Saturday I was in S.C., with a Tahitian Frenchman in tow- we were stalk hunting to a stand I wanted him to sit in.
About 150 yards into the palmettos, I hear a hog squeal, and motioned him over to me, thinking we might get in and get him a shot at a hog.
As he reaches me, I see movement coming from my left to right- and its a doe...walking to my 12 o'clock. Then another- followed by a flash of antler- a buck!
They reached the other side of a big red oak about 20 yards in front of us, but were shielded from our sight by the trunk and some large palmettoes.
Then I saw them start to move off, and I grunted softly- then snort-wheezed with my mouth. No response, until I looked through my optics and saw the buck's tail, up and waving slowly back and forth, as he trailed the does.
I told my Tahitian friend to make a big downwind loop, perhaps he could intercept them, and I stayed put for a few moments, to keep from disturbing anyone.
I forgot, for the moment, the hog squeal.
Just then, I see deer legs moving, right to the big red oak again- it was the buck! He was coming back to see the rival that had challenged him.
We did the normal face off, while he checked me out. Then he turned his head back toward his girl friends. He was facing me full on, so no shot, and he really wasn't a big buck..but he was pretty and I was enjoying seeing him at 8 steps.
Suddenly, a flash of black from my left made my brain scream " HOG " and sure enough, a 200 lb boar was skipping in, right at the buck. The buck only needed a second to decide he didn't want any part of that, and off he bounded.
The hog hit the little open window in front of me and I drew and shot in one motion- the arrow went exactly where I was looking- only the hog, upon entering the open lane, put on the afterburners and shot through to the palmettoes on the other side- he was eight to ten feet gone when the shaft reached his location!
What a morning. That snort wheeze works- I've yet to have a negative reaction to it...sometimes they pay it no attention, but often they come back or to you.
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