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Day 5

Early morning. The weather was good for a change. I settled in at the Curve blind. 

I didn't have to settle long, I heard hooves stepping in the road and peered out through the blind's mesh window to my left. 

The spotted boar was bringing it on down to me. I clicked the camera on and took three pictures through the shooting window. This time I wasn't going overboard and with the pictures and miss the bow shooting part. 

Well ... I didn't intend to. The hog was already past my left shooting window!

Right now he was 8- 10 yards away and walking leisurely along. Once he got to one of the right windows he would be further away and starting around the curve. He might be broadside then, and might not, in fact there was a chance I might be looking at his butt and be unable to shoot.

I drew, put my pin on him through the Double Bull's long, but narrow, mesh window and shot through the camo fabric of the blind. My arrow smacked through the boar's ribs and he switched directions and ran toward the opposite side. Abruptly, he turned again and sped into the brush on the left side of the blind.

He stopped running. I listened. Silence. He was down, close by.

Chad wouldn't pick me up for over an hour so I stayed put. Half an hour later I saw a javelina in the brush. I picked up my camera took his picture as he came out to the edge of the thick Texas white brush and cactus. 

The javelina was preoccupied with something in the direction of the road. I looked to see what was up. A coyote was in the sitting in the road! And he seemed to be watching the javelina. 

I eased over to another shooting window and pointed the camera at the coyote. He stood up and I took two pictures. I didn't realize it at the time, but the camera focused on a bush between the two of us, however, you can make out the coyote's image. I wanted to shoot the javelina but I waited to see how this played out.

The coyote walked into the brush on the opposite side of the road. 

When I looked, the javelina was gone. Here is one of the pictures on him. To make up for not getting him I made you wallpaper of this bristly, sharp toothed desert dweller. Even if you don't want it for your computer's wallpaper take a look at how these animals look up close. Choices of resolution: 1024x780 or 800x600 or 640x480. Enjoy.

Chad drove up and we picked up the spotted hog's blood trail and followed him into the brush. He was 30 yards from the road. 

Chad  reported that his black boar from yesterday afternoon had been found by either coyotes or wild hogs before he found it. 

We loaded my wild hog in the truck and took him to the ranch to make him into pork chops and roasts.

The 5th day of the hunt is over. Tomorrow, we'll have more about this fine Texas hunting ranch and thieir plans for bowhunting.

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For information about Rancho del Zorro's whitetail, wild hog and javelina bow and rifle hunts:

• Email Chad Edwards at info@RanchoDelZorro.com. 
• or visit their web site at www.RanchoDelZorro.com.

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