Chris:  If you want, shoot me an email through the board, and I will furnish you with my email and other contact information.

Brian

I went out Friday night with a group for my first Thermal hog hunt.   [url=http://www.doubledrophunts.com]Double Drop Hunts[/url]  http://www.doubledrophunts.com I have hunted before with night vision and been fairly successful if hogs were around to shoot at. But this night we were very lucky. We watched from a fence line downwind from a field and a large Oak tree where bait had been put out. At the time I was not feeling overly optimistic because it seemed too open a field. But after waiting for 40 minutes one of the guys whispers that he sees movement. And one after another hogs start coming into the field. There had to be at least 60 70 hogs. We were instructed to shoot on the count of 3. All the guns were suppressed and some had Thermal and others had night vision.
In Short order we had 9 hogs down. This was a rush and I really enjoyed the hunt.

You do not have to be a member to attent the Expo, events or Banquet.  It is open to the general public.

The LSBA has added new and exciting seminars, clinics, demos and a youth 3-D shoot to the schedule this year! Come early and stay late! There are plenty of exciting events for the entire family to enjoy! 

8:00 a.m. Team Bowmasters Pop-up 3-D Shoot

8:30 a.m. Snake Avoidance Clinic for Dogs with Wayne Lain of Snakebreakers $40.00

9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Soldiers' Angels Youth Archery Challenge Qualifying Rounds (Must be registered by and in line by NOON) Please see LSBA's website concerning entry for this event.

10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Operation Game Thief's Hall of Shame Visit with a Texas State Game Warden

10:30 a.m. Blood Trailing Seminar by Courtney Farris with National Lacy Dog Association $20.00

NOON Expo and vendors open

NOON to 4:00 p.m. Arrow making, Dipping and Cresting and Feather Splicing and Fletching Demos by Derek Herring of Bounty Hunter Traditional Arrows

12:30 p.m. Arrow Making for Kids Clinic by Derek Herring of Bounty Hunter Traditional Arrows

1:30 p.m. Photography Seminar by Certified Master Photograph, Vernon Wentz of Ad Imagery

2:00 p.m. Soldiers' Angels Youth Archery Challenge FINALS

2:30 p.m. Blood Trailing Seminar by Courtney Farris with National Lacy Dog Association $20.00

3:00 p.m. Tree Stand Safety Seminar by Bob Wright, Certifed Tree Stand Safety and I.B.E.P. Instructor

4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Social Get Together with Music by Michael Strickland and Steve Shedd

6:00 p.m.-10:30 p.m. 37th Annual Awards Banquet with Guest Speaker, Marty "Buff" Thomas. Listen to his hunting stories and watch his videos of his hunts around the world using a traditional bow!

If the dog is crossing your land period it is Totally legal to shoot the dog.

ya thay are the one i have shoot very well

Kevin,

I do not own a Mauser in .30-06.  But, I will tell you from over 30 year's experience that every gun is different - even with the same model from the same manufacturer.  There are a number of things that affect accuracy for different bullets and loads:  Rate of barrel rifling twist, chamber headspace, harmonics on the barrel, etc.  Some guns will like 150 gr, some 165s, and another 180s...and, there are even bullet designs that some rifles favor over others.  Shoot different weights and loads from different manufacturers, because the type of powders can affect this as well.  To give you an example, I've got a 7mm Mag that likes only Federal 140gr Nosler Partitions.  With those I can keep under 0.75" at 100 yards consistently.  Without them I'm 1.5"+. 

There's also the type of hunting you do.  Frankly, if all you're doing is taking native Texas game, including hogs and most exotics (Nilgai might be a possible exception), any of the bullet weights above will do very well.  I'd even throw elk in that category.  You picked your round well - .30-06 is one of the best.

The other is the range you take game.  If you're shooting within 100 yards, a 2" group at 100 yards is plenty of accuracy.  And, cartridge selection in that case becomes more preference than anything else.  But, if you take game further than that you have to be a little more particular the farther you shoot, so bullet design becomes something to think more about, because there are bullet designs that hold speed and energy much better than others.  In this case you have to balance accuracy with bullet design (i.e. what can I shoot that hits where I aim and put it down)

Hope this helps.

We like to spot and stalk during the day and maybe sit in stands for the evening hunt. Never hunted with dogs but that might be fun. "Grab & Stab" would make for a sweet video to show the grandkids.

Shoot me an email and we can see what happens...........