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Title: Wife's first hunt with 6.5 Camilla
Post by: oldchet on September 17, 2018, 07:58:08 AM
We finally got to take our hunt and this is the result of my wife's first animal she harvested with her Camilla 6.5 Creedmoor. She was using the 140 grain Remington Corelokts at 50 yards she loves her Camilla. Pig weighs 197 pounds.
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Post by: PAbuckhunter270 on September 17, 2018, 08:21:04 AM
That’s awesome, congrats to her!
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Post by: Derrill Fox on September 17, 2018, 08:52:25 AM
Congrats to you and the wife on a fine pig. I smell pasole cooking.
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Post by: Blackbear3 on September 17, 2018, 08:56:57 AM
Cool!! Congratulations to her!!
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Post by: DW5 on September 17, 2018, 09:11:32 AM
Awesome! Really good pic too! Glad to hear she likes the rifle. Got a little hunt breakdown description for us?
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Post by: terminator on September 17, 2018, 09:17:32 AM
That is a good un Chet. Tell your wife congrats and thanks for the picture. Corelokts are still around and performing great.
Title: Re: Wife's first hunt with 6.5 Camilla
Post by: oldchet on September 17, 2018, 09:34:31 AM
Quote from: DW5 on September 17, 2018, 09:11:32 AM
Awesome! Really good pic too! Glad to hear she likes the rifle. Got a little hunt breakdown description for us?
This was a hunt we planned shortly after she got the rifle. It was a guided hunt in eastern Oregon on a private ranch. Got there about 10:00am checked in and got stuff unpacked into cabin, checked zero on rifles and started hunting about 1:00pm. Weather was cool and overcast saw the first pigs about 2:00 but wanted to look around some more as I was hunting for something else. Swung back about 4::30 to the same place and found more pigs. She wanted a nice eating pig not a huge boar, of which there were at least 2 that made this one look small. This one turned broadside at about 50 yards, big mistake. One shot and she was down. The strangest thing was hat right after the shot the guide said "quick we need to get over there before the others start trying to eat it". he actually had to beat off 2 pigs with a large stick and kept hitting them until we got this one loaded and out of there. 
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Post by: DW5 on September 17, 2018, 11:13:51 AM
Aggressive pigs, that'll be a memorable hunt! I've seen piglets come back and lick up blood form a downed pig before but I've never seen mature adults start to cannibalize one that quickly!
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Post by: danno50 on September 17, 2018, 12:18:49 PM
Congratulations to your wife, nice shot on a big hog.
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Post by: PARA45 on September 17, 2018, 03:01:08 PM
Congrats to both!  Beautiful picture! 
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Post by: Huntnmachine on September 17, 2018, 03:19:22 PM
Awesome hog, congrats to your wife



Terry
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Post by: zonie on September 17, 2018, 05:58:15 PM
Nice !  that 6.5 creedmoor is an awesome cartridge. 
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Post by: Chris338378 on September 17, 2018, 09:06:09 PM
Congratulations to your wife, she definitely brought home the bacon and then some.   ;)
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Post by: TexWeatherby on September 17, 2018, 09:10:14 PM
Very nice. You married a good one! All my wife will shoot at is paper.
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Post by: Stacy on September 17, 2018, 09:35:05 PM
Congratulations to your Missus and her first pig with her Camilla.   
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Post by: oldchet on September 17, 2018, 09:54:27 PM
My wife and I thank all of you for the compliments. Yes she is a keeper, we have been married for over 34 years and plan on many more. ;)
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Post by: Weatherby-SL on September 18, 2018, 06:14:54 AM
Congrats to you both! Oh boy - bacon! Excellent gun & caliber choice!
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Post by: nciowan on September 18, 2018, 06:52:57 AM
Congratulations to both of you. You are truly blessed.
Duane