Two Lake County sows down

[bisonic]

I headed out to the ranch early this morning to scout for the upcoming deer rifle season and put up a few game cameras. Got there around 6:30 and it was already over 75 degrees and warming fast. Took a look at the rapidly dwindling lake and noticed that the mud all around the water line had been thoroughly worked over. I spent a couple hours walking around and on the quad (no deer at all...), then was heading back to park the quad by the lake and spotted a group of about a dozen hogs rooting around in the mud. About half were good sized sows, the other half juniors. Pulled my trusty "thuddy thuddy" with peep sights off of the quad and stalked to within about 50 yards of them. Picked a nice fat grey and black dry sow and dropped her. The group didn't immediately start to run, so I turned to another smaller sow and let her have one. She took off running with the rest of the herd, but I could see she was lagging behind and saw her stop about 75 yards away in some tall grass. Did a careful stalk in a circle around her till I had an open shot to finish her off.

Big one went 145, smaller one 110.

It's bone dry in the hills so water is probably a key to finding critters for the next few months. View attachment 82259

Now time to find some deer!

 

[voidecho]

Dang...two? Leave some for the rest of us!

 

[jimmy88h]

That's awesome. Surprised they didnt take off running as soon as the first shot went off, but then again they are not the smartest animals

 

[hntboar]

Nice work!

 

[thewolfman]

Awesome!!!...got me excited....Congrats to u

 

[Portuguese Pointer]

Outstanding! Thanks for the narrative and pics.

 

[eoats]

Who is the Man? You are the Man!

 

[7MMHunter]

Awsome! Nice job.

 

[THE ROMAN ARCHER]

Way to put the hammer down brother! They look like a couple of nice porkaleeto's to fill th e freezer.
No trespassing issues lately I hope. Thanks for sharing! And good luck on finding a little buckaroo....... tra

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[huntingbret]

Good looking pair.

 

[KTKT70]

Nice job. Congrats on the hogs. I always wonder if it would be a good idea to have more than one hog tag on you at all times. Was kind of thinking that more than one pig would just be more work, but I guess in some cases it would be cool to have the extra tag incase you need it.

 

[Cal Sniper]

Nice fat looking pigs for this time of the year and in this drought!

 

[sportyg]

well done just the right size for some great eating

 

[dchunter]

Great job. 2 for 1 aint bad.

 

[Hog slayer]

nice looking hogs. The one on the top seems have more hair. Water is the key. Congrats

 

[MapleSyrupSmuggler]

Very nice! What type of rifle was your "Thuddy Thuddy" if I may ask? ..... Gotta love good ole iron sights for hogs.

 

[bisonic]

Very nice! What type of rifle was your "Thuddy Thuddy" if I may ask? ..... Gotta love good ole iron sights for hogs.

It's a late 1940's vintage Winchester Model 94 with a Lyman peep sight. Love the way it carries and shoots.

I smoked some of the chops last night and they were awesome.

 

[matt392]

Nice hawgs! Where abouts in Lake County? I was up there over the weekend so just curious. Not looking for your honey hole, although it sounds like you have private property.

 

[bisonic]

Nice hawgs! Where abouts in Lake County? I was up there over the weekend so just curious. Not looking for your honey hole, although it sounds like you have private property.

Scotts Valley area and yes, private. Not many hogs on public land in Lake Co that I've ever heard of. Much of the County needs a good burn, that would open up a lot of land and improve the deer hunting immeasurably. I burn as much as I can, but it hardly makes a dent (especially since you can only burn in the winter, not much good that does!).