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Author Topic: some big boars getting killed at Wild Things!  (Read 3506 times)

Offline Bud B.

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Re: some big boars getting killed at Wild Things!
« Reply #40 on: January 14, 2016, 10:47:00 PM »
Hmmmmm. Sounds quite exciting and successful!!!
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Re: some big boars getting killed at Wild Things!
« Reply #41 on: January 14, 2016, 10:52:00 PM »
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So I'm basically staring across the pond at the camp and I hear the hogs come back in. I put another arrow on the string, but I promise the next shot has to be at least as good as the last one or I won't draw back.

7:30 a truck pulls into camp, I see the lights in the distance and as I climb down the second truck arrives. I mount my string tracker to a tree and walk back to camp.

I ask around and John saw 14 but didn't get a shot off, Val 0, Keith 0, Doug 1 but no shot, and Bryan 1... and he shot it! Another big boar walks in just before dark on him, he pulls back and shoots it clean. Just like his boar two nights before it runs *50 yards and falls over in sight. It's already on the tailgate when I get to camp.

This hog looks even bigger to me than the last looking at the ears, width of skull, hoof size, and of course his cutters.

Bryan went from seeing 0 hogs in 5 days to killing 2 NICE boars in 3 days! Here is what that one looked like with some lights on it.
   

Nice hog! ACE SHOT!

Everyone wants to know if I got a shot at the huge boar that had been hitting that feeder. I said I had a nice sized sow come in with 4 little meat pigs, I put a good shot on the best of the bunch. I offered to the guys if anyone wanted to come follow the string with me. Bryan and Keith were in.

Now this next part gets a little interesting.
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Re: some big boars getting killed at Wild Things!
« Reply #42 on: January 14, 2016, 11:01:00 PM »
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I have my headlamp on and angled off to the left so I can shoot by it if needed. I put an arrow on the string and I use the V created by the broadhead and the arrow shaft to lift the string off the grass. I start following the string ready for a follow up shot if things aren't as I imagine.

Bryan exclaims "Look at all this blood!" I look down and sure enough there are sprays and smears everywhere. We are painting our boots following this trail!

At the edge of the brush I see a hog, but it can't be my hog. Oh no. I shot a nice little meat pig. This is a BIG pig! My arrow is snapped off next to it glowing in the dark. My string is still anchored to my broadhead inside it's chest. It is laying where I saw my hog fall, but this isn't a meat pig.

The dark can do funny things to your perspective.
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Now which picture do I want to share...
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Re: some big boars getting killed at Wild Things!
« Reply #43 on: January 14, 2016, 11:15:00 PM »
OK, I think I found a nice one.

Here is a picture that John took of Bryan and I with our hogs on the spot mine fell:
   

What a pig! I'm only sorry that my noggin is blocking his pig a little. I'm 6'4" and 210 pounds, this dude is big!
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Re: some big boars getting killed at Wild Things!
« Reply #44 on: January 14, 2016, 11:19:00 PM »
Great stuff Thom! A HUGE congrats bro! You earned that one!!!!!

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Re: some big boars getting killed at Wild Things!
« Reply #45 on: January 14, 2016, 11:22:00 PM »
Did you scale it, Thom? My guess would be 300lbs at least.
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Re: some big boars getting killed at Wild Things!
« Reply #46 on: January 14, 2016, 11:32:00 PM »
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The next couple hours are pretty funny. Five of us load it into my truck and I snap a picture for my "what is dead in Thom's truck" photo album. Remember this truck is only two months old and it's already hauled 4 hogs and a deer to the skinning shed!
   

We get the pigs back to the skinning shed and make a plan for the morning. We put these buggers on ice. I got a picture in the cooler but it breaks my "never get behind an animal for a picture" rule. I will say these hogs and the hanging hams from earlier in the week LOOKS GOOD!
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Re: some big boars getting killed at Wild Things!
« Reply #47 on: January 14, 2016, 11:42:00 PM »
It's getting pretty late, I guess the end of the story will have to come tomorrow. Here is the last picture from that night:
     

Bud, the winch wouldn't lift it. I had to wait a day to find out myself. I'm gonna ask you to do the same    :biglaugh:  
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Re: some big boars getting killed at Wild Things!
« Reply #48 on: January 15, 2016, 12:51:00 AM »
I really need to start getting to bed earlier but I had to stay up tonight and follow along with this story.  Great tale Thom and great boar!  I always enjoyed eating Oklahoma calf fries when I lived there.  Looks like you've got some South Carolina grape fruit for the frying pan there!  Great week at Wild Things!

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Re: some big boars getting killed at Wild Things!
« Reply #49 on: January 15, 2016, 05:40:00 AM »
Wooooooo eeeee! Thats some nice hogs getting hung in the shed. Congrats fellas.

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Re: some big boars getting killed at Wild Things!
« Reply #50 on: January 15, 2016, 06:47:00 AM »
Wow congrats fellas!!!   :notworthy:    :clapper:
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Re: some big boars getting killed at Wild Things!
« Reply #51 on: January 15, 2016, 07:02:00 AM »
That sure is a big one.

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Re: some big boars getting killed at Wild Things!
« Reply #52 on: January 15, 2016, 07:21:00 AM »
Good stuff Thom!! Look forward to hearing more about this at Friday night archery! See you there!

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Re: some big boars getting killed at Wild Things!
« Reply #53 on: January 15, 2016, 07:42:00 AM »
Congrats guys, looks like an awesome camp. Those food pics had me slobbering!    :thumbsup:
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Re: some big boars getting killed at Wild Things!
« Reply #54 on: January 15, 2016, 07:46:00 AM »
Sure is a Big one Thom.  Congrats to you and the rest of the successful hunters.
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Re: some big boars getting killed at Wild Things!
« Reply #55 on: January 15, 2016, 07:50:00 AM »
Many congrats guys I'm tickled pink for you.....

 way to go that's a hunch you'll never forget !!!
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Re: some big boars getting killed at Wild Things!
« Reply #56 on: January 15, 2016, 09:18:00 AM »
Wow...outstanding.

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Re: some big boars getting killed at Wild Things!
« Reply #57 on: January 15, 2016, 09:27:00 AM »
OH MAN...I got the itch

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Re: some big boars getting killed at Wild Things!
« Reply #58 on: January 15, 2016, 09:29:00 AM »
Great boar!  Congrats!

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Re: some big boars getting killed at Wild Things!
« Reply #59 on: January 15, 2016, 09:38:00 AM »
Congrats again Thom! What an incredible hog.  If anyone deserved to take a trophy like that it was you.
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