Just got back from Arkansas

[wtpops]

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Had a very good weekend of hunting out there. This is a pic of the 140# sow, the second and smaller of the two. the first one was 200#

 

[oneshothunter]

congrat pops nice hog

 

[Cal hunter]

Nice hog! Now lets see if we can do that at choppers

 

[camo snob]

NICE KILL!!!!!!

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[oneshothunter]

hey pop did you shoot him in the neck ?and was that your shot of choice ? very nice hog

 

[wtpops]

Well I have a little time for story telling. The 200 lbder was shot at about 15 yards at the edge of a water hole, there were about 8 hogs there, most lying down on the bank. But the big old gal was cooling her feet. Everything went just right, picked a spot hit full draw and let it fly. The arrow blew right through the sholder and stuck in the off side shoulder. She hobbled off about ten hards and fell over.

Now the 140 lbder was a different story. I was still hunting down a well defined trail I could hear a hog in the under brush and at about 10 yards i could see a black and white hog walking broad side to me, it was to thick to get a shot, tree in the way then a bunch of twigs then a clear shot but no time to draw then a noise to my left, there staring at me was three rams and a yew, big horns on this one ram but they had my froze(they were about 5 yards away). There was no way to draw on the pig and not get busted by the sheep. So the pig and the sheep walk away.

I continued hunting down the trail i was on for about a 100 yards or so and i hear something comming i get down on one knee and at about 20 yards i see the sow on the same trail im on comming stright at me. I get my bow up and she just keeps comming, she has no idea im there. Then at 2 yards or shorter, some where between 4 to 6 feet she stops dead. I came to full draw just before she stopped. She was bobbing her head right to left trying to see what was blocking the trail (me) Then after being at full draw for about 10 to 15 sec (felt like 30 and i thought i better shoot her or pet her) she took a half step to my right, I picked a spot just in front of the shoulder and let go. It hit just where i was looking she exploded straght up in the air and started to buck like a bull made a 180 and started to walk back down the trail. I was right behind her she would stop every 10 feet or so and look back, the third time she did this she turned broad side to see me i let one fly and it blew right through the rib cage and stuck in an off side rib 5 sec later see fell over

During the skin job i found out the first arrow did the job, it went in at the 3rd rib from the front and stopped at the 2nd rib from the back on the off side. Took out both lungs she would have fell without the second arrow.

Needless to say I had to sit down for about 5 min to stop shaking enough to drag her out of the under brush. It was a great hunt.

This is as close as i have been to a hog and let an arrow go. I have shot one a t about 3 1/2 yards once but this one beats that. I dont think i want to beat this one, This one was close enough.

 

[baboltin]

nicely done.

 

[THE ROMAN ARCHER]

cograts on the hogs Wtpops

exciteing wild pig hunting and great trad bowkill

! good story.................tra