Texas pig down

[Battle_shaft]

Just got back from my long weekend at Brush Country Bowhunting in Freer TX. They are really a first class operation with great facilities and great food. Had a great time, killed two big (for me) pigs with the longbow.


Got the first one at about 11:00 at night on the first night.

Where I was sitting when the pig came in I was overlooking a wallow that had a little light on it. Giving about a 6' circle of soft low light. Really, the moon was so bright and the sky so clear it was'nt really needed. When he came in he would'nt go into the light. He would just stick his snout in like he was trying to reach under the light. The whole time he was there he would get a mouthfull of corn and stare at the stand while he chewed. Take a bite, stare at the stand..............take a bite, stare at the stand.......take a bite, stare at the stand.......and whenever he moved he would'nt walk he would only shuffle sideways so that he could keep his eyes on the stand the whole time. It was weird, funny and frustrating all at once. (When we skinned him he had an absess on his shoulder over the shield. So I imagine he's been shot out of that stand before.) After a while he heard some other pigs coming and turned to look for a second. I could see his head and a very very slight sillouette (sp) of his body in the moonlight. I knew where in the darkness to shoot, I just blew the shot. I'm going to blame it on being elevated. I never get in elevated stands, so subsequently I've never practiced shooting from one. (before anyone says it though, I do practice shooting in very low light and with the hawglight.)

I could'nt tell where I hit him and I thought it was a good shot. (the broadhead went into his neck perfectly slotted between the jugular and his windpipe, another 1/4" in any direction and it would have been lights out!) There was good blood, lots of blood everywhere. But I still did'nt want to crawl down a tunnel at midnight after a wounded pig. Turns out I was right. The next morning when we found him he was still very much alive and very very angry. The dog finally found him in an opening in the brush. Not even a clearing, it was more like a cave of cactus and mesquite that several tunnels opened into. Jrs (Jr's the dog)baying him and I shoot him again but he was moving so it was too low. As soon as I shoot him he knocks Jr out of the way and Jr takes off running with angry pig hot on his heels. I'm backed up to a cactus so naturally Jr runs between my legs and the only thing I can think to do is smack the pig in the face with my bow! (it's the new dryad snout smacker   :D   ) It worked though. He backed off and Jr got ahold of a leg. This time an arrow into the heart dropped him in a couple of seconds.

Great fun. I LOVE hunting pigs at night. I had a hawglight but the moon was good enough that I did'nt even put it on the bow. I did however use it to kill about a dozen rabbits and a feral cat. (sadly I could'nt find the cat. I wanted soooo badly to tan the hide and use it to cover my "catquiver"!!)

That's how hog #1 met his demise.



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[TXRED]

...and hawg #2...?   :confused:   Congrats on #1,by the way!(note to self...gotta ask Wingnut about the Dryad Snout Smacker)

[beachbowhunter]

nice Razorback!

[wingnut]

Ok, lets see a better shot of the bow.  LOL

Mike

[Battle_shaft]

Originally posted by TXRED:
(note to self...gotta ask Wingnut about the Dryad Snout Smacker)

What's funny is that this is the second time I've had to hit a charging pig with that bow. lol

Oh yeah. for those who care

Dryad windtalker 58# @ 28 (I pull just under 29)
650gr pine hexshafts with 125gr snuffers

[Battle_shaft]

Originally posted by wingnut:
Ok, lets see a better shot of the bow.  LOL

Mike

ok, here goes. I just did'nt like this picture as much.

[tradtusker]

good hog!

[BMN]

Nice lookin pig.

[wingnut]

No wonder I didn't reconize that bow.  It's been around awhile.  And they say wooden bows won't last.  LOL

Nice hog!!

What about #2?

Mike

[Gatekeeper]

Yeah...I'd say that's a big hog.  

Congratulations. Way to stick with it and find your trophy.  

Did JR get a treat?

[Battle_shaft]

@Wingnut
Yeah. I got that from you like 3 or 4 years ago at least. There's not telling how many arrows it's had through it. I know I've shot about 3 dozen a day, almost every day for the past year at the office.

It's got about 7 pigs, 12 -15 rabbits, 3 or 4 squirrels, 2 cats, 2 chickens, 4 rats, and a gator on it.

Feels like it's maybe lost a couple of pounds, but still shoots hard!

Jr got the bones after the meat was boned out. Very happy dog despite being COVERED in cactus thorns.

Don't have the pics for # 2 yet

[wingnut]

Yep jsut looked it up.  August of '06.  Looks like it's still running hard.

Mike

[sidebuster]

Great.  Last night on my local TV station, they said that now feral hogs is a big businees.  Not so much for hunting but for trapping them and selling them overseas.  Apparently there is a demand for feral hogs overseas.  I live very near south texas and the news had a guy in Atascosa county, a county close to my home in San Antonio, showing how he is trapping them and they are paying him 50 cents a pound on the hoof for them. Thats more than for domestic hogs

Here is the website to the story

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/kens5/iteam/stories/MYSA052008.wild.hogs.KENS.12c41667.html

[frassettor]

Nice Hog..Congradulations  

[smokin feathers]

that has been going on for a while, my buddy brian has a hog buying station here in Polk co. Doesnt hardly put a dent in the population especially not now that everyone around here has quit trapping because corn and gas are too high for the hogs to cover the cost much less make much unless you are in your backyard.

[yleecoyote23]

Originally posted by wingnut:
Ok, lets see a better shot of the bow.  LOL

Mike

 Yep Mike, Shane has done your bow proud!!! He did a number on both of those hogs and put the hurt on a BUNCH of bunnies this past weekend!!    

It was great meeting you and getting to hunt with you Shane! Hope we get to do it again sometime!

[Battle_shaft]

Same here. I can't wait to do it again. BUT if I remember correctly, did'nt you beat me in bunny body count?

[Battle_shaft]

Originally posted by wingnut:
Yep jsut looked it up.  August of '06.  Looks like it's still running hard.

Mike

06, wow. seems like it's been longer than that

[Apex Predator]

Good boar man!  Great job!

[Boar Hog]

nice hog