Author Topic: 5th Annual Beouf WMA Hog Hunt ---> What a hunt! (Read 17805 times)

DanielB89 · « **Reply #100 on:** January 21, 2020, 10:13:16 AM »

Here’s a little teaser. Will update the story in the next couple days!!

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South MS Bowhunter · « **Reply #101 on:** January 21, 2020, 10:26:08 AM »

That’s it

pdk25 · « **Reply #102 on:** January 21, 2020, 02:14:32 PM »

Lung blood, and you will update over a couple days? What kinda crap is that, lol.

GCook · « **Reply #103 on:** January 21, 2020, 03:54:27 PM »

Quote from: pdk25 on January 21, 2020, 02:14:32 PM

Lung blood, and you will update over a couple days? What kinda crap is that, lol.

Seems to be a theme here. They string out hunt stories over days. I only mind when the LDPs are lacking at the end.

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Crittergetter · « **Reply #104 on:** January 21, 2020, 06:54:44 PM »

Hey guys, sorry I’m just now getting to post. Got in late yesterday evening and Had a really busy day in the shop today.

I arrived to camp around 11:00 on Thursday after a 5.5 hour drive in some really heavy rain storms. Normally takes me about 3.5-4 hours to get there.
I met Dave and Will walking the road and gave them a lift to camp and then met Kenny. A few minutes later Jacob and Craig came back to camp from their morning hunt. Several guys had already gotten into hogs and got shot opportunities. So I was pretty anxious to hit the woods. After a few hours we all made plans to pair up and spread out. Kenny and I went to an area where we have seen hogs in previous years. With a good north wind we spread out and slowly hunted our way into the area keeping the creek to our right and the wind in our face. After only a couple hundred yards I see Kenny motion to me and he points out a bedded hog only about 40-50 yrds from me. I was in a better position than he was so he gave me the first opportunity.
The wind was perfect and the leaves were wet so I closed the distance pretty quickly. At about 20 yrds I considered taking a shot but the conditions were perfect so I decided to get a little closer. At about 15 yrds I set my feet and started to put tension on the string. At the same time I started to lean around the tree I had been using to block his view. At about half draw I felt the wind hit the back of my neck and the gig was up instantly!
The boar jumped up and ran. I knew from experience that he would most likely stop and look back so I came to full draw. Sure enough at about 30 yrds he stops and turns to look back and I release the arrow. The shot looked perfect but he was alert and was a good 5-8’ away when the arrow got there!
Dang it! Should have taken the shot when I was at 20! Lol

Crittergetter · « **Reply #105 on:** January 21, 2020, 07:06:47 PM »

We meet at my arrow and laugh about how close and how fun that was.
We then proceed north following the same routine. It wasn’t probably 20 minutes later Kenny waves me over. He had spotted a couple more hogs that were bedded up. It’s his turn for a stalk!! As he starts to slip in on them I swing to his right in hopes of maybe getting a shot of my own when I see a couple more sows bedded with a bunch of piglets. I don’t discriminate when it comes to pigs so I start stalking them while trying to keep an eye on Kenny. At about 20 yrds I decided I was close enough and set up for a shot and wait for Kenny to get his opportunity. My hope was that my pigs would stand up to see what was going on when Kenny took his shot.
So I sat there smiling while watching Kenny get closer and closer to his hogs! Eventually I see him raise his bow and draw so I get ready. He shoots and his hog jumps up with the arrow stuck in what appears to be a good shot from my angle and all heck breaks out. Because we were So focused on the hogs we were after we failed to see all the other hogs around. When he shot the woods erupted!! Hogs went everywhere! Including the ones I was stalking. It was impossible to get a headcount but there were at least 30 to 40 hogs.
So I quickly make my way over to Kenny and we give a couple high-fives and fist bumps and go to where his broken arrow was laying.

Crittergetter · « **Reply #106 on:** January 21, 2020, 07:07:46 PM »

Here’s Kenny!

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Crittergetter · « **Reply #107 on:** January 21, 2020, 07:12:13 PM »

I will let Kenny fill in the details of his hog from there.

That night we had Dave’s famous hobo dinner! Best dang hobo dinner I’ve ever had!!

Friday am Kenny and I paired up again and hit a new section of woods. There was a ton of old sign but wasn’t much fresh sign at all. We parked at an intersection of 2 trails and walked one then made a loop through the woods to the other. I spotted a loan boar cruising and tried to intersect him but there was no way I could get there in time. So I let out a few grunts trying to draw him to me but he wasn’t interested and eventually got to far out to keep track of him. We made it to the opposite road without any other sightings. So we quickly went to scout another area. Lot of deer sign there but no pig sign. We did jump a deer in a thicket though. So I decided to come back that afternoon to set up for deer but no deer were seen.

That night we had Jacobs étouffée!! Oh my goodness is it ever good!!!!!

The Vanilla Gorilla · « **Reply #108 on:** January 21, 2020, 07:35:10 PM »

Loving what im reading so far. Hope to do another hunt with trad guys again one day. Been way too long!

Petrichor · « **Reply #109 on:** January 21, 2020, 08:29:48 PM »

Since I was on night schedule, will and I left the house at 0200 hours and arrived at camp at about 0630 hours. Having trouble locating the camp site I found a couple of tents. The rumble of my old truck stirred a camper (Jacob) and I asked if this was the hog hunt to which he stated yes. Will and I made short work of setting up my primitive trekking pole tent and met craig as he woke up. After a couple short hours we were off in the woods on our first hunt, in which we found lots of sign but alas no hogs. We met randy on the road who gave us a lift back to camp. In hunting louisianas southern WMAs for 5 plus years we could count the number of animals sited on 2 hands and neither of us had ever had a shot.

A last minute injury to my right hand had me rocking my left handed bow and will has his trusty slick stick. We embarked on a second afternoon hunt but came out early because will did not have rubber boots and his feet were toast. We made quick work of a fire and cooked the camp hobo burgers in the coals of the fire. End of day 1

South MS Bowhunter · « **Reply #110 on:** January 21, 2020, 10:22:22 PM »

rainman · « **Reply #111 on:** January 22, 2020, 01:16:57 AM »

Impatiently waiting for stories.

Petrichor · « **Reply #112 on:** January 22, 2020, 08:59:43 AM »

The next morning will and I woke early. For the morning hunt it was me going solo while will went into town to get rubber boots from a local sporting goods store. The guys dropped me off on Wallace Rd and I huffed it down to the flooded portion and headed south.

I have never seen so many signs of hogs in the area. Wallows, beds, and more acorns than I've ever seen. Following the advice from the previous nights camp fire discussion. I followed the sign and the water. After about 1/2 mile of slow slow walking a whole sounder of 1 boar, 3 sows, and a mess of soundings came booking it north bound. They were 60 yards to the west and moving with a purpose. I was only able to close the distance to 50 yards before the entire sounder passed me. I mean they were booking it. I waited till they passed me out of sight not revealing my position and tracked the fresh tracks all the way back to wallace road. Seeing they had crossed I turned back south knowing Darren and John were hunting north of Wallace. I walked about 1 mile south before exiting the woods and making my way back to camp, where will was waiting for me. He had helped himself to the camp whiskey and i practiced a bit. We prepared for the afternoon hunt excited because we were in the pigs and I knew just where to go.. Little did I know that a debacle was about to occur and that wallace road would be renamed Detective Alley at that nights campfire...... more to come.

I'd seen more animals that morning than all of my other hunts combined.

Crittergetter · « **Reply #113 on:** January 22, 2020, 11:18:10 AM »

Saturday morning I decided to paddle across horseshoe Lake and check out the interior of that section. Tod had previously scouted it the years before and saw no sign but I had to see it for myself. I should have taken Tod‘s word for it LOL. Found very very little sign because The interior of the island is mostly flooded. I did find some deer sign on the edge that butts up to private property but wasn’t enough to convince me to stay there and hunt. However it was a beautiful beautiful morning for a boat ride!!

Crittergetter · « **Reply #114 on:** January 22, 2020, 11:21:17 AM »

Gotta love Gods handiwork!!

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Crittergetter · « **Reply #115 on:** January 22, 2020, 11:23:51 AM »

This was pretty cool. A hornets nest in moss hanging out over the water

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GCook · « **Reply #116 on:** January 22, 2020, 12:42:07 PM »

That is pretty neat.

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DanielB89 · « **Reply #117 on:** January 22, 2020, 03:33:59 PM »

I had to work Thursday and got away as soon as I could. A quick one hour drive down to a hunting area and within 30 minutes I heard my first squeal. I made some stalks on them and it ended in a shaved chest for the boar I was shooting at. Ticked me off!

Well, after they ran off, I managed to sneak up on another sounder. The wind was almost nonstop swirling so as soon as I saw them, a boar was already headed my way to check up on what the smell was. As he approached head on he pegged me at about 25 yards. He spun to take off and I remember hearing about a friend grunting at some hogs and bringing them back in.. well.. here is the proof. This was the third time I had grunted this hog in and never managed to get a shot.

A very cool experience.

More to come.

John146 · « **Reply #118 on:** January 22, 2020, 04:53:51 PM »

Man, this is getting good!! Randy, that’s some awesome pictures!!! Wish the hogs would have been across the lake.

Daniel those hogs sound “ready to rumble.” Your hog call ain’t bad brother. When you get em to come in 3 times it means your calling is perfect.

Looking forward to the blood trails.

Chumster · « **Reply #119 on:** January 22, 2020, 06:28:42 PM »

Got to shout out a big thanks to Daniel for hosting this group hunt. As always it was never of short action, fun and adventures. Not to mention the laughs supplied on behalf of another in our camp.
Randy's river crossing pick above was not as serene as seeing it from the bank as he was leaving. Sure wish I had taken a picture of that.
I was fortunate enough to hunt with Daniel the first day and I can tell you his calling prowess is something to experience. That first day we say nothing short of 30 to 40 hogs. Daniel kept trying to show me the hogs but I just never saw them as he could. Wasn't long till I figured it out. Heck the hogs must of been in the trees, as seen here by Daniel scouting the tree tops. Who knew??


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