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THE JINX IS BROKEN!!!! :blah:
Since I started hunting with the muzzies I haven't been able to connect on a pig ONCE til today.
Managed to eek out a rare day off today to go traipse around the swamp. I like to go out when it rains a bunch. It floods the swamp and they all pile up on the small islands to get out of the water.
You have some of this
and a WHOLE BUNCH of this
Saw a young forked buck sneaking off of one island, he would have been an easy shot but not for another month. About 30 minutes after that I crossed a game trail and stopped about 30 yards past it to get some water. Heard something behind me, turned around and there was a nice big boar, probably about 200lbs coming up the trail I just crossed. I saw him about 2 seconds before he got to where I had crossed and scented me. He trotted back the way he came without being really spooked. But I know where he lives now! :grin: I'll be back to visit.
Got to another little island and heard some rustling and saw the tops of some grass moving. Stalked up closer and there were 3-5 nice eating sized pigs rooting around and wallowing. I got to what turned out to be a tick under 40 yds and took a knee. Gave a loud squeek (they love rodents and will respond to a squeeky distress call), one of them stood up from wallowing and clickwhooshboom. DRT You can see where she was wallowing right next to where she fell.
I don't think they had ever been shot at before. The rest of the sounder ran angled towards me and stopped in some brush about 20 yards away. I got down and reloaded again as quick as I could but they finally ran off before I could finish.
Turned out nice. Probably about 60-70lbs.
She had this weird lump on her. I figured I would find a broadhead or something in it, but there wasn't.
Nice morning all in all. Can't wait to get back again this weekend.
Since I started hunting with the muzzies I haven't been able to connect on a pig ONCE til today.
Managed to eek out a rare day off today to go traipse around the swamp. I like to go out when it rains a bunch. It floods the swamp and they all pile up on the small islands to get out of the water.
You have some of this
and a WHOLE BUNCH of this
Saw a young forked buck sneaking off of one island, he would have been an easy shot but not for another month. About 30 minutes after that I crossed a game trail and stopped about 30 yards past it to get some water. Heard something behind me, turned around and there was a nice big boar, probably about 200lbs coming up the trail I just crossed. I saw him about 2 seconds before he got to where I had crossed and scented me. He trotted back the way he came without being really spooked. But I know where he lives now! :grin: I'll be back to visit.
Got to another little island and heard some rustling and saw the tops of some grass moving. Stalked up closer and there were 3-5 nice eating sized pigs rooting around and wallowing. I got to what turned out to be a tick under 40 yds and took a knee. Gave a loud squeek (they love rodents and will respond to a squeeky distress call), one of them stood up from wallowing and clickwhooshboom. DRT You can see where she was wallowing right next to where she fell.
I don't think they had ever been shot at before. The rest of the sounder ran angled towards me and stopped in some brush about 20 yards away. I got down and reloaded again as quick as I could but they finally ran off before I could finish.
Turned out nice. Probably about 60-70lbs.
She had this weird lump on her. I figured I would find a broadhead or something in it, but there wasn't.
Nice morning all in all. Can't wait to get back again this weekend.
