Posts by gerald

  • Extreme Divers 11/28

    Thanks for the invite guys. It was nice getting out again after all this time, and to get a lobster and a black made it that much sweeter. But damn it was COLD... Also, I am definitely not used to wrestling fish from underledges at 60ft anymore... Makes you feel alive though. ;)


    Dive safe,


    G

  • New Adventure

    Nice area. Looks like it close to the northern edge of Big Cypress, correct? Private land is hard to come by affordably, so enjoy it!


    I also recently started land hunting... It's relaxing and exciting at the same. Let me know if you ever need a hunting buddy. I'm up in North Miami.


    Safe hunting,


    G

  • turk and caicos

    He'll become the fish whisperer, and just get them to swim in his catch bag... Could also be a good chance for some great underwater photography....

  • Neophyte draws blood –*Rolo's first wild hogs

    Hi guys,


    After a having had a semi successful hunt last month, with only one out of 4 hunters getting a hog, we decided it was time to redeem ourselves. This time bringing along self proclaimed neophyte Rolando. ;)


    The day started with JC and my self in a stand, waiting for the sun to rise, and for Rolo and Emil to arrive. After sitting in the stand for more than an hour, we got word that the others had arrived. We had only seen 3 hogs, none of which presented a hot. JC decided to explore the swamp where we had heard lots of hog activity during our time in the stand, while the guide and myself went back to the swamp buggy at the edge of the property to pick up Emil and Rolo. On our way there I spotted a REALLY FAT sow, and two smaller sows, but also fat, right on the property line. We snuck to with in 30 yards, and I blew out her spine with my AR. I was hesitant in taking the shot as people tend to say a .223 isn't enough bullet to take down a hog, but it seems to do the job just fine when you put it in the right spot. The 2 other pigs took off into the palmettos. We decided to leave her there for the moment, and pick up Rolo and Emil first at the lodge, after which the guide would to meet JC at the stand in the swamp buggie, and then take back my sow to gut and store in the cooler.


    After meeting the guys at the lodge we immediately get back on the buggy and return to the hunting property. As we are on the road we hear a few shot gun blasts in the distance. Seems JC is getting some action in the swamp. Emil and Rolo are getting excited, and my adrenaline is still flowing from my fresh kill only minutes earlier. As we near the edge of the property, we spot the 2 smaller hogs that had accompanied my sow earlier. Apparently unafraid of the buggy as we pull up the to them. As the guide stops the buggy, and nods the OK, Emil get up and stone cold rolls over one of the pigs, and finds out the hard way he has the wrong choke on his gun, as her whole side is peppered in buckshot, instead of the tight group he was expecting. The other pig takes of for the palmettos again. After checking out the pig Emil just scored, her sister shows her self in the bush. Rolo takes aim, and in cold blood, shoots her in the face from 15 yards with 00 buckshot. Lights out. Rolo is an animal!


    Anyways, we load up the hogs on to the buggy, and set off to meet JC. Turns out he got lucky with 2 hogs in the swamp. A 130+ lbs boar and a nice little sow of about 65lbs. The guide returns to the lodge with the hogs, as the original plan was to start hunting now. We had not expected to already have 5 hogs this early in the day. We decide to head of in to the bush in search for more hogs until it gets to hot, and then call it a day. We sneak up on a few more hogs, but none ever presented shots, until Rolo finally nails one more unlucky boar. Hopefully he'll chime in and tell his part. All I can say is BARBARO!


    Anyways, we ended the day with 6 hogs, 5 of which were taken within minutes each other.


    Here are some pics.

  • Blackout

    Hey Dan, glad you are still among us.


    I'm glad you are sharing this, as often people seem to feel embarrassed by it, and don't want to discuss it in public. Shit, often they don't even want to discuss it in private. They'd rather pretend it never happened.


    dive safe,


    G

  • Different kind of hog

    Quote from Marco

    Don´t you eat the "chicharrón"?


    Marco, maybe next time. ;) I think Aaron wouldn't be far off though as far as taste. Also, the animals are so lean, there is barely any of that nice fat under the skin like with domestic hogs. And then there is all that greasy hair to get rid off also...


    Aaron, thanks for the kind words. Who said you can't hunt with an "assault" rifle? ;)

  • Different kind of hog

    Thanks Frank,


    It's converted Saiga with a romanian folding stock – its not mine. I had planned to shoot my AR, but didn't have time to zero my scope and had forgotten the tools to take it off so I could use my iron sights... Double lung shot. She was already in full run, and dropped 10yrds from where I shot her. It was a pretty exciting sequence....

  • Some pics from Curaçao

    Davie, good eye, I never noticed that. Its green indeed, and at the base of a rubble pile. bordering the shore line. You'd be surprised by the weird shit I found in the water there. Shopping baskets, chancletas, watches & cell phones, a windsurf skeg and while looking for lobster I found a kitchen knife.

  • Some pics from Curaçao

    Quote from Toledo970

    Gerald, great pics. You've got some skills. Also, I saw allot of dead coral(finger) is it a problem there also, or just normal in those areas?


    Thanks,


    Coral life is relatively healthy compared to other areas of the caribbean I've been. The dead stuff you see is in the shallows close to shore that gets pounded by storms frequently. Below 30-40ft you rarely see dead coral with the exception of dead purple sea fans that I started noticing last year were getting sick. This year I didn't see a single on that was alive... Sure is nice to see a vibrant reef though after diving the relatively barren Florida reefs...