We Shot the Sausage

[Dave Roelle]

Jack O'connor wrote an story of a hunt in the Sonora area of Old Mexico----"We Shot the Tamales"----Well we "shot the sausages" last weekend.

Pretty weather and the Whitetail Rut in high gear so we headed to the ranch for a weekend. #37 degree's Saturday morning with a light frost and bucks out walking, had several nice ones 8"s and !0's at a favorite blind---this spike showed up so i limbered up the new Shiloh riflegun and put him in the cooler, at the shot he bolted a few yards and piled up, We eliminate all the spikes and inferior bucks letting the really pretty ones grow toward old age and with luck real trophies.







Paper Patch 45-70 470 grain hollow point in front of 80 grains of Swiss 1 1/2----------complete pass through of course with significant expansion witnessed by the exit-------------The new rifle REALLY PERFORMS WELL !!!! THANKS LUCINDA ----range was about 100 yards





Then morning warmed up to light jacket weather so we went on a safari style ride, checking fence and feed------this porker made the mistake of showing up in open of a 50 acre feild--------one 45-70 DRT at about 150 yards



driving around a bit more and we had a fun upclose encounter with a pretty 10 point--------hope you can see the video



In all a really fun hunt--------next trip perhaps we will collect a pretty Buck------------that is if the kids let us

Keep well---stay safe

Dave