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St. Gunner

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Went out this morning, took a new pitbull pup along, actually he's lived here for awhile, but went on his first hunt today, saw his first hog ever at about 8am, had his teeth sunk in its ear by about 8:01a.m. Ended up with five total, not enough guys blocking trails this morning with rifles. So the body count ended up low.

The five
 

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Bandits first hog... Caught by him and my other bulldog, I grabbed his legs and a buddy dispatched him with a Buck Knife...
 

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That is a great picture! I'm not sure why, but that really appeals to me.

So St. Gunner, if I save up enough to take a vacation before I ship, wouldja mind I drove on down and tagged along with you on one of yer hunts? I could raise the "guys blocking trails" number. ;)


Edit: Oops, posted before I saw the second pic. I was talkin' bout the pic in the first post. Maybe it's the lighting....
 
"I grabbed his legs and a buddy dispatched him with a Buck Knife..."

Try a K-Bar some time.......... Back sharpen the leading edge.....
Makes carotid cuts smooth.

:D
 
I'll let ya all in on a little secret..

Most knife stores sell a cresent "butcher's knife".. The thing splits a hog like nobody's business, and it's dirt dirt cheap, like $19.95.

Ahh the benefits of your grandpa being a butcher. :cool:

Nice pics.
 
Balog,

I'm heading off to the Border Patrol academy sometime soon, don't know when, they'll call a couple weeks before I am to be at my duty station. When I come back 5 months from then, I don't know where I am going to be(they'll tell me when they call me to say when to be there). I may be gone in two weeks or it may be another four months.

akaMAc,

I prefer my case, long thin blade, I also carry a Cold Steel Gunsite Folder and it works for the carotid pop. I already carry a Taurus .357 and two speedloaders plus the cylinder full of PMC 158 SP's, one of those utility folders with screwdrivers and such, a motorola radio, sometimes a GPS, the Cold Steel, a pocket full of tie strings and drag ropes, a couple leads, plus like today I had to bulldogs on leads as we went for about a 10 mile hike...

twoblink,

Cool, may have to check one out.
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Oh I left out one part of the story, about 12:30 this afternoon a guy had a pup on the ground, the pup decided to start a pack of javelina, which even the broke dogs do at times. Well we ended up putting a bunch of staples in a dogo catch dog. The guy hollared into the radio we had hogs bayed without seeing them. The dogs got dumped and things got real hairy. Now the guy made some mistakes, but he didn't have a gun, so his dogo comes out of the brush with a javelina attached to his head and neck, he grabs it by the back, drags it into the open and kills it with a knife. I was pretty impressed them things can nearly turn inside their skins. One little 30lb javelina whipped 3 dogos pretty soundly, I thought they had a real bad hog and turned my two pits loose, but the thing was dead before they arrived, or I would have had a mess. If I had to choose between fighting a 300lb boar hog unarmed or a javelina, i'd take the boar hog everytime. Those little suckers are like getting in a fight with the guys from a ginsu commercial.

The dog is ok, just probably a little sore tonight.
 
St. Gunner: let me congratulate you on the decision to be a BP. I've met a few agents in my own volunteer work on the border, and I've got a lot of respect for people who choose to risk their lives to defend our country in that way.
 
Middle of February is Spring time in South Texas. Look how green it is!

We're still brown up here even with 3 inches of snow last Saturday and 70+ degrees this week.

Nice hogs.

Smoke
 
Yep, some nice shots.

Quote: "a Taurus .357 and two speedloaders plus the cylinder full of PMC 158 SP's,"

I'm curious to hear what kind of experince you've had with that as a "hog stopper". What length of barrel on the Taurus? And where is your preferred aiming point with that load?

The reason I ask is that, especially when carrying a rifle, I often like to pack light as light as practical for long hikes, with 2" Scandium Smith being my favorite revolver for such. (Altho I do have a 3" Ruger SP-101.) Besides telling me to wear some "tree-climbin' boots" :D , your thoughts?
 
I'm curious to hear what kind of experince you've had with that as a "hog stopper". What length of barrel on the Taurus? And where is your preferred aiming point with that load?

You place one into the head, it doesn't much matter. 99% of the time the gun never leaves the holster, we stab most of them with a knife. I mainly carry for snakes and such, but on occasion one breaks on us and I have been known to shoot them. Normally I aim for the hips because they are going either straight away of broadside. It'll normally drop em in place and you can finish them.

I've killed a few with it out of trees out to about 20yds, and a couple on the ground stalking them. It is a 4" barreled gun, but I shoot probably 30rds a week or so out of it most of the year. At 150yds I can land all six on an 18"x18" steel plate. At 15yds I can bust clays set out on the ground as fast as I can pull the trigger. Its just always worked for me, I got it about five years ago and while some guns have come and gone it has always stayed. Most days finds it riding in the truck with me, I like carrying it better than a semi-auto, simply because I know if I need to I can shoot alot further than with a semi.

Would i want to stop a charging boar with it, nope, but i have with other .357's before. I used to load some 180gr XTPS in a Ruger blackhawk in front of W296. They would penetrate lengthwise through a 180lb dressed weight boar.

Steve
 
Steve -

Thanks for the details on .357 experience. It's great that you've been able to find one that works so well for you. I'm sure some of the same skills will be helpful with the Border Patrol. Best of luck with them.
 
http://www.swiss-knife.com/asp/detail.asp?lan=EN&code=5.7403.25&shop=SK

This one is a bit more expensive because it's a brand-name.. But $30 ain't bad. they make a 36cm one as well (15").. This one is a 25cm..

These things split a hog like the ol' machetes on palm trees..

I highly recommend them.

Or go to the local mall's knife stores and ask to see the butcher blades. The more belly the blade's got, the easier it is to split the suckers..
 
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