Well...that's not the total end of that big sow story....
After the hog busted out of there....and I mean busted, as in everything in her way.....Cade made a statement...
"Wow, she was big, and she had this red place on her like she'd been in a fight" pointing at the side of his stomach about at belly button level....
I said "Where Cade"?..."Right here" as he pointed to the same exact spot. I said...."You mean low, like just through the tits" and he then looked up and me with a total look of amazement on his face and said "OOOOOHHHhhhhh, That was the one YOU shot earlier"!!! ....I said, 'I told you she was big'. 'She sure was'!!! Cade exclaimed.
I can't imagine how big that sow looked to Cade.....man o man.
Anyhow, now we know two things, that hog was still fine and dandy, and that maybe I'd made a bad shot for a reason....a real good reason. I'd trade that hog for a Cade stalk on it every time.