More Leverguns Hunt Photos

86er · Post by **86er** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:30 pm

This is Trevor with his first big game animal taken on his 14th Birthday. He used his Dad's 25-06 Sako with a Leica scope.
After 2 miles and many stalks we finally closed the distance and he made the shot count.

Nath · Post by **Nath** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:38 pm

Well done Trevor

That Lieca scope is serious kit! And the Sako! Excellent choices.

Nath

Terry Murbach · Post by **Terry Murbach** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:40 pm

A FINE LOOKIN' LAD. HE MADE HIS BONES WITH ONE SHOT FROM HIS OLD MAN'S RIFLE TOO !!! BULLY FOR HIM !! IT GIVES A BIT OF FAITH FOR THE FUTURE.

RKrodle · Post by **RKrodle** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:59 pm

A really good kid. His dad was prouder then punch.

2ndovc · Post by **2ndovc** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:02 pm

Glad to hear he got one.
That Sako sure was a sharp looking rifle!

jb

Marlin32 · Post by **Marlin32** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 5:41 pm

Yeah, nice rifle. I need one of those in .308! Wll, not need...

huntress · Post by **huntress** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 5:43 pm

Wow! Great job! What a wonderful way to spend your 14th birthday! Congrats!

Sandy

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:02 pm

Excellent! Joe, where did he hit him? Can't tell from the photo.

RKrodle · Post by **RKrodle** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:11 pm

Here are a few more pics from the hunt.

2ndovc and Fweidner on Friday afternoon. 2ndovc is using an old 86 in 33wcf and FWeidner is using his custom 94 in 30wcf.

2ndovc with his second hog that he took with his 95 in 35wcf.

86er and Lindsey cleaning animals.

JReed · Post by **JReed** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:16 pm

Looks like a great time was had by all. One of these times I will have to make it out there and hunt with y'all.

crs · Post by **crs** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:32 pm

So, tell me, how did you get Brians front wheel drive car out of the mud?
Or did you just leave it there?

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:52 pm

You all were really stacking them with some high class rifles to boot! It is good to see some young folks out there enjoying it. Trevor's hunt sounded like a good time for sure!

RKrodle · Post by **RKrodle** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:59 pm

crs wrote:So, tell me, how did you get Brians front wheel drive car out of the mud?
Or did you just leave it there?

After about an hour of Brian digging and laying in the mud and water trying to get under the front end of the car he found a place to hook the strap and I pulled him out. He was pretty much soaked but the car came right out. He drove out from the cabin to the road without to much trouble.

RKrodle · Post by **RKrodle** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:02 pm

JReed wrote:Looks like a great time was had by all. One of these times I will have to make it out there and hunt with y'all.

We would be delighted to have you along Gunny. The hunting almost winds up being secondary, the socializing rates up there pretty high.

86er · Post by **86er** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:04 pm

Brian made it down with his car and it wasn't his fault he got stuck. Unlike the "other" Brian (the 4th one to arrive) that can't stay on the road, can't follow directions and has no sense. I dragged him out, no thanks to him helping.....

2ndovc · Post by **2ndovc** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:22 pm

86er wrote:Brian made it down with his car and it wasn't his fault he got stuck. Unlike the "other" Brian (the 4th one to arrive) that can't stay on the road, can't follow directions and has no sense. I dragged him out, no thanks to him helping.....

One of my favorite moments of the entire weekend.
Joe's buddy Mike and I were watching Joe pull the 2WD out.
i was laughing so hard my sides were hurting. Mike's a funny guy!

I was really glad to see the NY boys. I'd heard "Dirty Yankee" one to many times.

jb

RKrodle · Post by **RKrodle** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:33 pm

2ndovc wrote:
86er wrote:Brian made it down with his car and it wasn't his fault he got stuck. Unlike the "other" Brian (the 4th one to arrive) that can't stay on the road, can't follow directions and has no sense. I dragged him out, no thanks to him helping.....
One of my favorite moments of the entire weekend.
Joe's buddy Mike and I were watching Joe pull the 2WD out.
i was laughing so hard my sides were hurting. Mike's a funny guy!

I was really glad to see the NY boys. I'd heard "Dirty Yankee" one to many times.

jb

Oh come on..........that wasn't DIRTY Yankee we were saying

. Jason it was a pleasure to meet you, and you have some great rifles. It's truly amazing the level of people that you meet from this forum.

n2t · Post by **n2t** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:36 pm

What's funny, well besides the fact that I'm from NY is that the gf was driving her 2 wheel drive car..and we had no idea he was stuck. We just thought wow..that's not a very bright place to have parked a big truck..now we have to go off the track to get around him..little coaxing and some good driving later and the gf was parked by the grill looking at the rams you guys took that morning. We had no idea he was stuck there till someone mentioned it.

RKrodle · Post by **RKrodle** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:41 pm

n2t wrote: We just thought wow..that's not a very bright place to have parked a big truck..

2ndovc · Post by **2ndovc** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:45 pm

RKrodle wrote:
2ndovc wrote:
86er wrote:Brian made it down with his car and it wasn't his fault he got stuck. Unlike the "other" Brian (the 4th one to arrive) that can't stay on the road, can't follow directions and has no sense. I dragged him out, no thanks to him helping.....
One of my favorite moments of the entire weekend.
Joe's buddy Mike and I were watching Joe pull the 2WD out.
i was laughing so hard my sides were hurting. Mike's a funny guy!

I was really glad to see the NY boys. I'd heard "Dirty Yankee" one to many times.

jb
Oh come on..........that wasn't DIRTY Yankee we were saying . Jason it was a pleasure to meet you, and you have some great rifles. It's truly amazing the level of people that you meet from this forum.

I can't say enough about how much fun I had!!

"Dirty Yankee" aside

, those Texas boys sure know how to make you feel welcome!!

Can't wait for next year!!

jb

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 8:21 pm

Looks like a grand time was had by all. One of these days I'll get down there and hunt with ya'll. Hopefully sooner than later. Is there going to be a summer hunt again this year?

huntress · Post by **huntress** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 8:27 pm

OK the only thing I am going to publically say on this topic for now is please don't judge me based on the company that I am currently stuck with! I sincerely hope that his lack of personality and brains, is not a reflection in your minds of me. I have been hearing and reading the comments and I fear that you will all think that is who I am. It is not. I am aware of the shortcomings and many more that were not evident this weekend, and I am currently fixing that problem. Please just judge me for me.

I had a great time this weekend and so did my daughters. It was great to meet everyone and put faces to names! I do hope to see you all again on other hunts.

I have a ton of homework but once I am done I will post my pics from this weekend, and I have a lot of them. After all I am the crazy mom with the camera! Or so my daughter says!

Sandy

TwistedSerpent · Post by **TwistedSerpent** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 8:32 pm

From Will and Amanda - Not at all are we connecting you and the driver, we are extremely impressed by that ram your daughter got. 30-30 to the nasal cavity says a lot about a person! We hope to see you again next time and get to talk more!

Big Mike · Post by **Big Mike** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 8:35 pm

Hey it was great to meet you guys. I had a good time. I've guided for Joe many times so once I'm settled in Texas I'm sure I'll see you guys either as a fellow hunter or helping you get your stuff. I spent time talking to Jason, Sandy, Ricky, Brian with the glasses. All good people. I didn't get to talk much with the other guys but from what little I did everyone was getting along great and having fun. It was really funny to watch Joe drag the freakin stuffy guy through the mud. It was real funny at the end of the driveway when Joe "accidentally" spun the wheels while turning them back and forth and covering the new 2X2 womans truck with mud

I had a great freakin time and I can't wait to get my family to Texas and hunt with you guys again. Oh, and if you didn't know, I love my BLR and my Win 94 and I am a die hard levergunner too.

RKrodle · Post by **RKrodle** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 8:41 pm

Hey Mike, Welcome to the forum. It was great to meet you and can't wait til you and your family get down here for good.

Big Mike · Post by **Big Mike** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 8:42 pm

Anyone that's Joe's friend is my friend if they'll let me be.

86er · Post by **86er** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 8:45 pm

Huntress- your hubby is a dufus and you're still older than me - but we still love ya.

Mike - glad you made it back okay. I'll keep an eye on your new house for ya. Get back soon (or just send Kristen and Mooky)

Thanks for a great weekend, everyone!

huntress · Post by **huntress** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 8:53 pm

[quote="86er"]Huntress- your hubby is a dufus and you're still older than me - but we still love ya.

I am aware of that and I am working on it!

It does not matter that I am 7 whole months older... what matters is that I look YEARS younger!!!

Remember that grandpa!!! LOL

Sandy

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:06 pm

I have enough personal flaws that I am unable to profit from the judgement business.

I pretty much enjoyed getting to meet everybody I ran into.

Mike Rintoul · Post by **Mike Rintoul** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:22 pm

Who shot Grizzly? How about Cast Performance? Joe this whole hunt is a bust without some terminal performance reports. Might have to replace you on my Pro Staff. Sheeeesh!

vancelw · Post by **vancelw** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:35 pm

2ndovc wrote:
I was really glad to see the NY boys. I'd heard "Dirty Yankee" one to many times.

jb

Ricky's right! We weren't calling you a "Dirty" Yankee! That's what we'll be calling Big Mike after he gets moved down here and stays

We'll be calling him that from a safe distance.

I can't help but wonder what the Comanches called my folks when they barged in and took over the place

2ndovc · Post by **2ndovc** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:17 am

vancelw wrote:
2ndovc wrote:
I was really glad to see the NY boys. I'd heard "Dirty Yankee" one to many times.

jb
Ricky's right! We weren't calling you a "Dirty" Yankee! That's what we'll be calling Big Mike after he gets moved down here and stays We'll be calling him that from a safe distance.

I can't help but wonder what the Comanches called my folks when they barged in and took over the place

I think a safe distance would be at least 3-4 miles!

jb

RSY · Post by **RSY** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:36 am

RKrodle wrote:
crs wrote:So, tell me, how did you get Brians front wheel drive car out of the mud?
Or did you just leave it there?
After about an hour of Brian digging and laying in the mud and water trying to get under the front end of the car he found a place to hook the strap and I pulled him out. He was pretty much soaked but the car came right out. He drove out from the cabin to the road without to much trouble.

My old Yukon to the rescue???

86er · Post by **86er** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:39 pm

Yeah Scott, your old Yukon got it done!

RKrodle · Post by **RKrodle** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:47 pm

RSY wrote:
RKrodle wrote:
crs wrote:So, tell me, how did you get Brians front wheel drive car out of the mud?
Or did you just leave it there?
After about an hour of Brian digging and laying in the mud and water trying to get under the front end of the car he found a place to hook the strap and I pulled him out. He was pretty much soaked but the car came right out. He drove out from the cabin to the road without to much trouble.
My old Yukon to the rescue???

You betcha! She is still going strong at 220000 some odd miles.

RSY · Post by **RSY** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:58 pm

Well, I'm happy it's proven to be a good vehicle for you. I know it served us well.

Looks like a good time was had by all. I was going to say I wish I could've made it...until I saw the photos.

I got my fill of living in the mud in the infantry once-upon-a-time.

Hopefully, I'll be able to make a trip in the near future and see all y'all again. It doesn't have to be warm, but dry would be nice.

Scott

bsaride · Post by **bsaride** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 12:04 am

Mike Rintoul wrote:Who shot Grizzly? How about Cast Performance? Joe this whole hunt is a bust without some terminal performance reports. Might have to replace you on my Pro Staff. Sheeeesh!

Mike,

I'm goin on Joe's Riverside, CA pig hunt.

I will take Win 94AE in 44 mag, S&W 21-4 in 44SPecial and 1908 Marlin 1893 in 30-30.

Send PM for address to send ammo too.

Jay

piller · Post by **piller** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 1:50 pm

Mike, as posted elsewhere, I used a CPB 425 grain .475 WFN powered by IMR4227 out of my model 92 Puma in .480 Ruger for the second hog. It was 150 pounds, and a rather dramatic stop. It was feeding and moving intermittently, and I shot it in the upper left side in the ribs. The pig rolled 270 degrees and squealed really loud. I was in a blind 50 yards away and walked up to the pig and placed a coup de grace behind its ear as it was still twitching and trying to squeal. The pig was not going anywhere as it was as dead as Simon Cowell's hopes of winning Mister Personality, even though it didn't realize it yet due to the massive shock. The shot was full penetration with exit on the opposite side and a big entrance hole with a bigger exit hole. This is in contrast to the .44 Mag using 200 grain Nosler JHP bullets powered by VVN110. The smaller hog hit with the .44 was hit in the neck first and started exsanguinating immediately, spun around, ran into 3 trees, and absorbed 3 more shots before going down for keeps. The .44 obviously did not transmit as much shock, nor do the damage that the WFN cast bullet did.

Does that help.

crs · Post by **crs** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 3:07 pm

Mr. Rintaul,
I shot 300 gr FNSP factory Hornady(I have several boxes) and at 50 yards, the 118 pound pig went BANG-FLOP with a single .405 round to the upper ribs, DRT. Naturally the bullet was not recovered, but the entry hole was about 40 caliber and the exit hole was 2+ inches. The bullet had sucked some innards about 2 inches out the exit side of the hog.

Some 6 ' 4" ex Marine with a big brown hat saw these innards showing on one side and asked me where I shot the critter. He did not even laugh when I told him "On the other side".
Most Texans have a really good sense of humor, so go figure.

Mike Rintoul · Post by **Mike Rintoul** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:59 pm

Thanks for the field reports. It looks like Lindsays custom load did what it was supposed to (as did she) and Cast Performance bullets were used by a few of you and they lived up to our expectations. I appreciate the other load info too, good baselines when you decided on custom loads for special applications.