I had no daytime visitors at this spot and after the third day I spent an afternoon trying for hogs at a different one. Then on the last hunt day I tried a spot where Cado had been into javies most days. This blind was less luxurious but well placed and in the sunshine.
From 2-5 the birds entertained me and the sun finally warmed me to the core and started to color my Yankee hide a bit.
Javelina are desert dwellers and prefer a prickly pear cactus thicket, but there are fair numbers of them up into this part of Texas. I love to hunt and watch these critters - they crack me up with their cartoon like antics and movements. About 5 my patience was rewarded by a glimpse of movement behind me - a quick shot with the camera...
A small family group of three - sow and two yearlings - ran out into the sendaro and stopped. At 20 yards they offered nothing but a chance to wound more than one with a single arrow. Again, the camera seemed like the right shot.
Javies will often hang around, dart away and come back and present several shot opportunities. These little fellows had another agenda and departed without so much as a single nibble of corn or how do you do. They had not been down wind or seen me, but they were wound up about something. I feel lucky to have had a close encounter with them again this year.
Topic: Texas Sweat 2010 (Read 2365 times)
