mattador96
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8-06-11 My father and I met Andrew Twisselman at 4:45 am at the ranch in Central California. To my knowledge I am the only person that has ever hunted with them with a crossbow. Not many guides locally are very crossbow friendly so I have tried to support the ones who are. Andrew took us to a blind that was near a well used trail. The wild pigs go back and forth between the barley fields getting nice and plump. I took out my rangefinder and ranged some likely spots. We waited for several hours and nothing came by. It was around 8 am now and I was getting kinda worried. Just about when I thought my chances had dissapeared I saw a black mass coming by. It was a nice black pig and several small ones. I thought it might be a sow and her piglets. I looked and it was clear that she was a dry sow and the little ones were bigger than I first thought. I started to stand up to clear some bushes and the little ones squealed and ran a little ways. The nice black one grunted and ran a few yards up a hill then turned perfectly broadside to me. I put the top cross hair of the Hawke XB-30 behind her shoulder and pulled the trigger. The Excal Equinox sent the Swhacker tipped powerbolt to its mark. The pig ran about 50 yards and tipped over. It was a perfect double lung hit. The arrow went right through her. I went and got my arrow then got a few pics with the pig. The Swhacker cut 2 ribs almost in half on the exit. What a nasty cut.
