Night Vision Let's see your NV gear and kill pics
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lean couple of nights. Video is of a few of the 13 on those 2 nights.
lean couple of nights. Video is of a few of the 13 on those 2 nights.
My pick guy sucks we will have a better selection on picks in a couple weeks..
This stalk was a good one.
Chase killed a fat one, kelly killed a fat one I killed a nice one and 6 sausage links..
This stalk was a good one.
Chase killed a fat one, kelly killed a fat one I killed a nice one and 6 sausage links..
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Looks like a good work trip for you Frankie. I guess every job has things you must do like hunt all night testing out high tech gear, that said I dont see that happening on my job any time soon!
Wild River Ranch kills hog number 2000
Over the years, we have counted our hogs, and averaged around 200 or so, per year. I recently went back to the log books, and realized we were close to 2000, since we've been counting 10 years. I've had the ranch 12 years, so some were killed before I formally opened the WRR guide service. Since we did not count many of the hogs we shot from the choppers, we knew we had 2000 in the bag, but we wanted to stay in the confines of our guided hunts, so we decided to claim 1998 after the tally.
Last Saturday night, I went out on foot, by myself, because I wanted to kill #2000....myself. I rarely get to shoot the pigs myself anymore because I'm always carrying HELGA, not a rifle....the clients carry the two suppressed 6.8 SBR's. I shot number 1999 with a Barnes TTSX 95 grain, and this one, number 2000, with a Raptor 3-blade, TSG bullet, and since no one else has ever killed pigs with them, I thought this would be special. I used my 12" suppressed SBR, stalked up to two boars that night and killed both with one shot to the spine. The last boar was shot at 120 yards, one shot, DRT.
Here are a few pics of what I'm calling WRR's number 2000th hog. This is a real milestone for us, and we are grateful for the support we've received over the years from 68forums, Sniper's Hide, and our industry partners.
Nothing has stemmed the tide of reproduction, infiltration and increased population with respect to feral hogs. Nothing has slowed WRR down in killing them, either. The 6.8 has certainly increased our kill ratio and one shot knock downs, There can be no denying that anymore. I've shot them with .17 HMR, .22LR, .223 / 5.56, .243, .270, .308 and .44 magnum, but I still choose the 6.8 suppressed SBR as my first love. I don't see that changing anytime soon.
This is a big pig. Great specimen to cross the 2000 mark...
Over the years, we have counted our hogs, and averaged around 200 or so, per year. I recently went back to the log books, and realized we were close to 2000, since we've been counting 10 years. I've had the ranch 12 years, so some were killed before I formally opened the WRR guide service. Since we did not count many of the hogs we shot from the choppers, we knew we had 2000 in the bag, but we wanted to stay in the confines of our guided hunts, so we decided to claim 1998 after the tally.
Last Saturday night, I went out on foot, by myself, because I wanted to kill #2000....myself. I rarely get to shoot the pigs myself anymore because I'm always carrying HELGA, not a rifle....the clients carry the two suppressed 6.8 SBR's. I shot number 1999 with a Barnes TTSX 95 grain, and this one, number 2000, with a Raptor 3-blade, TSG bullet, and since no one else has ever killed pigs with them, I thought this would be special. I used my 12" suppressed SBR, stalked up to two boars that night and killed both with one shot to the spine. The last boar was shot at 120 yards, one shot, DRT.
Here are a few pics of what I'm calling WRR's number 2000th hog. This is a real milestone for us, and we are grateful for the support we've received over the years from 68forums, Sniper's Hide, and our industry partners.
Nothing has stemmed the tide of reproduction, infiltration and increased population with respect to feral hogs. Nothing has slowed WRR down in killing them, either. The 6.8 has certainly increased our kill ratio and one shot knock downs, There can be no denying that anymore. I've shot them with .17 HMR, .22LR, .223 / 5.56, .243, .270, .308 and .44 magnum, but I still choose the 6.8 suppressed SBR as my first love. I don't see that changing anytime soon.
This is a big pig. Great specimen to cross the 2000 mark...
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Hunting with the great folks from Barnes bullets:
Clients from NY...great guys that can shoot
Hunting with the great folks from Barnes bullets:
Clients from NY...great guys that can shoot
Over the years, we have counted our hogs, and averaged around 200 or so, per year. I recently went back to the log books, and realized we were close to 2000, since we've been counting 10 years. I've had the ranch 12 years, so some were killed before I formally opened the WRR guide service. Since we did not count many of the hogs we shot from the choppers, we knew we had 2000 in the bag, but we wanted to stay in the confines of our guided hunts, so we decided to claim 1998 after the tally.
Last Saturday night, I went out on foot, by myself, because I wanted to kill #2000....myself. I rarely get to shoot the pigs myself anymore because I'm always carrying HELGA, not a rifle....the clients carry the two suppressed 6.8 SBR's. I shot number 1999 with a Barnes TTSX 95 grain, and this one, number 2000, with a Raptor 3-blade, TSG bullet, and since no one else has ever killed pigs with them, I thought this would be special. I used my 12" suppressed SBR, stalked up to two boars that night and killed both with one shot to the spine. The last boar was shot at 120 yards, one shot, DRT.
Here are a few pics of what I'm calling WRR's number 2000th hog. This is a real milestone for us, and we are grateful for the support we've received over the years from 68forums, Sniper's Hide, and our industry partners.
Nothing has stemmed the tide of reproduction, infiltration and increased population with respect to feral hogs. Nothing has slowed WRR down in killing them, either. The 6.8 has certainly increased our kill ratio and one shot knock downs, There can be no denying that anymore. I've shot them with .17 HMR, .22LR, .223 / 5.56, .243, .270, .308 and .44 magnum, but I still choose the 6.8 suppressed SBR as my first love. I don't see that changing anytime soon.
This is a big pig. Great specimen to cross the 2000 mark...
Congratulations Chris!
For some who don't know Wild River Ranches, they are THE premier guide service with a world class facility. They just don't hunt hogs either, deer, ducks, large mouth bass don't get away too easy. They have over 40 years of combined hunting experience and it does not get much better with these guys, they know their stuff. I for one cannot wait to get back there for some hog killin' therapy and a few cigars!
Great pig Chris
and nice job with the Ranch. I shoot a 6.8 SBR suppressed and think it is a great weapon. Using both the 95 TTSX and the 90 Federal Gold Dot.
and nice job with the Ranch. I shoot a 6.8 SBR suppressed and think it is a great weapon. Using both the 95 TTSX and the 90 Federal Gold Dot.
I've had good success with the 90 grain Gold Dot. We tested the bullets for ATK / LWRC and presented the results at TSWG in Washington DC this past March. The bullet is indeed effectively bonded and deforms a lot like the copper monoliths. Its barrier blind but also good on soft tissue. I'm impressed because they are so inexpensive to produce and very accurate, too. We shot 35 hogs from the helo in one day with the LWRC UCIW, 8.5" sub-carbine. Lots of fun and good practice, too.
ETA: the picture shows 90 grain Gold Dot from the XM68GD white box round, at both 2440 and 2860 FPS, compared to recovered Barnes 95 TTSXs.
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first coyote yoy taken at 50 yards
the double was taken one at 75 yards with the Aquila and 243 second coyote came up out of the woods barking looking for his bud and stoped about 50 yards down wind of him mistake on his part D760 on223
MX160/PVS14 behind Aimpoint with Torch Pro IR good for 200 yards with no mag
Just CLASSIC! Need to make a poster out of this one Brother!
Vic
recent Middle Georgia Kills
Rifles are Ambush Firearms 5.56 and The scopes are Armasight Nemesis Gen 2+ 4x and 6x. The 4x is a white phosphorus tube and the 6x is a standard green tube.
This is a very deadly combination.
Rifles are Ambush Firearms 5.56 and The scopes are Armasight Nemesis Gen 2+ 4x and 6x. The 4x is a white phosphorus tube and the 6x is a standard green tube.
This is a very deadly combination.
A cool pic our camera guy too last night. Ambush Rifles and Armasight Nemesis Optics.
Copy right, Paul Capella
Copy right, Paul Capella
just to say I did it, mounted a visible laser to my 1873 Springfield 45-70 co-witnessed with the sights dead on at 25, sat in my bow stand and waited for the hogs. took this one at 20 yards in the head (from the hip while sitting 12' off the ground) hogs and coons were not alarmed by the laser at all or IR light
notice the addition of a tacticool single point sling, lol the bbl still drug the gound
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that's my FLIR ls64 with GoPro camera mounts, needed it last night hogs in the brush 60 yards away quietly working their way in, couldn't see them with NV and IR, till in the open
386 yards stepped off, running shooting 243 win 58 gr at 3650fps 200 yard zero, started one mill high and 2 mills lead off the nose and added one mill every shot , dropped on the 4th shot with what I thought was 3 + mills, double lung right behind the shoulder. Aquil 6x no moon or IR thanks Vic
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Spotlighted her with the IR surefire helmet light, we were standing 40 yards apart and she stood still like a good girl so I could get a good shot. Pretty surprised to see its nearly as big as a adult German Shepherd...calibrated arm says 60-65 lbs...
Here is a video of a few dogs coming in between me and my house - usually they come in further out, I had to spin around 180' -, I had to wait till I had a good backstop to take the shot @92 yards.
You are looking through a NightForce @5.5 with a PVS14 behind it, with my Iphone behind that, Mounted to a Larue 18" OBR 7.62 with an AAC 7.62SD on it, Shooting a 178gn Amax, on a Manfroto tripod. The IR laser is mounted to the OBR, I am standing next to the whole setup with another 14 on a helmet, just put the laser on and pull the trigger. :mrgreen:
Yes, cans are needed so the neighbors don't get annoyed when shooting in the dark. :lol:
Coyote control - YouTube
You are looking through a NightForce @5.5 with a PVS14 behind it, with my Iphone behind that, Mounted to a Larue 18" OBR 7.62 with an AAC 7.62SD on it, Shooting a 178gn Amax, on a Manfroto tripod. The IR laser is mounted to the OBR, I am standing next to the whole setup with another 14 on a helmet, just put the laser on and pull the trigger. :mrgreen:
Yes, cans are needed so the neighbors don't get annoyed when shooting in the dark. :lol:
Coyote control - YouTube
Man thats really cool !
just to say I did it, mounted a visible laser to my 1873 Springfield 45-70 co-witnessed with the sights dead on at 25, sat in my bow stand and waited for the hogs. took this one at 20 yards in the head (from the hip while sitting 12' off the ground) hogs and coons were not alarmed by the laser at all or IR light
notice the addition of a tacticool single point sling, lol the bbl still drug the gound
on loan from a friend Rem 700 glued into tube , 308 cal 1/13 Krieger 24" 125 gr Nosler [MENTION=16613]3000fps[/MENTION] shoots sub MOA, topped it off with the Aquila 6x and Torch-Pro
Chip shot at 325 off the hood of the truck DRT
225 +/- 5 yards (chip shot), he came in from up wind and we had a 7-10 mph wind, kind of surprised me as we where calling down wind to cover more ground and we had just covered a pasture up wind 1/4 mile and had called upwind in that pasture. I was scanning through the scope on the tripod keeping an eye on some livestock , and caught him coming under a fence, whispered to my buddy,, "coyote coming in" he paused and I hit him before he was in line with the livestock, hit him with a 125 gr Nosler BT at about 3090 fps, he went down so fast I didn't see it in the scope but the sound of the hit was un mistakable ;-) not a furr friendly load yet it does give the advantage of keeping the crosshairs in the fur out to 350 yards with a 100 yard zero
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Got 11 over the weekend. Team hunt, most at night. All on foot, in all kit to stay in practice. Barnes TSX is the bomb. All one shot bang flops in .308.
150 yd one shot kill with IR laser
Just at dusk
At dawn
First night
Processing is a breeze with an ESEE Junglas
150 yd one shot kill with IR laser
Just at dusk
At dawn
First night
Processing is a breeze with an ESEE Junglas
Got the call to help a friend with problem hogs on his club. They are tearing everything up.
300 Blackout suppressed green tip supersonics. Anvis9's with eotech exps3-2
300 Blackout suppressed green tip supersonics. Anvis9's with eotech exps3-2
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Some local dairy farm Yotes about to check out! :-D When I'm back in town in approx. 2 weeks hopefully I will have some new video of the kills!
It was a cool day so the hand warmers on the back of the target with a hole punched through worked extremely well with the T70
It was a cool day so the hand warmers on the back of the target with a hole punched through worked extremely well with the T70
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Can't wait to see the results Vic. Haven't made the jump to night vision yet. Am starting to work on Suppressors now though..we're getting there.
Me too, the local dairy farm owner is a tad bit upset what is happening on his property. A few workers have called this place the new Coyote freeway!
Coyote freeway eh? Sounds like it's going to be a great time, not to smile at others problems but you know what i mean . Our coyote problems on the levee have dwindled down a lot due to trapping but they're still pretty rampant on the farm. Hell they need to eat some deer so we can actually produce some crops. Some of our small acre fields have been demolished by deer in the last four years. 20-30 acres every year if i had to guess. Then hogs are starting to emerge here as well. More incentive to get NV you might ask? I think so
. Our coyote problems on the levee have dwindled down a lot due to trapping but they're still pretty rampant on the farm. Hell they need to eat some deer so we can actually produce some crops. Some of our small acre fields have been demolished by deer in the last four years. 20-30 acres every year if i had to guess. Then hogs are starting to emerge here as well. More incentive to get NV you might ask? I think so that is a nice weapons set up Vic. One of mine is almost identical except where you have the T=70, I have a PVS-24. One of these days I will have a thermal clip on, but not yet.
Good luck with those coyotes!!
Good luck with those coyotes!!
These 3 surprised me as I was headed to a hot spot. Smoked 2 from the driver's seat and had to get mobile for the third.
5.56mm does the job just fine.
I hope you enjoy the video.
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