mossyoakhntr05

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SO AFTER ALL THE PLANNING AND SCOUTING, CHECKING BAIT SITES AND BUILDING GROUND BLINDS, SEEING SIGN, IT ALL PAYS OFF! YESTERDAY DECEMBER 14, I DECIDED I WAS GONNA GO SITE IN ONE OF MY BLINDS. LEFT THE HOUSE AT AROUND 230 GOT TO THE BLIND BOUT 315, HAD A GOOD NORTH EAST WIND, SOME FRESH, AT 415 I HEARD TWIGS SNAPPING, SURE ENOUGH THE FIRST PIG WAS ON THE WAY IN! ONLY ITS WASN'T JUST ONE, 7, SEVEN PIGS WERE WORKING THEIR WAY TO MY BAIT. TWO MORE WERE WORKING AROUND BEHIND ME. SETUP WAS PERFECT THEY CAME DIRECTLY DOWN A HEAVY TRAFFIC TRAIL I HAD SETUP ON. THE FIRST TWO PIGS ARE BIG BUT I SAW BIGGER ONES WITH THEM SO I DECIDE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. SURE ENOUGH A BIG SOW WORKS HER WAY OFF THE TRAIL AND THROUGH SOME BRUSH TO POP OUT AT 10 YARDS, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE A SHOT RIGHT YET SHE WORKS EVEN CLOSER TO MY BLIND. SHE FINALLY PRESENTS A BROAD SIDE SHOT AT 6 YARDS. INSANELY CLOSE BUT I LOOSE AN ARROW AND IT FINDS ITS MARK A DOUBLE LUNG/HEART SHOT. SHE TAKES OFF AND GOES MAYBE 50 YARDS. SO I FIND HER AND PROCEDE WITH CLEANING HER UP, I START TO FIELD DRESS HER AND NOT 10 MINUTES INTO, A WHOLE DIFFERENT GROUP OF 4 MORE PIGS, WORKS DOWN THE HILL TO MY BLIND THEY CARRYON PAST AND KEEP MOVING TO THE SOUTH. (MY ARROW BROKE OFF ON HER TRAIL SOMEWHERE I COULD FIND 90% OF IT. WHAT I DID FIND ABOUT 3 INCHES ATTACHED TO MY BROADHEAD INSIDE HER WHEN I GUTTED HER.) SO I CALL A FRIEND TO HELP ME OUT WITH THE PIG. ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER I START LOOKING FOR MY ARROW AGAIN WHILE IM WATING FOR MY FRIEND TO GET UP THERE. I HEAR AND SEE TO HUGE SOWS SPOOK AND TAKE OFF OUTA THE BAIT SITE, I WATCH THEM WORK UP THE HILL SLOWLY AFTER ABOUT 30 YARDS. MY BUDDY HAD SPOOKED THEM COMING IN. SO I GO DOWN TO MEET HIM AND SURE ENOUGH THOSE SAME PIGS START WORKING THEIR WAY BACK DOWN TO THE BAIT SITE AFTER ONLY ABOUT 20 MINUTES OF US BEIN QUITE LOOKING FOR MY ARROW, WE START UP THE HILL TOWARDS WHERE MY PIGS WAS LAYING AND HE HERES BUNCH OF TWIGS BREAKING(JUST SO HAPPENS HE HAS HIS HIS BOW TOO!) ITS NOW ABOUT 515 AND THOSE TWO BIGS SOWS COME RIGHT DOWN TO US AND PRESENT HIM WITH A 20 YARD BROADSIDE SHOT, HE LOOSES AND ARROW AND SPINES IT(THE PIGS ACTUALLY DROPPED LIKE 4-5 INCHES WHEN HE SHOT) DROPPS IT IN ITS TRACKS! TWO PIGS WITH IN AN HOUR OF EACH OTHER TURNED OUT TO BE A DAMN GOOD DAY OF BOW HUNTING!!!!
 

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inchr48

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Makin bacon Island style.

Nice going, thanks for sharing.
 

UpFront

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Chee Hooo!! when it rains it pours. way to go man. You did the work and it paid off. Congratulations, I guess you're still after that Boar though huh? :hog chewing:
 

rodneyshishido

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Way to go!!!!! I admire your fortitude in waiting for that broadside. I wonder if I could maintain my composure with pigs working that close.

Aloha,
Rodney
 

mossyoakhntr05

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ya still boar hunting now but at this point i got the cofidence back, now its sit back and wait for one to walk in, big daddy hunting from now on!!!!
 

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Hey, were you on Oahu when you got those pigs? Would you be up for showing me the area if I gave some cash? I will be out there either tomorrow or friday for like a week.
 

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Good job Mossy oak shooting a pig on the the island called the gathering place. You must be in heaven. congrats. My home town is on the bottom of Kolekole pass Maile Beach. We hunter the Waianae mtns with dogs and knives. Haven't done so in a long time now that I live south of San jose,Ca.
 

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