Bowhunting For Wild Hogs - 2005
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2005 - A Wild Hog Bowhunt In Progress

(June19) Where Did The Big 'Uns Go?

At 6:50 I climbed the fence by the Slew Hole crossing and walked to the Double Bull Blind. A buck with starter antlers and a doe came through the woods where I was. Later on they came back the opposite way.

The woods get dark early in this spot so when I climbed back over the fence into the adjacent cow pasture there was still good light. It is uphill to where I park my truck and I heard a hog squeal and saw some young pigs about 150 yards away, close to a bunch of cows.

Continuing to my truck I put my bow and camera in the back seat. Another squeal sounded and I checked it out with my binoculars. Cows. Young pigs. Some bigger pigs.

Wait .... what's that .... and that. 

Big hogs. So big I hadn't noticed them among the various sized cows! And they were walking in my direction. 

I grabbed my bow and moved to the other side of my truck so it would block me from their view. Five big hogs and two huge hogs ambled slowly along. Both huge hogs were boars and I estimated them to be 7 foot long. They were higher off the ground, wider, and had bigger heads and snouts than any of the other big hogs. 

An platoon of young pigs and some one to two hundred pounders followed the group. 

Clumps of weeds have grown up, sparingly, in the cow pasture's coastal grass and the big hogs apparently found them tasty because they stopped and ate the tops off them as they got closer to my truck -- which was parked next to a pretty good sized clump of the same tall, leafy, hog tasty weeds.

They steadily reduced the distance between us from 150 to 100 to 80 to 60 yards. Every pore in my body was closing up and turning into goose bumps.

A solo big hog walked briskly through the cows and set a course that would put him on the right side of my truck.

The group of weed eaters were going to pass to the left. But they were moving slower than the solo hog, which was easily a 300 pounder, and it got to me first. Normally I would have been good to go with the solo hog but I wanted a chance at the 7 footers.

I had already knelt down by the front bumper and I froze as the solo hog walked up. I needed this hog to get by me before the others arrived. 

It slammed on the brakes and looked at me. Without hesitation it turned and trotted toward the big hog group. When he passed them they fell in behind and in minutes the entire area was cleared of wild hogs.

Driving home I considered my dilemma. If I wait for these hogs at one of the Slew Hole stands it will very likely be too dark for a shot when, or if, they come by. If I set up a Double Bull in the coastal field the cows will make me nuts.

What I need to know is where these big 'uns hold up during the day. They were coming down the middle of the property so that rules out the river. First I think I'll check the Hammer Hole. Hogs used to bed in the area. Maybe they are back.

If not, then I have to get creative. 
 
 

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