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Title: I appoligize -----
Post by: Pat B. on June 11, 2013, 11:10:00 PM
I surely don't intend to offend anyone with my posts of my occassional kills..

A 40 mile pig -----

I've been carrying this new bow from Ken for a couple of weeks trying my best to find a pig to try it out on.  Most afternoons I walk 3-4 miles either in the woods or around some grain crops.  I am extremely fortunate to be able to do this. Working for myself provides this option.

This evening I went over to a neighboring place that I can hunt. It's about half woods and half crops and has a creek running through it. The creek is deep and wide but mostly dry right now. On one side is wooded country and crops are on the other side of this waterway.

Just as last twilight was falling I was on the crop side of the creek, eased back into the maize watching the creek and woods.. I saw a black pig come out of the woods and ease down the creek bank. He was probably 100 yards at this point.
He went left then right trying to decide where he would cross. As he was moving so was I trying to intercept his line of travel. He finally committed and I made my last move then waited. It seemed to take forever for him to start up the near bank and that familiar excitment overcame me!
 The bank was very steep where he was coming up. He scrambled up on top and sensed something amiss.. I was about 20 yards away, perhaps that made him uneasy ?  He turned quartering away and I drew the bow and released the arrow quickly. The CE 350 had a Zwickey Delta mounted on a 100 grain steel adapter, the combination weighs over 600 grains. The arrow is 31" to the back of the broadhead and it buried completely in the pig!

On impact he fell back down the bank. He then tried to find his feet as he rolled to bottom of the creek channel! When he hit the bottom he never moved. I couldn't believe it was over that fast but he was done...

This Inferno is nasty !!!

  (http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/jpbdas/P10001041280x854_zpsb7b0f09f.jpg) (http://s88.photobucket.com/user/jpbdas/media/P10001041280x854_zpsb7b0f09f.jpg.html)
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Post by: VictoryHunter on June 11, 2013, 11:14:00 PM
Nice pig! Thanks for sharing your stories.
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Post by: JamesKerr on June 11, 2013, 11:14:00 PM
Way to go Pat!
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Post by: TxAg on June 11, 2013, 11:16:00 PM
Wow. You are a killer!
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Post by: DesertDude on June 11, 2013, 11:20:00 PM
Very cool
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Post by: Wannabe1 on June 11, 2013, 11:28:00 PM
Offend! Shoot, I get down right tickled reading about your pig kills!   :thumbsup:    :clapper:
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Post by: steadman on June 11, 2013, 11:31:00 PM
Don't apologize Pat!! Keep shooting  :)
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Post by: Steve O on June 11, 2013, 11:37:00 PM
Hah!  Apology accepted.  

Pat, are you retired?  If you are, between you and Whip, you guys are ticking me off    :D    I keep coming home from a long day in some hot factory and here you guys are; piling up pigs and rabbits and fish...
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Post by: Mudd on June 11, 2013, 11:48:00 PM
Pat I hope you never feel the need to apologize for your hunts or kills.

JUst keep the stories coming buddy!!

God bless,Mudd

PS: Congratulations on this one as well.
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Post by: Car54 on June 11, 2013, 11:51:00 PM
Nice Pat! He's a big'un.  Keep it up!
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Post by: RC on June 11, 2013, 11:56:00 PM
Good`n Pat. I have a curve like that I made. I may have to dust it off.RC
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Post by: 4 point on June 12, 2013, 12:01:00 AM
I'm a little jealous. Not much to hunt around here now but fish. You are killing some big pigs. Congrats
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Post by: Maxx Black on June 12, 2013, 12:03:00 AM
Well done Pat,
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Post by: wooddamon1 on June 12, 2013, 12:18:00 AM
:thumbsup:     :notworthy:
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Post by: on June 12, 2013, 12:22:00 AM
Way to go Pig Killer!

Bisch
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Post by: Ben Maher on June 12, 2013, 01:25:00 AM
Hey Pat ,

nice work mate !

Ken's bows are just dandy eh ! My Whippenstick Classics are just great great bows ...

one of his 50's 'curves is on the cards for me too ...

Mind you, my Hill styles are crying ... but I just tell them they are on a well deserved holiday .
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Post by: Bowitis on June 12, 2013, 01:55:00 AM
Pat, Don't stop now
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Post by: rbcorbitt on June 12, 2013, 06:28:00 AM
Don't apologize for providing a much needed service!

If it were not for the efforts such as hunters, the hog population will continue to grow at an even higher rate.  Good in once sense - more tasty piggies to shoot!    ;)     Bad on some many levels, as the other, native game species have a hard time competing with these critters!  Shoot 'em all!!     :thumbsup:    (Well, at least save some for us other TG members    :biglaugh:   ).
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Post by: Whip on June 12, 2013, 06:38:00 AM
I know they can sure be a problem, but I wish I had pigs to hunt closer to home!
Another nice one Pat   :thumbsup:   !!  Looks like that must have been a struggle hauling him back out of the ditch!
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Post by: BuckeyeGuy on June 12, 2013, 06:44:00 AM
Another nice pig Pat way to go!
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Post by: Green on June 12, 2013, 06:56:00 AM
Apology?  Lol....we're happy you've got a place to go that seems to be littered with some big pieces of live bacon!
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Post by: Tater on June 12, 2013, 07:19:00 AM
Nice Pig......  :thumbsup:
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Post by: hunthold on June 12, 2013, 07:41:00 AM
Hog slayin son of a gun!!    :thumbsup:
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Post by: dragonheart on June 12, 2013, 07:46:00 AM
You rockin the hogs!  Literally.  Cool story and hunt.
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Post by: ron w on June 12, 2013, 08:38:00 AM
Offend anyone.......Pat unless you missed it this is a bowhunting site.......Offended ,not me...envious, you bet!
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Post by: macbow on June 12, 2013, 08:42:00 AM
Congrats, we'll done. I like following your hunts.
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Post by: Izzy on June 12, 2013, 08:45:00 AM
Apologize to the pigs not us fellers stuck at work, your threads make the work day fly by when needed.
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Post by: Blaino on June 12, 2013, 09:17:00 AM
No way any of your friends or neighbors should ever go hungry while you are able to hunt!
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Post by: Basinboy on June 12, 2013, 09:33:00 AM
Congrats that's a big one!
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Post by: twitchstick on June 12, 2013, 09:35:00 AM
:thumbsup:    :thumbsup:    :notworthy:
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Post by: amazonjim on June 12, 2013, 09:39:00 AM
Hey Pat you the same I bought my first trad bow from, ACS, man you should apologize I'm hooked lol, still shooting an ACS, along with several other bows that the addiction requires.  Good shooting
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Post by: 59Alaskan on June 12, 2013, 09:39:00 AM
If it would help you deal with your angst you could take me with you!!  Just offering to help - LOL.

Congrats on another fine hog!

Many of us really enjoy your hog hunting stories, and we hope you keep posting them!  Thank you.
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Post by: jonsimoneau on June 12, 2013, 10:15:00 AM
Great story. I bet it took some work getting him up out of the creek bed!
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Post by: T Lail on June 12, 2013, 01:53:00 PM
apologize ....for what ?????? I just came back from a Georgia pig hunt skunked......if we had made some bacon, I would post like crazy !!!!!! Keep it up Pat, no need for apologizes.  :nono:
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Post by: lilbobby on June 12, 2013, 01:55:00 PM
Never get tired of the stories from "The Pig Master"!   :notworthy:   Keep killing them so we can read about your journey.
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Post by: cthorsman on June 12, 2013, 02:01:00 PM
Yowzaa,  what a pig! When's the roast. I'll bring the tater salad.

Thanks for sharing.
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Post by: stujay on June 12, 2013, 02:30:00 PM
:thumbsup:
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Post by: MR BILL SHORTY on June 12, 2013, 02:40:00 PM
:thumbsup:    :archer:
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Post by: KentuckyTJ on June 12, 2013, 02:45:00 PM
Great pig!
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Post by: Thumper Dunker on June 12, 2013, 03:13:00 PM
Love your stories of your pig hunts. Keep it up.  :thumbsup:
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Post by: DamselflyFarm on June 12, 2013, 04:30:00 PM
Another great outing, Pat. Keep it up, and keep sharing.
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Post by: Chester Thompson on June 12, 2013, 04:56:00 PM
Looks like a very nice hog.
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Post by: Stump73 on June 12, 2013, 05:25:00 PM
Nice big hog! No apology needed. I love reading yours and everyone else's hunting stories. If someone is offended they are on the the wrong site, this a traditional bowhunting site. Keep the stories coming.
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on June 12, 2013, 10:13:00 PM
Nice Pig, shot and Bow!
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Post by: Jwilliam on June 12, 2013, 10:18:00 PM
Way to go Pat !!!  :notworthy:  


Bill
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Post by: Friend on June 12, 2013, 11:12:00 PM
Fine hunt Pat....Congrats!!!
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Post by: RecurveRookie on June 13, 2013, 12:13:00 AM
Nice.  This one is BIGGER than the last!  
 I might get offended if you stop telling us about your interesting spot, stalk, sneak, & ambush hunting stories. Nice recurve.
  Fine job, and thanks for sharing.
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Post by: beaunaro on June 13, 2013, 07:28:00 AM
Great stories...I enjoy them...kinds feels like I am right there hunting next to you.
Good job!
Keep making a dent in tat hog population.
Irv Eichorst
www.truesouthadventures.com (http://www.truesouthadventures.com)
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Post by: Knawbone on June 13, 2013, 11:42:00 AM
No need to apologize, eradicate, eradicate,eradicate!
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Post by: b.glass on June 13, 2013, 01:32:00 PM
These are the stories we come here for! You should apologize for not inviting me along!   :)
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Post by: fmscan on June 13, 2013, 06:30:00 PM
I'm offended that I do not live where you live! Keep them coming. That looks like a big pig...
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Post by: Shinken on June 15, 2013, 12:06:00 AM
WAY TO GO Pat!

Enjoy the feast!

Shoot straight, Shinken

  :archer2: