Well, this morning I took Hope to the shop and began to tune her to my shooting style. It went so well that I decided to take her on my pig hunt this afternoon!
I arrived at my buddy's place at about 2:30pm. We broke out our bows and flung a few practice shots at his 3D target. We then dressed for the hunt and he took me to a box blind in an oak mott that he said the pigs had been frequenting. Here is the view from the blind:
At about 3:50pm a nice young whitetail buck (8pt) came walking through but did not stop. That was just as well because I could not shoot deer on this hunt. At 3:57pm (7 minutes after the deer) I caught movement to my right and two small sows and a gaggle of piglets came walking in front of the blind. They just walked through like the deer and did not stop long enough to catch a greeting from Hope.
That was pretty much it until right before dark when a whole herd of larger pigs came in front of me. It was very close to dark and when I first saw them I could see them well but they were too far for a shot. As they worked their way closer and closer the light was fading fast. Finally they were close enough to shoot at but I just could not see them good enough to pick a spot and make a good shot. They finally fed through the area and I exited the blind and went to meet my buddy.
Not 10 hours had passed since I first laid a hand on Hope and I already had tension on the string with a critter in front of us.
We were sooooooooooooooooo close!
We will see if we can get close enough to let an arrow go on the next hunt.
See ya later,
Bisch
Topic: The Adventure of Hope and Faith Stalker (Read 124612 times)
