Loof Creek, Texas. The image of a strange creature was captured on a game camera in this quiet Texas bottom last weekend. Wildlife biologists who have examined the image cannot explain the thick foliage covering the creature but they feel that the community is dealing with a mammal. And a large biped at that. Preliminary estimates by these same scientists have put it at just over seven feet tall and weighing close to 300 pounds.
Additionally, no one can explain the significance of what appear to be two crows held by the beast. The nearby deer feeder was not damaged and the corn supply was not molested.
A spokesman for the local Texas Parks & Wildlife game warden's office declined comment on the bag limit or lawful means to take these creatures until a more detailed field study can be completed. In the meantime, residents have been advised to stay indoors, keep to roads and well-traveled thoroughfares and to report any sightings or suspicious signs to the Loof Creek Sheriff's Office.
-- Edited by Lone Star Phil on Tuesday 28th of February 2012 02:41:38 AM
Good guess, but wrong... I was deployed nearby during this sighting, using my Volquartsen .17M2 and Metro gun to shoot the trickle of crows that Lone Star Phil and his partner didn't drop into the pile of 58 they produced.
I was thinking a pre-1964 Winchester Model 70, chambered in .300 H&H loaded with precison handloads of H4831 and Hornady 180 grain GMX bullets would be excellent medicine on this Yeti!
How is the coyote hunting going? We need some of your fine photo's.
It is scary and shows the dedication of the TCP,to deploy and cull varmints evan with the missing link wandering around.I would also watch the skys for E.T.'s if I where you guys.
You asked!!
Got a double saturday,not my best shooting,but they are are dead!!
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Lone Star Phil just happens to have that fine rifle and brought it along for some PD and jack hunting in west Texas a couple of year's ago. His shoulder was mincemeat!
Yo Shane,
You da man!!! I love it!!! I would not worry about any style points on those canines, just bagging a pair is quite an accomplishment.
Gadget is correct; I inherited the 'lion gun' from my father-in-law and I feel obligated to let it roar on the plains occasionally. For prairie poodles, I load a 110-grain VMAX.
Texas Matt used it successfully on a PD that was fairly close, about 180 yards, and that collision created a 'debris field'. Even with that smaller projectile, recoil is pretty stout from a bench position. It is a handsome rifle and a handsome cartridge!
Thanks!! but I have to give some credit to "Yote Apprentice #1" a fellow Crow Buster,who was spotting with his Flir Thermal device,I was using the PVS-14.The yotes vocalized on the way in from 300 yards,after I worked them with the "WildLife Tech" Territoral and aggressive coyote vocals from my MA-21. The "Apprentice" picked them up in the woods and after they hit the field they split up and he instrumental guiding me in to the shot on the first dog and the second.His Flir has excellant field of view. It was a great team effort.
Own the night!!
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