Bowhunting For Wild Hogs - 2004
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Grim Reaper Broadhead - Expandable Field Test On Wild Hogs

A Little Hog Charge Always Makes Your Day
Jay Liechty (R) of Grim Reaper Broadheads and Kellan Rollins (L) (cameraman) arrived after dark with 4 wild hogs already in their coolers!

They had just hunted at Caney Creek Lodge in Fairfield, TX and definitely had good luck. They are videoing to create a loop tape for the broadhead companies archery shops to show bowhunters that the Grim Reaper is tough enough for Texas infamous big wild hogs. They got a good start on their video footage. 

After arriving they hunted from a Double Bull ground blind and saw 3 groups of hogs. Jay double lunged one (complete pass through) at 25 yards. It went 40 yards. Next morning, back at the blind Jay heart shot a hog at 15 yards. It dropped in 50 yards. 

They moved to another blind and saw several smaller hogs before a big group of hogs showed. A big boar was with them. Jay waited anxiously for a clear shot at the boar and finally got the chance and double lunged it at 15 yards. It went 80 yards. Another group came into the area and Jay heart shot yet another boar at 5 yards. It went only 30 yards. The big boar weighed 200 pounds and field dressing revealed a 2" inch thick "Shield" -- that the 100 grain Grim Reaper had gone right through. 

When they recovered the hogs things got tense. A 340 pound bad attitude, wild boar came out of some brush 10 yards away, and charged right at them. Justin downed the aggressive hog with a shotgun as Jay finished it off. The Grim Reaper penetrated the Shield on the charging hog also.

They field dressed all their hogs and headed for my place.
Here are the pics: Jay Liechty & Justin Bounds with 3 hogs. Jay with the 340 lb. boar.

Obviously Jay recommends Caney Creek Lodge. Anyone interested in a good wild hog bowhunt can ask for Justin Bounds at 903-389-8052. 

 Jay  Liechty and the 340 pound wild boar that charged them.

We Can Make It Through That Mud. Woops!
Jay Liechty and Kellan Rollins (Grim Reaper Broadheads) were tired from their late arrival and slept in. We ate at the Red Barn restaurant and then drove around. We found hog rooting (300 yards long) at the edge of the wheat field near the brushy rock ledge where the hogs bed. It's been slow raining here for days and the field was slick but we were going ok, until we stopped going ok. And buried up the tires. We walked home and got the shovel and went to work. We finally got my truck out at 4:00. After de-mudding, Jay & Kellan hunted the field edge. They saw a group of longbeard gobblers. No pigs. Just for grins here Jay and I are with the stuck truck.

Back To Caney Creek Lodge
Jay & Kellan were out before daylight, watching the edge of the wheat field. They saw lots of wild turkeys and several deer but no hogs. Then I showed them an area we call the "strip" and they stalked it. No hogs again. And no new hog sign either. Unfortunately, it is too muddy to get back to the Hammer Hole. We are all having a good time though. 

I called my bud Jim Autrey of TexasDeerhunter.com and the Texas Deer Hunter TV show and suggested he go with Jay back to Caney Creek Lodge and video Jay's hog hunt for Jim's TV show.

At lunch we met with Jim Autrey and he and Jay Liechty arranged to go to Caney Creek Lodge in Fairfield, Texas.

Jay & Kellan arrived at 4:30pm Friday afternoon. Jim Autrey was already there and he and Jay hurried to a stand with a Double Bull blind. A group of hogs came in right away but Jim's camera battery went down. Once the hogs had passed through the area Jim scooted out to get another battery and returned. 

Two hogs came in. A black boar appeared nervous, moving quickly from place to place. Jay drew but had to hold for a minute before he got a good shot opportunity at the black boar and sent the Grim Reaper through it's lungs.

Jay & Jim waited half an hour and tracked the hog. It was in a creek bottom 50 yards away.

Jim filmed the recovery, took a few pictures, and took the boar back to camp and butchered it.

The next morning Kellan hunted in a treestand and Jay wore his Rancho Safari Ghillie suit and sat on the ground to video. Several hogs walked into the area right by Jay. But they got spooky and wouldn't walk through. Later some hogs passed by 25 yards away but were obstructed in the brush and Kellan couldn't shoot.

At 12:00 noon they set up a Double Bull blind near an existing stand in the woods. A group of small pigs came in. Then some larger ones appeared. Kellan had a good broadside shot at a hog 15 yards away and lung shot it and it also ran to the creek bottom. Kellan was very excited, this was the first large animal he has taken with his bow. 

Kellan Rollins & his wild hog. Loading the pork in the truck.

LARGER HUNT PHOTOS: Jay & hog, Kellan & Hog, and loading truck.

They went home with 6 big coolers of meat from 7 hogs! Proof positive that the Grim Reaper broadhead is up to the task of taking down tough Texas wild hogs. (Just as Jay claimed it would.)

Tonight (Tuesday) Jay is home and I talked to him on the phone. He is having a pig roast with a bunch of his friends. Next week they are planning a luau with roast pork.

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