Hogs are thick in OK right now
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Glad to see things are working out. Look forward to many more of your night time escapades!! Also taking note of the Thor you are using, am in the process of looking at them. Thanks for posting and good shooting. BANG BANG!!
I had clients rent Thor scopes and they had the same thing happen. It was a battery issue. Not all cr123 batteries are the same length. If you have calipers find the longest one possible and it shouldn't shut off anymore.
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It takes three, I have two sets and will find the longest. Thanks for the help.
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Allright. Had a good stalk last night on a small sounder. Had to go quite a ways but they cooperated. Came up over a rise and popped the largest one (ended up going around 140#). Would have liked to hit a couple of more but the darn ATN shutoff on me
. Just about a perfect shot, DRT with sst 120.
Spent the day cleaning up hog rooting and noticed some buzzards in the woods by the front feeder where I took a shot at the alpha sow the other day but didn't recover. With the buzzards help, I found her. Guessing around 250# but I wasn't going to wrap a tape around her after two days in the sun. Sad that I didn't recover when I shot her but happy that I didn't miss.
. Just about a perfect shot, DRT with sst 120.Spent the day cleaning up hog rooting and noticed some buzzards in the woods by the front feeder where I took a shot at the alpha sow the other day but didn't recover. With the buzzards help, I found her. Guessing around 250# but I wasn't going to wrap a tape around her after two days in the sun. Sad that I didn't recover when I shot her but happy that I didn't miss.
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afalex addressed it with a handy tip. Kinda surprised batteries aren't made with closer tolerances.
Glad to see you are on them. Nice going. BANG BANG!!
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good job man.. sounds like youre havin a good time
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OK, got another one last night. Long stalk to a small group underneath their favorite tree. Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to correct the battery issue so I only got one shot off and the atn cycled off and back on. She looked around a hundred pounds but after spending 15 minutes wrestling it into the truck, I am guessing a little bigger. I was able to pull the backstraps on this one.
Sadly, not sure if I hit her with a SST or Vmax because some of the ammo got mixed together. About a 70 yard shot, hit just aft of the shoulder. Bullet was just under the hide on what would have been the exit side. The entrance had what looked like a fist sized hole, not sure if that is normal but I was really impressed with the damage. I have a picture of the entrance but not sure if I should post.
Having problems resizing hog picture so here is link.
http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/x367/navygator/imagejpg1_zps9acb7cc5.jpg
Sadly, not sure if I hit her with a SST or Vmax because some of the ammo got mixed together. About a 70 yard shot, hit just aft of the shoulder. Bullet was just under the hide on what would have been the exit side. The entrance had what looked like a fist sized hole, not sure if that is normal but I was really impressed with the damage. I have a picture of the entrance but not sure if I should post.
Having problems resizing hog picture so here is link.
http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/x367/navygator/imagejpg1_zps9acb7cc5.jpg
Navygator
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No sir. I haven't tried batteries yet, doing that in a few.
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Agree. Changed out batteries and cleaned the contact area inside the unit, it was filthy. 5 rounds cycled through fine. Fingers crossed.
Hope you fixed and you can slay the piggies!!! BANG BANG!!
I hope it works. It worked for my guys.