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Post by jfs on Oct 7, 2016 16:16:55 GMT -5
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Post by sheriff on Oct 8, 2016 9:25:46 GMT -5
Ya'll done well, James.
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cmillard
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Post by cmillard on Oct 8, 2016 17:08:00 GMT -5
wow, well done!!! that was one determined animal!
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Post by contender on Oct 9, 2016 7:55:27 GMT -5
That isn't a pig,,, it's a barrel with legs!
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Post by cmh on Oct 9, 2016 21:53:37 GMT -5
Two thumbs up James!!
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Post by rjm52 on Oct 10, 2016 20:10:44 GMT -5
Very nice James...I was going to ask you where you were off to when you said in another post you had a hunt with the .41 coming up...
Have always wanted to attend one of Reeders hunts...sounds like a great time...
Bob
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Post by magnumwheelman on Oct 12, 2016 7:17:11 GMT -5
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Post by 45MAN on Feb 4, 2019 19:23:23 GMT -5
I WOULD LIKE TO CORRECT THE RECORD, AS POSTED BY JAMES ELSEWHERE, ALL OF THE 41 BULLETS PICTURED AND DISCUSSED ARE XTP's, NOT AFRAMES. THE PICTURES HE POSTED RECENTLY OF 2 RECOVERED 41 AFRAMES LOOK VERY GOOD.
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Post by Ken O'Neill on Feb 4, 2019 20:19:34 GMT -5
PIGMAN!!!
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Post by jfs on Feb 5, 2019 14:47:01 GMT -5
Correct photo of recovered A-frames..... Sorry bout that....I have so many recovered bullets I mistakenly put the 475 XTP in with two 41 XTP`s from another hunt... here is a photo of the actual A-Frames... Maybe I should take fish oil or something...  
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This is the second time I`ve attended Gary Reeders Handgun Hunters Challenge at the Wilderness lodge in Tennessee and this year Kim Ralston (aka Kral) also signed up for the four day event. That Thursday Kim locked onto a mouflon he spotted and for three days he stalked that elusive critter, un-guided, until he made a 60 or so yard one shot kill with his Magnaport Stalker in 44. A true handgun hunt..... I, on the other hand, have wanted a javelina for the past 30 years and the way I looked at it was if I did not hunt one in all the times I`ve been to the south west odds were slim that I would ever get the chance. So I had Wilderness locate a good male and carried my scoped FA`s 41mag anticipating a 50 plus yard shot. I was sitting on the rim of a rock covered valley with my back against a tree while the guide made a push on the javelina. He weaved back and forth as he closed the distance and while I won`t say he was charging he sure as heck was popping those teeth until at 6 feet all I could see through the scope set at 2X was hide when I pulled the trigger. To my surprise it was a perfect shot with the critter dropping one foot from my leg.... Man that was exciting....Later that day while sitting in a elevated box blind and armed with the FA`s 41 using a handload with a 210gr A-frame over a Taffin powder charge, giving the Swift bullet a MV of 1645fps and my Gallagher five shot 475 using a 325gr XTP handload I felt well armed for any boar. What I spotted next, at 285yds, was a well armored tank in the form of big, old black boar.. I climbed down from the blind and made my way across the field to around 80 or so yards and sat down with my cross sticks and lined up on the boar. He was moving from left to right when I commenced firing placing 5 A-frames from his nut sack to the final shot in the shoulder that put him down. However, when I walked up on him there was still plenty of life so I put a 325XTP from my 475 that ended the hunt. Of the 60 or so boar I`ve hunted I put this one in the top three with the thickest gristle shields I`ve seen.The shield was tremendous..... After dinner on Friday night Gary held his get-together that includes a raffle where he gave away close to $5000 worth of prizes. Kim won one of Reeders bowies while I won a compact skinner while in the company of our very own Randominator and friends. We had a good time.... I`am sure Kim can give more detail about his mouflon 
