Looks like the pic worked. Now we can all say Herb made meat when Charlie takes a tusker.     Good to see you along for the ride Herb! CK

Hey bygolly Charlie should feel right at home down there with weather like that.    

go gittem guys!!

great pic Curtis makes me feel like i am there . weather sounds like i would be right at home   :D  . hope it clears up by week end   :(  .now if Charlie can just plant it where some of the "beasts" relative can realize what next year has in store for them .
fine food ,a drink in hand and wind blowing , belly full just snuggle down in a chair by the fire and good friends to talk to .wow nothing much better in life .thanks for sharing ---- herb

Hello Northern folk It looks like Charlie brought the cold stuff with him. I guess he wanted it to feel a little more to home for him. I was down towards the ranch tonight and did I see animals moving about everything from whitetail to bobcat. I saw two monster hogs on the road side munching whatever and could care less about the cold. Spoke to my head guide today and he says that he has seen some really good sign (PIGS). All in all, it looks really good for this weekends hunt. I will help keep yall posted as to whats going on.
Peace and walk the way of the hunter.  

Thanks for the update Eric. The weather isn't cutting us any break around here.

I've been telling Charlie for months that the hogs are right in my back yard almost every evening/night.. I guess I really wasn't thinking that the size of our backyards is relative to where you live. This wasn't exactly what I meant when I said "in the Backyard"! Charlie rushed right out and set-up for a piggy ambush.  
The set-up looks very good but it may be a little close to the house Charlie!    

Its 37 degrees this morning, 15 mph wind, and a lovely, misting rain. Can't wait to see Charlie suit up and head out. Im staying inside where its warm and dry!!!!!!! CK

It's Charlie... Well, what's been said about the weather is certainly true. It's been nasty!! The temps haven't been all that bad, but the wind has been a mothuh. (famous half word)

Yesterday and Wednesday I sat at differenent times trying to waylay a Javelina. Each time they had been in ahead of me. This morning I get in ahead of them.
Last night I sat for hogs and aside from a rabbit and 4 racoons, nothing showed. Each day without seeing game just brings me that much closer to having an opportunity.
I'm enjoying this more that can be said.

By the way. The pop up blind is just out there airing out!! Of course if the weather stays nasty, close to the house will be a good thing.  :D

Good Luck Bud  

thanks for the update guys .was glad to see a pic of charlies's blind not to see the blind LOL but to see the country . add 2 ft of snow and can find places here that look like that . is that a creek or wet area behind the fence ?
when i first saw Chrlies blind in a field was wondering if he knew something i didn't , kind of stuck out there like a sore thumb .  :D  
sure a long time between posts guys . i know what Charlie is like drove me nuts for 2 weeks and this is time is the  same . i will survive but dam it is hard .realize you all will be out of touch for a few days so i will stay real busy   :D  --- herb -- just being a pain LOL

Well Herb, like Doc Ashby says, we've been "bush". Pretty busy so far but no action. Lots of the little stuff.
We're goin "deep bush" starting in a few minutes so there won't be anything up here for a few days.
The weather got clear this morning and is expected to improve steadilly. I imagine hog activity is gonna go off the scale.
Look for us to smack a bunch of bunnies once we get "south".

Hey guys and gals, We are back. We looking like somthing a truck ran over and feel about the same. We took hogs, a trailer load of rabbits and once again I "LITTLEFEATHER" got a Bobcat... One hell of a trip! Everything went better than expected. Game has been abundant and shots were frequent. The Artic Blast has two days behind it and the Sunscreen has been a mandatory item since yesterday at noon. We are due for a little bite to eat, a shower, and a lengthy couch ride. Charlie is going out later to do a night hunt. Im going to glue my Hiney to the loveseat and not move till the AM. Charlie will post later with much more detail. Hope all you guys/gals had a wonderful weekend. Curtis

Cool! Been wondering! We need STORIES and PICS..lots of PICS

Howdy!! Charlie on Curtis' computer.  

Like Curtis said, we just got back to his place and are both a little ragged. What a great hunt this has been.

Once things are squared away and I sleep for about 3 days, I've got a tale to tell. Tales of Texas Radio, the Big Beast, Texas Sweat and ice cubes, of hogs killed and hogs lost to mountain lions, of little Blue Texas Quail and herds of cottontails.  

I've still got a place and time to hunt. I'll go out in about an hour for one more beast sit and off in the morning for some varmint calling and trying to slip in on Beast's day bed. I'll be on the road by midday tomorrow and home by evening Wednesday. That's when the story telling starts.

so i screwed up forgot it was noon to noon .saved me from pasing the floor all afternoon .

Charlie you are going to do it to me again aren't you .be thursday late before you start drizzling it out .one sight smell and shot at a time .

mt. lion one more thing that thinks i am a slow elk .

good luck tomorrow with the beast -----herb

Alright. We just finished some rabbit stew and Charlie headed into the brush for one more night assult against the local swine. I thought I would post this one pic to wet the appetite of those onlookers. I can assure you guys that there are plenty of pics to follow. This is all Tradgangers in the pic. Left to right. (Charlie Lamb, Chris Kinslow, me Curtis Kellar, and standing is Eric Zuniga)..... Sorry about the picture quality but it was dark as you can tell by Chris's headlamp shining into the camers. Good night to you all. Curtis  

must be Chris' first pig , if so congratulations . great smile . looks like this is going to be a long story --- herb

Herb/Lance C., I must say that Charlie is truly a man of his word. As Charlie eased out my back door earlier he said he would be in around 9:00pm from doing a hog hunt... You can imagine my surprise as he eased back in the door at a little past 7:00pm. The man had a smile ear to ear that told the whole story without saying a word. The only thing that surprised me more than his early return was the fact the he had shot two hogs. The first shot from his recurve "Scar" propelled the Carbonwood 4000 tipped with the Simmons Broadhead that Lance Coleman had given him as a gift. Of course he had written Herb Hains name on it so he could be along for the ride. I will let Charlie tell the rest of the story as he does so well. It is kinda funny how those Missouri Boyz shoot the eat n' pigs. Curtis    

You Da Man Charlie,a man of your word indeed.Wicked damage       !!!
Looking forward to more of the story.

Thank you Charlie my friend .i got a big s*** eating grin on my face , way to go .what a hole !!!! Curtis sent me some pics of some pigs he shot a while ago when we were talking  and i said i wanted a red one and a black one and a brown one and a spotted one so we have the spotted one   :D  .looks like i go to bed and dream of spotted hogs .thank you again , those piggies are just finding out what is coming there way next year    ------ herb

Charlie here... I'm stokin up on coffee for a little while. Curtis is getting ready for work (back to the real world  :mad:  ) and as soon as he's off and running I'm out the door looking for the second one I shot. Couldn't find it last night and it may be a problem. Hope the coyotes left something!

Was thinking about retiring "Herbie" the broadhead, but am now thinking about putting it back in the quiver for more "fun" with critters. Might just see how far that Simmons will go before I sharpen it away to nothing or something destroys it. (that doesn't seem likely)

It's cool here this morning and a light fog is hanging over the land. Should burn off by 8 or 9 a.m.

Can't wait untill I can spend more time on here, catch up with my reading and learning and get the Texas Sweat story rolling.