Today was picture perfect weather and I was very happy to be able to spend this evening in the woods.
About 45 minutes before dark I crawled up in a live oak and made myself comfortable. Thirty minutes later I saw a pair of 8 point bucks cruise by. I had seen them both earlier and passed them. Seemed like the thing to do again!
They hadn't been gone too long when I saw this import looking pig coming my way. I slowly reached over and pulled the Sparrowhawk off the peg I had it hanging on. If he gave me a chance this pig was NOT going to get the same pass the deer had. It looked like he was going to be broadside at about 15 yards but as he got to one of my shooting
lanes he was angling away slightly which I thought was perfect. I was already focused on the spot I wanted to hit and not long after hitting my anchor the arrow was away.
This old male was pretty tough and I only got about 18 inches of penetration but it hit exactly where I was looking. He squealed and took off but he was running slowly; obviously running out of gas almost immediately. He managed to make a 40 yard dash and went down in sight..
I was using a Zwickey No Mercy on the end of a Beman 500. The Sparrowhawk is 45 @ 28 and I draw 29 and a bit..
Topic: New Years 'Hawk (Read 1103 times)
