We've had two great groups at Hog Heaven in the last two weeks....our West Virginia guys headed up by Jack Whitmire had several close encounters of the swine kind but really got waylaid by the weather with really cold temps and hogs hanging tough in the real thick woods.

This next bunch had more close encounters than the previous week, but were still hampered by inclimate conditions- foggy, cold, drizzly, wet, windy..you name it, we had it.

But this was a HARD CORE bunch...Alan Felix of Pennsylvania was so hard core he wouldn't stop hunting long enough to take a picture!!!!!

The Idaho boys Mike and Joe Vigueria, and Benny Steelman from NC were a lot of fun.

More pics coming.

Can't wait to see them Ray and hear a story or two...and just to update us that are trying to figure out when we might work in a trip...you shut down during turkey season & reopen when? Great looking picture!

a little sign




what a 100 lber hog can do to a 190 Ribtek

re-open May 1. Have a group of 3 booked that weekend, and four booked the next weekend...8,9, and 10.

After that I think we have lots of openings through end of August and beyond.

I don't know if you can see this very well, but this is a skidder trail where they lopped off limbs when they were removing trees from the property a little over a year ago.

The hogs have turned all this material over "shrooming" and "worming" and "salamandering" the place.

Great stuff . I can almost smell those sweet pines now!! Whos hog?

Looks like a blast at your place Ray!

Yeah.... Come on May....RRRREEEETTTTT!!!!!!!!!!

I have four weeks to go. Can't sleep, can't work, can't get nothin' done. Posting these pics doesn't help much.  

Brace yourself Ray, the FA-KOW-EE's from PA will be rolling in soon!

I love to read the "after the hunt" stories Ray!  Great job again.

a little wallow and rub action!

Oh man what a blast. Ray and Mike are great hosts. Friday the themp got up to 65 and coming from low 20's, it felt like 90. Saturday morning started with the sweet sound of rain on tin roof. Makes me want to sleep, but then the smeel of Rays great cooking dragged me out.Just wait until your try Rays homemade cheese spread on his biscuits. Rain and drizzel all day. Fog layed in that afternoon. Sunday was cold with the wind swirling. Found a mob of pigs with two the same color hair as me. Got close but those dudes move around alot when they are rooting. Then one made a low grunt. Wow can they run.

Mike,Joe and Alan hopefully we can share camp again in the future. Really injoyed it. Ray and Mike are a hoot for sure. Lokking forward to coming back.

Benny

Biscuts!!! Cheese spread!!!!      

Yeah Ray... I DON'T WANT NO CHEESE SPREAD!!!!

Benny if you only knew.....  

It's not a spread though, it's baked IN the biscuits boys!

QuoteOriginally posted by Ray Hammond:

 

what a 100 lber hog can do to a 190 Ribtek

Ray, this is vary interesting, tell me more about it.

What weight bow?
What weight arrow?
How far was the shot?
What angle was the shot?
etc.......

I believe the wild boar is the pound for pound toughest animal out there.

I once watched a 300lb'er get shot with a 300mag at 10 yards, the shot picked it up, with 3 of its 4 feet off the ground, when it's 3 feet got back on the ground, it bolted out of there never to be seen again    :eek:  unbelievable, but I was there.

Glad to see Mike picture...haven't seen him post in awhile..

King,

It was a 64 lb longbow, arrow around 650 grains, 25 yard shot from the ground.

The blade hit the offside elbow/shoulder

I just realized it's a Ribtek on an aluminum arrow.

yep...the head bent, the insert didnt bend..the arrow did, but away from the damage and because the hog rolled onto it.

Here's another view....a little better pic