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[dirtpoor]

We were invited up to Bryson to try to kill some calf eating coyotes and would be allowed to pig hunt also. If last weekend sets the bar for future pig hunts then I'm probably in trouble.I'm used to sleeping in a tent or the back of my truck so a weekend of being pampered has probably ruined me. My usual partner greatwhite (patriot archery ) couldn't make it so my elk hunting partner Monte filled in. We decided to try to fill our pig tags fri evening and then concentrate on yote's.Deedy (Bryson Hesperia Resort ) dropped us off in an oat field about 5:30 pm telling us about where the pigs usually come out around 6:30 pm. we started walking and I figured we had an hour to wait so I wasn't paying attention, Deedy wasn't out of sight yet when Monte pulled me down and hissed "PIG'S ". about 80 yds below us was a herd of 12 to 15 pigs working their way across in front of us.I waited for Monte to load up and then we got into a stable position to shoot.we had decided that this was a meat hunt nothing over 200 lbs but their was a very large black boar with this group and I asked Monte if he was sure he didn't want to take him, he declined and we quickly explained to each other which pig we were going to shoot. Problem was that at the first shot all hell would break loose and we would be slinging lead at running pigs so after again verifying which pig s we were going to shoot we would shoot on the count of 3 ...2...1 two shots at almost the same instant and 2 dead pigs. Montes was 143 lbs mine 152. All of this happened in the space of 5 minutes from drop off to dead pig time what a rush ! next day we hunted hard for yotes making setups all day but no luck.we were discouraged because we had been invited to hunt yotes and we wanted to produce. sun 6:30 am we were back at it ,made 2 setups and still no yotes so we decided to shoot ground squirrels which we did until we ran out of .22 ammo(theres an amazing amount of ground squirrels there ). we watched 5 strutting toms for about 20 mins and decided to try the yotes one more time. we were driving across a field and spotted a yote trotting out about 80 yds, we bailed out of the truck and rested our rifles on the fence post's , my first shot just creased his back and he lit up the afterburner, Monte shot just behind him, he was now at about 130 yds and smoking but I thought what the hell so I put the crosshairs on his nose and touched off, I was surprised to see him fold in mid stride, the bullet entered behind his right ear and exited his left eye.( Doe's it get any better than this ! )actually it doe's when you consider the terrific cabin we stayed in with the micro/fridge stove and everything else I'm not used to while hunting. sorry for the long post but it was a fantastic weekend worth talking about, thank you Deedy for making it possible, Bill

 

[DEERSLAM]

Sounds like a great time

Thanks for the story...any pics?

 

[Speckmisser]

Sounds great, Bill! I have absolutely got to get down there and meet Deedy...maybe experience some of this "luxury" hunting too!

Were you guys hunting on the fort?

 

[jackman]

Great story Bill That makes up for the times we dont see pigs. I have a couple of ?? for you.

1. Where is Bryson resort ??

2. Is this fellow Deedy a old timer and married to a gal named Darlene ??

Thanks for your time Good hunting

Jackman

 

[easymoney]

Great story, we always love to hear of others successes. Haven't had the opportunity to hunt at Bryson yet but it looks like a good place with very friendly and helpful hosts...

 

[grkhunter]

Great story dirtpoor...

I had the pleasure of staying at Bryson a few weeks ago with a few of my friends. I know exactly what your talking about in your post. We couldn't stop talking about the great time we had up there. Deedy's such a great person. She's full of knowledge and experience and is very willing to share it. I will go back there for sure in the future. I highly recommend her outfit to anyone.

Take care

 

[BrysonHesperiaResort]

Hi everyone, here's some photos from this weekend, thank's you guys- I had a blast. Thank you so much for all the hard work on those BAD dogs. They are tough, think we'll go to snares where we can. Shoot the rest on sight... yeah right- is that 5th gear those coyotes get into now? For those of you that don't know me, my name is Deedy, chick outfitter & guide. My resort is Bryson Hesperia Resort right around the corner from Fort Hunter Liggett and I have private hunting as well. Here are some photos of Dirtpoor's weekend hunt pix (he hunted our hog/turkey lease). Thanks everybody, hope to meet you all soon. To all the others that have stayed here and hunted with me, thank you so much for the support and great memories - let's make lot's of them!

Here's pix of where we hunt:
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Here's Dirtpoor's piggies...
Hog#1
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Hog#2
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[BrysonHesperiaResort]

And here is one BAD DEAD dog, thank you so much...

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Here's some more hogs at dusk
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Got into the birds yesterday...
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Thanks again you guys (all of you are the BOMB!)... Deedy

 

[MJB]

Should be at FHL this weekend.

We'll stop in and checkout the Resort, looks like great fun.

 

[One Track]

Oh man. That can ruin a guy. Better not let the wife see this post. Good story and pics Bill. Glad you had fun. Hey, I thought you didn't enjoy hunting if it wasn't really hard and miserable. What up?

 

[el_vaquero]

Hopefully I can get up there before the end of the year...if not, I'm definitely going in '08. Looks like a blast.

 

[bigtusker]

How bout a picture of the chick outfitter & guide at work?

 

[BrysonHesperiaResort]

I don't have any pix of me with the guys and their pigs, just pix of the guys with their pigs. It seems like I always get the "picture taker " and "gut detail" jobs, probably sounds familiar to you though... Next time we'll get one.

I do have a pix of the new Bryson Resident though- Dirtpoor, does he look familiar? We all debated on getting out of the truck for a closer look and closer photo op, but from past experiences we opted "out" ...

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[BrysonHesperiaResort]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MJB @ Mar 20 2007, 11:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

Should be at FHL this weekend.

We'll stop in and checkout the Resort, looks like great fun.[/b]

If you are coming to hunt the fort we'd love you to stop by, were only lika a couple miles from TA 29...
warmest regards, Deedy

The rest of you, I can't wait to meet you! Thank you for your interest.

 

[BrysonHesperiaResort]

Just one more before I go to the turkey forum, love those hogs. This one's got some size and not too hard on the eye either...

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[spectr17]

Kewl pics Deedy

So what do we call them spotted piggies? Polk-A-Dot pigs? M&M pigs?

 

[BrysonHesperiaResort]

Jesse- you can call him whatever you want, I think he's got your name on him. We'll see if he's got any toofas to go with all those polka dots or M&M's or spots ... He's got some size though, he's pushing 260. Maybe he'll be your Easter Bunny ...

 

[dirtpoor]

ONETRACK, seems I'm getting hard and miserable and the huntings getting easier !! and you're right about the wife comment ,ouch !!

 

[Kentuck]

I's likes piggied with pre-made aiming spots! HA!