My 13 year old son skipped school two days this week to go Boar hunting with his dad, and with his first ever opportunity to unleash a broadhead at a game animal he nailed a 90 lb sow at 18 yards using a 53# St Charles Thunderbird, which he pulls to 42#-a bit of extra power comes from the TS1 string made by Rod Jenkins. The tapered spruce shaft (from Raptor Archery) passed through ribs on both sides of the hog and completely severed the major artery killing the animal within seconds. She let out a yelp; but managed no more than a furious circle of 15-20 feet, and fell over into a pile of reeds. Her companion hogs didn’t even take off right away. Had I not been so busy congratulating my hunting buddy, perhaps a second animal may have been put on the ground too.
We were on a guided hunt, at a place called Hillside Ranch, north of San Francisco. It is 4000 magnificent acres of unfenced forests and creek beds. The guide, Robert Larson, worked our butts off ground hunting from dawn till after dark.
My son is providing the meat for our family Thanksgiving dinner this year! What a rush!
Bjorn
Topic: 13 year old son nails first hog!! Link to pic added (Read 3046 times)
