anyone ever hunted with mark morisolli out of coalinga in priest valley?

[dkhuntr25]

anyone ever hunted with mark morisolli out of coalinga in priest valley?? if u have anything that u can share bout the place would b awesome!

 

[bigboarstopper]

priest valley is hog central. I have never met mark.

 

[dkhuntr25]

he is awesome guide. we saw 120-130 pigs in 2 days of hunting. got up on some hogs with archery but the wind busted us at the last minute so i took one with a rifle. great guide knows his stuff.

 

[daddy63]

dkhuntr25

Do you have a story about the hunt? Love to hear it and how to contact the guide. Thanks a lot

 

[dkhuntr25]

well the hunt went like this. we showed up met mark and he took us onto the ranch. went out the first evening and immediately saw pigs but by the time we got to them they had crested a ridge into a canyon we couldnt get to. not 100 yards down the road we saw a monster boar on the hillside and my dad went for the stalk. it was a tough stalk the wind was all wrong so he got within bout 70 we thought he saw the pig but i guess he didnt and the pig ran off. didnt see any hogs both mornings of the hunt it was too cold. but about 330 sat afternoon we came up on 4 hogs a tried to get up on them but they kept walkin away stayin about 60 in front of me. my dad came off the top of the hill and cut them off and got a shot at 50 and missed. later that evening we saw 15 pigs on a hillside another property hoped they would cross to where we were hunting didnt happen. so about 645 we were heading back to the house to give us enough time to hunt the way in and we jumped 5 hogs. i went high on the hillside to hope they would come up to me and my dad stayed at the bottom. well i came into a different draw and there were 10+ pigs feeding. i was creeping over to them when i heard pigs. i look below me and those i was initially stalkin were comming right towards me but they skirted me at 70 in the trees. well about the time i was gonna get up and head back to the jeep a boar comes running down the mountain on a trail that led right to my feet. so i stayed put waiting him out he got to about 40 yards but was still moving towards me so i was gonna wait for a 20 or 30 yard shot. well about that time my dad popped up not knowing i was sitting right there and scared the hog. so after a few choice words we went to the house and got to bed. the next afternoon we jumped about 20 hogs in a draw they took off but i caught up with them 500 yards away feeding through a field. caught up to them at the last minute was winded and they took off. that evening i saw a boar at about 200 yards and it was about 5 wanted to take somethin home so i set the bow down got my rifle and took off sneakin up as close as possible. i got an 83 yard shot across a canyon and dropped him in his tracks. it was a great hunt saw lots of hogs just wish i could have got one with the bow but i will b back

 

[canyoncrosser]

what did he charge?

 

[dkhuntr25]

to be honest i dont know my dad paid for it

 

[THE ROMAN ARCHER]

DKhunter25, congrats on your awesome wild boar hunt and thanks for sharing your story and photo!.........tra