Just got back from my long weekend at Brush Country Bowhunting in Freer TX. They are really a first class operation with great facilities and great food. Had a great time, killed two big (for me) pigs with the longbow.
Got the first one at about 11:00 at night on the first night.
Where I was sitting when the pig came in I was overlooking a wallow that had a little light on it. Giving about a 6' circle of soft low light. Really, the moon was so bright and the sky so clear it was'nt really needed. When he came in he would'nt go into the light. He would just stick his snout in like he was trying to reach under the light. The whole time he was there he would get a mouthfull of corn and stare at the stand while he chewed. Take a bite, stare at the stand..............take a bite, stare at the stand.......take a bite, stare at the stand.......and whenever he moved he would'nt walk he would only shuffle sideways so that he could keep his eyes on the stand the whole time. It was weird, funny and frustrating all at once. (When we skinned him he had an absess on his shoulder over the shield. So I imagine he's been shot out of that stand before.) After a while he heard some other pigs coming and turned to look for a second. I could see his head and a very very slight sillouette (sp) of his body in the moonlight. I knew where in the darkness to shoot, I just blew the shot. I'm going to blame it on being elevated. I never get in elevated stands, so subsequently I've never practiced shooting from one. (before anyone says it though, I do practice shooting in very low light and with the hawglight.)
I could'nt tell where I hit him and I thought it was a good shot. (the broadhead went into his neck perfectly slotted between the jugular and his windpipe, another 1/4" in any direction and it would have been lights out!) There was good blood, lots of blood everywhere. But I still did'nt want to crawl down a tunnel at midnight after a wounded pig. Turns out I was right. The next morning when we found him he was still very much alive and very very angry. The dog finally found him in an opening in the brush. Not even a clearing, it was more like a cave of cactus and mesquite that several tunnels opened into. Jrs (Jr's the dog)baying him and I shoot him again but he was moving so it was too low. As soon as I shoot him he knocks Jr out of the way and Jr takes off running with angry pig hot on his heels. I'm backed up to a cactus so naturally Jr runs between my legs and the only thing I can think to do is smack the pig in the face with my bow! (it's the new dryad snout smacker :D ) It worked though. He backed off and Jr got ahold of a leg. This time an arrow into the heart dropped him in a couple of seconds.
Great fun. I LOVE hunting pigs at night. I had a hawglight but the moon was good enough that I did'nt even put it on the bow. I did however use it to kill about a dozen rabbits and a feral cat. (sadly I could'nt find the cat. I wanted soooo badly to tan the hide and use it to cover my "catquiver"!!)
That's how hog #1 met his demise.
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...and hawg #2...? :confused: Congrats on #1,by the way!(note to self...gotta ask Wingnut about the Dryad Snout Smacker)
nice Razorback!
Ok, lets see a better shot of the bow. LOL
Mike
QuoteOriginally posted by TXRED:
(note to self...gotta ask Wingnut about the Dryad Snout Smacker)
What's funny is that this is the second time I've had to hit a charging pig with that bow. lol
Oh yeah. for those who care
Dryad windtalker 58# @ 28 (I pull just under 29)
650gr pine hexshafts with 125gr snuffers
QuoteOriginally posted by wingnut:
Ok, lets see a better shot of the bow. LOL
Mike
ok, here goes. I just did'nt like this picture as much.
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good hog!
Nice lookin pig.
No wonder I didn't reconize that bow. It's been around awhile. And they say wooden bows won't last. LOL
Nice hog!!
What about #2?
Mike
Yeah...I'd say that's a big hog. :bigsmyl:
Congratulations. Way to stick with it and find your trophy. :thumbsup:
Did JR get a treat?
@Wingnut
Yeah. I got that from you like 3 or 4 years ago at least. There's not telling how many arrows it's had through it. I know I've shot about 3 dozen a day, almost every day for the past year at the office.
It's got about 7 pigs, 12 -15 rabbits, 3 or 4 squirrels, 2 cats, 2 chickens, 4 rats, and a gator on it.
Feels like it's maybe lost a couple of pounds, but still shoots hard!
Jr got the bones after the meat was boned out. Very happy dog despite being COVERED in cactus thorns.
Don't have the pics for # 2 yet
Yep jsut looked it up. August of '06. Looks like it's still running hard.
Mike
Great. Last night on my local TV station, they said that now feral hogs is a big businees. Not so much for hunting but for trapping them and selling them overseas. Apparently there is a demand for feral hogs overseas. I live very near south texas and the news had a guy in Atascosa county, a county close to my home in San Antonio, showing how he is trapping them and they are paying him 50 cents a pound on the hoof for them. Thats more than for domestic hogs
Here is the website to the story
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/kens5/iteam/stories/MYSA052008.wild.hogs.KENS.12c41667.html
Nice Hog..Congradulations :clapper:
that has been going on for a while, my buddy brian has a hog buying station here in Polk co. Doesnt hardly put a dent in the population especially not now that everyone around here has quit trapping because corn and gas are too high for the hogs to cover the cost much less make much unless you are in your backyard.
QuoteOriginally posted by wingnut:
Ok, lets see a better shot of the bow. LOL
Mike
:) Yep Mike, Shane has done your bow proud!!! He did a number on both of those hogs and put the hurt on a BUNCH of bunnies this past weekend!! :thumbsup:
It was great meeting you and getting to hunt with you Shane! Hope we get to do it again sometime!
Same here. I can't wait to do it again. BUT if I remember correctly, did'nt you beat me in bunny body count?
QuoteOriginally posted by wingnut:
Yep jsut looked it up. August of '06. Looks like it's still running hard.
Mike
06, wow. seems like it's been longer than that
Good boar man! Great job!
nice hog
Great pig, now where is the story and pic of the second pig?LOL
Danny
Nice going on the pigs Battle_shaft.
Nice pigs!!! THAT GLEN SMITH IS COOL GUY!! :cool: He`s a trad bowhunter as well. Did he take to lunch with senoritas????
QuoteOriginally posted by Danny Rowan:
now where is the story and pic of the second pig?
Again. let me start off by saying what a first class outfit Brush Country Bowhunting was and how good of care they took of me/us.
Sunday night, the last night we had I went out to a stand a little early. About 6:30. the wind was being all funky and went from changing directions every 15 minutes to none at all. Nothing. When I puffed my windicator bottle the powder would fall straight down! So I knew that scent would be a problem. I got down out of the stand and found a bunch of cow pies. Stomped around in the freshest one I could find, rubbed some on my pants and hat and brought a big chunk back up in the stand with me. I also, put a Sow in Heat wick on the feeder, poured a little on the ground at a place that would give a good shot and poured some on the tree I was hiding in.
About an hour and a half later, right at sunset, I hear a big snort and look up and a big boar is charging over the hill, mane raised, toofs bared, ready to fight. He stops for a second and goes right to where I had poured out the sow in heat and sticks his snout in it. About this time the formerly dead still wind puffs straight to him. he does that familiar look up and loud sniff and takes off back over the hill. 10 seconds later he's back. Even more angry and goes straight to the wick. He's still sniffing and obviously knows I'm there and smells me but he just can't bring himself to leave the Sow in Heat scent. I watch him go through this cycle of charging off then stopping just over the hill and coming back to sniff the Sow in Heat 5 or 6 times. Eventually he stopped long enough to get a shot. It was just after sunset but the moon was bright and he was standing on white sand. So there was a good sillouette. He jumped the string a little and I hit him a little higher and farther back than I wanted. But it still looked good.
I jumped down and checked and there was just a tiny bit of blood so I figure he can sit til the morning as it was kind of cool.
The next morning when i find the trail the blood got much much better but it went into some TIGHT tunnels. Real hands and knees stuff. Found him about 50 yards in a tunnel dead as a doornail. Turns out it was a double lung shot with a full pass through. About 1/4" of the broadhead sticking out on the opposite side. I had to drag him out crawling through the tunnel. I got very very scratched up.
about 175#
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Nice stories and pics! Congrats!! Love those razorbacks.
Nice pig! Congrats!
Wow thats too cool I wish I could visit a place like that, but unfortunatly I don`t have as good a friends as you do. Man, I wish I was you............
Attaboy.... great write up thanks for sharing
What a beast, Congrats! I sure would love to go after some hogs one of these days! Congrats!
QuoteOriginally posted by Limey Chris:
Wow thats too cool I wish I could visit a place like that, but unfortunatly I don`t have as good a friends as you do. Man, I wish I was you............
Can it foreigner!
btw, you have mail
About time `cos you got snotty email.....I love you, man.
Oh and BTW look at the St Judes auction........Buffala `untin` for da kids.........Things that make you go mmmmmmmmmmm
That has our names ALL OVER IT!!!!!!!!
I`m givin it some serious consideration. Even at $5k a piece we`re quids in, lets sit back and snipe it at the last minute for a couple of grand.
BTW did you see the fantastic all expenses paid gator hunt some snappy dresser and all round good fella had donated
QuoteBTW did you see the fantastic all expenses paid gator hunt some snappy dresser and all round good fella had donated [/QB]
no I did'nt see that one. Probably a scam of some sort.
lol. Let me know if you need an extra pair of hands on board for it.