2006 Bowhunt For Wild Hogs @ Texas "S"

July 6 - Day #2, Part #1

MORNING HUNT: 
This morning I wanted to go where I could see the edge of the woods on the largest opening on the property. Merle has a 10 foot wide platform stand with two seats in just the right place and Rick and I went to it at 8:00.

At 8:30 we saw distant movement in the trees. That movement turned into a group of 20+ wild hogs. Things looked promising as they came closer. But they missed us by 50 yards as they went by on the west side of the stand. Then they re-appeared 90 yards away at a mud hole near the edge of the opening. They stayed there a while and then wandered off to the west. 

Without warning, twenty minutes later a different group of hogs appeared at the mud hole. When they left they entered the open area and went out of sight to the north.

I wanted to watch for hog movement a little longer so Rick got down with the intention of checking the brush piles and blowdowns to the east.

Rick had been gone only 15 minutes when I saw another group of hogs walking toward the stand. They passed me on the east side just out of comfortable bow range. Fifteen more minutes passed and the same hogs came charging out of the trees to the east and ran through the middle of the open area.

"Rick, did you just shoot?" I asked into the walkie talkie. "Yes," he answered. "I'll be right there," I said. When I got to him he was on the walkie talkie telling Merle where we were.

After Rick had left the blind he checked out a dried creek bed and some blow downs. He wound up close to a small pond with a dam and glassed the adjacent woods.

Bingo!

A group of hogs were bedding down in the woods right next to the dam. Rick took his time to let the hogs get settled. Then he used the height of the dam as cover to stalk closer to the hogs. There were a couple dozen of all sizes. A mature tan hog lay sound asleep by a log, it was almost in range. All he had to do was get 10 yards closer without spooking any of the hogs.

A few more carefully placed steps and Rick was where he wanted to be. He drew and shot. The arrow placement looked perfect and the tan hog jumped up and ran to the west. The other hogs followed it.

We found blood. I followed it and Rick walked ahead. It was a short walk, "Here it is." Rick announced.

And here is Rick Philippi and his second Texas-S wild boar of our hunt. 

EQUIPMENT COMMENTS: Rick arrowed the tan wild boar with a Grim Reaper RazorTip broadhead on a Carbon Express Terminator arrow. The boar dropped in 55 yards. The camo is Sticks N' Limbs. Its high contrast, large pattern works perfect in this diverse terrain and was up to the challenge of camouflaging Rick on his stalk on 30 wild hogs. 
VIDEO: Rick tells about this hunt in his own words. Rick On Video...

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