jb229
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Dumb Luck
All I can say is another great weekend at the Tejon Ranch. After we were all set up Friday I headed out to my normal spot on top of a large hill to glass and locate hogs. At about 4pm I spotted 2 sows a boar and a few little guys all feeding on an adjacent hill side. At this point they were about 450yds away and slowly moving toward their bedding area. By the time I got to about 250yds they had made it to their bedding area and slipped out of site. I sat and continued to glass the adjoining hillsides in hopes of catching more headed to bed. At about 6:30pm I spotted the first group moving from their bedding area again. I ranged it again and it was about a 250yd shot slightly uphill. Not having a good rest I did not take the shot and watched them feed.
The boar was raking on a tree which was cool to watch, at this point I decided to cross the ravine and try to side hill them to get a closer shot. I made it to the other side and glassed but could not locate them again. Now it is about 7:15pm and the mosquitoes were out with a vengeance. I reached to grab my face mask and I could not find it and realized it must have snagged on some brush while I came out of the ravine. I sat there for about a minute to decide if I wanted to go back and look for it, Lucky for me I did head back to look for it. As I approached the ravine I heard some crashing below me so I got to an open area where I could see the hill side in front me and started to rake some brush with my foot. BOOM 4 pigs exploded out of the brush 3 ran parallel with hill and the last one decided to run up the hill. The 3 closer hogs were about 40yds away but the window was too short to take a shot on them so I quickly transitioned to the hog running up the hill and lined her up and let the E-tip go to work. She was about 80yds at this point slightly quartered to me.
When the bullet hit I heard the loudest thud I have ever heard and she immediately hit the ground and started rolling down the hill. The bullet hit at her ribs destroying 3 of them along with her spine. I could fit my fist through this hole. I waited for the last of the crashing noise and went looking for my prize. I found her in the middle of the ravine and quickly got to work on her. I drug her a little over ¼ mile to the road below me and waited for my Dad and his buddy to pick me up. The next 2 days I tried my best to get my Dad and his buddy a hog but they just weren’t cooperating. We spotted them both days just could not close the distance. I want to thank Phil again for putting this together and it was great to meet everybody as well.
If you look at the post above my K-rad posted a pic of the entry wound. Thanks!
All I can say is another great weekend at the Tejon Ranch. After we were all set up Friday I headed out to my normal spot on top of a large hill to glass and locate hogs. At about 4pm I spotted 2 sows a boar and a few little guys all feeding on an adjacent hill side. At this point they were about 450yds away and slowly moving toward their bedding area. By the time I got to about 250yds they had made it to their bedding area and slipped out of site. I sat and continued to glass the adjoining hillsides in hopes of catching more headed to bed. At about 6:30pm I spotted the first group moving from their bedding area again. I ranged it again and it was about a 250yd shot slightly uphill. Not having a good rest I did not take the shot and watched them feed.
The boar was raking on a tree which was cool to watch, at this point I decided to cross the ravine and try to side hill them to get a closer shot. I made it to the other side and glassed but could not locate them again. Now it is about 7:15pm and the mosquitoes were out with a vengeance. I reached to grab my face mask and I could not find it and realized it must have snagged on some brush while I came out of the ravine. I sat there for about a minute to decide if I wanted to go back and look for it, Lucky for me I did head back to look for it. As I approached the ravine I heard some crashing below me so I got to an open area where I could see the hill side in front me and started to rake some brush with my foot. BOOM 4 pigs exploded out of the brush 3 ran parallel with hill and the last one decided to run up the hill. The 3 closer hogs were about 40yds away but the window was too short to take a shot on them so I quickly transitioned to the hog running up the hill and lined her up and let the E-tip go to work. She was about 80yds at this point slightly quartered to me.
When the bullet hit I heard the loudest thud I have ever heard and she immediately hit the ground and started rolling down the hill. The bullet hit at her ribs destroying 3 of them along with her spine. I could fit my fist through this hole. I waited for the last of the crashing noise and went looking for my prize. I found her in the middle of the ravine and quickly got to work on her. I drug her a little over ¼ mile to the road below me and waited for my Dad and his buddy to pick me up. The next 2 days I tried my best to get my Dad and his buddy a hog but they just weren’t cooperating. We spotted them both days just could not close the distance. I want to thank Phil again for putting this together and it was great to meet everybody as well.
If you look at the post above my K-rad posted a pic of the entry wound. Thanks!
