01-02-2020, 07:48 PM
lazyengineer, I do often cover quite a bit of ground on foot. I will scan as much as I can from the comfort of the front seat of my truck, but there are many properties where foot access is either required or necessary. I can tell you from seeing myself in previous videos, with all my winter gear on and carrying my rifle and shooting sticks, I look like a giant Ewok when crossing the fields. At 6:03 in this video is a good version of what I look like in winter gear and carrying my gear. Rifle on the front, sticks on the back... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD5_Eq3i5kY&t=4s HuntTXhogs shot this video. He can also tell you that a lot of stalking is slower paced. If the pigs are happy and not moving, no reason to race out to shoot them and be all out of breath and huffing and puffing when you get there. With that said, when we need to move fast, we don't run, but we move fast. He is more steady than me after we do that. :-)
I use Primos Triggersticks (tripod). I have the Gen II version, but now they have come out with Gen III. I like these because they extend very quietly via gravity. The downside is that they can rust-up in bad weather and cease functioning properly. I have fashioned a sling to my triggersticks for easy transport.
The cart stays in the truck until needed. As for a backpack, I actually wear an oversized bird hunter's vest with the giant pocket in the back and cargo pockets. The vest happens to be one made by Orvis about 10 years ago. I carry most of what I need in there.
Thanks for the compliment. I have good and bad days. This was a particularly good day. From my landowner's perspective, they are happy if I just keep picking off their hogs on a regular basis and not damaging their property in the process.
I have no doubt that shooting an pistol length barrel would have a very different result for some of the bullets. You are looking at a couple hundred FPS in reduced velocity which means lower impact velocities. Some bullets will perform the same, some worse, some better. Maybe not a direct comparison, but I noticed that the 123 gr SSTs that tend to come apart into lots of pieces at 2500+ fps are different than the 129 gr. SSTs with 175 pfs less (or however much) that tend to act more like a soft point and expand. I don't know. That would definitely double the amount of testing.
I use Primos Triggersticks (tripod). I have the Gen II version, but now they have come out with Gen III. I like these because they extend very quietly via gravity. The downside is that they can rust-up in bad weather and cease functioning properly. I have fashioned a sling to my triggersticks for easy transport.
The cart stays in the truck until needed. As for a backpack, I actually wear an oversized bird hunter's vest with the giant pocket in the back and cargo pockets. The vest happens to be one made by Orvis about 10 years ago. I carry most of what I need in there.
Thanks for the compliment. I have good and bad days. This was a particularly good day. From my landowner's perspective, they are happy if I just keep picking off their hogs on a regular basis and not damaging their property in the process.
I have no doubt that shooting an pistol length barrel would have a very different result for some of the bullets. You are looking at a couple hundred FPS in reduced velocity which means lower impact velocities. Some bullets will perform the same, some worse, some better. Maybe not a direct comparison, but I noticed that the 123 gr SSTs that tend to come apart into lots of pieces at 2500+ fps are different than the 129 gr. SSTs with 175 pfs less (or however much) that tend to act more like a soft point and expand. I don't know. That would definitely double the amount of testing.
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