My story unfortunately will have to be short for now. I arrived home last night after a five day hunt and have to be back on a D-7 this morning.
I made the 7 hour trip to Odessa with only two blow-outs on the camper trailer and a couple of unexpected stops to buy tires along the way. I've not had much time to hunt the new ranches due to an overwhelming amount of work needing to be done. Well, once I got the tin te-pi to the ranch I went for a morning hunt and found lots of sign and sighted some javis. Once the first evening hunt rolled around I'd relocated my quary. Here's a few pics to kick this hunt off. My first evening of five. I was hunting solo and I can't tell you how hard it is to capture a pic like this with an auto feature on a camera. I always try and get a living pic first.
And the results of a slow stalk.
What a beautiful evening in the desert. I decide that I'm allowed two javi's so I go ahead and try for #2. This boar was mad, popping, and ready to eat some feather. He kept inching closer and closer but wouldn't give me a shot. Soon he was within about 15 feet and I took this pic quickly and shoved the camera bach in my pocket so I wouldn't drop it when I had to run.
Well, he kept inching forward and I was afraid if I turned to run he'd get a bite out of the back of my calf. At a grand total of about 8' or less I dropped the string. He took one for the team-------right between the eyes! This staggered him briefly enough for me to get two more arrows through the boiler room. His only mistake was to stand and fight. Whew! These little buggers can sure make the heart race.
My awesome evening alone in the desert.
I'm not even close to finished. There's another four days of hunting and I had another Tradganger along from Canada. He had shootable game in front of him every hunt. Can't wait to share all the pics. Gotta get ready for work now. CK
Topic: Odessa stole my heart (Read 6964 times)
