Gr8 White Jr

Cool pic Amanda! It took me a second to find and thats knowing that something was there. If it was my camera I probably would have missed it and thought it was nothing. Makes me want to go back through all my "nothing" trail cam pics and study them a little bit closer. -Tracy

Way to go Courtney! Love to see the kids laying the smack down on the pigs. A big congrats to you on a fine javelina! -Tracy

Congrats on a great buck! You guys are really taking some toads down there in MX. Thanks for sharing your hunt with us! -Tracy

+1 My parents bought me a .270 for Christmas when I was 12 years old. I absolutely loved it then and still do now! It is still my primary hunting rifle and now I have my girlfriend shooting and hunting with it and she loves it as well. -Tracy

What a stud of a buck espacially for your first. The mount looks GREAT!! Did you really just decide to get it mounted or did you just get tired of all the people that must have been calling you crazy over the years for not mounting him when you shot him? -Tracy

Way to go guys! Congrats to all on some great bucks! Thanks for the detailed story, I felt like I was there the whole way through! -Tracy

Very nice! You have some beautifull dogs there! Thanks for sharing your pics! -Tracy

This has to be the best post I have ever read! I don't even know what to say except WOW!!! Thanks for sharing your great story an pics with us! -Tracy

Fantastic post! What a great month you all had. Congrats to all and thanks for sharing! -Tracy

Congrats on a great pig and your first big game animal! I'm sure there will be many more to come. -Tracy

Well I guess my expectations were a little high. Thanks for everybodies input! -Tracy

I just got back two deer from the butcher today. One deer is the small forky coues buck that I shot in late Nov and the other is the big mule deer buck I shot on Jan 2nd. I got only 16 lbs of meat back from the coues. That is boneless but 16 lbs? I know coues deer are small especially being just a little forky but this just doesn't seem right to me. I shot the buck right behind the sholder so there was no meat damaged. The coues deer was never weighed when it was dropped off so I don't know what he weighed before butchered. The mule deer however was weighed when it was dropped off. No guts, no skin, no legs from the knees down and no head the mule deer weighed out at 98 lbs. Again it is all boneless but I only got back exactly 40 lbs. I have never really paid any attention to weight before when taking deer to the butcher but after, what I think is a rediculas price increase I was just curious to see how much the processing was costing me per lb. Does this sound right or do I have a reason to think that I might not be getting all my meat back? Any info would be greatly appreciated! -Tracy

Sweet! Congrats to your girls on the Javi and the cat! Now go smoke two more! -Tracy

Congrats to both of you on a fine pig! Thanks for sharing! NOW LETS SEE THAT VIDEO!!! -Tracy

Holy smokes!!! That video is frickin awesome! Great shot Jakob! Hats off to you on the quality camera work Bret! Congrats to the both of you! I could recomend a pretty darn good taxidermist as well. -Tracy

I'd rather not say. I was just trying to get everybodies opinion because I was unsure. I don't want this to be taken negatively toward the butcher shop, I don't want to hurt their business especially without knowing if there was any wrong doing. Thank you for your post! Where did you come up with these equations? -Tracy

That is one heck of a first coues! Congrats! -Tracy

What a great buck! That must be a real rush to rattle one in. Congrats on one heck of a buck! -Tracy

First year, a coues with a bow?!! Man that is great! I hope to be posting pictures of my girlfriend and her first buck this fall. Congrats to your girlfriend! -Tracy

Nice fox! Good job! -Tracy

Way to go! Keep on dumpin them dogs! -Tracy

Great pig! Congrats to the young hunter! -Tracy

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Hey Ron! Too bad you didn't make it out on Tuesday. You missed a good time. -Tracy

Well after filling my '09 deer tag on Janruary 2nd I was able to spend all my time focusing on filling my javelina tag and even though I wasn't able to seal the deal until the end it ended up being one of the best archery pig seasons ever. The first weekend out started off with my girfriend Angie and I glassing all morning and not seeing anything. Later that afternoon we had moved to a new area and by 1:30 I had glassed up five pigs on the opposite side of the canyon we were in. Angie stayed back and watched as I circled around down wind to make my stalk. After taking my time to slip quietly into the sattle that the herd was in, the pigs decided right as I got there that they were going to feed down the canyon wall. The pigs were moving across an openning at 53 yds. I didn't feel comfortable taking the shot at a moving target so I just watched as they moved out of sight. I lost the pigs on the canyon side so Angie was trying to give me had signals to tell me where they had gone. I ended up stalking the pigs right through the middle of a herd of cattle. The cattle spooked like they were deer and ran right through the herd of pigs. Pigs and cattle scattered everywhere and we couldn't find the pigs again that evening. The next morning Angie stayed at home so I went out by myself. That day was filled with action and several different groups of pigs. I had a pig at 27 yds early in the morning and one later at 39 yds but both times didn't have a clear shot. I was into pigs all morning and had a blast even though I didn't connect. The next weekend found me with high expectations and excited to get back out to my pig spot. This time Frank (Kaffer62) was hunting along with me. We glassed our butts off all day to only turn up deer. It was a reality check! I thought for sure that we would find those pigs again but despite all our effort we didn't see a single pig. Angie came along with me on Sunday and just as the day before there was a whole lot of glassing and not a single pig was found. I was frustrated and starting to doubt my new little pig spot. Work was cut short yesterday so I hurried out to my glassing spot to try to take advantage of every last second of the season since Thursday is the last day. I drove an hour and a half for two hours of glassing. I glassed away the last 2 hours of light. I saw no pigs but it was still worth it because I glassed a bobcat. It was really great watching it walk around the opposite canyon wall in its natural state (boy was I wishing I had a rifle). I had today off work and planned on spending it as a last attempt to fill my pig tag. Angie took the day off work to go with me and help me glass. First light found us pirched up on the canyon side glassing away. After about an hour, I glassed 2 pigs in the bottom of the canyon but only saw them for a brief moment before they disapeared into the brush. I called Angie over to me so she could help me watch the bottom to wait for the pigs to come out of the brush. We both watched for about 45 minutes without seeing anything so I decided to slip down into the canyon to see if I could find the pigs. Angie stayed to watch from up high. After slowly working my way through the canyon bottom for about a half hour or so I looked up at Angie and she was standing up holding her cell phone in the air. I pulled my phone out and, in disbeleif that I actually was getting reception, called Angie. She had glassed up pigs on the opposite canyon side, in the same sattle that we had originally saw them in a week and a half ago. I circled real wide to get the wind right and with Angies help I stalked right into the herd. I had several pigs very close to me but could not see them or get a shot because of the brush and rocks. I could see one pig in an openning a little farther out. I ranged him at 47 yds. Since he was standing still in the open I felt very comfortable and decided he was the one. I drew back and with Angie watching everything through her binos released and made a beautifull shot on him. He went less than 50 yds before pilling up under a tree. It was great! My persistance paid off! Finally after so many close calls and with Angie there watching it was a perfect way to end the season! I feel like the luckiest guy alive to have a girlfriend who not only enjoys going hunting but will glass up pigs for me! This is javelina number 6 for me and he is by far the biggest. He is an old boar with battle scars, toar up ears and ground down and missing teeth! When it comes to javelina, to me, a pig is a pig but is was pretty neat to get a big old boar! Thanks for reading my story! I know its a little long for just a pig hunt but as allways I like share my experiences with everyone. -Tracy