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Title: Pigs in the bayou
Post by: Mike Byrge@home on February 19, 2007, 10:33:00 PM: I don't get to hunt much these days but I did finally get to go out and chase some pigs this weekend.

I saw this pig bed up in a thicket and was able to stalk in for a shot. After a brief trip up a tree then climbing down and emptying my quiver, I was able to get him. Biggest pig I've killed with a bow. I thought the pig looked hurt when I saw him bed down and when we started skinning him found that he had a nasty infected-wound on the inside of his back leg. There was an MD present and he advised against eating any of the meat so I just got pictures and the thrill of being within spitin' distance of mad pig...some good sized cutters too.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/mbyrge/IMG_0133.jpg)
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Post by: vermonster13 on February 19, 2007, 10:36:00 PM: Nice cutters indeed. Good thing you climb fast.
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Post by: Kingstaken on February 19, 2007, 10:38:00 PM: Nice shooting Mike...
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Post by: southernarcher on February 19, 2007, 10:48:00 PM: Nice cutters on that badboy.
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Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on February 19, 2007, 11:00:00 PM: Awesome hog man. Nice cutters indeed! I'd get that one mounted.
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Post by: cjones on February 20, 2007, 12:01:00 AM: Congrats Mike! :thumbsup: Man those are some nice teeth.
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Post by: Kip on February 20, 2007, 06:25:00 AM: Happy Mardi Gras Mike Good job ,good shot but smile, where were you hunting north or south La. I guess I will hear the story in a couple weeks.It is a little after 5:00a.m. about to head out to my camp to hunt hogs(closed Mardi Gras) went Sat.lots of sign no hogs saw 6-deer though.Did you have your boys with you that would have been nice.Take care Kip
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Post by: BONE on February 20, 2007, 06:31:00 AM: Way to go Mike :clapper: ---Bone
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Post by: ARCHER2 on February 20, 2007, 06:50:00 AM: HEY !
All you guys from Louisiana. I'm in Bastrop,La.
Northeast corner just above Monroe. I'm just taking up traditional archery and I love it.I've hunted for years with a compound but there is no comparison between the two. I was wondering about clubs, shoots, or gatherings ya'll might know about. I need a lot of direction from folks that's been doing this for awhile.
THANKS !
ARCHER2
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Post by: TimBow2 on February 20, 2007, 06:55:00 AM: nice pig......congrats
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Post by: 4runr on February 20, 2007, 07:40:00 AM: Nice!
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Post by: Mike Byrge on February 20, 2007, 10:40:00 AM: Kip, We were just outside of Zwolle..North Louisiana.

Archer2, the Lousiana Traditional Bowmen North vs. South shoot is March 17/18 weekend at the Mountain Bayou scout Ranch just outside Ville Platte and the Sterling Harrell Trad shoot is April 28/29 at the same location.

Go to the LTB website for details: LTB Website (http://www.traditionalbowmen.org/DesktopDefault.aspx)

There is a club in Columbia just south of you that has had an all trad shoot the last couple of years too.
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Post by: Mike Byrge on February 20, 2007, 11:00:00 AM: Here's another picture...I'm behind him a little so you get the "chuck adams" effect but he's still a good size pig. We didn't have scales but four of us drug him out and it wasn't easy.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/mbyrge/mb.jpg)
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Post by: Wudstix on February 20, 2007, 11:01:00 AM: I don't see any camo on those cutters so I guess you climbed fast enough. Nice looking hog.
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Post by: Mike Burch on February 20, 2007, 11:12:00 AM: Nice pig!

Congrats Mike!
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Post by: ARCHER2 on February 20, 2007, 12:09:00 PM: HEY MIKE !
Thanks for the info man. That's a great shot with your trophy. Lots of good eatin there.
ARCHER2
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Post by: bayoulongbowman on February 20, 2007, 01:14:00 PM: Mike congrats...hope to see ya soon buddy! keep them feathers dry!! :) marco#78
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Post by: Bill Turner on February 20, 2007, 04:03:00 PM: Congrats Mike. What did you shoot him with? That is one nasty hole. You coming to Chester this year?
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Post by: NorthShoreLB on February 20, 2007, 04:08:00 PM: Gotta love it when you need to scamper up a tree :bigsmyl:
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Post by: Terry Green on February 20, 2007, 06:52:00 PM: Way to go Mike!!!!!!! :clapper:
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Post by: drewsbow on February 20, 2007, 07:43:00 PM: Congrats Mike :0)
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Post by: Mike Byrge@home on February 20, 2007, 08:11:00 PM: Thanks fellas..

I'd like to make the Chester shoot Bill but May is a tough month...right in the middle of my son's baseball season and I'm the coach.

I used a Zwicky Delta and Bass Pro carbons. The two shots close to the shoulder in the picture are entrance wounds. The "gut" shot that you can barely see is an exit wound..not much blood there.

I had exit holes with all the shots.
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Post by: Frontloader on February 20, 2007, 08:33:00 PM: Congrats on the pig. But it sounds like a lot of the story was left out in the initial post.

Are there any additional details available? Why the tree? Why so many arrows? etc. etc.
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Post by: Mike Byrge on February 21, 2007, 07:16:00 AM: Frontloader,
I saw him bed down in a briar-patch, slipped up to about 10-12 yards and shot him bedded. After the shot he ran to my left angling away...when he hit an opening about 20 yards he way he stopped and looked straight at me then immediately charged...when it looked like it was "for real" and not just a bluff I chickened-out and went up a tree.

He didn't stay long and I saw him go into another thicket/briar-patch 50-60 yards away. I immediately followed and found him, shot him too far back, he didn't run...then shot him a third time low and tight to the shoulder.

The whole thing took just a few minutes from start to finish.

I initially thought the first arrow was a bad shot because it looked like it was quartering-to slightly, too-high and poor-penetration. After dragging him out though I found that the first arrow did go in high but the broadhead punched out of the armpit on the offside.

FYI: I was shooting a Bob Lee TD Longbow 56@29 and 490gr arrows.
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Post by: Mike Byrge on February 21, 2007, 07:26:00 AM: Something else to add...it was probably "stupid" on my part but worth mentioning.

I had three broadhead-arrows and one fieldpoint with me. After I had shot my three broadhead arrows the pig was still standing.

I thought that it would be best to get as many arrows in him as I could and that a field point through the lungs would do additional damage. At this point I thought that only one of the arrows in him was a killing shot.

I shot him with a field-point in what looked to be a good place and the arrow literally bounced off. Fortunately he was in bad shape at this point and it didn't matter.