Photos of game taken with a 45/70.

The Terminator · October 19, 2008, 08:02 AM

These are some photos taken of game shot with a 45/70. The shooter, known as Mad Dog, is a member of the Marlin forum. He posted these photos for the enjoyment of the members. They are reposted here, with his permission. This man is indeed a hunter. Why don't you sign in Mad Dog, and comment on some of these.

Best - Ted

Black Bear, Idaho

Hog, Tennessee

Hog, Texas

Kudu, RSA, 2008

The Terminator · October 19, 2008, 08:04 AM

Here are some more.

Warthog, RSA, 2008

Hope you enjoy them. Everyhing but the bear was taken with a 300 gr. nosler partition

Blue Wildebeast

Zebra

Blesbok

Gemshok

Impala

The Terminator · October 19, 2008, 08:08 AM

I wanted to comment, the size of the game is huge. I had no idea that a wildebeast was so large. Television really doesn't give a good perspecteve, even the zebra and the impala are much larger when a man is shown with them. What about the warthog?

maddog31751 · October 19, 2008, 08:22 AM

Terminator, ya did a nice job posting the pics. I just joined, and this is my 1st. post. I bought the rifle used in 2003. The 1st few years, all I shot were factory loads. I used WW supreme 300 gr. nosler part. on the hogs, and javelina. I used LE factory ammo on the bear, shot in Idaho. About 2 yrs. ago, I started reloading[again]. My good friend reflex264 turned me onto a good load.

300 gr. nosler partition
WW cases
51 gr. H4198
Fed. 210 primer
Lee factory crimp.

MV 1950 fps
ME 2500 aprox.

5 of the african animals were 1 shot DRT, no tracking. The zebra was very tough, and because I didn't hit it right the 1st. time, we had a real "fire fight". I uncorked 5 more shots on it, and the results were 2 hits, 1 miss, and 2 murdered african trees

I have a pic of 4 recovered noslers, that I'll post later. These are the only recovered noslers I have ever found in ANY critters.

Now for the pics.....The phs do an excellent job of posing you and the critter, don't get me wrong some of them are big, but a good photographer can do a lot.

maddog31751

The Terminator · October 19, 2008, 08:35 AM

Thank you for joining and letting us know about them maddog. I was thinking of photoshopping my head onto the warthog photo, and showing the guys at work what is in South Ga, just kidding.

BTW, I am a set of dies away from re-loading. I have the bullets, brass, hmm..no powder for that cartridge. I may start of a little light, nothing on the hoof over 300 lbs around here.

Best - Ted

nra_guns_winner · October 19, 2008, 09:34 AM

Wow, I'm feeling left out. I'm trying to figure out what I did wrong! With a little one at home, I just cannot hunt like I could years ago. I cannot wait until he is old enough to take on some youth hunts. So MadDog do you have many of those mounted. If so you must have a real big house to put them all in. Well those are wonderful pictures.

maddog31751 · October 19, 2008, 09:40 AM

nope, just a small ranch style with a full basemen[low ceilings], in a small town. The bear was turned into a rug, the african critters are skullplaque/euro mts, and about 4 rugs for the basement. What you do/don't do with taxidermy can make a hunt very expensive.

When yer kid gets old enough, take him! My son[26 now], started hunting with me at age 10. He's my best hunting buddy, and was with me in africa, where he harvested 7 very nice head of plains game, himself.

maddog31751

Byron Quick · October 19, 2008, 09:42 AM

Those are some nice beasts taken. Thanks for the photos. I have got to start saving my pennies to get to Africa.

maddog, did you just hunt plains game? And welcome to TFL.

Get a chance to eat any of the meat from the game taken?

Terminator, judging from the location you post you must be just outside of Atlanta. We're about 170 miles apart if so.

maddog31751 · October 19, 2008, 10:06 AM

Byron, We only hunted plains game. Four of use hunted, me, my son, my best buddy, and his son. We had a 10 day 6 animal package, each. We wound up taking 30 head of plains game, between the four of us. Coulda been more, but.....we ran outta money

!

We ate game meat probably 7 of the 10 days we were there. Kudu bratts are to kill for. We had eland steaks cooked med. rare the first night in camp, and they were excellent. But my all time favorite was blue wildebeast enchiladas, with chipole and pineapple, YUM!

maddog31751

lt dan · October 19, 2008, 10:29 AM

maddog, glad to see you ejoyed it over here. those are fantastic animals. any man who shoots a kudu is a man that can hunt. i like the wart-hog, i hunt wart-hog about twice a week and that is of the better sets of teeth i have seen in a long time. where in sa was this hunt?

The Terminator · October 19, 2008, 10:41 AM

maddog,
That must be your son with the gemshok. Sharing what you like to do with the people that you love is life at its very, very best. My 13 yr old is my very best friend. We love to camp and fish together, with the Boy Scouts. Best - Ted

maddog31751 · October 19, 2008, 10:54 AM

we hunted with www.cruisersafaris.com/

Ted, uhh.... thats not my son, that's my professional hunter!

Although he and my son are the same age.

Mad Dog

bclark1 · October 19, 2008, 11:32 PM

Every pictures my reaction was "I have that rifle!" Now I just have to put it to use on some bigger game one of these years

Great pictures and belated congrats on all your hunting luck.

Bitmap · October 20, 2008, 10:53 AM

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Hog, Tennessee

They've got some funny looking hogs in TN.

The Terminator · October 20, 2008, 11:11 AM

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They've got some funny looking hogs in TN

I thought I was the only one who noticed that I missed the caption. That is called a Tennessee black bear-hog, brogs for short. Sometimes a bear will get to a hog in heat. You see the result. They are very deadly.

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Every pictures my reaction was "I have that rifle!"

Me too!

butta9999 · October 21, 2008, 02:19 AM

Some beautiful animals there, will they all be on the wall in the Game room Terminator.

The Terminator · October 21, 2008, 08:31 AM

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Some beautiful animals there, will they all be on the wall in the Game room Terminator.

Don't thank me, thank maddog. He is the one who did all this. He was nice enough to let me repost the photographs, after seeing them at another good gun/hunting forum. The credit is all his.

maddog31751 · October 25, 2008, 12:44 PM

As promised, here is a pic of the only nosler bullets recovered from ANY game shot with the .45-70.

1 from kudu, 3 from zebra.

here's a pic of the 4 of us on the last day, with all our critters except the zebra hides. Me, my son, my buddy, and his son. 30 animals in 10 days of hunting.

maddog

Scorch · October 25, 2008, 01:06 PM

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the size of the game is huge. I had no idea that a wildebeast was so large.

They're not all that big (compared to an eland, for example). The kudu and gemsbok are much larger than the others shown, about the size of an elk. The impression of size has to do with either the lens on the camera used, or the distance the person is standing behind the animal. You get a better perspective in the bear picture or the zebra picture. In the photos that have the rifle leaning against the animal you can get an idea of dimensions.

Nice kudu, BTW!

The Terminator · October 25, 2008, 02:49 PM

The recovered bullets look like they really did their job! Thanks for sharing.

Best - Ted

P99AS9 · October 25, 2008, 03:16 PM

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they've Got Some Funny Looking Hogs In Tn.

Rofl!

freakintoguns · October 25, 2008, 03:41 PM

MAddog, see any Lions while in Africa?

BIGR · October 25, 2008, 07:24 PM

Thats some great hunting maddog.

maddog31751 · October 26, 2008, 07:48 AM

To save Terminators rear about posting the bear pic where the hog pic shoulda been, here is a pic of the hog.

Tenn. hog

javelina. little overkill for a .45-70

maddog

The Terminator · October 26, 2008, 09:06 AM

Thanks maddog.

October 19, 2008, 08:02 AM	#1
The Terminator Senior Member Join Date: February 3, 2002 Location: Georgia, 35 miles Northwest of the armpit Posts: 946	Photos of game taken with a 45/70. These are some photos taken of game shot with a 45/70. The shooter, known as Mad Dog, is a member of the Marlin forum. He posted these photos for the enjoyment of the members. They are reposted here, with his permission. This man is indeed a hunter. Why don't you sign in Mad Dog, and comment on some of these. Best - Ted Black Bear, Idaho Hog, Tennessee Hog, Texas Kudu, RSA, 2008 __________________ The Terminator John 3:16 (I hope to see You over there.)

October 19, 2008, 08:04 AM	#2
The Terminator Senior Member Join Date: February 3, 2002 Location: Georgia, 35 miles Northwest of the armpit Posts: 946	Here are some more. Warthog, RSA, 2008 Hope you enjoy them. Everyhing but the bear was taken with a 300 gr. nosler partition Blue Wildebeast Zebra Blesbok Gemshok Impala __________________ The Terminator John 3:16 (I hope to see You over there.)

October 19, 2008, 08:08 AM	#3
The Terminator Senior Member Join Date: February 3, 2002 Location: Georgia, 35 miles Northwest of the armpit Posts: 946	I wanted to comment, the size of the game is huge. I had no idea that a wildebeast was so large. Television really doesn't give a good perspecteve, even the zebra and the impala are much larger when a man is shown with them. What about the warthog? __________________ The Terminator John 3:16 (I hope to see You over there.)

October 19, 2008, 08:35 AM	#5
The Terminator Senior Member Join Date: February 3, 2002 Location: Georgia, 35 miles Northwest of the armpit Posts: 946	Thank you for joining and letting us know about them maddog. I was thinking of photoshopping my head onto the warthog photo, and showing the guys at work what is in South Ga, just kidding. BTW, I am a set of dies away from re-loading. I have the bullets, brass, hmm..no powder for that cartridge. I may start of a little light, nothing on the hoof over 300 lbs around here. Best - Ted __________________ The Terminator John 3:16 (I hope to see You over there.)

October 19, 2008, 10:06 AM	#9
maddog31751 Member Join Date: October 19, 2008 Posts: 22	Byron, We only hunted plains game. Four of use hunted, me, my son, my best buddy, and his son. We had a 10 day 6 animal package, each. We wound up taking 30 head of plains game, between the four of us. Coulda been more, but.....we ran outta money! We ate game meat probably 7 of the 10 days we were there. Kudu bratts are to kill for. We had eland steaks cooked med. rare the first night in camp, and they were excellent. But my all time favorite was blue wildebeast enchiladas, with chipole and pineapple, YUM! maddog31751

October 19, 2008, 08:22 AM	#4
maddog31751 Member Join Date: October 19, 2008 Posts: 22	Terminator, ya did a nice job posting the pics. I just joined, and this is my 1st. post. I bought the rifle used in 2003. The 1st few years, all I shot were factory loads. I used WW supreme 300 gr. nosler part. on the hogs, and javelina. I used LE factory ammo on the bear, shot in Idaho. About 2 yrs. ago, I started reloading[again]. My good friend reflex264 turned me onto a good load. 300 gr. nosler partition WW cases 51 gr. H4198 Fed. 210 primer Lee factory crimp. MV 1950 fps ME 2500 aprox. 5 of the african animals were 1 shot DRT, no tracking. The zebra was very tough, and because I didn't hit it right the 1st. time, we had a real "fire fight". I uncorked 5 more shots on it, and the results were 2 hits, 1 miss, and 2 murdered african trees I have a pic of 4 recovered noslers, that I'll post later. These are the only recovered noslers I have ever found in ANY critters. Now for the pics.....The phs do an excellent job of posing you and the critter, don't get me wrong some of them are big, but a good photographer can do a lot. maddog31751

October 19, 2008, 09:34 AM	#6
nra_guns_winner Junior member Join Date: August 28, 2007 Location: Wichita, Kansas Posts: 121	Wow, I'm feeling left out. I'm trying to figure out what I did wrong! With a little one at home, I just cannot hunt like I could years ago. I cannot wait until he is old enough to take on some youth hunts. So MadDog do you have many of those mounted. If so you must have a real big house to put them all in. Well those are wonderful pictures.

October 19, 2008, 09:40 AM	#7
maddog31751 Member Join Date: October 19, 2008 Posts: 22	nope, just a small ranch style with a full basemen[low ceilings], in a small town. The bear was turned into a rug, the african critters are skullplaque/euro mts, and about 4 rugs for the basement. What you do/don't do with taxidermy can make a hunt very expensive. When yer kid gets old enough, take him! My son[26 now], started hunting with me at age 10. He's my best hunting buddy, and was with me in africa, where he harvested 7 very nice head of plains game, himself. maddog31751

October 19, 2008, 09:42 AM	#8
Byron Quick Staff In Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Waynesboro, Georgia, USA Posts: 2,361	Those are some nice beasts taken. Thanks for the photos. I have got to start saving my pennies to get to Africa. maddog, did you just hunt plains game? And welcome to TFL. Get a chance to eat any of the meat from the game taken? Terminator, judging from the location you post you must be just outside of Atlanta. We're about 170 miles apart if so.

October 19, 2008, 10:29 AM	#10
lt dan Senior Member Join Date: March 4, 2008 Location: south africa Posts: 328	maddog, glad to see you ejoyed it over here. those are fantastic animals. any man who shoots a kudu is a man that can hunt. i like the wart-hog, i hunt wart-hog about twice a week and that is of the better sets of teeth i have seen in a long time. where in sa was this hunt? __________________ If youth is wasted on the young, then Africa is wasted on the Africans

October 19, 2008, 10:41 AM	#11
The Terminator Senior Member Join Date: February 3, 2002 Location: Georgia, 35 miles Northwest of the armpit Posts: 946	maddog, That must be your son with the gemshok. Sharing what you like to do with the people that you love is life at its very, very best. My 13 yr old is my very best friend. We love to camp and fish together, with the Boy Scouts. Best - Ted __________________ The Terminator John 3:16 (I hope to see You over there.)

October 19, 2008, 10:54 AM	#12
maddog31751 Member Join Date: October 19, 2008 Posts: 22	we hunted with www.cruisersafaris.com/ Ted, uhh.... thats not my son, that's my professional hunter! Although he and my son are the same age. Mad Dog

October 19, 2008, 11:32 PM	#13
bclark1 Senior Member Join Date: January 5, 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,531	Every pictures my reaction was "I have that rifle!" Now I just have to put it to use on some bigger game one of these years Great pictures and belated congrats on all your hunting luck.

October 21, 2008, 02:19 AM	#16
butta9999 Senior Member Join Date: June 29, 2008 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Posts: 692	Some beautiful animals there, will they all be on the wall in the Game room Terminator. __________________ Knowledge is Power!

October 25, 2008, 12:44 PM	#18
maddog31751 Member Join Date: October 19, 2008 Posts: 22	As promised, here is a pic of the only nosler bullets recovered from ANY game shot with the .45-70. 1 from kudu, 3 from zebra. here's a pic of the 4 of us on the last day, with all our critters except the zebra hides. Me, my son, my buddy, and his son. 30 animals in 10 days of hunting. maddog

October 25, 2008, 02:49 PM	#20
The Terminator Senior Member Join Date: February 3, 2002 Location: Georgia, 35 miles Northwest of the armpit Posts: 946	The recovered bullets look like they really did their job! Thanks for sharing. Best - Ted __________________ The Terminator John 3:16 (I hope to see You over there.)

October 25, 2008, 03:41 PM	#22
freakintoguns Senior Member Join Date: October 6, 2008 Posts: 496	MAddog, see any Lions while in Africa?

October 25, 2008, 07:24 PM	#23
BIGR Senior Member Join Date: June 13, 2000 Location: Mountains Posts: 1,385	Thats some great hunting maddog.

October 26, 2008, 07:48 AM	#24
maddog31751 Member Join Date: October 19, 2008 Posts: 22	To save Terminators rear about posting the bear pic where the hog pic shoulda been, here is a pic of the hog. Tenn. hog javelina. little overkill for a .45-70 maddog

October 26, 2008, 09:06 AM	#25
The Terminator Senior Member Join Date: February 3, 2002 Location: Georgia, 35 miles Northwest of the armpit Posts: 946	Thanks maddog. __________________ The Terminator John 3:16 (I hope to see You over there.)