Well, I had "one of those weekends" (the good ones) this past couple days. Went hunting on a friends ranch near Sonora. It is 640ac of some of the prettiest free range, low fence ranchland there is! The first hunt started out well Friday afternoon with a little meat pig. She was one of the most curly haired pigs I have ever seen.
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Saturday and Sunday were filled with close encounters, but no critters were harmed.
Then , Monday morning was awesome! At first light, I had a small axis buck and about 6 pigs come in. The axis are very wary, and normally won't stay around if the pigs come in. I decided to shoot while it was still too early to see my arrow. I had no clue if, or where I had hit this deer after the shot. The pigs made a small circle and came right back in. My buddy hates pigs, so I had to load another arrow and shoot one of them too! The shot on the pig looked good, and I thought I saw it fall over about 30yds out.
I got out of the blind, and went to the pig first. Bad decision! Turns out it was a bit quartered to me when I shot. As I got close to where I saw her "fall", she gets up and goes running off. I back out and went the other direction to try to track the axis. I had a scant blood trail for about the first 50yds. Then it opened up! He went about 80yds all together, and the shot was perfect.
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After I got the deer in an ice chest, we went back to look for the pig. There was no blood trail, and we were just bumbling along looking when we happened upon him. He did me a favor and died in the wide open. He ended up going another couple hundred yards from where I had jumped him up. Yes, it is better to be lucky than good every once in a while!
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So, then I went to the same stand where I had shot the first pig on Friday for the afternoon hunt. I had some axis come in early, and a big fat doe worked her way to 13yds, quartered away. I let loose, and knew something was not right. I got out to find an arrow that indicated that I had just barely grazed her chest.
Anyway, I got back in the blind to wait till dark. I saw a bunch of whitetails and turkeys, but they are not in season now. Right before dark, all the whitetails threw up their heads, and then high tailed it outta there! That almost always means pigs!
Sure enough, a couple minutes later, 3 small pigs came in. It was starting to get close to dark, but they finally worked their way in front of me at about 13yds. I waited for one to get positioned well, then let another arrow fly. This one was perfect , and I heard this pig expire about 30 yds off in the brush.
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I still am not sure how I muffed the shot on the axis doe. This pig and that doe were standing in nearly the exact same spot when both shots were taken?????
Anyway, I had my pig, and my buddy got a big axis doe that afternoon, so I guess 2 critters were enough to clean at one time.
Bisch
That's awesome Bisch!! Congrats.
Congratulations Bisch,nice shooting! Did you get a new bow,or is that the one you've always had?
Congrats Bisch! :thumbsup:
Wow you are a machine, it's about time you miss to help make the rest of us feel better about ourselves hahaha congrats!!
Congrats, fine shooting! I here those axis are some fine eating, how do they compare to other game?
QuoteOriginally posted by Alexander Traditional:
Congratulations Bisch,nice shooting! Did you get a new bow,or is that the one you've always had?
That is my first Sarrels Blueridge I got in 2009! It is named "The Black Plague". There is a little story behind that, but it is the only bow I have ever named! I used it because it is a little shorter than my current Blueridge, and he has a few blinds that are really tight for a longbow.
Bisch
QuoteOriginally posted by South MS Bowhunter:
Congrats, fine shooting! I here those axis are some fine eating, how do they compare to other game?
Axis is about as good a wild game meat as can be had in North America!
Bisch
Good shooting. Lots of good eats there.
Damn, that sounds fun.
Fine shooting!! Congratulations
Awsome weekend Bisch :thumbsup:
A weekend well spent! Great work! :coffee:
Chase.
That's one great weekend bisch
Congrats
Congrats Bisch! :clapper:
A most eventful and productive hunt.
Congrats and thank you for sharing.
Congrats, Bisch.. Well done..
Some neat looking critters there. Never seen a pig with curly hair like that pretty cool! Congrats on a great weekend!
:clapper:
Now that's how you fill a freezer!!!
Weekends like that don't happen very often. Congrats!
Wow, that's a couple year's worth of action in a couple days. Good for you!
Thanks for sharing, Bisch! Looks like a lot of fun. It would be fantastic to hunt where one could get multiple shots at multiple critters in a short span like that!
Bisch,
what does an axis weigh?
QuoteOriginally posted by DanielB89:
Bisch,
what does an axis weigh?
They are short legged, so the look kinda small. They are not! The does are like a whitetail doe, or maybe a tad heavier. The big bucks will go over 200#, easy.
Bisch
Very nice. Congrats and thanks for sharing.
Congrats Bisch. You da man !!!
Congratulations on a great hunt. :thumbsup:
Unreal........well done :clapper:
Very nice
What a great hunt!
Well done! :thumbsup:
Deno
Well done Bisch!! :archer2: :thumbsup:
QuoteOriginally posted by Bvas:
Now that's how you fill a freezer!!!
Weekends like that don't happen very often. Congrats!
...unless you're Bisch!!!! This was just another weekend for him. LOL
Wowser what a haul!
Outstanding! That first pig was curly lol.
Nice , thanks for sharing .
Awesome, nicely done! How do you like that Absorkee quiver?
QuoteOriginally posted by Matabele:
Awesome, nicely done! How do you like that Absorkee quiver?
This is the Ridge Line model, and I love it!
Bisch
Great hunt and awesome story...as usual!!!!
Gotta say that was one curly haired pig!!!!
Great hunt and shooting Bisch!! Those are special. :archer2:
You had a great weekend good shooting . Whats the deal with that curly hair on that pig I have never heard or seen anything like that on a hog before ! I like oddities like that curly hair, my son shot what was called a mule footed hog in Oklahoma the hooves were not split they were like a mules hoof . There was a number of them on that ranch they were also fatter than the other hogs.
Great job Bisch !!
great job, nice eats, that first pig looks like a cross between a sheep and pig, crazy hair!
That took some doin' ! Way to go Mr Bisch !
Well done!!
Wow! what a weekend, you are going to need to start packing a bigger quiver if you keep up like that Bisch, great job.
Great hunting adventure! Congrats on a few awesome trophies!
Great Hunt. :goldtooth:
Fantastic!!
Fantastic hunt, those don't happen often.
What a great hunt with lots of action! Must have been exciting.
Thanks for sharing "Bisch". Always fun to share a hunt with a friend. :campfire:
Well done. Miss y'all
That's more action then I've had in 5 years.
Well done, Bisch!
Bisch,
Thats a nice pile of critters,congrads.
Well that sounds like a ton of fun ... congrats
That's awesome Bisch!!!
:archer2:
Congrats!!!
Great work Brother!
Way to go Bisch!
Congratulations, beautiful animals
Very Nice, Congrats!
way to go bisch!!! congrats good shooting
Nice,thanks for sharing.
Leland
Congrats sir! Looks like an awesome weekend!
That's damn fine shooting Bisch....congratulations
Congrats bud! :thumbsup:
Congratulations on a great hunt!!
What a hunt congrats!!!
That curly haired pig is crazy man :bigsmyl:
Tracy
Way to go, Bisch!! Got to love hunts like that.
Dang! That was a good weekend!
Congrats and thanks for sharing Bisch!
Way to go Bisch!
Great job, Bisch! Good for you!