Just got back from my long weekend at Brush Country Bowhunting in Freer TX. They are really a first class operation with great facilities and great food. Had a great time, killed two big (for me) pigs with the longbow.
Got the first one at about 11:00 at night on the first night.
Where I was sitting when the pig came in I was overlooking a wallow that had a little light on it. Giving about a 6' circle of soft low light. Really, the moon was so bright and the sky so clear it was'nt really needed. When he came in he would'nt go into the light. He would just stick his snout in like he was trying to reach under the light. The whole time he was there he would get a mouthfull of corn and stare at the stand while he chewed. Take a bite, stare at the stand..............take a bite, stare at the stand.......take a bite, stare at the stand.......and whenever he moved he would'nt walk he would only shuffle sideways so that he could keep his eyes on the stand the whole time. It was weird, funny and frustrating all at once. (When we skinned him he had an absess on his shoulder over the shield. So I imagine he's been shot out of that stand before.) After a while he heard some other pigs coming and turned to look for a second. I could see his head and a very very slight sillouette (sp) of his body in the moonlight. I knew where in the darkness to shoot, I just blew the shot. I'm going to blame it on being elevated. I never get in elevated stands, so subsequently I've never practiced shooting from one. (before anyone says it though, I do practice shooting in very low light and with the hawglight.)
I could'nt tell where I hit him and I thought it was a good shot. (the broadhead went into his neck perfectly slotted between the jugular and his windpipe, another 1/4" in any direction and it would have been lights out!) There was good blood, lots of blood everywhere. But I still did'nt want to crawl down a tunnel at midnight after a wounded pig. Turns out I was right. The next morning when we found him he was still very much alive and very very angry. The dog finally found him in an opening in the brush. Not even a clearing, it was more like a cave of cactus and mesquite that several tunnels opened into. Jrs (Jr's the dog)baying him and I shoot him again but he was moving so it was too low. As soon as I shoot him he knocks Jr out of the way and Jr takes off running with angry pig hot on his heels. I'm backed up to a cactus so naturally Jr runs between my legs and the only thing I can think to do is smack the pig in the face with my bow! (it's the new dryad snout smacker :D ) It worked though. He backed off and Jr got ahold of a leg. This time an arrow into the heart dropped him in a couple of seconds.
Great fun. I LOVE hunting pigs at night. I had a hawglight but the moon was good enough that I did'nt even put it on the bow. I did however use it to kill about a dozen rabbits and a feral cat. (sadly I could'nt find the cat. I wanted soooo badly to tan the hide and use it to cover my "catquiver"!!)
That's how hog #1 met his demise.
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Topic: Texas pig down (Read 596 times)
