Thanks for the opportunity to be on the forum!
Born in Texas, raised in the Hill Country and baptized in the Guadalupe, I've lived in Austin since 82' and perform sweat equity at a couple of properties around the Hill Country in exchange for hog and coyote hunting privileges.
I have been in the medical field since 1993, and specialize in wound closure (sutures / staples / skin glue), and sometimes offer field medic kits as gifts when hunting as a guest.
In the mid-80s, I "hunted" at my girlfriend's family ranch in the Rio Grande Valley with a .22 mag, white spotlight strung out from the cigarette lighter, and a Johnny Stewart yellow woodpecker cassette blasting from a ten D cell battery boombox. Actually managed to get a few coyotes, who apparently were just slightly dumber than I was. Hardly ever saw a hog back then...now we can't shoot enough of them from helicopters.
The years went by, and I spent most of my outdoor time fishing. Then, about seven years ago, I inherited a Springfield 30.06 and decided to get into hog and coyote hunting. I had no other equipment, friends or relatives who hunted, access to property, nor clue as to what the hell I was doing.
After a helluva lot of mistakes I am now fairly successful with my hog hunting. And even when I don't put some hooves up, I learn something - lately it's been that advanced technology cannot compensate for poor technique.
Now that I have finally acquired thermal imaging and night vision capabilities, I much prefer to spot and stalk in complete darkness. It is absolutely amazing how much wildlife can be seen in this manner, and how much about their behavior can be learned. And how many cactus spines an
d twisted ankles can be acquired by walking around like an fool in the dark...
Born in Texas, raised in the Hill Country and baptized in the Guadalupe, I've lived in Austin since 82' and perform sweat equity at a couple of properties around the Hill Country in exchange for hog and coyote hunting privileges.
I have been in the medical field since 1993, and specialize in wound closure (sutures / staples / skin glue), and sometimes offer field medic kits as gifts when hunting as a guest.
In the mid-80s, I "hunted" at my girlfriend's family ranch in the Rio Grande Valley with a .22 mag, white spotlight strung out from the cigarette lighter, and a Johnny Stewart yellow woodpecker cassette blasting from a ten D cell battery boombox. Actually managed to get a few coyotes, who apparently were just slightly dumber than I was. Hardly ever saw a hog back then...now we can't shoot enough of them from helicopters.
The years went by, and I spent most of my outdoor time fishing. Then, about seven years ago, I inherited a Springfield 30.06 and decided to get into hog and coyote hunting. I had no other equipment, friends or relatives who hunted, access to property, nor clue as to what the hell I was doing.
After a helluva lot of mistakes I am now fairly successful with my hog hunting. And even when I don't put some hooves up, I learn something - lately it's been that advanced technology cannot compensate for poor technique.
Now that I have finally acquired thermal imaging and night vision capabilities, I much prefer to spot and stalk in complete darkness. It is absolutely amazing how much wildlife can be seen in this manner, and how much about their behavior can be learned. And how many cactus spines an
d twisted ankles can be acquired by walking around like an fool in the dark...
