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in Clarkrange, TN will be the site of my next hog hunt. I have made arrangements with owner Ken Moody to swap a hog hunt for some advertising on my site.
Dave Quick aka Ironknees and I will arrive on the afternoon of April 14, hunt April 15 and 16 and depart on the 17th. Dave will be using his Marlin .45-70 I believe doing a product test of some new Barnes X bullets loaded over Hodgdon powder. I hope to take both the FA97 and the Taurus Raging Bull .480 Ruger and give them both some time to see which is in hand when I see hog. The FA97 will be first up most likely.
I've seen a couple of videos made at Clarkrange and it would appear they have some seriously tough terrain. Seems I recall Ted Nugent and Dave Watson the guy from Secrets of the Hunt were bow hunting on one or both of the videos using dogs to roust out the hogs. Looked a lot more like work than fun in that tough terrain. Clarkrange claims over 1000 acres of some of the toughest ground in TN.
They offer hunts using dogs, ground blinds or stands. I suspect Dave and I will both forego the dogs and have a more sedentary hunt befitting our advanced age and deteriorated heath. I know dang well this fat boy ain't chasing dogs all over those mountains.
So look for both our stories here on this forum most likely. Dave's will also be on his site and in his online e-zine. I'll post mine to the Campfire Tales also.
GB
Dave Quick aka Ironknees and I will arrive on the afternoon of April 14, hunt April 15 and 16 and depart on the 17th. Dave will be using his Marlin .45-70 I believe doing a product test of some new Barnes X bullets loaded over Hodgdon powder. I hope to take both the FA97 and the Taurus Raging Bull .480 Ruger and give them both some time to see which is in hand when I see hog. The FA97 will be first up most likely.
I've seen a couple of videos made at Clarkrange and it would appear they have some seriously tough terrain. Seems I recall Ted Nugent and Dave Watson the guy from Secrets of the Hunt were bow hunting on one or both of the videos using dogs to roust out the hogs. Looked a lot more like work than fun in that tough terrain. Clarkrange claims over 1000 acres of some of the toughest ground in TN.
They offer hunts using dogs, ground blinds or stands. I suspect Dave and I will both forego the dogs and have a more sedentary hunt befitting our advanced age and deteriorated heath. I know dang well this fat boy ain't chasing dogs all over those mountains.
So look for both our stories here on this forum most likely. Dave's will also be on his site and in his online e-zine. I'll post mine to the Campfire Tales also.
GB