G'day and Yahoo, lads!
Had a blast on the weekend!
On Sunday evening, we approached a swamp, to be greeted with the sight of numerous pigs on the edge, as well as a few out in the swamp feeding. I stalked straight into the swamp after a boar, and when close enough, I sent an arrow straight over his back (too nervous and excited, I s'pose), never to be seen again. The boar spooked away, splashing through the swamp. Many of the pigs on the shore spooked temporarily too. But one large specimen remained, and I snuck through the paperbark after what I presumed to be another boar, but turned out to be a huge sow. I was up to my knees in this swamp. The pig fed rapidly, and it took some time to close the gap. Finally, I was close enough and the pig turned side on. I sent an arrow into the flank, and was disappointed that I'd hit a whisker too far back. The arrow was hanging mostly sticking out her off-side. The pig lunged toward shore with spectacular splashing, pushing a bow wave. Upon reaching the mud, she just stood there. I started closing the distance, wading into the more shallow water but keeping a small paperbark between us. Other pigs came over to see what was happening, then fled when they saw me. She was unable to flee with them, and suddenly fell over and started kicking. She was still by the time I was close enough to edge around the paperbark and send an arrow into her. She didn't flinch at this second arrow, and I was over the moon to know that I'd taken a monster with wooden arrows!
She weighed an estimated 90 kilograms, but I do apologise for sitting toward the rear and exagerating her size a bit (it was the only relatively dry patch) - but she was pretty big!
The bow was my pretty new Schafer Silvertip takedown recurve, a 62", 80lb @ 28" marvel!
The arrows were 115lb spine Douglas Fir supplied by the good crew at
www.surewoodshafts.com and made up for me by Joe Lorenzen, a TradGang gentleman with amazing arrow-crafting abilities! Thanks Joe! Wearing the 160 grain STOS broadheads, they weigh-in at 775 grains.
This happy memory will keep a smile on my dile and a spring in my step for quite some time!
Cheers All,
Ben
Topic: First pig with Silvertip - and WOOD! (Read 665 times)
