Inflight Outfitters

January 16, 2012

My dad and I took some of our field guys quail hunting at Inflight Outfitters on Lake Mathis this past Monday. As you can see from some of my older posts, we frequent this preserve a few times a year. They do a good job and the food is amazing. We ended the afternoon hunt with 83 quail, 9 chukars, and a good time had by all.

Dad and Tony getting on the truck.

Tony and Bubba, like an old married couple.

Headed into the field.

Scary trio.

Bubba on his phone again.

Another South Texas sunset.

Happy Hunting,

Laredo

January 6-8, 2012

Every year, my father-in-law tries to get me down to Laredo for a meat hunt. I got free this year and joined him for a few days. Deer movement was slow, but we had a great time anyways. Kill total for the weekend was one spike for Gus and one big pig that we both plugged full of holes. Enjoy the pictures.

First morning's hunt was between an Industrial Park and the Railway Station. This was a very noisy hunt.

Nice deer at a distance. You can see the trains in the background.

All you need... A heater and a taco.

One of the mornings I saw several nice little deer.

Another from the same hunt.

Couple of bucks through the morning haze.

Gus and I tag teamed this big pig.

Tenderloin from Gus's spike. My wife enjoyed it, but not as much as I did.

The sun sets on another great weekend.

Deer season has rolled to a close, but we still have several weeks of quail season left. With my baby girl starting to get a little bigger, hopefully I will be able to get out and run my dogs a little before the season ends. Until next time...

Happy Hunting,



One last time...

November 11-13, 2011

As the time for our daughter to be born grows closer, I decided to sneak in one more weekend thinning the hog population. I also had to try out my new AR-15. After two long nights and early mornings watching the feeders, I took out three hogs and one raccoon.

I also received the "Hey ol' buddy ol' pal" phone call from Aaron after he filled his buck tags for the year with a spike and a nice eight. We made short work of the skinning and quartering, and I'm looking forward to the sausage I am sure is coming.

For the next few weeks, Tara and I will be anxiously awaiting Sawyer's arrival, so my hunting will probably slow down for a few weeks until around Christmas when she is ready to go quail hunting with me. Until next time...

Happy Hunting

Death at Dusk

October 21, 2011

My hopes of sticking another pig were starting to fade fast Friday evening as the sun began to set. All that had been at the feeder was my normal doe with two fawns. Once they had eaten their fill, they walked off, and I was about to start packing up when I heard them coming in. A group of eight pigs, all sizes, came jogging into the feeder.

I don't know if was some movement they sensed from me or just the windy conditions making them skiddish, but the entire group was uneasy at the feeder. As they faded into the brush, I saw my chance. There was a narrow lane to my left that one of them stopped in. I drew back and let fly, and the squeal let me know I had made a good shot.

The light was fading fast, so I hurredly packed my gear up and climbed out of the tree. We have two feeders in our little "deer trap", and as I was walking over to where I shot the pig, I glanced over and saw a big boar at the other feeder. There wasn't much light left, but I decided to put the stalk on him. I worked into about 35 yards and put my pin in the middle of the black blur that was the boar. It sounded like a good hit, but with dark coming on and no flashlight, I decided to wait unitl the morning to look for them.

It didn't take long to find the boar in the morning. He expired about 30 yards into the brush.

Once I had found him, I went on to look for the other pig. I quickly found my bloody arrow, and after a brief search, didn't find the pig. I am happy with just knowing I knocked the population down by another two.

Happy Hunting



Bow Hunt

October 8, 2011

My sisters and friends had a baby shower for Tara in Yoakum last weekend, and as a result, I got to spend a little time in the stand. I've had my trail cam out for the past few weeks and haven't seen any deer worth shooting yet, but I did get a lot of pics of a group of pigs.



As I was walking into my blind about 5:30 Saturday morning, I was shaken out of my delirious state quickly as this whole group of pigs ran from the feeder right beside me. As you might imagine, that was fastest I have ever climbed into my tree stand. I don't really remember, but I don't think I even used the steps.

It didn't take long for a few of them to come back, and at daylight there were 3 sitting under the feeder again. There were 2 very small ones and a gilt that probably went around 100 pounds. My shot was a little high, but worked out well, as it clipped part of her spine. Fresh backstrap on the pit!!

G5 Tekan, ran 10 feet

Great self photography

I went back Saturday evening hoping the big group would come back out, but no such luck. There is a doe with 2 buck fawns that never leaves the feeder unless the pigs are there, and they were there all evening.

Just before it got too dark to film, this little guy came out. The video would have been a lot better had I hit him. Fun none the less.



Happy Hunting

2nd Annual 2B Dove Hunt

October 1, 2011

Last year, my friend Aaron and I decided to start an annual dove hunting trip for our close friends to make sure we all see each other at least once a year. The problem with last year's hunt was that we decided to have this big shindig a week before we actually did it. Needless to say, Aaron and I were the only particpants.

This year we started a couple months ahead with the planning, and we ended up with 6 guys coming out for the weekend. The hunting was a bit slow, but we had plenty of good food. We stayed in the field all day Saturday, shot a couple birds in the morning, listened to the Ags fall apart, and then took out our frustrations on a few more birds in the evening. We ended the day with 26 birds in the bag.

Friday night pregame meal - Dove-k-bobs and wrapped doves

Sunrise

Piper got to retrieve a few doves and she did great. Going to make a good birddog.

Waiting on the Mojo to start working

Lori and our take, 26 doves

Victory meal, assorted meats including a little mollejas

It was good to see everyone that got to come, and Aaron and I are already planning for next year. Hopefully there will be more birds and more people will get to come out.

Happy Hunting



Los Chanares, Argentina

September 18-24, 2011

As much as I love dove hunting in Texas, nothing compares to the experience of dove hunting in Argentina. Last year we did a hunt at Los Ombues Lodge in Argentina, and I was amazed at the number of birds. This year we went to the Los Chanares Lodge outside of Cordoba, Argentina, and their bird numbers dwarfed Los Ombues. I cannot begin to describe the number of birds they had.

We had a group of 11 guys go down this year, and we ended up shooting 53,505 birds in 3 days of hunting. I personally shot 6,648 doves with 297 boxes of shells. It was a great week of good Argentine beef and lots of shooting. Here are a few pictures and a video:

Los Chanares Lodge

Yours truly in action

Dad & I

The group

 A few shells

A lot of shells

The group in front of the Pink House (Argentina's White House)

Tomb of Eva Peron

My dad shot the barrel out of his gun

Happy Hunting