I went to friends hunting club over the weekend to hang out and do a little varmint/vermin shooting.
There is a pecan orchard near their camp house that we have permission to shoot nuisance animals from at night. We put a pretty good hurting on the skunks. We got seven one night.
We also have a corn feeder out for hogs and went out to check it Friday night. When we get to the trail leading to the feeder I discovered there was a hog waiting for us. The fellow who was with me had never killed a hog and had never used a thermal scope. Being the good guest I am, I volunteered to let him shoot with my scope. I got everything set up and was giving some tips on where to aim and shoot and......... I'll just let the video speak for itself.
Saturday night after another pecan orchard patrol we went to go check the feeder again just in case. And wouldn't you know it, there is another hog standing there waiting for us. Actually, I am convinced it was the same hog as Friday night. There hasn't been much activity on this property. There's not much fresh damaged/rooting anywhere, and the owners just aren't seeing nearly as many as they've seen in the past. Maybe I'm wrong about this, but I'll continue to believe it was the same one. My friend named Mark insisted that I shoot this time.
I am in need of a new video cable darn it. On the DVR end, the heat shrink has come loose and anytime I move, it must be affecting the connection because I'm getting static in the videos.
I also got a daytime Chupacabra Sunday morning. We were riding about in the golf cart and had just about completed "the loop" when we spotted the mythical creature eating the remains of some recent archery killed deer. I never realized how long it seems for the scoped to boot up after being powered on. But it seemed like an eternity, and there was no way I was going to try and go for the video controls since the wind was blowing straight to the monster who was still oblivious to our presence.
A still photo is all I've got of the Chup. The first one I got earlier this year was not as big as this trophy is and I think I'm going to have it head mounted. Ha!!?
Pretty fun weekend.
There is a pecan orchard near their camp house that we have permission to shoot nuisance animals from at night. We put a pretty good hurting on the skunks. We got seven one night.
We also have a corn feeder out for hogs and went out to check it Friday night. When we get to the trail leading to the feeder I discovered there was a hog waiting for us. The fellow who was with me had never killed a hog and had never used a thermal scope. Being the good guest I am, I volunteered to let him shoot with my scope. I got everything set up and was giving some tips on where to aim and shoot and......... I'll just let the video speak for itself.
Saturday night after another pecan orchard patrol we went to go check the feeder again just in case. And wouldn't you know it, there is another hog standing there waiting for us. Actually, I am convinced it was the same hog as Friday night. There hasn't been much activity on this property. There's not much fresh damaged/rooting anywhere, and the owners just aren't seeing nearly as many as they've seen in the past. Maybe I'm wrong about this, but I'll continue to believe it was the same one. My friend named Mark insisted that I shoot this time.
I am in need of a new video cable darn it. On the DVR end, the heat shrink has come loose and anytime I move, it must be affecting the connection because I'm getting static in the videos.
I also got a daytime Chupacabra Sunday morning. We were riding about in the golf cart and had just about completed "the loop" when we spotted the mythical creature eating the remains of some recent archery killed deer. I never realized how long it seems for the scoped to boot up after being powered on. But it seemed like an eternity, and there was no way I was going to try and go for the video controls since the wind was blowing straight to the monster who was still oblivious to our presence.
A still photo is all I've got of the Chup. The first one I got earlier this year was not as big as this trophy is and I think I'm going to have it head mounted. Ha!!?
Pretty fun weekend.
