retrieverman
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Annie and I had to take a ride to my parent's house this evening, and we made a little stalk through our bottom on the way just hoping that we might accidentally run into a hog.
I parked the 4 wheeler about a quarter of a mile away from my bottom food plot where I still have a game camera, and we walked in slow and easy trying to listen for any activity. As I got near the food plot, I heard what sounded like something rustling in the creek which is beside the plot, and I sat Annie down and made my way toward the bank. It took me about 10 minutes to cover maybe 20 yards as I was only able to take a step when I heard the rustling. As it was getting pretty dark in the woods, I finally made my way to the edge of the bank and was able to get my first glimpse of the hog which turned out to be a big black boar that will weigh around 200-250 pounds. The only shot that I have is at the body behind the shoulder shield, and I decide it is now or never.
My RAZ sights on my 9.3x62 Tracker barrel serve me well as there is still enough light to make them easily visible, and I sight in on the middle of the boars rib cage and squeeze the trigger. He takes off like a rocket up the creek and out of sight. Annie and I follow the creek for about 50 yards, and it starts getting to dark to see if I might be about to step on a snake. I make the decision to just leave him until tomorrow and let Annie do her thing.
I parked the 4 wheeler about a quarter of a mile away from my bottom food plot where I still have a game camera, and we walked in slow and easy trying to listen for any activity. As I got near the food plot, I heard what sounded like something rustling in the creek which is beside the plot, and I sat Annie down and made my way toward the bank. It took me about 10 minutes to cover maybe 20 yards as I was only able to take a step when I heard the rustling. As it was getting pretty dark in the woods, I finally made my way to the edge of the bank and was able to get my first glimpse of the hog which turned out to be a big black boar that will weigh around 200-250 pounds. The only shot that I have is at the body behind the shoulder shield, and I decide it is now or never.
My RAZ sights on my 9.3x62 Tracker barrel serve me well as there is still enough light to make them easily visible, and I sight in on the middle of the boars rib cage and squeeze the trigger. He takes off like a rocket up the creek and out of sight. Annie and I follow the creek for about 50 yards, and it starts getting to dark to see if I might be about to step on a snake. I make the decision to just leave him until tomorrow and let Annie do her thing.
BUT, that set of choppers would sure look neat in a shoulder mount. I have a Javelina mount, but never shot a hog I thought I'd wanna mount, all being of meat hog size.
