Had the pleasure of sharing a camp with sunny hill archer and son woods.Leatherneck and myself had a blast.The pigs have a better sense of smell than i gave them credit for. :knothead: And after many blown chances i finally got one.My first hog with a bow cant wait to put it in the smoker :campfire: (http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj10/longbowben/DSC01202.jpg)
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: Hunting hogs can be addicting!
Nice hog, nice shot.
Thanks cant wait to go back when its not 95 degrees and the nats wont be a pain in the butt.Pigs are addicting.Sunny hill archer and son are great people glad to have new friends.Hope to see them soon. :)
Just got here today. Hope to have a pic like yours sometime over the weekend. Congrats.
Are you at Rays place?Stalk the oak flats.Make sure you check your wind when stalking.Good luck.
Yep. Meeting Ray in the morning. Can't wait. Thanks for the tip, Ray said they were startin to fall. Here piggy, piggy!
Nice flops Ben........
Congrats again it was fun.
Couldn'T wait to get those boots and snake chaps off.
THIS IS GREAT!!!!
What a nice bow too!!!!
congrats :thumbsup:
Very nice, congrats!
Congrats.Hogs are smarter than most people think.
Fantastic stuff, well-done!
QuoteOriginally posted by stickbowmaniac:
Congrats.Hogs are smarter than most people think.
You said that right!!!!
I must first say that we had an awesome time. Michael was a great host and has a wondeful place. Thanks again for the invite. I would also like to add that Michaels son woods is one of the most respectful young men I've met to date. He's shooting that widow pretty darn good too. Downloading a couple pics right now so I'll be back.
We're covered up in grapes and the 'corns are just starting should be a great weekend
Congrats Ben and company! Michaels a good guy!!!
From the time we arrived we were into pigs. I've never seen that many before in my life. Now mind you, we are rookie pig hunters. I can honestly say I was humbled buy them for sure. There eyes are subject, but their noses are unreal. My only problem was trying to keep them still long enough to get an arrow in them. Wirey critters!
Heres a pic of the stand I was hunting in the evenings. In the intense heat I was glad to be dropped off 15 feet from my stand.
(http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd312/sargeyriley/014-7.jpg)
That is about a 16-17 yard shot out of my tree.
I must admit that I was completely off my game this week. I missed a couple hogs(one right under that feeder above) and I can live with that. But to wound one and not find it really bothers me. I know it's part of hunting but I still dont like it. I thought I put a good shot on him but could not find him in the swamps.
In the same tree while the rain was a coming down. I'm smiling cause my tree leaned forward and I barely got wet. Ben didn't fair as well in his.lol
(http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd312/sargeyriley/016-2.jpg)
Now I was a little worried when the guy at the hardware store told us about all the snakes in those southern woods. But after about a day (and confidence in my chaps) I really didn't think about them. But these babies were everywhere!!! Good thing I don't mind spiders.
(http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd312/sargeyriley/019-4.jpg)
But my disappointment in my shooting this week turned to joy when I got to watch Ben stalk a pig and put a 160 grain snuffer through it. Here he is tracking blood. Now mind you, this area of the swamp was sooooo thick with briars we had to decipher which blood we were following. The pigs or ours!!!
(http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd312/sargeyriley/021-3.jpg)
Good work Boys-nice pics.
Through the heat, briars, spiders, and my misses, this was what was at the end of our trail:
(http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd312/sargeyriley/023-4.jpg)
Thanks again Michael for an awesome trip. I got payback coming to a few black hogs next time!!
Congrats to Ben on his first trad pig kill!!!!
Good pics Mike...
Woods and I enjoyed having Y'all down.
He has got the fever now!!!!!!! Hopefully soon we will have some of our own hero shots. :pray:
Thats a nice hog but Leatherneck you can keep the spider :scared:
Nice story guys. Can't go wrong hanging out with Woods and Michael. I'm heading down to visit next month. Woods knows a spot where if you cast off the left side of the boat, you get a bass and the right side, a trout. What more could you ask for? Don
Batman he was tempting us with the redfish,Im going to have to give it a try.
My guys have one down and seen about fifty
Good weather and food on the ground
Well done Lads, a top trip by the sound of it
longbowben,
what arrows are you using wood?
QuoteOriginally posted by Gerardo:
longbowben,
what arrows are you using wood?
He's using the wood grain Gold Tips