Hogs win again.
Got on stand yesterday evening at 8:00 pm expecting the boar I've been after to show up anytime between dark and 10:00 pm.
That last time I sat that stand the mosquitoes were not bad at all. This time they made up for it. In an effort to keep cool I had dressed in shorts and a light weight, short sleeve shirt. Yeah....I know.
I DID stay cool but the mosquitoes feasted on my legs and uncovered arms. After about an hour or so....I guess they had all gotten their fill because they left. Miserable (but cool) I continued to watch the lighted bait site and listen for anything stirring in the woods behind me. At this point only a couple of raccoons had shown up...which was good because they make excellent sentry's.
Twice they stood up,
alerted in one direction and ran off in the other, but nothing ever appeared. After the second time, they didn't come back. No worry, I just kept watching and listening. After 3 hours on stand (11:00 pm)....I'd had enough and quietly got down, turned off the hog light and walked back to my vehicle.
Checked the game camera this morning and seems I missed my hog by 25 minutes. Hog hunting can be cruel at times.
Later on...a group of smaller pigs visited as well, but I would not have been on stand that late....so nothing missed there.
We will see if the group of pigs comes back or not. If they do then I'll have to make up my mind to load the shotgun with Dixie Tri-Ball (to shoot through several pigs) or stay with 3" magnum 00 buck for the lone boar. Then hope the right pig(s) show up for the load I have chambered.
Or...I could just set up a trap down there and dispense with all this chasing after them.