This week at the lake

[White Mamba]

Hit up L. Sonoma early wed morning so i could head out to a old spot that was far from the crowd and sometimes holds some visiting pigs. For the middle of the week it was pretty busy with hunters running all around and there was four cars parked near my starting point when usally i rarely see one!
I basically started climbing a large hill when about 20 min into my hike i heard some rustling of leaves in a thicket of trees. The wind wasnt that great so i tried to wait for what i thought was a group of pigs to make its way towards me, but they stopped short of a clear shot and were silent. I thought i might be busted so i started to circle around when the rustling started up again and headed in the direction where i just was. I slowly crept back the way i came and saw a small portion of a pig broadside between a tree and some brush with just the money shot showing. I debated wether i should shot him or not because i knew TRA and Sancho would tease me for shooting a dinker, but then said screw it , its my first pig of the season and let one fly!
I heard a horrendous THUNK!!!,and then he was off, crashing through everything in his way. I could hear him stumbling as he sidehilled it below me, and then i could hear him falling another thirty feet down the hill where he eventually stopped in a draw.

Enjoy

 

[JNDEER]

WTG...great pig and the season has only been open for a little while!!

 

[sancho]

excellent!

great photo composition. no sancho, can never make fun of any LS dink...a dink would be great. i was just texting WM about his luck...as i picked up the phone, a text comes in..."MONSTER DOWN!"..i was almost like i was there...hahahah.

rain next week...you still game?

 

[dglover]

Cool story and pic. Thanks for sharing!

 

[NorthernCaliforniaHunter]

Very nice hog, man! WOW! Tell us about the equipment you used, please...
:cup-of-coffee:

 

[MtnCruzr]

Not a DINK by any means, nice work.

 

[Rotorhead]

Congrats! Nice hog and nicely done.

 

[Caviel]

Great hog!!!! Never thought anyone would pull one out of Lake Sonoma with all the pressure around

 

[THE ROMAN ARCHER]

you the man! way to go my friend on slaming P.L. trophy bowkill boar! i gotta start planing my dates now before there all in your freezer! congrats agian and thanks for sharing your story and awesome photo!.................tra

P.S. i forgot , someone said in another thread there's no pigs there, HE......HE.....!

 

[ORElkBow]

Nice Hog. Congrats.

 

[559hog]

That's not a dinker! I don't think anyone would slam you for any public pig.

 

[Forest Crawler]

Nice hog!

Great looking pork chops! Nice job!

 

[larrysogla]

Congratulations!!! Certainly very well deserving of the high fives and compliments......very nice pig and archery at that.....WOW!!!!
'Nuff said
larrysogla

 

[bodega]

Mamba - Dang, you sure have that place dialed in. Congrats.

 

[Krisdude]

con grads, nice pig I hope to get up their some time soon:hog chewing::archer green:

 

[Farmerdoug]

:toast-yellow:Hell Yah!:toast-yellow:

 

[Huntr Pat]

Nice way to start the season. I may try to make during the middle of the week soon. Just gotta find someone to share exspenses from Gilroy. Got Boat will travel!!
Damm that made me motivated I think I'm gonna check out the boat and run it for awhile.

 

[LAOutdoorsman]

Congrats that does not look like a dink to me. Great decision to shoot.

 

[BoarHNTR]

Congrats White Mamba! That is a nice boar for Lake Sonoma or any public land.

 

[Kentuck]

Congrats on the trophy pig. Man I have to get there. I haven't registered yet so will probably have to give up a morning hunt to get that done. Looking for to this year.