HOGHUNTER714
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Been puttin in my time on a few private ranches in Nor Cal a lot lately. I invited a long time friend of mine that I used to hunt with all the time. We havent seen each other in 5 years, so he made the 5 hour drive to my house and we met another buddy of mine. We all headed to the ranch. We have been really hitting the early morning hunts hard going to were the hogs bed, but haven't been kicking out any pigs. These ranches are loaded with fresh sign and it looked like a disc has been pulled all over the ranch. We decided to to set-up on 1100 ranch where we know the hogs travel through. We got all set-up about 2 hours before last light. I took the center of an open field, a buddy of mine was about 400 yards to my east watching a canyon and another buddy of mine was about the same distance away to my west covering another set of draws. I posted myself under an oak tree and started to glass the open vast field and canyons straight ahead. About 15 minutes of legal shooting time left, I glance behind me and catch 3 hogs trotting through the oaks. They would stop and root and move up a few more feet. I then saw about 15 hogs all together in this group. The hogs were about 90 to 100 yards out and I knew it made for an easy shot. I sat up took a knee and put my cross hairs on the largest pig. The pig was broadside and rooting under an oak. As I started to put pressure on my trigger, I saw a bigger hog come into scope view. I then bounced my crosshairs on that hog. That hog was also rooting and gave me a perfect broadside shot opportunity. I squeezed the trigger on my .270 and my 150 grain Remington Core-Lokt hit that hog just above the front shoulder. The hog was dropped and that was that. I racked another round to put another one down and the hogs were running through the trees. I couldnt make a good shot on another hog, so I didnt shoot. Those hogs ran right to my buddy just east of me and I heard a crack of a rifle and a squeal. 2 hogs down and a few happy hunters. Got the hogs loaded up on the quads and back to camp. We got 2 sows about 200-225 range, should make for some good eatin. Was a great 5 day hunt in some beautiful weather. I was really hoping to get my buddy on a hog (Since its been a few years since he got one), but it didnt work out. Hopefully, he can make it back out with me and well give it another try. I'm gonna head back in about 2 weeks and see if I can fill two more tags.
