Patocazador
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I spent a week hunting and doing chores at the hunt camp. However, I only saw 2 deer and didn't have a chance on either.
The game cameras showed two 2-y.o. bears at my feeder every evening and 2 black hogs at the same place every morning.
I sat the 1st night and the 2 bears showed up right on time. One was spooky as sin but the other acted naive. I hoped to spook them both to teach them a lesson.
The dopey one ran right up to the corn and started eating while the other hung back until he bolted right through the area and took off. The dope just looked at him as he passed and then went back to feeding. I then let out a growl and Dopey just looked up and started feeding again. Then I made a LOUD growl and barked twice. Same thing with Dopey. Finally, I stood up and threw a rock at it from 12 yards. That finally spooked Dopey away.
The next morning I brought a 20 gauge with 0 buckshot and the hogs showed up at 8:00 AM. They were spooky but I shot through some vines at the small boar and rolled him. He managed to get up and run off while the other just disappeared. I got down and followed the bloodless track into a hell hole swamp. I never could find him.
The next evening I wanted to kill a rabbit for dinner so I brought a .17 Rem. T/C Contender with. A coyote showed up at 35 yards so I popped her with the pistol. She just turned and ran into a thicket. I expected her to drop. The next morning I found her about 50 yds. away at the back edge of the thicket. No entrance nor exit hole was apparent and no blood.
She had worn and busted teeth and I hoped she was the alpha female.
I finished up my critter hunt with a young rabbit shot at 70 yards with a .22 magnum rifle.
I learned that a .17 caliber is insufficient for anything bigger than a house cat if you want it to drop it there.
The game cameras showed two 2-y.o. bears at my feeder every evening and 2 black hogs at the same place every morning.
I sat the 1st night and the 2 bears showed up right on time. One was spooky as sin but the other acted naive. I hoped to spook them both to teach them a lesson.
The dopey one ran right up to the corn and started eating while the other hung back until he bolted right through the area and took off. The dope just looked at him as he passed and then went back to feeding. I then let out a growl and Dopey just looked up and started feeding again. Then I made a LOUD growl and barked twice. Same thing with Dopey. Finally, I stood up and threw a rock at it from 12 yards. That finally spooked Dopey away.
The next morning I brought a 20 gauge with 0 buckshot and the hogs showed up at 8:00 AM. They were spooky but I shot through some vines at the small boar and rolled him. He managed to get up and run off while the other just disappeared. I got down and followed the bloodless track into a hell hole swamp. I never could find him.
The next evening I wanted to kill a rabbit for dinner so I brought a .17 Rem. T/C Contender with. A coyote showed up at 35 yards so I popped her with the pistol. She just turned and ran into a thicket. I expected her to drop. The next morning I found her about 50 yds. away at the back edge of the thicket. No entrance nor exit hole was apparent and no blood.
She had worn and busted teeth and I hoped she was the alpha female.
I finished up my critter hunt with a young rabbit shot at 70 yards with a .22 magnum rifle.
I learned that a .17 caliber is insufficient for anything bigger than a house cat if you want it to drop it there.
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