Most of the week 2 Pig Giggers should be home or at least close by now, so I start this out.  Kevin Bahr, Mark Wang, Greg Darling and I arrived at the ranch on Sunday afternoon.  We found our cabin and settled in with four other "giggers" from North Dakota: Craig, Irv, Jim and Kendall.  We were all looking forward to a great week and in the end, we were not disappointed.  Week 1's snow left its mark in the form of mud, but that didn't keep us from getting out.  The ND crew was hunting the far end of the ranch and was into pigs early.  It took us a couple of days to get on them, and Mark was the first in our group to score with a nice 125 lb dressed sow.  This is the first kill for one of my Heavy Head wood arrows with an extra 70 grains up front.  My camera didn't want to focus, but here's a pic:

 

I took this boar just before sunset on Friday, another 125 pounder dressed.

 

My bow was a Pronghorn TD, 58" and 54 lb at 26", with an Oliverstacy string.  The arrow was a Feathered Shaft Sitka Spruce Heavy Head with 50 grains up front plus a 190 gr VPA Terminator.  The shot was about 10 yards and quartering, entering near the last rib and stopping at the opposite front leg.  The Terminator found this on its way thru:

 

He made it about 40 yards before falling over.

Greg and Kevin will be on here soon with their stories and they both took way more pics than me.  I could go on about how great a hunt this was, but saying "I'm going back!" probably says it best!

Nice Piggies

I KNEW Rick would break the ice!!!

Congratulations Rick and Mark!  Did your PBS bow make the trip?

   

           

Dang it Surtees---always trying to outbid me!    :D

Congrats!  

Yes Joe, the PBS bow was there, but the Pronghorn shot my prototype arrows perfectly, so it made first bow.  Being 58" vs 64", the Pronghorn handled a little easier in the brush, too.

very nice. I must take this min to thank fletcher for hooking me up with this group at the mich trad bowhunter expo first one i had been to and he helped me with alot of the questions i had so i thank you freind

Rick,I look forward to hearing the stories. I am for sure envious. Congrats Flint

Glad you guys had a great time.Wish I could have hunted Week 2 also.

Can't wait for the stories!

Congrats Rick and Mark.

Very good start.

Very nice.

 

NICE!

+1 for the Illinois boys!  I look forward to hearing about the fine points of your hunt.  Congratulations, Rick!      

Daryl

Shortly after we arrived on Sunday, Gene and Barry stopped by and kind of lined us out on our hunting area, at least 2x4 miles.  Monday morning, I had the guys drop me off on the east end and I headed down the fence line toward the river.  I worked my way toward and parallel to the river for a while before looping back up the bluff and then back up top to make the pickup point.  I saw several deer and some pig tracks, but not much rooting or bedding sign.  We headed back for lunch and then drove to town to get road corn and groceries.  In the afternoon we headed out to corn some areas and do some more scouting and still hunting.  Mark kept singing about "The Yellow Roads of Texas".

To say I'm jealous is an understatement!!