Says who?.......That there are no pigs on public lands?..Part VII 2012

[Live2hunt]

Braved the cats and dogs down poured on Saturday. Got to the spot and immediately found fresh tracks of a lone boar crossed the road and went in the brush. Circled around the brush and no tracks came out. Re-grouped with dad and mini-me, and we made a plan. Knowing the pigs usually ran downhill, crossed the road and up to another big patch of thickets which was always a pig safe zone. Placed dad and mini-me on the road to watch while I rustle up some brush after the tracks. I stepped in the brush and heard thundering hooves downhill towards mini-me. Minutes later a shot rang from the road and the voice came over the radio that mini-me will be getting a chilli-wrap dance. Three pigs were in the safe zone. We re-group again and now joined by another buddy and his mini-me making that 5 of us now. We came to a crossed road and everyone pick their direction to walk looking for new pig tracks. I went up a bowl and immediately found a set of fresh tracks heading up to a patch of thickets. I followed it up, down, and around so many hills and draws until it finally some heavy down pour washed it away. I decide to go down a small draw to see if any tracks have crossed through. I round a corner and 5 yards away a hog was snoring next to the trunk of an oak tree. I raised the gun and it heard me clicked the safety. It got up and ran but I was quick enough to squeeze a round off. I saw what looks like a bottle water erupted on the side of the pig before it disappeared. I followed the tracks through the bushes for about 100 yards then started to find small drops of blood. Another 100 yards later I found him laying next to the bushes as you see in the pic. This guy is tough as he could still go 200 yards when the bullet tore up his liver and lodged in his lung. Luckily we have 5 guys and after cutting it up, everyone have about 40 lbs in their pack. The bad thing is we were about 2 miles from the truck as the crow fly. But we made it out with just only some black and blue toes and a couple of blisters.

 

[digglerP]

Nice! I was out in a walk in zone on Saturday too. It was nasty and not for the faint of heart.


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[1withthewoods]

Nice!

 

[THE ROMAN ARCHER]

super congrats L2H! great hunting adventure u guys had, nice little toothy toother! all i got yesterday hunting lake sonoma PLP is tighter ab's and butt. LOL.....tra

 

[XDHUNTER]

Stop harassing the little pigs at FHL. let them get a little fatter and bigger for Solus to chase and shoot during the new years day hunt....:toast-yellow:he..he..he

 

[KTKT70]

good shot dad. sorry mini me. hope the chilli wrap dance was not to bad.

 

[jerryt]

Got some nice tusks there.

 

[7Mag_PigHunter]

Good boar my friend! Leave some pigs for us lol congradulations

 

[Live2hunt]

Stop harassing the little pigs at FHL. let them get a little fatter and bigger for Solus to chase and shoot during the new years day hunt....:toast-yellow:he..he..he

Haha.......The FHL pigs are safe. These are norcal pigs in a public land parcel that has an old cabin nicknamed "The Roadkill Cafe".

 

[NastyNate]

WTG L2H. That almost looks like the cherry patch in 10 on FHL.

Did you bring a shotgun or a sidearm into the thick stuff?

Nasty Nate

 

[Live2hunt]

WTG L2H. That almost looks like the cherry patch in 10 on FHL.

Did you bring a shotgun or a sidearm into the thick stuff?

Nasty Nate

This pig died at the edge of a small brush patch about 10'x10'. In this part of CA, there are mountains full of thick chamise and manzanita. The particular area that we hunted had some open grassy ridges, oak studded hills, and scattered small patches of chamise. It was a private hunting ranch and got sold to BLM about 15 years ago. No side arm. I shot him in the open under an oak tree and found him right where he laid.

I will be at FHL this weekend with lots of chilli peppers. Solus and XDHunter will be there and I have to prepare incase of a chilli wrap dance......

 

[DuckFever]

Wow, congrats L2H, look at those cutters! atiotic-wavin-flag:smiley_green_with_e

 

[jimmyvidrio]

think your talking about hwy 20.........Lots of pigs, i myself scored one there last week.......thanks for sharing, enjoy.

 

[NastyNate]

This pig died at the edge of a small brush patch about 10'x10'. In this part of CA, there are mountains full of thick chamise and manzanita. The particular area that we hunted had some open grassy ridges, oak studded hills, and scattered small patches of chamise. It was a private hunting ranch and got sold to BLM about 15 years ago. No side arm. I shot him in the open under an oak tree and found him right where he laid.

I will be at FHL this weekend with lots of chilli peppers. Solus and XDHunter will be there and I have to prepare incase of a chilli wrap dance......

GL this weekend up at FHL. I'm trying to go but sadly, don't think it will happen.

 

[KTKT70]

is there any videos of the chili wrap dance. i hope i never have to do it but sounds like a thing all hunters should know how to do. lol

 

[NastyNate]

I too, would like to see a demonstration of said dance.

Nasty Nate

 

[KTKT70]

no word yet.. i hope you guys are not doing the chili wrap dance already....anic:

 

[KTKT70]

how was the trip?? did i miss the update??