Florida Hog Adventure

[bill langer]

Hunted with Jim Dussias from True South Adventures last weekend in Fort Pierce Florida.  Flew down with my old buddy Mike "Mad Dog" Oconnell for a 5 day hog hunt.  The weather was certainly welcome considering we left single digits here in Connnecticut.  Lots of hogs were seen both day and night.  Florida recently made it legal to hunt hogs on private land at night with the use of a light.  We took advantage of this and spent a lot of time when the sun went down pursuing hogs in the dark.  Here's a pic of a hog that I took on the second night from a ground blind with Jim at my side running the video camera.


The blind set up was overlooking one of the feeders Jim has set up on the property.  The hog came from behind us about an hour after dark.  It fed into our view aided by the red lights that I had mounted to the video camera.  The hog was quartering away pretty hard when I took the shot at about 5 yards.  For the first time ever I used Burt Coyote Aluminocks to help aide in not only the filming but also in being able to see the shot placement in the dark on film. The arrow struck at a hard angle with the bright red nock glowing along the pig's side as it tore off into the thick cover.  The Woodsman tipped Traditional only carbon shaft, shot from my Black Widow, put the hog down in less than 100 yards.
I have more pics and stories to tell from this hunt, but for some reason this is the only picture I have been able to upload onto my computer.  I'll keep working at it and continue this story when I figure it out.

[Hummer3T]

nice one, Bill, looks like Ham in your diet.

[Citycop]

[nineworlds9]

That's a fine lookin animal.  Well done!

[BOHO]

good job Bill !!!  nice shot man.

[rastaman]

Nice hog sir!      

[Over&Under]

Hunting hogs at night...the definition of fun!
Nice pic!

[steadman]

Way to go Bill!! Congrats  

[Sean B]

Nice Bill, I'll be heading down to Jim in March.

[BDann]

Way to go Bill!

[bill langer]

Thanks Guys.
We had a blast!
Jim puts on a great show and my ribs still ache from all the laughs...
Pig hunting at night is my new favorite nocturnal
bowhunting pursuit!!!!!

[tarponnut]

Bill made a great shot on that hog. It was an easy blood trail to follow, the exit hole looked like it had been hit with an axe!
I'm sure glad I didn't screw up the video.

[gregg dudley]

Good job, Bill!  Can't wait to see the video.  Jim is a first rate guy and fun to be around.

[Big Lefty]

Nice work!  Sounds like a blast!

[oldskool]

   

[RecurveRookie]

I like that snakeskin.  Colorful hog, wow!  Nice job!

That's a cool looking hog! Night hunting for pigs is a ball of fun!

Congrats on your hog!

Bisch

[Bjorn]

Oh! That is my fav paint job! Still looking for one like that. Congrats    

[glenbo]

Nice hog!

[Izzy]

Great looking hog!