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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Pat B. on May 27, 2013, 10:53:00 PM
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I was driving across the prairie towards the woods where I intended to go for a walk. When I was passing this old shallow ditch I looked down it and saw a couple of pigs, whoa !!!!
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I stopped the truck and considered my options. The sun was still way up in the sky, it was about 7pm.. I had the wind in my favor but would be looking straight into the bright sun. I had absolutely no cover but I had to try..
I strung my bow and slipped into my quiver and took off. The pigs were about 300 yards away so I was able to make good time for the first 200 yards. Then I had to slow down, get quiet and get low.. I got to within 40 yards of the first sow and stopped. I thought she would feed right down the ditch towards me.. So I got down on my knees and sat with my legs folded up under me.
As the sow got closer I kept leaning farther over trying to disappear. By the time she was 20 yards I was bent over nearly kissing the ground.. I had my Hill bow out in front of me holding it horizontally maybe a foot off the ground.
There was a bush about 12 yards from me and when she went behind it I put "tension on the string." As she emerged she immediatly saw me and gave a grunt but then went back to feeding, apparently not believing her eyes! She was quartering to me but this was it.. I drew the bow until I felt the back of the broadhead touch the index finger of my bowhand and released the string. The arrow had a short flight and hit a bit higher than I was aiming. She wheeled and took off.. I stood and watched her stop about 100 yards away.. She slowly laid down.
Hmm, I waited a few then started her way.. When I got within 30 yards I could see her but she was facing straight away, no shot.. I kept creeping up on her, it was evident she was still alive.. When I closed in under 15 yards I side stepped a few and she heard me. She jumped up and was broadside for a second. Immediately my second arrow took her behind the shoulder. She moved off a few yards and sagged down and died within moments.
This was my 66" Wesley that is 57 or 58 lbs and a Zwickie Delta..
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What a great Memorial Day! God Bless our troops, past and present.
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Way to go Pat! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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That is big sow! Great story! Thanks for sharing :clapper:
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Good Lord that is a beast. Congrats Pat, youre a hog magnet.
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I have seen one pig in the wild. Two if you count the dead shoat I saw on the Hill hog hunt.
Pat, you make it look like such a simple task. You are the hog slayer!
That is a very nice sow!
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Another great one, Pat!
Congrats,
Bisch
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another one bites the dust!
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Nice hog...thanks for sharing
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Good job Pat, the pigs are still having nightmares about you.
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Pat your living in Hog Heaven,congrats.
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I'm jealous, I really wish we had something like that here in Colorado that we could hunt year round and tasted good too! Nice Job!
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Awesome hunt, great job making it happen!
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Can I come live with you!! :D
Congrats, and great story to boot. :thumbsup: :clapper:
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Good job!
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Wow Pat, you are on a roll!
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Great sow, Pat. You and that bow are a deadly combination.
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Hog killing machine, congrats !
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Congrats on another fine pig !!! :clapper:
Bill
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Good eyes catchin' 'em in the bar ditch, great stalk, and great outcome. Very nice you were probably able to drive right to her. Happy eatin'!
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Sweet! I can smell pork chops over mesquite coals from here!!!!
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Good job, that is one nice hog.
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What a pig. Pork Chops on the grill for everybody.
Congrats!
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Pat B, you are the man for getting after those hogs.. A man after my own heart for being always on the look out for game. Those hogs certainly are not safe around you(LOL) Congrats on another fine hog.
Tony
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Very nice
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:clapper: :clapper: :clapper: :clapper:
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Great story Pat. Thanks Looks like pork chops for dinner.
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Great stalk and nice pig.
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Nice!!!
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Way cool!
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Well done!! Looks nice and green where you are.
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Hey Pat.....are you n' RC kinfolk by chance or maybe brothers from another mother ??? Congrats !!!!!
Froggy
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:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Pat,
I gotta ask. Where are you putting all this pork?? :D
Bill
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Nice shooting Pat!
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Good job Pat. Those Hill bows are makin bacon for ya.RC
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What a pig.
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Another nice pig. Love seein' your posts. Never a small pig in the bunch.
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Nice pig, Pat!
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Beautiful pig Pat. That was a great stalk and a good story. Nicely done! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Real cool stuff. You just keep getting them. :thumbsup:
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Nothing eradicates hogs like 'Pig X'.
Great work!
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Nice. I always enjoy reading about your successful hunts.
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Way to go Pat!! Again :)
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Great job!!
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What Pat didn't say is that we have a year around rabbit season here in Texas. After he shot the pig he killed two of them for good measure. Only headshot one though. I was a little disappointed in him.
Bonner