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Started by dragonheart, February 05, 2012, 12:38:00 AM

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dragonheart

February 05, 2012, 12:38:00 AM
Went for a hunt this afternoon/evening.  Lots of birds.  Then as I was snoozing a bit on stand overlooking my baitsite, a BIG-UN came sneaking in.  The wind was out of the northwest.  

I had taken a practice shot, well it was at a treerat, and went and got my arrow earlier.  This BIG-UN hog got downwind of the spot my arrow landed, trotted over to where my arrow had landed, sniffed the ground and jetted out of there.  They don't get that size by not learning a thing or two.  He was a BOSSHOG, that was at 5:15.  

At 6:05 I hear crunching behind me just as the northwest wind died out.  Another hog appeared looking over my left shoulder and comes into the bait site.  I was already standing, I grasped my bow while he was in the cover, and headed my way.  The wind had laid at this point.  He was at 12 yrds and I could not shoot due to some limbs.  The boar continued to feed and entered a shooting window in between two bushes.  

Once his vitals were centered  in the window and his front leg went forward, I went into auto-mode, concentration on the area behind the shoulder.  Bowarm came up, straight back to anchor, slowed the draw and once the BH nipped my finger away the wood arrow went.  The boar whirlled and took off at a trot with the arrow visible, I knew it had not gone all the way thru.  

I listened, he ran, crashed, up again, crashed in the thicket, crashed then total silence.  I thought he must have expired.  Never count that you got one till the camera comes out.  I went and got my hunting partner to help trail.  He brought the trusty trench shotgun, just in case.  

Very little blood at the beginning of the trail.  We doubled back twice in the dark with our Saturday Night Lights on!      ;)  

I found a smear of blood and marked with orange ribbon.  Just speks for the first 30 yrds, then more drops, then more, then blood/blood!  I marked each blood splatter with ribbon as we eased through the thicket.  As I was looking at a stand of small bamboo, a dark blob caught my eye in the headlight.  I knew it was my hog.  I told Dan "We have a boar over here".  He approached with the shotgun, but he was finished.  My biggest hog taken, no idea what he weighed, but a trophy in my book for sure.

 

 

 

Equipment used:

Howard Hill Big Five, 66" 60# @ 26"
Jerry Hill Wood Arrows
Tuffhead Broadheads 225
Drumbstick "Hillstyle" back quiver (Was built for me in 1986, still going strong after a rebuild)
Basic "camo"
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daveycrockett

#1
February 05, 2012, 12:52:00 AM
Way to go Bud!!!   :thumbsup:

Mudd

#2
February 05, 2012, 08:36:00 AM
How cool is this?....way!!... I'm saying.

Congratulations!!

Getting it done the same as it would've been done in Sherwood is totally awesome.

God bless, Mudd
Trying to make a difference
Psalm 37:4
Roy L "Mudd" Williams
TGMM- Family Of The Bow
Archery isn't something I do, it's who I am!
The road to "Sherwood" makes for an awesome journey.

Izzy

#3
February 05, 2012, 08:42:00 AM
Hes real nice, congrats.

#4
February 05, 2012, 09:50:00 AM
Congrats, Jeff, on a fine hog!!!!

Now you need to get back out there after 'Ol Boss Hog!!!

Congrats again, my friend,

Bisch

Bowhunter4life

#5
February 05, 2012, 10:10:00 AM
Way to go!  Congrats on a fine hog!   :thumbsup:
"Bowhunting isn't a hobby or a sport... It's a way of life!"

Quote: "Everything you read on the internet is the truth." -Abraham Lincoln

>>>-TGMM Family of the Bow--->

daveycrockett

#6
February 05, 2012, 10:39:00 AM
The only thing could have made this better is ME being there!  :bigsmyl:

Shinken

#7
February 05, 2012, 12:16:00 PM
Great shot Jeff with a *great* lookin' Big 5!

Enjoy the feast!

Shoot straight, Shinken

  :archer2:
"The measure of your life will be the measure of your courage."

TRUTH is TRUTH
even if no one believes it

A LIE is a LIE
even if everyone believes it

Bernie B.

#8
February 05, 2012, 02:54:00 PM
Congratulations on a great hunt!  I like your equipment also!   :)

Bernie Bjorklund  

NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin

Ari

#9
February 05, 2012, 04:03:00 PM
Way to get it done in style.

lunatic11

#10
February 05, 2012, 07:38:00 PM
Congrats on a very nice hog !!!

RC

#11
February 05, 2012, 08:51:00 PM
Outstanding!!! Hillbows Rock.RC

stujay

#12
February 06, 2012, 05:45:00 PM
Very nice, thanks for the post and pics.  :archer:

wildgame

#13
February 06, 2012, 10:25:00 PM
Congrats on a great pig!!
"go afield with good attitude,and with respect for the wildlife you hunt, and the forest and fields in which you walk" -Fred Bear

joe ashton

#14
February 06, 2012, 11:28:00 PM
our bow season ended 4 months ago... I gotta move.!
Joe Ashton,D.C.
pronghorn long bow  54#
black widow long bow 55#
21 century long bow 55#
big horn recurve  58#

dragonheart

#15
February 06, 2012, 11:59:00 PM
Joe,

We can hunt ferals year round in Texas.  It gets awful hot and lots of misqutos in the summertime.
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Anointed Archer

#16
February 07, 2012, 06:27:00 AM
Nice piggie!
For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people's sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation.

rastaman

#17
February 07, 2012, 07:37:00 AM
Way to go sir!  :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
TGMM Family of the Bow

                                                   :archer:                                               

Randy Keene
"Life is precious and so are you."  Marley Keene

djohnson

#18
February 07, 2012, 05:35:00 PM
Congratulations! Nice hog.

Darren
John 3:16

JV Rooster

#19
February 07, 2012, 06:06:00 PM
Congrats on a nice hog.
>>>------John------>
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