Well, I wasn't even going to go hunting today. Got a bad cold, headache, neckache. The hole nine yards. Neck hurt so bad that I had trouble turning my head to shoot when I was practicing before I went out hunting. I didn't have high hopes, so I was willing to leave my trusty RER Vortex at home, and took the MOAB that I just got a few days ago. As long as I was gonna go crazy like this, I left my safari tuff quiver at home and took the new quiver that I got from highnoonhunter.
I went up into a stand that I just put up a few weeks ago. I hadn't hunted out of it yet, and the tree-steps were a little suspect, but the wind was out of the North for a change, and I figured that this was the place to be. This was the same area that I missed a big hog at around 3-4 weeks ago. I choked, didn't bend at the waist, and shot over his back. Rookie mistake. Anyway, the wind was howling and I wasn't seeing anything except a few squirrels hunkered down in the treetops.
Light was starting to fade, so I decided to get out of the treestand a little early because I wasn't sure of the step placement. I was gonna stillhunt back to the house. No sooner did I get to the base of the tree than I heard a noise to the northeast. I saw a black blob coming straight toward me kinda quick. I new it was the same big hog that I had missed before, and when he got around 15 yards away he angled sharply away from me for some reason. He was slightly uphill and I new this was my only chance, so I took it with him angled pretty good away from me. He squealed, well, like a pig, and took off over the rise. I thought that I heard him fall, but I wanted to give him a little time. I texted a buddy to tell him that I shot a big hog and as soon as I put the phone up a doe made her way in from a field to the west. She started acting up, stomping her feet, and I had no idea what her problem was. Apparently the hog had urinated all over himself when he died, and the doe wasn't liking it. I thought that she was coming straight for me, but I think she was circling around to get a look at the hog. She must have had enough, and turned 180 degrees away from the hog and started to walk off. That was 18 yards and broadside for me, thank you very much. She ran up the woodlot, and I heard what I though was her going down.
I went over the rise and saw the hog. He was a bruiser. The arrow was still stuck in him, so I yanked it out but came out with only the arrow and ferrule. I decided to scoot up to the house to get the atv, because there was no way that I was dragging that hog almost a mile to the house. When I got back with the atv, I found a real easy trail and that the doe was down at the base of an oak tree. Still haven't found the arrow. Clean pass through, but she was on a ridge. I'll find it in the daylight, tomorrow.
The pictures don't show it well, but the hog weighed just a hair under 275 pounds when I got it too the butcher. I knew that the butcher was closing soon and that I wouldn't be able to butcher them before I had to work tomorrow morning, so I threw the doe on the back of the atv and tied the hog off and dragged it back to the house without gutting them. Sorry about the blood on the deer and the poorly posed pics. I was in a rush. I tried to use red eye reduction for the blood on the deer, but that didn't work out so well. I'm an idiot with the computer. Check out the road rash on the hog on the last pic.
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In any case, my Vortex is still my go to bow, but I can't complain about how this MOAB has treated me so far.
Very Nice Congrats.
:thumbsup: Wow way to go! Venison and bacon all in a couple minutes. It doesn't get better than that! Nice shooting. So you say that RER is your trusty bow? Maybe you better think that over. :D
peerrrrfect! isnt that how its suposed to happen everytime out. congrats sir. :thumbsup:
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Congratulations, Very nice harvest should be some excellent eating!!! Jerry.
Congrats! :thumbsup:
Congrats Patrick!! What an awesome hunt!
Great hunt, congratulations.
Congratulations!! How's you neck feel now?
Isn't it funny that a little adrenaline can mask so awful pain.
MOAB's are hard to beat for shootability.
God bless,Mudd
Wow what a day.Congrats that MOAB going too grow on you. :clapper:
Great job Pat!! :thumbsup: :campfire:
The only thing better than a new MOAB, is another new MOAB. And a nice pile of meat they make. Congrats on a great hunt.
You Go Man !! Now that's what Im talkin about !!! "SWEEEEEEEEEEET" !!!
Thanks guys. Oh, and Mudd. You are right, my neck didn't bother me at the time
It's killing me now, though.
Well-done!
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Giddyup Mate ! good goin!
Thats the way to do it.
Nice story enjoy your buffet.
Yowza!
You go "full boar" on everything, GoDoggie! Congrats on a full freezer from your own land. Now, maybe you should see a doctor and get yourself fixed up?
Killdeer :D
I usually have to buy the pork I mix in my deer sausage. Heck, you brought 'em both home at the same time! Good job!
Nice Pat, venison fillet mignon wraped in bacon. Congratulations.
That's the only problem with MOABs, you spend all your time hauling meat out of the woods and hardly get any time to hunt. Nice shooting!
Nice shooting! Congrats.
Pat it looks like you did really good. Nice cutters on that hog too. Way to break in that new bow. I hope your body feels better and congrats again on an awesome hunt. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Nice stuff... A twofer.....
Congrats
:notworthy: :notworthy: Good for you Pat...nice shooting. Always here about hunters getting game when they are sick. I hope I get sick soon.
Way to go Pat! That is for sure a nasty hog! Looks like you're breaking the new bow and homestead in proper!
Cam
Way to go sir! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Great job! :clapper:
Way to go, :bigsmyl:
Congrats on an awesome hunt! Love my MOABs also!
Way to go Pat! Congrats!!
Brother, when your on, your on ! good job.
Sounds like that bow got some mojo! Glad you like it, Patrick...I guess if Im in Ardmore there will be some pork on the grill? ;) Congrats...BLM
Makes for a lot of fun when things come together, I hope it took your mind off the cold and sore neck. And with a new bow yet. Congrats
Congrats!
Way to go Patrick! :thumbsup: :archer:
proves you can't shoot game sitting at home.... even sick...
Pat,what a day for you and Moab!!
These bows rule! they truly do...marco#78
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Once again, thanks for kind words. I hope that the meat tastes good. I've heard that the older boars don't taste good, but I will have to find out for myself. Wish that I didn't hang the bow on a treestep in the wind. Got some scratches on the belly.
Way to go Pat!
Very Nice Pat..
Im jelous,That Moab is blooded now!worth more,Big Medicine.MMMsausage.Congrats on a fine hunt,
A few scratches on the bow will remind you of a great hunt down the road. Adds character, just like a few scars on people.
Nice fresh venison with a side of pork congrats :clapper:
Way to go Pat!!
Congratulations on the double.
Sweet! Congrats
Bows and best friends have scars, you know the stories and the scars serve as certificates of authenticity.
Killdeer
Thats one pretty deer and one mean looking pig. Congratulations....Phil
Damn Pat! I know I said you should shoot some local critters, so you do a double?!! Nice shooting. Any way, hope you get feeling better soon, and enjoy the eats. I gotta stop finding your threads so late.
NICE!!! x2
A perfect example of why we should carry lots of arrows!!! :thumbsup:
You forgot about your cold for a while didn`t ya`!!!
That will fill the freezer. :clapper: