Success in the Desert
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12/07/2018 4:18 PM
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Just got back from my annual desert hunt (Terrell Co. TX) and had the time of my life! Every year my brother and I head to our west Texas lease and spend 5 days enjoying the wilderness hunting whitetail, mule deer, and predators/javelina with our Specialty Pistols. First morning in the stand I was sitting with ?Doris? my Remington XP-100 in .45-70 Govt. A thick fog rolled in early and I could only see 40 yards ahead of me. I put my feet up, got put some breakfast from my pack, and thought to myself, ?If God wants me to have a buck this morning, he?s pretty much gonna have to walk right under my stand.? Not even three minutes later I heard the sound of rocks moving under hooves and I watched a doe run from right to left under my blind. Hot on her tail was this no browtine 7 point that was on my hit-list. He stopped dead center in front of my blind just long enough to give me time to ready Doris and send a 225 grain Xtreme Hunter from Underwood Ammo straight through his front shoulder. He took a few steps and then crashed lights out. The Lehigh Defense bullet did its job and internal damage was massive. Love how both accurate and deadly these rounds are. Second morning was clear and cooler. The deer movement wasn?t as much as I had hoped for, but there were a few whitetail and muley does in view. I then saw movement from behind a bush at 225 yards and I watched as a muley buck showed himself. He walked in my direction and stopped to look around at 153 yards. This time I was shooting ?Hilda? my 13? Remington 700 Specialty Pistol in .308 Win and was shooting the Lehigh Defense 175gr Controlled Chaos bullets. I put a round through the right shoulder of the muley and watched as he piled up just a few yards from where he originally stood. When I approached the buck I was in awe of the literal bloodbath he was laying in. What looked like gallons of blood had poured from both the exit wound as well as his mouth. The Controlled Chaos bullets are designed to send the base through as a kind of solid acting projectile while the nose of the bullet sends off razor sharp pedals in different directions once entry is made. This was my second kill with this bullet and it definitely will be my pick for my .308 caliber hunting bullet from now on. The damage from the separating pedals doesn?t make a bad shot good, but in the event that a bullet doesn?t go where it?s supposed to, they do provide a little better margin for error and they definitely put lights out almost instantly in my experience. At this point I?m two days in, and have two bucks in the cooler! Third day I was tagged out for deer and wanted to get a longer shot at a javelina to stretch the legs of Hilda. I went up a ridge line to glass at daylight and spotted a pack of javelinas feeding at 880 yards down in the bottom. I drove the Mule down the ridge as far as possible which put me 375 yards away from the javi?s. I crawled up on the high rack of the Mule and positioned the Specialty Pistol for the shot. Dialed in my distance and didn?t have to hold any for wind due to a light headwind. I picked the biggest of the group of 5 and positioned my crosshairs right on its front shoulder. I sent another of the 175 grain Controlled Chaos bullets down range and I watched as the javelina dropped in his tracks. He didn?t make a move after the shot and literally laid in the spot he was standing when the bullet struck. I made my way down to to pick up my trophy and new distance record of 375 yards from a Specialty Pistol. Got the pics taken and the javi on ice. My hunt was complete other than all the work of processing the game which we do all ourselves. The deer will be made into jerky and sausage and the javelina into tamales. God is GOOD and another hunt is in the books with the Specialty Pistols.... I couldn?t ask for anything more. One of the pedals recovered from the Controlled Chaos bullet. Some camp pics: Deer jerky in the making: Javelina deboned for tamales:
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Re: Success in the Desert
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12/07/2018 5:40 PM
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Re: Success in the Desert
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12/07/2018 5:52 PM
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BKS
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Re: Success in the Desert
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12/07/2018 6:36 PM
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JDK
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Nice! I spent 7 years working in the Western Val Verde/Terrel County area. I recently spotted a small fork horn without brow tines on my place in Kerr County. I started researching it and found TX Parks and Wildlife did a huge study of antler growth. They found that spikes will grow antlers without brow tines and they?re often smaller in body than ?regular? bucks. I?m going to try to cull him out.
John
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Re: Success in the Desert
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12/07/2018 6:55 PM
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That is awesome. Good shooting and happy you were able to take three fine head of game.
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Re: Success in the Desert
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12/07/2018 9:23 PM
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jamesfromjersey
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Good for you Tex..... nice post of photos... like I was there
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Re: Success in the Desert
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12/07/2018 11:26 PM
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Most Excellent Cody! Congrats!
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Re: Success in the Desert
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12/08/2018 12:27 AM
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Great shooting , great pictures and a great story! Thanks for sharing!
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Re: Success in the Desert
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12/08/2018 12:54 AM
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It's not the gun, but the man behind it.
Sheriff Russell Cottle, Ret. USMC; 1967-1970; Vietnam-'68-'69
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Re: Success in the Desert
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12/08/2018 1:10 AM
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Looks like it was a awesome trip, always good spending time with your brother!
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Re: Success in the Desert
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12/08/2018 1:00 PM
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GOOD SHOOTING, GOOD REPORT, GOOD RESULTS. BTW, THERE WAS A LADY THAT WORKED FOR MY PARENTS FOR MANY YEARS, COME DEER SEASON SHE ALWAYS ASKED FOR A JAVELINA FOR THE TAMALES. I AM HOPING TO GET ONE TODAY WITH A 25-20 RUGER BLACKHAWK (BOWEN CONVERSION).
"ADAPT OR DIE". I USE ALL CAPS, NOT BECAUSE I AM YELLING, BUT BECAUSE IT IS AN OLD HABIT FROM MY ARMY DAYS, PLUS IT IS EASIER TO TYPE AND READ.
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Re: Success in the Desert
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12/08/2018 1:42 PM
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Nice shooting Cody. Great story and pictures. I drool every time I see your 45/70. Wow, those Lehigh bullets seem to be getting pretty popular.
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Re: Success in the Desert
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12/08/2018 2:23 PM
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Bob Roach
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Cody great write up, with lots of good pictures. I like your portable bench rest also. From what I can see it looks like you have the hunting camp set up pretty well to process your harvest. Your hoist is about as handy as my John Deere tractor, and a lot more portable. Nothing like having a great time hunting with your brother.
Bob R
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Re: Success in the Desert
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12/08/2018 9:27 PM
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KRal
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Very eventful hunt, congrats!
It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger squeeze.
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Re: Success in the Desert
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12/08/2018 10:23 PM
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Now that WAS a SUCCESSFUL hunting trip! Those look like three great examples of the game you were pursuing.
I am curious about the Underwood Xtreme Hunter loads though.
Does the underweight, nonexpanding bullet really cause damage like a conventional bullet?
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Re: Success in the Desert
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12/09/2018 3:57 AM
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What a hunt!! Congratulations on some great success earned woth great shooting!! Great write up and thanks for sharing!
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Re: Success in the Desert
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12/09/2018 7:05 AM
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Congrats. I like your hunting camp setup.
With God all things are possible. Matt.19:26
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Re: Success in the Desert
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12/09/2018 7:44 AM
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Congratulations on 3 fine animals & I too like your hoist, comes in real handy when the work starts! Always fun to hunt with a brother.
Dick
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Re: Success in the Desert
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12/10/2018 1:30 AM
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There's no finer place than hunting camp. Grats on a great hunt with your brother!
PsTaN
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Re: Success in the Desert
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12/10/2018 12:34 PM
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There's no finer place than hunting camp. AMEN TO THAT!!!!
"ADAPT OR DIE". I USE ALL CAPS, NOT BECAUSE I AM YELLING, BUT BECAUSE IT IS AN OLD HABIT FROM MY ARMY DAYS, PLUS IT IS EASIER TO TYPE AND READ.
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Re: Success in the Desert
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12/10/2018 8:42 PM
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Looks like all had a very good time. Congrats! Steve
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Re: Success in the Desert
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12/11/2018 1:30 PM
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Zee
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Looks like a wonderful time.
"To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
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Re: Success in the Desert
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12/12/2018 11:59 AM
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Randy M
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Very nice write up and pictures. Thanks for sharing!
The meat won't fry if the lead don't fly.
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