A good buddy and I, SteveR, went hog hunting a few weeks back. Our area is currently flooded and it drastically reduces the amount of terrain the hogs have to roam. It didn't take long for us to get in the action as we were creeping through the woods and I caught movement, a coyote. He wasn't headed our way, but I have heard of people squeaking them in with their lips, I tried my luck. As soon as he heard the squeak he turn and ran straight to me. When he got to about 15 yards he noticed something wasn't right and was staring me down. The poor fellas body wasn't even as wide as his head which made for a tough shot. I figured since he was so malnourished, I didn't want to kill him anyway.. so I conveniently missed him. haha.
This whole time Steve and I are walking along together and are having a blast. It wasn't long after than and we got up on a coon. We opted to let them pass as I wanted all my arrows for any possible hogs. I did check my stalking skills on a few of them and to get inside of 15 yards was easy. I think I could have touched a couple if I had wanted to. That day we went on to see close to 30 different coons all on the ground moving around, it was unreal. I had never seen anything like that while in the outdoors.
A little after that we got on some pigs, four of them to be exact. Since I had missed the coyote it was Steve's turn to shoot. With them rooting right next to the water, I assumed their exit route and i started moving that way. When Steve and I both were in position, he let the first shot fly. I hear the arrow flying through the air, but no contact to be made. I quickly draw my bow and let one fly, I connected. The shot was a little back of where I intended, but I knew it would do the job. The hog let out a light squeak and started looking around. He had no idea he had been bitten by a simmons shark. The other hogs didn't like the situation going on and decided to get out of town. While they were thinking about the situation, I was getting out another arrow. I wanted to be sure my hog suffered as little as possible so I was going to try to put a second arrow in it. While it was trotting away, I let another one fly. If my buddy weren't there to see it all unfold, he wouldn't believe it, lol.
From the impact of the second shot, he went about 5 yards. After we finished searching for our arrows, mine passing through, and his passing over :laughing:, we went to check out my hog and immediately noticed something was off. When I shot him the second time, he squealed and it wasn't your typical squeal. It just sounded different. I soon found out why.
He looked very poor..
If you look a little closer, you'll see something is missing.
story will continue tomorrow.. another pig lost his life today...
Congrats..
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That dang pig does not have a bottom jaw!!!!!!
Congrats!
Bisch
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:thumbsup: So there really are pigs around there!
:o wow! must of had a tough time eating. congratts! :thumbsup:
Congrats! Those are tough little critters.
Congrats!
Good shot.
Sweet....
,,Sam,,
Sam is on a year
.. got to love it!!!
Nice shot!
Glad you took him out of his misery. :thumbsup:
Quote from: Roy from Pa on April 24, 2018, 02:33:12 PM
Congrats..
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Roy,
thanks for that incite.
Quote from: Joeabowhunter on April 24, 2018, 05:57:18 PM
:thumbsup: So there really are pigs around there!
lol.. yeah.. there are a couple...hundred.. the water is way higher than it was with us that year.. and I do mean WAY higher. It's almost like shooting fish in a barrel..
Congrats Daniel
Well, my Podnuh Steve was back "up to bat". We were walking along our way just admiring creation when all of the sudden I see a pig at about not 35 yards from us laid up again an old dead pine tree. I can tell he isn't in full sleep mode here as he is semi sitting up and his ears are perked up. I pull out my binos and sure enough, his eyes are open. He must've heard us walking up or something. I can hear Steve rustling around .. I let him know the pig is looking our way.. he's still rustling around.. "Steve, be still", still rustling.. I look to see what's going on and he is getting ready to shoot. I knew there was a good chance we wouldn't be able to get any closer so I didn't argue too much, after all, he looked very confident. :biglaugh:
I watched him come to anchor and release his arrow. If you've never shot at a bedded hog, it's a challenging shot. The arrow landed just a little forward of where he was wanting slicing his throat up. The Hog took off carrying a new piece of jewelry. I knew he was done, but what I didn't know was exactly how many hogs were around us. When he shot, about 30 other pigs jumped up from the brush and started trying to assess the situation. I immediately went into hunting mode, Steve immediately went into recovery mode.
I saw a nice sized hog in the group I wanted. I am typically not a "trophy" hunter, but, I have yet to kill a hog of any size with my bow. I have killed quite a few 100 pounders, but nothing much larger than that. I wanted this big white spotted hog. Unfortunately, they don't get big by being stupid. It seemed like this pig would always stay on the inside of the group, allowing others to do his watching for him. I spooked him and the group. When they ran off, I went to check back in with Steve. Here is what I found. [attachment=1]
Daniel Check your email.............
Terry sent ya one.
NIce, Congrats to both of you.
Nice shooting on that zombie pig. Suffering is no way to go. Good work
well done guys , congrats :thumbsup:
Congrats to Steve too!!!!
Bisch
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Nice job guys, congrats! That pig with the missing jaw is bizarre! I couldn't tell from the pics. What was up there? Born that way or injured?
Congrats to you both! Pig hunting is the best...especially in a target rich environment.
:clapper: :thumbsup:
Enjoyed the story, thanks for the write up. Was the missing jaw pig healthy? Looks good otherwise, was the body normal or malnourished?
Quote from: keng on April 26, 2018, 07:41:23 AM
Enjoyed the story, thanks for the write up. Was the missing jaw pig healthy? Looks good otherwise, was the body normal or malnourished?
It was pretty weird. Both of the bigger hogs in this group had some type of ailment. This one walked hunched up really bad, but he was rooting and all that. I knew he looked skinny, but, other than looking hunched up, he didn't look too bad. My opinion is he would have had a long slow death. As bad as I hate pigs, I don't care to see them suffering.
Quote from: Trenton G. on April 25, 2018, 11:05:30 PM
Nice job guys, congrats! That pig with the missing jaw is bizarre! I couldn't tell from the pics. What was up there? Born that way or injured?
In this area, they're not uncommon to see while rifle hunting. So, in my opinion, he got shot back in rifle season and it had healed. The weird part is that it looked like the hogs tongue had grown into the bottom jaw. There wasn't anything blatantly obvious that made me think of an injury, but, the way he was limping around and hunched up, I can't believe he had made it this long (estimated age of a year or so) if he was born like that.
Way to go guys! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Good shooting guys , Well done...
,,,Sam,,,
Nice job Big D....
Way to go Daniel. He sure is ugly, but I bet he tastes good just the same.
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Nice killin Daniel! I hope to get on some Monday. I wish our Mississippi hogs lacked both jaws :biglaugh:
Nicee!! that looks like a great time. Makes me jealous that we don't have pigs, lol. Congrats!
Nicely done