow and started to put a stalk on him but he busted me and was gone.

Around 4:30 or so the mob of hogs that where there in the morning came back, one about 90lb offered me a slam dunk @ 10 yards I drew anchored settled in on him and released.

The arrow was on target for his heart a perfect shot right up untill it sailed 4" low barely missing his brisket[:@].

I thought the game was up but they did not take off even tho this one got a real good scare.

They came back in not 2 minutes later with a big black and white one offering me a broad side shot @ 20 yards so with the low miss still in my mind I drew anchored then second guessed myself and aimed higher and released the arrow once again the arrow was like a lazer the left/right was perfect, I just knew this was a dead hog, right up untill the arrow sailed over it's back with the feathers just touching the top of it's back.

This time the game was over they boogied outa there. All I could do was sit there and call myself all the dumb asses under the sun for second guessing, if I had of taken the first shot I would be eating pork, oh well thats why they call it hunting.:D

So we headed back to the cabin for dinner and watch Texas Tec get flogged by OU, I think Kent is a Tec fan because he was yelling all sorts of obscenties at them:D

Around 10 I crashed and left Kent to enjoy the game:D

This morning was a bust for me I had hogs moving around in the thicket but the feeder decided to take the day off and never triggered so the hogs went towards the river and bedded up.

Kent did manage to fill his buck tag this morning with a big bodied 2 1/5 yr old 9 point.

He said he seen a monster 12 point heading up the trail towards where I was but it must have made a detour on to the next door property and we think it was shot cause there was a gun shot about 10 minutes after Kent seen it.

So all in all I had a great week end even tho I came home empty handed.

Once again Kent thanks for the invite, it was a pleasure to finally meet up with you and spend some time in the woods doing what we love to do.

I do hope you get to test out those Supremes on a hog or 2 in the near future.

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At least ya had some fun and took a bath!I know Kentgot mad at the game, I got so mad at the game I burned all my wife's O.U. stuff she has posted about the lake house. (not really)
I'm in enough trouble with her, after making her pervert son move.

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Sounds like if I get up there you educated them but left something for me to educate.I'm ordering a new string tomarrow for the Victoryfrom John,maybe I can get it on and shotin in time,I was planning on the Black Ice anyway.Didn't the hogs know who you are...they woulda died knowing that alone!:D

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yeah whats this bath stuff every time you turned around?Man thats alot of soap,I better hope for a nice breeze myself. Hey gramps shouldn't that beYOUR perverted step son?Sounds like they saw game and had good weekend!

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Quit hijacking Kanga's threat, Kent is not going to let us come up there acting like a bunch of drunken Australians ( I mean Okies) .:D

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Watch it I'll let my son call you...he gets under your skin as fast as he does mine!:D

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Here is the buck Kent shot but it he shot it with one of those "training bows" :D

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Overcompensation is a witch! [8D]

Sounds like a great time!

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Yea, I had to pull out the training wheels. I had what I thought was a dislocated middle finger on my draw had. Well, while cutting up that deer, My finger was really bothering me, so i went into the hospital to get some picuters taken. It turns out, It had been dislocated as well as broke just above the knuckle. So now I got that going for me.

When I got back from the hospital and started finishing up on the cleaning. I checked the teeth on that guy. As compared to a tooth charta G.W. friend of mine lent me,he ended up being about a 3.5 year old. He did have lots of nice meat on him. He was not very fat. I thought I was going to be cleaning fat on him how thick his hind quarters were, but it was all meat.


Im glad you got to come out. Maybe Bob or Rowell can take some hogs or deer home when they come out.:D:D

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Thats a nice deer! How wide was he? 3.5 year old nine point shows there are bucks in your country,and from Russ's report you have pork running rampant,let us know when and maybe we can help thin them out.How did you damage your finger to that point? I've never really had a broken bone so I wouldn't know what it felt like.

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Getting my gear ready Thur. night. I was moving my stuff from my office to my truck, when the wind blew one the door shut on my hand. Well, just my middle finger. Ive got those heavy industrial doors on my office, so it knocked it out of socket. I just thought it was a dislocation, so I poped it back into joint, wraped it, and went out to see if I could draw my bow.

As for the deer, there are some real big ones. I normally would let this guy go, but it looks like Im running out of time. I think I might have one more hunt before Im done this year. And im planning on it being the one with you and possibly Bob. Ill see what my schedual hold and let you know which weekend will work. I can almost promise you will get shots on hogs. Deer, possibly.

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The deer are yours!Them hogs are a pain and we would like to help you keep them at bay.I may get a chance to go south of town and get some meat does this year,good thing about the hogs is they are year round critters to hunt!;)Me and the old goat are flexible on timing,you can hear his old bones creak so he's not too flexible.:D

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Kent.

I was sure you had done more than dislocate it the way it swelled up on Saturday.

Rowell.

It hurts like a SOB:D

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broken bones on list of stuff to avoid then!

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When you find out the timing for next hunt Kent send a list of refreshments you prefer and I will stock you up! I just have to buy some malox or soy milk for the old guy!:D

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Here is the full deer.

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Ill know my schedule better by Thur. Ill email you and let you know. Ill make sure Bob has a bed where its quite so he can get to sleep by 6:00. You know how fussy them old farts can get when they dont get enough sleep.

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Kent.

I could have sworn that deer was bigger than that when we was draggin it up out of the gully:D

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Thats a nice size deer antlers and body size! Russ everything is big when your only 5 foot nuthin tall! Good grass land helps the bodies on those deer.

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He was just a baby compared to the one I though Russ was going to get a shot at.

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I think this is Kent's idea of rubbing it in after Imissed those 2 pigs:D

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Russ don't look at it as missing two pigs...think of it as 100% on hitting the ground.:)

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And now it's complete. Everyone knows you need a dead body for a weekend at Bernie's.

:)

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You are 100% correct. He has a perfect record on ground shots.:D

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Russ, did you spot and stalk the ground, or were you in a blind? :D

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Bob.

Neither I was in a tree stand which made the shot all that more difficult:D

It ain't easy to hit the ground like I did;)

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Was he IN a blindor was HE blind?:DMaybe he forgot his glasses...you know that feeling don't you Rev?;)

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At least you got your arrow back, I still have a doe running round in Oklahoma with an arrow sticking our of her back side.:D

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So Russ tell me sumthin...if you have left over tag you call it tag soup...if you kill the ground do you have mud pies?:)Like I got alot to talk about,my last arrow was rainbowing towards neighbors blind right on our fence line!

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I think your neighbors are going to move. If you don't kill them all, like you did your other neighbors family album that went IN their house.:D

You noticed when we shot together, I stood BEHIND you, and I still didn't feel safe.[&:]

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By this time I'm sure Kent is thinking, do I really want these two bozo's at my place!!!![:-]

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As long as his wife doesn't meet us we'll be alright! She meets us she will lock him in shop and forbid him talking to us!

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No problems. You all fit in just fine. You all actually appear very level and normal compaired to all my other buddies.



I think I figured out how to shoot with fingers last night. With the finger brace on my middle finger, it pulls my finger back and out of the way when I grab the string of a bow with my two good fingers. I pulled back my light recurve last night and got off several shots. I think ill have it worked out before I go hunting agian.

Other good news. I got a call from a buddy of mine in Runnels county who wants me to come up and tag my second buck on his land. I might have a one daybreakwhere I canmake a made dash there. Kind of an out side shot, but I might just get the chance. By then, I might have the two finger shot down. Im sure ill have it down by the time you two come my way.