Georgia Pines and Hogs

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Four friends and I made what is turning out to be our annual hog hunting trip to Ft Stewart.   We started out at 3 am last Sunday wanting to get to the base so we could get out archery qualification in, pick up our licenses and set camp set up.   The Camping grounds on Ft Stewart is great and the price is right at $6.00 a night for military or a Federal Government employee.  We made it in time and were able to get thru a few license issues and were all set to start hunting Monday morning.   [/url] [/IMG]

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Monday turned out to be a very nice day in the Georgia woods.  One thing about the swamp is that there is always something to shoot at.  Did a lot of stump shooting the first day and saw a few hogs but no shot opportunities.  It is very thick cover and the hogs seemed to know if they stayed close to the cover it  would be difficult for us to get off shots.  Still a great first day with good friends.

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Tuesday was another nice day and there was a couple wild shots sent that failed to hit there intended mark.  Pigs  were still very hard to come by.  The wind howled all day with gusts in the 20 MPH which really put the hogs down.  The ones we did see were very skittish.  Wed turned out to be a beautiful day and the winds had died down to almost nothing.  It was a beautiful day in the woods.    [/url] [/IMG]

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We hunted one area in the morning seen a few hogs but no shot opportunities.  A local guy had given me some very specific directions to a spot in one of the archery only units so we headed there in the afternoon.  I followed the directions to a tee and when I turned left between two ditches as instructed I looked up and son of a gun if there was not a hog maybe 75 yards away rooting in the swamp.  I put the sneak on him and got to about 40 yards away when he started moving towards me.  I froze and when he passed by at around 15 yards I released the Beman ICS hunter with Magnus Stinger from my RER LX.  The shot hit low and tight behind the shoulder and he barely made it 20 yards before piling up.  I quickly texted the kill to my buddies so I could lock in the first kill bet.  $1.00 X 4.  Woo Hoo I'm loaded.  The bragging rights over the camp fire will be priceless with this group.    [/url] [/IMG]

[Terry Green]

Nice !!!

[ron w]

Nice.....don't spend it all in one places....lol!

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I  was very fortunate to get this hog when only an hour later one of our party killed a real stud.  We were dragging my pig out to the woods when we spotted another pig.  My buddy took off his boots and made a stalk to around 35 yards when the hog  looked up at him.  It was a long shot but he felt good about the shot and decided to let go.  That 60# Big Jim Buffalo with 630 grain arrow tipped with a VPA 2 blade hit the hog right in the shoulder and went right thru.  That pig ran about 30 yards and piled up.  It was funny as heck when he let the arrow go.  He jumped up and looked the Fred Eikler yelling I think I got him over and over.   [/url] [/IMG]

[Son of Texas]

That's Great, Congrats!!!Good times.  

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Wed turned out to be a a pretty good day as two other guys in the party also took pigs later that evening.  The next two days the winds kicked back up and we just couldn't get back on them.  All in all it was a good trip.  Last year we took 5 hogs this year 4.  Not bad for a bunch of Yankees wandering around the Georgia woods.  Friday night the winds calmed down and we had some cold beverages over a big old fire.  
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[SAM E. STEPHENS]

Congrats for all of your group....

,,,Sam,,,,

[Jason Kendall]

Dang that looks fun! Congrats...

[Duker]

Looks like a good time had by all     :D   Camped and fished there many years ago in a Colman 8x10 tent like yours.What brand tent were you using Tony?

[Wudstix]

Sweet hog hunt story.  Will be doing a Granger Ranger Xtreme Hunt 27 Feb thru 1 Mar.

[T Sunstone]

Congrats to you and Brian, wish I could have made it.

[Matty]

Awesome. Congrats to you all. Times like that are priceless!!

[Wudstix]

Will for sure have to take a journey to Ft Stewart in the near future.

[varmint101]

Great job congrats to you both!

[Todd Cook]

Good deal fellows! Glad ya'll had some success. Stewart is one of my favorite places.

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Terry
You missed a great time.  Hopefully next year you can make it.  

The tent I have is a" Spring Bar"  made in the good old USA is Salt Lake City UT.  Best tent I have ever owned.  Some what similar to the old Coleman canvas tents but a much better design for put up and take down.  It also will with stand great winds.

[Stump73]

Congratulations on yalls hogs! Sounds like an awesome time. Glad yall had a safe trip.