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2004
Deer Hunt - A Bowhunt In Progress
The
2004 Bow Season - Late November
Nov 26 - Fatso The Hog
Afternoon - Back at
the blind at Rick's River the wind was gusting briskly and it was overcast
and chilly. At 4:45 something stepped in some leaves behind me and the
distinctive wild hog aroma caught my attention. A very fat, black wild
boar walked into my shooting window. I drew but it stopped behind a tree.
When it took a few steps
and was in the clear the window I needed to shoot out of had camo mesh
on it. Since I was in Rick's blind I didn't want to shoot through the mesh
and make a cut in his new blind.
I let my bow down and, and
so that I wouldn't attract the boars attention, slowly made an opening
in the mesh, that eventually was high and wide enough to shoot through.
The boar was standing 10 yards away, looking at the adjacent field.
I drew, aimed and shot.
My arrow popped through the hog and it ran toward the blind, stopped, like
it was going to fall over, but instead went briskly into the brush to my
right.
The sun dropped below
the trees and soon wild turkeys came into the area. Dozens flew out
into the adjacent field and collected in a group. They yelped and clucked
until they flew up in the tall trees along the river. Fifty yards to my
right the trees filled up with more turkeys. I heard several gobbles.
This left me with a dilemma.
If I recovered the hog now it I would spook the gobblers in the trees to
my right. I didn't really want to leave the hog overnight, either. But
it was cold and that wouldn't be a problem. So at dark I slipped through
the cedars and returned to my truck. I'll get the hog after the turkey
hunt tomorrow morning.
Nov 27 - Short Fat Fanny
Morning - All
the wild turkeys flew down and went into the woods and on to parts unknown.
They left my bow range area off their agenda.
At 9:00 I stepped out of
the blind to look for my wild hog (from the afternoon hunt the day before).
Fifteen steps into the brush I saw him a few yards ahead.
This was a very unusual
hog. It had a short body length and a short head and snout. But it was
very thick. I hooked my safety belt rope to it's hind legs and immediately
realized it was heavier than expected, (on the scale it went 182 pounds).
Leaning into it, I drug
him to a open spot and went for my truck and camera gear. Setting up the
tripod was quick and then I used the Timer to take a few pictures.
This wild boars's short
body length was short compared to others. He weighted 182 pounds. I have
never butchered a fatter hog! His entire body was covered with 3 to 3 1/2
inches of fat. It was a greasy jog making him into pork chops.
EQUIPMENT USED:
The INNERLOC
EXP expandable broadhead got complete penetration on this fat hog
and he went only 25 yards. At 60 lb. my BOWTECH
Patriot put the zip to the Eastern C2 camo arrows. I also am very
pleased with the new, blue Venom
peep sight, it is shapped perfectly to let the maximum light in.
The release was the smooth shooting, good for hunting TEAM PRIMOS
release from Jim Fletcher
Archery. A Shoot Out arrow rest from Golden
Key Futura gets my vote as the only SILENT rest I've ever used.
I put moleskin on it's buttons and it does not make a sound. The new Base
Slayers scent eliminating underware from Scent-Lok helped get this
hog 10 yards close. ALSO: Double
Bull blind, Fine-Line Archery
Hunter bowquiver, Scent Killer bar
soap, shampoo and spray, Bowsiight was the Dusk Devil from Montana
Black Gold.
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