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Offline e_collop

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« on: March 22, 2005, 01:14:05 AM »
Got back from the Nail on Sunday.  Me and another guy made the trip from Missouri took about 9.5 hours.  We are trying to figure out how to get enough money to go back.  One day hunt = two 200 lb. boars.  Both had about 3 inch tusks.  Don't let anyone tell you a 308 Win. w/ 180 NP bullets won't kill a hog.  Mine never took a step right through the shoulders.  A person can't imagine how big 56000 acres is until you go, no high fence just a ton of hogs.  If any one is thinking about going stop reading and call now.  If anyone knows how to post pictures if I email them to them I would appreciate it.

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« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2005, 08:53:35 AM »
Send the pics to me at my listed email address (dtwiebe@yahoo.com) and I'll post 'em.  I love pictures of dead pigs.
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« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2005, 09:02:48 AM »
What do they charge? :eek:
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« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2005, 08:37:31 AM »
Congrats on your kill, thats a good area for pigs, I have hunted there before and always enjoyed it.  In another pre hunt post you were concerned about rattlesnakes, I'd bet you didn't see any, am I right? :)
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« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2005, 01:10:23 AM »
They charge $400 a day.  Its not guarenteed but we saw a couple hundred pigs.  We did not see one rattlesnake, not even along the road.  Apparently from what we were told one of the owners of the ranch won the Sweetwater round up.
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« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2005, 02:48:42 AM »
As promised, here are some pictures of dead pigs.  I don't know who is who, so maybe Eric will expand.



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« Reply #6 on: March 31, 2005, 03:38:57 AM »
Thanks for posting the pictures for me.  I am in the top picture, the bottom picture is the guy that I went down there with.  My hog has a broken tusk on one side but I am not to worried about it gives it charecter.  We are trying to get the skulls cleaned up for some European mounts.  That is more work than shooting the boars!  
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« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2005, 09:22:52 AM »
could you post some contact information for those of us interested in going.
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« Reply #8 on: July 26, 2005, 01:17:23 PM »
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Good Going fellers,Lots of meat there. What is planted in the feilds around that area, What ever it is looks like it helps the hunting a bunch, Let me say congratulations to you both, makes me druel every time i see wild pigs on the ground, Rather hunt pigs than about any thing..........Joe...........
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« Reply #9 on: July 26, 2005, 03:08:54 PM »
nice job   good photography  lol i need to learn how to take pictures that good   what type of guns and loads were you both using
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« Reply #10 on: August 13, 2005, 07:04:29 PM »
Guns and loads
308 and Nosler Partions Federal HE 180 grains
30-06 winchester ballistic tips 150 grains
The 308 worked better, better bullet choice.

Contact Craig Winters on there web site just type in Nail Ranch in google it will be the first choice.

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« Reply #11 on: August 13, 2005, 07:06:10 PM »
Sorry missed a question the hogs were taken in wheat fields.  Only place to catch them in the open in that sea of mesquite trees.
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« Reply #12 on: August 22, 2005, 10:32:06 AM »
Just curious.    What happened to that Ballistic Tip when it hit the hog?
At what distance.    
I have always wanted to hunt the Nail.   Thanks for the info and photos.

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« Reply #13 on: August 22, 2005, 01:11:33 PM »
The Ballistic tip went in on the point of the shoulder and came out through this magic "bullet proof" shield behind the shoulder.  At about 100 yards.  Mine the Partition busted both shoulders and the pig went down.  The ballistic tip hog only ran a 20 yard circle and fell over.  If you read too much about hog hunting you start to forget they are just pigs. :lol:
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« Reply #14 on: August 23, 2005, 01:10:36 AM »
Sounds like the BT did well.   We have seen different results at close range.
You are right about wild hogs being just big pigs.   Second largest I have killed was with a .222 because that was all I had with me at the time.

How did the bucks look on the Nail?   What other wildlife did you see?

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