Great read and great adventure Joe.  

Excellent!!!

Thanks for sharing Joe, I thouroghly enjoyed reading this one.    

David

JC, that is the adventure I was talking about.

Great show.

Joe is right, Kim...I WOULD have gone back and retrieved the Morrison- that is waaaayyy too nice a bow to leave in the mud down there, regardless of alligator danger!    

The thing that really got me was I didn't see the big slide until AFTER we just decided JC should start going back toward the road..I really was contemplating telling Joe to continue on...then I took 10 more steps further on MY side of the ridge overlooking the creek bank and saw that freshly used slide- I looked in the water but didn't see anything. But I distinctly remember a very short, choppy squeal coming from that direction...the directoin the pigs AND Joe were moving in, and thats why I encouraged Joe to move further down to begin with. I THINK that gator got one of those pigs as they moved away from Joe and drug it under the water.

Gives me a little tingle just talking about it.

Hey! You're pretty dang good at this story tellin stuff bro.  

Fantastic story!  Great story telling....

Dean

Well told sir.  Thanks for taking us along.

That's the way its done! Good stuff there Joe. Just like Charlie would tell and just like I shoot. Always amazed when I miss and more amazed when I connect. The pictures are fantastic. Will have to try and get afield with you next TX Sweat, you know how to have a good time.

Ray, sure am glad that pig came along when it did....I bet Joe could move real fast if he came upon the gator that made that slide....IF he saw the gator before the gator saw him!
Personally, I think you guys are crazy.....gators and snakes....not my kind of combination.    
I think I would just stay in the truck.  :cool:

well, I DON'T tell my wife about that stuff...I am sure that she thinks something is scary down there because she will NOT let me go by myself any longer- I have to carry someone with me nowadays.

Anyway, its somewhat more interesting when you are not sure you ARE the dominant predator or not where you hunt!!!

Smart wife......  :D  
Just makes it more challenging right?

thanks guys. Great being a kid again isnt it?  

WOW        

I started out with ya in the begining, Then got distracted with WORK. Finally got caught back up, Bitter sweet coming in at the end of this one JC.

Charlie you better hurry up on the book "LITTLE BRO" is closing the gap.

GREAT GREAT Story and Photos JC....THANKS

JC,

Great story.  I don't believe I have ever seen you miss anything with that Dang Morrison.  Look forward to seeing you at the TBG banquet Saturday!

Bill

Thats quite the tale JC! Seems like Charlies story telling talents have rubbed off on ya somewhat. Thats why they call it huntin and the reason we all love it so much. Good friends and good times afield what more can a guy want? Oh yeh, I forgot, better add a smart wife to that list!! Ray your right about JC, having had the pleasure of sharing camp with him a few times myself. Sure is nice to see that he knows how to miss like the rest of us! After seeing his shootin enough. I just figured it was the fear of gettin those nice shiney STOS'S dirty with anything but blood that created his pin point acuracy. For if I ever had to stand still with an apple on my head, right after Byron I'll take JC.

nice read, appreciate that story, btw, i love the pic of the bows against that big ole tree.  i've saved it got it on the desktop now.  

great job guys.

Thank you all for your kind words. To be compared to Charlie's storytelling ability is fine praise to this here feller.

I only wish I could shoot as good as you think I can, Bill and Dave!  

One of the best hunting stories I have ever read!  Thanks for taking the time to share your memories.

Neil

Joe - I bet if that that had been a big old bullfrog sitting out there you could have punched him out without really even thinking about it . . . must have been the "heat of the moment"!!!!

Great story telling, enjoyed the cootstale and ready for more.

GK