One of the guys that went on the hog hunt with me last week is the retail sales manager at my gun club. He just called me to tell me that AR-15s are flying off the shelves. I just had him put (another) one aside for me. Plus 1,500 rounds of 5.56 and several large regular capacity magazines. Guess what I am doing at lunch time? If you have been procrastinating on buying one, better get ‘r done! Update: 1:32 PM: Can you say Smith & Wesson M&P Model 15?

Mvf-515 >greenmanual. Crimson trace’s modular vertical foregrip [mvf].

SureI knew you could. Home is the hunter from the hill: Fast in the boundless snare All flesh lies taken at his will And every fowl of air.

Well, no fowl was taken, but we did take Lots O’ Pork! We had perfect weather – 45 degrees in the mornings, 70 degrees in the afternoons, no humidity, no clouds and no bugs. Much fun was had by all, many lies were told and re-told, there might have even been some beer drinking and cigar smoking, and the stories of prior hunts got better and funnier as they seem to do each year. On the first morning of the hunt, we espied a group of 4 hogs (Group? I have been hunting them for years and just realized I don’t know what you call a “group” of hogs) Well, according to you can call them “a drift, drove, litter (young), sounder (of swine), team or passel.” But I digress. Sowe came up on this passel o’ hogs rooting around, about 70-80 yards away. The guy who drew the straw for the first shot (the guy whom we shall henceforth call “Archer Boy”) was using a bow, so we had to creep in closer.

The “alpha” hog of the group was very alert, vocal and animated. Once he caught wind of us, he immediately got aggressive and started towards us at a trot, snorting the whole time. We backed off and he stopped. Similar result every time we tried to creep up on them. That pig chased us around for the better part of an hour. Every time we tried to get close enough to get a shot, he would come at us. Finally, I think he had enough of us.

He had pushed us all the way back to the trucks. The result was this: I don’t know if you can see it, but the red circle on the far left of the picture contains one very pissed-off boar heading in the general direction of Archer Boy. We usually back up guys like Archer Boy with guns; however, upon seeing our fearless guide jump for the hood of the truck, the rest of us were smart enough to do the same. The guy who took this picture jumped on the other truck. Archer Boy was so engrossed with his task, he had the false courage of thinking we were backing him up. He should have known better with this crew.

That pig had met his match though. The first arrow, although placed too far aft, turned him. Based on the circumstances, I think we can forgive Archer Boy for taking a hasty, ill-aimed first shot. Piggy slowed considerably by the first arrow, the second was a perfect heart shot, which resulted in this: I did not block out Archer Boy’s face due to privacy concerns. I did it because he is ugly and I don’t want his face messing up my blog While Archer Boy was busy doing the two-step with Blondie there, I picked out another hog from the same group that looked particularly large and tasty. We chased the remaining hogs in the trucks and on foot for a while. I was using a pistol (for posterity, it was a S&W Model 629.44 Magnum with a 5″ barrel and iron sights).

With a pistol, I also had to stalk in closer once we found the hogs again. After their leader got whacked they were pretty skittish, so it took me about 20 minutes to stalk to within about 35-40 feet. Every few steps I took, they would raise their heads and look in my direction. Once I was in position, I waited and got a good broad-side shot that anchored him. The other hogs ran off at the sound of my shot, but mine was a little too punch-drunk to follow. The second shot knocked him down though The other guys were using shotguns and rifles, which means I don’t have any cool stories to tell about their hunts.

A 12-gauge slug gun or 30-caliber rifle usually does the job quickly, and from a safe distance. But where’s the fun in that? This is the result of our huntI brought home over 100 pounds of sausage, hams and loins. There’s gonna be some good eatin’ at the Lowe house this winter! That’s mine on the far left, and Archer Boy’s blond is second from the right. One of the other guys got that other blond (on the far right) with a slug gun.

We hardly ever see blond hogs, and this trip we saw two. And for all you bunny huggers out theredon’t even start (unless you are a total Vegan – and even then shut the hell up because you are a freak). If you eat any kind of meat, but tell me I am cruel for hunting pigs, then I say at least I have the balls to go out and kill my own meat. You just hire the Kroger assassin to do your killing. From the L.A.

Times: Ummm, they didn’t, because (1) that is an over/under shotgun, and (2) they even admit it is a 6-year old stock photo. But I wouldn’t expect a reporter from L.A. To know that or even to look it up. Nothing like showing a V.P. Nominee holding an eeeevil gun to scare the liberal readers, huh Liz?

Classic quote from the article “Hey, is that even the right way to hold a rifle? Can’t you shoot your foot off like that?” Well, actually no – because the SHOTGUN she is holding is broken open at the chamber and her finger is nowhere near the trigger. Matter of fact, every single time I have ever been to a range to shoot trap, skeet 5-stand or sporting clays, that is exactly how people have carried their shotguns. I have carried mine that way for 20 years and I still have both feet. But having likely never been to a range or actually, you know, researched the subject of her article, we cannot expect a professional journalist to know all that can we?

Go read the comments that readers have left for this nitwit. See my original post on the e-Postal Handgun Matches. See the September Match results. The September e-postal Handgun Match was hosted. Now, I know you want to compete in the October match, so stop. He is the October host and will likely have the targets and rules up soon.

You can compete with any caliber and any configuration (i.e., iron sights, red dot sights, semi-auto, revolver, etc.). If you don’t own a gun borrow one, or go to your local range and rent one. Take someone else with you and introduce them to the shooting sports. Good clean family fun! A good time will be had by all. Masterminded the monthly intarw3bs e-Postal Handgun Match.

Each month a different blogger hosts a match on their website. The monthly host picks the targets, course of fire and the rules. These are published on the host blogger’s website for any and all to participate. Shoot, scan, and e-mail.

Simple as that – and lots of fun. I have watched, lurked, read about and admired some of the scores in the previous matches. In September I actually finally participated in my first one ( to see rules for this month’s contest).

This month’s e-Postal match went like this: Course of Fire: 4 hostage-style silhouette targets on 8.5″ x 11″ paper. Five rounds on each target, rapid fire. Start from the holster or low-ready. Scoring: • Hit the black [target] silhouette, score 5 points • Hit the gray [hostage] silhouette, subtract 5 points • Hit white space, 0 points. 25 possible points per target, 100 possible points total.

I used a 4″ Wilson Combat Professional 1911-style in.45 acp. Here are my results: Target #1: Pretty good start huh?

That was 5 rounds in about 6-7 seconds. Score: 25 points Target #2: Oops! Sorry mister hostage. That was 5 shots in about 5 seconds.

My group spread out a bit. The hostage shot was my last shot in the string of 5 and I guess I was getting a little cocky. Don’t worry though, it was a only hippy hostage from Berkeley. Target #3: Now here I was really pushing it.

5 shots in about 4 seconds. You can see my group really spread out. Although remember this is an 8.5″ x 11″ piece of paper, so the group itself is not that bad for rapid fire. Shot placement leaves a little to be desired though. Stupid hippies. Target #4: So, on my last target I decided to slow down a little again and see what I could do.

I shot this string of 5 in about 7-8 seconds. Believe it or not, that hole in the black contains my first 4 rounds. I have no excuse for that last shot on the hostage (again – grrr) other than I jerked the trigger and also that I was really getting tired of those long-haired, patchouli-oil-smelling hippy targets. Final Score: Target #1 = 25, target #2 = 15, target #3 = 15, target #4 = 15. Total score = 70.

Hopefully once posts all the scores at I will not be on the bottom rung! Oh well there’s always next month.

Agfa Billy Compur Manual Lymphatic Drainage. And in November, I will be hosting the e-Postal Handgun Match, so be sure to stop by, check out the match and participate! Update: I actually came in second in my class (Production Center Fire)! Click to see results.