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Day #2 (afternoon hunt) My Turn In The Hog Haunts ... Rick and I hit the woods shortly after 4:30 in the afternoon. The temperature was still in the 90's. We glassed and stalked the pond closest to camp first. No luck there.  The small pond where Rick had found the two hogs bedded up at the water's edge was nearby and we walked over to it. Rick whispered, "They were right there by the bank," and pointed.  Ten yards closer he whispered, "The red hog is there!"  One of the important issues, when you hunt them this way, is determining which way their head is pointed. I glassed where Rick was pointing. Something moved and it made a small splash. Then I saw the body of the red boar, it was asleep on its side in a depression in the mud at the water's edge. Another small splash, the hog was flicking it's tail. That was actually bad news, it meant that the boar's head was facing us. We circled and changed our approach to a more broadside angle and stalked in closer. We had not seen the black hog that had been there when Rick first found this hog haunt, but he was there, a few feet away. A fact that we weren't aware of until he stood up and looked at us -- and promptly led the way for his hog partner to follow at blinding speed. We were busted. Next we walked parallel to the main woods road, carefully investigating every blow down and brush pile.  Bingo. Rick pointed toward a brush pile, a brown hog was laying on it's side, under the limbs. We were 50 yards away when we noticed it, so I slipped closer. The hog was sound asleep and laying on it's side, it's back was facing me and it's head was pointed away from me.  I moved very slowly, using the step and wait method that has served me well over my years of bowhunting. Fifteen yards from the dozing hog I took a couple of careful steps to the left so I could get the right angle to put my arrow in between the limbs. A well placed shot would go in the top of the back and thrust forward into the vitals.  I drew. Aimed where I needed to aim. And touched the trigger on my release. At the impact of the arrow, it went in to the feathers, the wild boar launched himself forward and rolled to a stop at the edge of the brush pile. My arrow had severed it's spine and pierced the liver, lungs and dorsal aorta. It never knew what happened. We walked back to camp and used Merle's 4-wheeler to bring the boar back to camp and skin and process it. But ... that's not all folks, we still have tomorrow. To Day 1 of this hunt | Day #2 - Morning hunt | Day #2 Afternoon hunt | Day 3 | Web site www.Texas-SBowhunting or email hunt@texas-Sbowhunting.com The Texas-S Bowhunts in 2000 | Interview with Merle Smith of  Texas-S Bowhunting Ranch | Second Hunt: | Day #1 | Day #2 | Day #3a | Day 3b| About Texas S | First Hunt: | Part #1 | Part #2 | Part #3 | Other Online Bowhunts |