Weekend 6 Pack

This has to be one of the most frustrating hunts I have been on in a long time. The first three times we got onto pigs, they disappeared on us. The first ones seemed to have walked behind a small grove of trees and vanished. They weren't in the grove and the rest was open field. Weird. The third group (shown in opening of video) was moving in and out of high grass between two fields and finally moved back into the high grass and never returned. There was no moon and the winds were blowing up to 20 mph at that point (storms just north of us) and were in our favor. As the hogs were still several hundred yards away when we lost them, I think they were just foraging and their path just happened to take them away from us - bad luck.

When we finally made a successful approach on some hogs, it was in a lowland field where the mosquitoes were ravenous and aggressive. Deep Woods OFF and multiple layers of clothing were not a significant barrier to these guys. Winds had calmed a bit, but were no impediment to them when the winds were gusting. One even got me through my baseball cap! I had over 30 bites on my chest, arms, face, and neck. No telling how many more on my back side.

I had two malfunctions, different mags, not sure why. Rounds appeared to crash into feed ramp, blunting the tips of the SST ammo at an angle, and stick there. Previous round had ejected. Looks like some diagnostic range time is in order...

Some good shooting! I like how you guys stay calm and stay safe!

Aggressive mosquitoes are no fun. Good hunting.

At least you got many hogs after so much suffering in the end ;)

If I understood correctly, can you use any usb battery with your Trail? That would be great.

Nice haul for tough conditions!

Maybe it's time to start shooting the dang mosquitoes! Nice going.

Danged skeeters!!! HATE 'em !! They're so wicked in Alaska, Deep Woods OFF isn't even funny. You MIGHT be ok with Ben's 100% DEET, and a bug suit, but, no promises.

Nice to get out there and do some killing
I have bugs suits and hoods but they are all way too hot.
I am going to be trying a new product soon called Kite, it is a spray but soon will come out with a disk for daily protection. Deet is a damaging chemical and I try not to use it.

Hey at least y'all got 6 hogs down! Good work. Skeeters can be super annoying when they're out thick! Good luck figuring out the jamming situation.

neorubio said:

At least you got many hogs after so much suffering in the end ;)

If I understood correctly, can you use any usb battery with your Trail? That would be great.

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Thanks guys!

Yes, while the video said that I used a battery I keep to charge my cell phone in the field, it was the spare external battery that I use to run my IR Hunter as well. It is just an Anker 6700 mah 5v battery power supply.

The manual for the Trail says you can power the scopes this way and you can actually charge the onboard battery as well with an external battery power supply, but that it is a slow process, slower than doing it on the charger, I assume.

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As for the mosquitoes, I haven't had issue like that in years. It was windy and that didn't seem to slow them down, nor did clothing or the spray. I don't know if Kite Shield product would have worked or not. I had looked into it previously and opted not to buy it because it is only good for 2 hours for the types of mosquitoes we have here and Kite suggests reapplying every two hours. Most of the time, that would mean that I would have to carry the spray with me while hunting as I am out for more than 2 hours at a time. Now, for how we were hunting out of a vehicle, it might have been handy to use. The only question that remains would be if it actually worked better than the DW OFF.

I am sending a bottle to my hunting partner who lives near the Mosquito biohazard zone where we hunted and will let him see how well it works there.

Brian Shaffer said:

I am sending a bottle to my hunting partner who lives near the Mosquito biohazard zone where we hunted and will let him see how well it works there.

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There you go Brian! Get some poor unsuspecting buddy to be the guinea pig.

Somebody has to try and I am sure I have to be somewhere else that day!

Ever try clipping a thermocell to your belt? I've had good luck with one.

Afalex1 said:

Ever try clipping a thermocell to your belt? I've had good luck with one.

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Winds were awfully gusty. Thermacells work by forming a cloud around you. So the blowing wind would negate its effectiveness.

Got to the range. I had not cleaned or lubed the gun since I had the malfunctions and so it was in the same condition at the range as when hunting. While I don't know that the malfunctions were caused by a gas issue, the gun was running over-gassed and I dialed down the pressure and put 25 rounds down range without a single malfunction. I believe my problem is resolved.

Ha ha mosquito index 100% nice! Sounds like they were showing up on radar that night.