Took my son on his first hog hunt this weekend

Bush Whacker

We headed out to Labelle, to a friends lease in search of a piggy. We knew it wouldn't take long to find one. The place is like Jurrasic Park with swine.

Walking to one of the stands, I heard a couple grunts. Before making the corner to the stand, I spotted 3 sows through the bushes. One of them was staring right in my direction. So I get down on all fours and crawl to the bend. Still, she was head on staring right at me. So I raise my gun, a scoped .243, to get a better view. What seemed like an eternity, staring at each other, she made a sudden move to her left, I thought she was going to bolt. But she didn't. What she did was give me a perfect shot. She wasn't the biggest, but she sure will taste good. Grilled the straps the next day. The rest is still on ice.




A video my son took. I'd say the shot suprised him a bit.....lol
[video]https://youtu.be/BCdziyzhId0[/video]

https://youtu.be/BCdziyzhId0

jpatz18

Nice hog! Im hoping to get one this year!

Scottb226

Very nice!

Mojito

I hope everyone takes notice of where the wound cavity is. They don't run far when you shoot them there.
Nice job with the hog and great job having your boy along with you.

flydown

Sweet!

bgeorge

Great to get a little woods time with the young ones. Probably did not need the follow up shot with the pistol.

Bush Whacker

bgeorge wrote: »

Great to get a little woods time with the young ones. Probably did not need the follow up shot with the pistol.

Probably not, she wasn't going anywhere. Just a mercy shot really. All movement stopped after that.

AllenR

Good job on the pig. Let that boy get on the trigger on the next one