Went up to the lease on Friday and sat all morning without a trace of wildlife. Decided to move spots for the afternoon sit and climb a pine tree about 40 feet up in the air to give me a good vantage point over a large area of small pines that had trails running all through them. The wind was blowing like crazy too. Right about 5pm I had three hogs come running through at lightning speed. With the wind blowing my tree and them moving I knew it was going to be a tough shot. First shot missed. They scatter and one runs right at me. I connect with the second shot. It flopped around and eventually laid still. Congratulated myself and then all of a sudden that sucker got up and started running again. Put another one in it and it started flopping right under the tree. Put another one in it's head for good measure. Tough critters!!!! This one was about 130 lbs.
Got back out there Sunday and had a whole sounder come in on me. Ended up shooting a BIG sow and she ran off. The small ones didn't know what the heck to do so they stuck around and started eating again. So I popped a little 40 pounder. Ended up never finding any dang blood for the big sow. I think I hit the shoulder and we know how tough those shoulders are. Only head shots from now on.
Got back out there Sunday and had a whole sounder come in on me. Ended up shooting a BIG sow and she ran off. The small ones didn't know what the heck to do so they stuck around and started eating again. So I popped a little 40 pounder. Ended up never finding any dang blood for the big sow. I think I hit the shoulder and we know how tough those shoulders are. Only head shots from now on.
