Last hour pig

Tom Baxter · May 25, 2010, 01:40:00 AM

Spent a good day in the Aussie bush recently chasing a few porkers and deer. Stalked in close to some fallow bucks early in the day but some nasty wind changes blew my chances. Spent a good half hour on an old looking, curly lipped boar that I could not get a shot on due to thick foliage. In the end he had me pegged and chomped his tusks at me several times before heading off into the scrub. After several more hours of careful searching I found a mob of four pigs feeding on a flat in the last hour of daylight. Spent fifteen minutes within shot range of the sows hoping a boar might materialise out of the adjacent scrub, but as it appeared that wasn't to be, I made the descision and heart shot this sow at seven or eight metres.

She made it thirty metres or so in a grunting rush that had her run past me close enough to touch with my bow.
61# PSA Widow with CX Heritage 350 shafts and an Aussie Black Stump broadhead did the job nicely.

BWD · May 25, 2010, 01:46:00 AM

Good shot placement and a nice pig.

Islandlongbow · May 25, 2010, 01:49:00 AM

Very nice hog!

Jerry

Stone Knife · May 25, 2010, 05:13:00 AM

Awesome animal, looks like you made a good choice

Eugene Slagle · May 25, 2010, 06:01:00 AM

Very nice & great shot placement, I'm jelouse because I've yet to get to go piggy hunting yet.

ozy clint · May 25, 2010, 06:06:00 AM

nice stuff tom. it's great being close to 'em!

rastaman · May 25, 2010, 06:07:00 AM

Good shooting sir!

BCWV · May 25, 2010, 06:17:00 AM

Very nice!

ckanous · May 25, 2010, 06:29:00 AM

Good job!!!

vermonster13 · May 25, 2010, 06:54:00 AM

Well done.

Mudd · May 25, 2010, 06:54:00 AM

When's the barbie? Congratulations!

That's the difference between sticking to a hunt versus calling it quits when there's any shooting time left.

Anything after the shot takes as long as it takes anyway...lol

Thanks for sharing!

God bless,Mudd

piggy · May 25, 2010, 08:06:00 AM

Nice sow mate.

David Mitchell · May 25, 2010, 08:08:00 AM

WOW, that's a hog. Congratulations.

Shinken · May 25, 2010, 08:37:00 AM

The Aussie Black Stump strikes again!

Great shot!

Shoot straight, Shinken

tarponnut · May 25, 2010, 08:48:00 AM

Perfect shot! Nice work.

string bean · May 25, 2010, 09:20:00 AM

Nice!!

Chris Surtees · May 25, 2010, 10:23:00 AM

Ragnarok Forge · May 25, 2010, 10:38:00 AM

Good shooting and perseverance. Do you eat them or have to leave the meat lay? I have heard some areas in Australia have to may parasites in the animals to be safe to eat.

Dave Bowers · May 25, 2010, 10:39:00 AM

Very Nice

bolong · May 25, 2010, 12:19:00 PM

Congrats on a nice hog and a well placed shot.