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Photos of game you've harvested
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A few years ago - My first antelope from 450 yards with my .308 Rem 700 VSF;
A few years ago - My second whitetail buck with a muzzleloader;
Buck season 2014 - 4x5 Muley buck with my 338 Lapua at 250 yards;
My Whitetail buck from 2012 with my .308 Rem 700 VSF at 400 yards;
My first branch bull elk 6x6 in 2000 archery season;
2013 Muzzleloader season Monarch Whitetail buck;
A few years ago - My second whitetail buck with a muzzleloader;
Buck season 2014 - 4x5 Muley buck with my 338 Lapua at 250 yards;
My Whitetail buck from 2012 with my .308 Rem 700 VSF at 400 yards;
My first branch bull elk 6x6 in 2000 archery season;
2013 Muzzleloader season Monarch Whitetail buck;
Nice!
Just getting into duck hunting, I've been seeing a lot of ducks, but am having issues actually shooting them. I don't know what the deal is, I didn't have a problem dove hunting this year. The only thing I've changed is I went from a full choke to a modified choke, and now I'm shooting 3" #2's instead of 2.75" #7.5's.
Anyway, here's my first wood duck.
Anyway, here's my first wood duck.
gotblazers
1/2 ton status
Isn't #2 a bit overkill for ducks? I would think that would give you less BB's and less chance of hitting the target.
#2 is too big for the ducks around here. I bought the box a few years ago when I went duck hunting and also had a chance to shoot geese, so I figured it would be a good shot for duck or geese. Before I go out again this weekend I plan on getting some steel 3" #4's, if I can find some.
Unless you pattern your shotgun with a given load and choke, you really don't know what it's doing. It's not unheard of for certain combos to throw a donut - a nice ring of shot with a big hole in the middle.
Any shooting club or range with shotgun sports will have a pattern board, or you can make your own very easily.
I actually ordered some new HiViz sights for it and should have them today. I plan to just put out a big piece of cardboard and shoot it to get my pattern and adjust the sights. There are windage and elevation adjustments on these sights (pretty sure they're for turkey hunting). I believe I was lifting my head before the shot, so I'm hoping having a rear sight will keep my head down.
If the ducks are flying like they have been the last couple weekends I should limit out on wood ducks (3 is the limit).
runamok151
1 ton status
Not game but a game fish, 90# tuna I caught a few years ago.
Shot this guy just outside of Kremmling near Gore Pass in 2013. Pretty nice buck for public land. Second pic is him on my wall. Did a Euro mount with him. I might end up doing a sholder mount if I come across a good cape
41565chevelle
1/2 ton status
Just got back from a Texas pig hunt with a group. In 3 days, 10 of us took 14 pigs and one coyote.. good times.
I shot the big boar at the bottom of the pile, huge cutters and a big bad a**.
I shot the big boar at the bottom of the pile, huge cutters and a big bad a**.
41565chevelle
1/2 ton status
close up
That is a sweet hog. Congrats.
I have never lived in an area where hogs were available to hunt. Do you process them like you would farm-raised pigs? How does a wild hog taste?
You can certainly process them just like a domestic hog. I just quarter them and throw the quarters and head in the smoker (with a few of the choice bits cut out for other use).
Taste depends on what they've been eating just like any other animal. If they're into farmer's grain then they taste a lot like domestic. If they're into acorns and wild onions, etc., they're a bit different (but still delicious IMO). They don't typically have much bacon on them as they tend to run leaner.
41565chevelle
1/2 ton status
I took the back straps and tenderloins out. The shoulders and butts end up getting processed as sausage. The pigs this year were super fat so there was not much domestic fat required. The area was central Texas and they had a lot of water, corn, acorns, some wheat and rye grass and lots of tubers and roots to feast on. I had sweet Italian sausage, bratwurst, German and Polish sausage made. Throw that on the Treager smoker and a good beer it's great.
First buck of the year. Got him Saturday morning. He kicked it in an interesting pose.
Nice buck Matt.
Dove schwack attack...limited out by 08:30 
So what do you do with them? Stuff them with peppers and wrap in bacon?
You eat like six at a time....
You eat like six at a time....
