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My friend Eric and I each applied for and got tags for the AZ 2010 javelina rifle season. We teamed up with my friend Mitch and his son Austin, who both live in Arizona and were gracious enough to invite us down for the hunt.
Opening day morning we found a nice glassing spot and started searching for javelina. After about two hours, I spot a single pig about two miles from where we are. We spot a few more in the same area and actually watch them bed down under a tree. The terrain between us and the animals is beyond brutal, but we were there to hunt, so we took off after them. After a two hour stalk, we finally closed within 150-yards of the resting javelina. Since Eric had never harvested one before, we set him up for the first shot. I set up next to him and would pick one out after the shooting started.
Eric took a shot and then I started shooting. When the dust settled we had both harvested nice javelina, with Eric's being big enough to qualify for the SCI record books.
The next day I took Eric and Austin out predator hunting. Austin was new to predator hunting and Eric has never been before. We called in three coyotes on three different stands and all three were shot at and scared by the new predator hunters. It was cool to call stuff in for them to see anyway.
Overall a very cool trip
The only javelina we saw on the trip. I spotted these about two miles from where we started glassing. The animal on the left with the white spot on his back is the one I ended up harvesting.
Me and Eric with our 2010 javelina. The one on the right is large enough to make the SCI record book.
The group after a long, hard hunt.
Opening day morning we found a nice glassing spot and started searching for javelina. After about two hours, I spot a single pig about two miles from where we are. We spot a few more in the same area and actually watch them bed down under a tree. The terrain between us and the animals is beyond brutal, but we were there to hunt, so we took off after them. After a two hour stalk, we finally closed within 150-yards of the resting javelina. Since Eric had never harvested one before, we set him up for the first shot. I set up next to him and would pick one out after the shooting started.
Eric took a shot and then I started shooting. When the dust settled we had both harvested nice javelina, with Eric's being big enough to qualify for the SCI record books.
The next day I took Eric and Austin out predator hunting. Austin was new to predator hunting and Eric has never been before. We called in three coyotes on three different stands and all three were shot at and scared by the new predator hunters. It was cool to call stuff in for them to see anyway.
Overall a very cool trip
The only javelina we saw on the trip. I spotted these about two miles from where we started glassing. The animal on the left with the white spot on his back is the one I ended up harvesting.
Me and Eric with our 2010 javelina. The one on the right is large enough to make the SCI record book.
The group after a long, hard hunt.
