scaatylobo
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Went down to N.C. last sunday [ 16 th ] and arrived at Cribs Creek Outfitters for a pig hunt on Monday night.
Nothing but rain while in ground stand Monday night.
Tuesday we were driven to S.C. and I had a huge plot of land to myself and it was 34 degrees and breezy.
Must have fallen off and the sound of pigs grunting woke me,there were about 15 to 20 in the field DIRECTLY in front ---- flipped safety [ first mistake ] and took aim and turned on "Wicked green" light and there she was in front.
225 pound sow,pulled trigger = NOTHING,safety was part way on,pushed it off and a LOUD click told me that I had a light primer hit [ no doubt due to the first pull on trigger ].
They pigs all walked off to the right where they had come from,I chambered another round and they were now 85+ yards out front.
Squeezed off a 168 grain Federal match H.P. and a smaller pig dropped,having been warned by Greg [ owner of C.C.O. ] to keep shooting = I put another round into her and then turned to take another [ greed will ruin ya ].
Took 2 more shots that looked good,the the light switch took a dump [ ONLY bad part of that lighting system ] and by the time I got it back on ----- NO PIG in field.
That was at 00:39 and I called to tell Greg at which time he said to NOT track it alone as they will charge when wounded.
He arrived about 02:45 and we looked for her with night vision AND thermal,nothing and NO blood ?.
I was very upset and I HATE a bad shot and game getting away wounded.
No luck and no shooting for any of us [ we were a group of 4 from my neck O the woods] for the next day.
We all went back to my original spot on thur. night [ all our hunting was from 18:30 to anythime after 03:30 or later ].
The guy holding the night vision came to me at about 02:00 and asked if I wanted to see the pig I shot on TUESDAY = it was still warm and must have expired in that past few hours !!!.
160 to 180 pound sow is in the freezer !.
N.C. has a very liberal hunting rules & regulations [ like a free state ],and I will be going back.
btw - I had a 300 blackout & a Ruger mini 30,but got no shooting with them even though they got woods time.
Nothing but rain while in ground stand Monday night.
Tuesday we were driven to S.C. and I had a huge plot of land to myself and it was 34 degrees and breezy.
Must have fallen off and the sound of pigs grunting woke me,there were about 15 to 20 in the field DIRECTLY in front ---- flipped safety [ first mistake ] and took aim and turned on "Wicked green" light and there she was in front.
225 pound sow,pulled trigger = NOTHING,safety was part way on,pushed it off and a LOUD click told me that I had a light primer hit [ no doubt due to the first pull on trigger ].
They pigs all walked off to the right where they had come from,I chambered another round and they were now 85+ yards out front.
Squeezed off a 168 grain Federal match H.P. and a smaller pig dropped,having been warned by Greg [ owner of C.C.O. ] to keep shooting = I put another round into her and then turned to take another [ greed will ruin ya ].
Took 2 more shots that looked good,the the light switch took a dump [ ONLY bad part of that lighting system ] and by the time I got it back on ----- NO PIG in field.
That was at 00:39 and I called to tell Greg at which time he said to NOT track it alone as they will charge when wounded.
He arrived about 02:45 and we looked for her with night vision AND thermal,nothing and NO blood ?.
I was very upset and I HATE a bad shot and game getting away wounded.
No luck and no shooting for any of us [ we were a group of 4 from my neck O the woods] for the next day.
We all went back to my original spot on thur. night [ all our hunting was from 18:30 to anythime after 03:30 or later ].
The guy holding the night vision came to me at about 02:00 and asked if I wanted to see the pig I shot on TUESDAY = it was still warm and must have expired in that past few hours !!!.
160 to 180 pound sow is in the freezer !.
N.C. has a very liberal hunting rules & regulations [ like a free state ],and I will be going back.
btw - I had a 300 blackout & a Ruger mini 30,but got no shooting with them even though they got woods time.