Not really sure what to actually call this, so I am giving it my best attempt. While pig hunting in Texas, I got to do something I have never personally experienced before. Sitting on raised seats on the edge of an open field.
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- Holding Rifle Barrel in safe direction
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- The brush is thicker that I thought in Texas
In this particular case, we were on the back of a “mule”. But this outfitter also had similar seats on the backs of jeeps.
Between you and me, it was probably some of the most comfortable and enjoyable hunting I have ever engaged in. The sun was setting. The air was cooling off. A slight breeze was blowing in our faces. And the elevated field of view was for many hundreds of yards.
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- My Blaser R8 at the ready
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- Guide’s Remington 700. Notice the corrosion on the ring screws? That’s real world.
For someone who is accustomed to hunting east of the Mississippi, this was a radically difference experience from hunkering down in deer blinds; or strapping yourself up in a tree stand.
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- View from elevated seat.
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- Successful hunt. Freeze made sausage.
I’d like to do it again.
Sincerely,
Marky
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