lesson learned

[rgeisler]

I went hunting over weekend and learned a valuable lesson. Don't assume a hog is dead. My friends dad shot a hog that was about 150 yards away and up on a hill. It looked like a good hit and the hog ran and rolled a bit. It looked like he expired and it was my job to retrieve it. The sun was dropping and we were losing light fast. I hiked up the hill and when I thought I was in line with him, I started to side walk the hill. After I passed where I thought he would be, I decided to walk a bit further. What I did not know was that there was a small indention in the hill and the hog dropped in it. I got about 5 feet and heard some teeth chomping, a pretty scary squeal and to my surprise a big boar coming right at me. I was not ready to shoot and jumped back. I caught my balance about 20 feet down the hill. The boar set back down and did not move. After I changed my pants, I hiked back up around him and was able to finish him off. Down the hill he went and ended up 20 feet from the truck.

I will never not be ready and I will always expect to have to shoot until I know he is 100% dead. Everyone got a good laugh at my expense, but we all talked about how it could have gone bad fast.

The picture of just me and the hog was my last one and the picture with my buddy's dad is the one that taught me a lesson. Both were evening hogs from the same ranch.

 

[HOGHUNTER714]

Nice Job! Thanks for sharing...

 

[myfriendis410]

Oh, yeah: that will ALWAYS raise your blood pressure. Had it happen to me when we helped a guy who'd gutshot a hog and didn't know how to get down to it. I was the only one with a gun, and up he came and ran right into me. I jumped aside and my best friend sticks his fingers in his ears and says: "Don't shoot the truck!" I dropped the hog about 20 feet from it.

 

[freezer]

"Don't shhoot the truck", ood advise!

 

[Vermonster]

Was it like this?????

http://s215.photobucket.com/albums/cc1/ca_vermonster/?action=view&current=Charging_Boar.mp4


Gotta be blood pumping, for sure......

 

[palladin]

nice job of that one hunter keeping control of that rifle while he tumbled!

:hog chewing:

 

[Vermonster]

Yeah, but did you like how his buddy was unloading while he appeared to be directly in the line of fire on the other side?

I wonder where that was from. Looks like California terrain.

 

[Rick]

I had a similar expereince with the first big boar I shot. I hit him hard (I thought) with the .300 mag and he went down. I started trotting towards him as my buddy hollered that I should put another shot into him. Not wanting to waste meat, I didn't. When I was about 50 yards from it, it jumped up and came at me. I shot again, and turned him. That shot just grazed along the bottom of his chest, like a knife cut, but no real damage. As he was running away, I shot him again in the left rear rib cage, with that bullet ending up just under the skin of his right front shoulder, towards his neck. The first shot had broken his shoulder and knocked him down, but hadn't killed him.

 

[Krisdude]

nice fun stuff good job