BDB
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Well, I am back and sitting on the couch with a beer reading all the abuse I am taking. I'm glad that Orso posted up so the focus has shifted
Congrats to Orso on a great pig and a great story. It was a fun weekend even with the injury.
Here's my short story. Brad and I found a good area and parked then hiked up. We split and I went left and he went right up the canyon. Not even 5 minutes after splitting I spot a large hog and raise Brad on the radio. He makes it up to me and we step around a big tree to look and there are about 14 or so hogs feeding in the open about 200 yards away and we had a great wind. We started on them and worked into about 75 yards. They never knew we were there but started feeding up hill and the opposite direction. We stayed on them slowely closing the gap. They finally fed up and over a ridge and we headed for them. It was a VERY steep uphill and side hill to the left to follow them. Trying to be quiet and stable I stepped up and onto a large rock, something like 3 feet and 3/4 burried in the dirt. As I put my weight on it it sheered in half and about a 100# section tumbled down hill. Due to the angle and it being my inside foot I went down fast. I raised my right arm to brace myself as I went down and the full weight of me, my bow and my pack came down on my raised arm. BAM out of the socket it came. I reset it quickly (done it before on the other arm) but I was done. It is pretty messed up and I'll be in this week to see the extent of the damage. I am in a sling and it is immobilized but hurts like hell. I did like Speck's version of the story though, much more interesting
My hunt ended right there and we never did catch up to those pigs again. I'll let BigBubbaDaddy tell his story of the 2 arrows released this afternoon.
To quote Arnie "I'll be back!!!!!"
Congrats to Orso on a great pig and a great story. It was a fun weekend even with the injury.
Here's my short story. Brad and I found a good area and parked then hiked up. We split and I went left and he went right up the canyon. Not even 5 minutes after splitting I spot a large hog and raise Brad on the radio. He makes it up to me and we step around a big tree to look and there are about 14 or so hogs feeding in the open about 200 yards away and we had a great wind. We started on them and worked into about 75 yards. They never knew we were there but started feeding up hill and the opposite direction. We stayed on them slowely closing the gap. They finally fed up and over a ridge and we headed for them. It was a VERY steep uphill and side hill to the left to follow them. Trying to be quiet and stable I stepped up and onto a large rock, something like 3 feet and 3/4 burried in the dirt. As I put my weight on it it sheered in half and about a 100# section tumbled down hill. Due to the angle and it being my inside foot I went down fast. I raised my right arm to brace myself as I went down and the full weight of me, my bow and my pack came down on my raised arm. BAM out of the socket it came. I reset it quickly (done it before on the other arm) but I was done. It is pretty messed up and I'll be in this week to see the extent of the damage. I am in a sling and it is immobilized but hurts like hell. I did like Speck's version of the story though, much more interesting
My hunt ended right there and we never did catch up to those pigs again. I'll let BigBubbaDaddy tell his story of the 2 arrows released this afternoon.
To quote Arnie "I'll be back!!!!!"
