Jiggety jig.
Or however that old rhyme goes. Can't remember.
Anyhoo, I'm home. Had a great week off and tomorrow it's back to the salt mines.
Yep, got my buck. Not as good a buck as he originally looked in the scope, but a respectable 3x3. Not as big as the Younger Nephew's buck (a very large 4-point) but I can live with it.
Also got two pigs, one a good sized (about 200 lb., best guess) sow who gave up four packages of spareribs in addition to the hams and shoulder roasts and neck roasts. The smaller boar (probably about 120 lbs.) gave up some smaller versions of same.
Sadly, Older Nephew didn't get a buck this year. HOWEVER, the young feller does have some bragging rights. See, he got a ~300 lb. sow. Head shot. Excellent head shot. Such a good head shot, in fact, that the bullet also performed a head shot on the roughly 400 lb. boar behind her also.
Two for one, as it were. The shot of a lifetime, and bragging rights for years. Not to mention enough pork for years. Way to go, my man!
And now, after a few hours on the road home, it is bedtime.
UPDATE: Rats. Almost forgot to mention that the Sainted Bride and Daughter Number Two were able to make it to the ranch for a short visit (up Saturday, home Sunday) to see The Latest Addition to the family, my cousin's granddaughter. What a sweetie she is. On my previous visit almost two months ago, I got a picture of me with The Latest Addition, which I forwarded to Daughter Number One. Received a reply along the lines of "you suck!" I will no doubt receive a similar reply when forwarding pics of The Latest Addition with EVERYONE IN THE FAMILY EXCEPT DAUGHTER NUMBER ONE.
But that's what she gets for flaking out by putting school and career ahead of deer season this year.
Oh, and The Latest Addition to the Family? Oh my God, she is SO FREAKIN' ADORABLE!
Iz out!
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10 comments:
sounds excellent! get the smoker cranked up for that fresh pork butt!
Long hours over low heat and lots of smoke. Mmm. Sounds good already.
Glad you had a great trip.
Congrats.
I was wondering where you took off to.
Why no pictures of the carnage? I love hunting pictures.
Based on what I've learned from where I live, many congratulations to your nephew on removing two more individuals of a pretty nefarious invasive species. (Hogs are a huge problem where I live).
I always encourage my students who hunt to go after the hogs. (And the deer, too, the deer population is pretty big in places...)
Now that sounds like good hunting!
Way cool!
But now everyone will expect food blogging focused on pork.
Oh yes, very probably there will be some food blogging.
Welcome back. Glad you had a successful trip.
Congrats on a successful and safe hunt.
How well does California do in managing the population of those wild boars? Here in MN they are also considered an invasive species and can be shot on sight at any time. A cheeseburger has a better chance of survival in Michael Moore's grasp than a wild pig in MN. Consequently, there are none.
The pig herd is managed fairly well, pigs are actually the "biggest" big game animal in California, meaning the most taken (more than deer).
Little weird, though. Until several years ago (maybe 12 or 15?) it was one pig per day, no tags. Then they made it no limit, but required one tag per pig at about $1 each. Tags went up a bit, to almost $2 each over a few years. Then just a very few years ago (my little bro says it was when Ah-nuld got in office) they jumped up to $15 each and this year they're $18. I guess the bureaucreeps know a cash cow when they see it.
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