Jim always makes fun of my photos because they are not the hero types. Just dead animals with a bow on them and my stories are rather boring. The first pig I got sneaking through the woods in the morning looking for a pig I shot the night before. First night out I sneak in on my stand and a boar is under the feeder cleaning things up. 5 or 6 football size youngsters are buzzing around wanting in on the corn. The boar catches me move and tears out of there. The sow of the babies was in the brush and does the same. It's now a pig free zone. I get up in the tree, get settled in and set up my light as the day turns to night. At about 7 I catch a nice pig coming in from my left and I stand up. He's now 8 yards out and i turn my light on him and drill him in the shoulder. One unhappy pig as he bolts. Now some guys might not agree but I'm not a big fan of shoulder hit on pigs. The only pigs I've ever lost were hit there and there was little or no blood. 10 minutes after I shot the boar a coon comes in and I shoot him. I get down and look for pig blood and my arrow. Nothing. I weave back and forth out to 50 yards and nothing so I backed out. Next morning I sit another stand til 8:30 than go look for my pig. I find nothing. No pig no blood no arrow. Not a big fan of that shoulder shot. The arrow was 675 gr sitka spruce with a 225 gr Tough Head broadhead. So I'm sneaking around and start seeing pigs in the woods. There are tangerines growing in there and hogs clean them up. I see the blonde hog rooting around 25 yards out but in brush. There's a softball size hole half way between me and the pig and I slip an arrow though to its mark, mid pig going forward. Great shot and the pig is dead in 30 yards.
That night I'm in Jims double stand and start seeing small pigs at the feeder. The horse comes by and they head for cover. Just at dark three come back and vacuum up the crumbs when a fat 40 pounder comes in and starts picking on the little guys. SOOO, I shot him. Short track to a dead boar.
Sunday morning I had another fair size boar come in and as you can see, no pic. Not a good story because he is still there being a hog on Jims lease but with a limp.
Like always, had a great time and Erv and Jim have a good thing going. I saw maybe 30 different pigs from Friday night til SUnday morning. Many fast growing seed pigs for the future. Thanks Jim and Erv.
CJ
Topic: Florida Hog Adventure (Read 1938 times)
