My First Trip to Pig Paradise!......All Done...

[Izzy]

Congrats young fella! Great shooting.

[Butchie]

Ok...just got caught up...this is GREAT!     Congratulations Cade and thanks for taking us along.  Can't wait for the "rest of the story".  

[Big Ed]

Come on Little Buddy!!!!    

[Sean B]

CADE!!!!!!!!     You can't just stop there!!!

[Terry Green]

OK....back up a bit....there was a lot of thinking on Cades part about his hero pic...it just had to be right....so I made suggestions and he went along with one.  To have the big trees in the bottom that were to his right as they are scheduled to be cut and will be gone for two lifetimes.

We did take our time with the whole pic scenario ....mostly because I was enjoying the HECK out of it.      :D        :D        :D  

I knew he wanted to get back and tell Dad...but I didn't want my time to end with him so soon.  I was savoring the moment.

Thanks for the words Curt....they mean more than you know.....It was an honor.

I'll be back after taking my wife to breakfast....I'd like to chat more about that stalk above....

I'll leave ya with this....This pic right here will give you some idea of this hogs size...as its rear is almost facing us and its turned around looking at us...she's in a semi-circle...and this pic does not show the length of her...but gives you an idea of how tall she is....even though shes standing in a ditch and in 4 inches of water!!!  She is NOT level with the road!!!

   
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OK...she's not ready just yet...

So, I was really watching this with great anticipation and I got goose bumps when I saw Cade turn sideways and start side stepping the last few yards....and no one told him to do so.

There he was, seeing the biggest hog of the trip, and not only was he stalking it....he had the presents of mind to remember what his dad told him!!!

I told you he was brave....and now he was showing a LOT of poise for a young man!!!!!

OK...back to you Cade....
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[RunninWild77]

ohhh this is killing me!!! I feel like I'm right there with you guys. I cant wait till I can start taking my daughter with me!!!

[Butchie]

Terry & Curt,  What general area of SC were you guys in?  I was in Aiken visiting my parents last weekend.  I kept getting this unexplainable "itch"    ...were you guys close by?

[Manitoba Stickflinger]

I'm wearing out the "refresh" button here!

[coaster500]

Quote "I couldn't stop smiling...."

Me either  

This is one of the best reads I've seen on TG !!!!!!

Come on Cade!!!!

[Duckbutt]

Awesome awesome awesome stuff.  I think Ruark might have re-written this had he had the chance to read this adventure!

"Any time a boy is ready to learn about guns is the time he's ready, no matter how young he is, and you can't start too young to learn how to be careful."
― Robert Ruark, The Old Man and the Boy

[OBXarcher]

Some guys have the gift and some don't. Cade has it. This is one of the best stories ever.

Now hurry up and post the rest of it. Lol

[Guru]

Just to elaborate what Terry earlier about Cade's "side stepping"....

Like I wrote earlier....before we left we did everything to try to prepare him for the hunt ahead...

Part of that was "stalking" our targets in the yard. Ya know...staying low...not moving while they're looking... and one of the things we went over was...

When in in range or two and looking to get just the last few yard..."you have to be ready to shoot at any time, try to keep your front foot forward. By turning sideways and shuffling your feet, you can keep your right foot forward(he's lefty like me)"

Now....seeing him have the poise to do this
at the moment of truth.....well lets just say it made me proud to watch!

So there he was....10yds away from the biggest hog we'd seen yet....

[Guru II]

Ok where was I...

So my heart is probably beating like crazy and I'm sooo excited and I am starting to raise my bow, but when I raise it in the moment of the excitement I raised it "little" to fast and that was the last time I ever saw that hog...          

[magnus]

That happens Cade. What an adrenalin rush though huh?
You'll never forget that stalk and that is what it's all about. Great job applying what your dad taught you and practicing it!!

[Guru]

Terry and I both were instantly like...no,no,no,no.....uhhhh!

He had that hog dead to rights....I mean he had it man, he had it!!!!!

But I guess with everything building inside him and the tension of the situation..... when the hog stepped forward and cleared....his bow shot up to shooting position.....busted!!!

What an experience!!! For all of us!!!!!!!!

[Guru]

We talked about it, smiled a lot.....then we were again off the look for Cade's hog from the evening before.

With all these hogs around, it was tough getting back there    

[Izzy]

He's just learning. In a few years he'll out hunt us all.  Awesome to see you gettin it done Cade. This thread is like a front row seat.

Awesome pics! Great stalk, Cade. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it don't! That's part of what makes it so special when everything comes together and it does work.

Bisch

[Matty]

That's ok man. It happened to me about 100 times last week. But that's what makes ground hunting so fun. An why they invented tree stands! Lol.

[coaster500]

Sooooooooooooo close !!!!

What a great place to hunt....  so game rich, Cade will never be the same !!!!!

I don't think I'd want to be at the end of your next stalk ...me thinks there are many hogs in your future