Finally getting a chance to post a few pictures from our 1-5 January hunt with Curtis.
Craig and I switched to hunting javelina the last afternoon of our hunt and as I said before we both got into them and both had shots. Mine was a clean miss when the javie made my move to draw on him and bolted as I shot. Craig made a hit but thought the shot might have been a bit back so he marked the start of the blood trail, backed out and decided to let him lay overnight.
Curtis said that was a good decision as coyotes don't normally eat dead or wounded javies.
The next morning Craig and I followed a fairly sparse blood trail for about 100yds and found this spot where he laid down and appeared to lose a lot more blood.
From there the blood trail was a lot heavier and it appeared that the javie was running again? We then found hair and what later turned out to be part of the stomach contents and the broken GT arrow. Then we lost the blood trail altogether and decided that I would go back to camp for help from Curtis while Craig stayed there to try to figure it out.
When Curtis and I returned, it didn't take him long to read the sign and tell us that coyotes had gotten the wounded javie up and that they were able to take him down and had, in fact, eaten him.
Curtis then found the scene of a major struggle among the coyotes over the carcass and these were the only remains.
Curtis and Craig posed for this pic of Craig's "trophy" and then we continued a search for the head or hide but were unable to find either.
Watching Curtis in action while tracking the javie was worth the trip and seeing him fling that Texas Throwing Stick at a jackrabbit as we walked back to the truck was quite a "watch this" moment. The jackrabbit was unharmed, but Curtis was wincing in pain as he twisted his injured back and shoulder with the effort.
It was a great trip and we hope to return to hunt the javies again soon in the West Texas terrain.
Topic: Any word from the 7th Age guys down in Tx? (Read 1871 times)
