boarhunter67
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Here's the story. Saturday morning I got a call from my friend Jim who said his cousin (my other friend) Craig shot a pig on public land with his .45 but needed help finding it because it ran into some brush. Jim said we could hunt and maybe see other pigs while we looked so we drove up and 3 hours later we start looking for his pig. After 20 minutes we saw no sign of his pig, but we spotted another herd. We didn't have our rifles, only pistols since we were just figuring on trying to find his pig.
We went back to the truck and I asked Craig how many guns we should bring. He said 2, that he and I could shoot and Jim elected not to bring a gun. We go back and the pigs moved some. I spot them and put my crosshairs on one, but Craig can't find them in his scope since they're behind trees and hard to see. After about 5 minutes they move into brush. This happens about 5 times where I spot them, get my scope on them and each time Craig has a hard time finding them. Finally we see them crossing the path ahead of us and I run up and tell Craig to hurry up. It looks like they are going to bolt so I ask Craig if I should shoot. He says, "No, wait. You got your bear and I want my pig," referring to a bear that I shot the previous weekend that he wasn't around for because he didn't want to come down, but he basically thought since I shot an animal last it was his turn.
The pigs stopped and I put my crosshairs on them. Craig said he didn't feel like doing a countdown because he wouldn't be able to coordinate and concentrate on shooting so I told him to shoot first and I'd shoot afterward. He shot and a second later I shot. My pig dropped; his pig took off. We tried to get another shot off, but they were running fast.
After dragging and loading my pig in the truck Jim told me that Craig was upset that he missed twice then later told me that Craig said he was done hunting with me because I was selfish to take the shot and felt he missed because I was pressuring him and crowding his shot.
Am I crazy or what? I bent over backward to make sure he had first shot. Is my perspective off or does he just need to grow up?
Tell me what you think.
We went back to the truck and I asked Craig how many guns we should bring. He said 2, that he and I could shoot and Jim elected not to bring a gun. We go back and the pigs moved some. I spot them and put my crosshairs on one, but Craig can't find them in his scope since they're behind trees and hard to see. After about 5 minutes they move into brush. This happens about 5 times where I spot them, get my scope on them and each time Craig has a hard time finding them. Finally we see them crossing the path ahead of us and I run up and tell Craig to hurry up. It looks like they are going to bolt so I ask Craig if I should shoot. He says, "No, wait. You got your bear and I want my pig," referring to a bear that I shot the previous weekend that he wasn't around for because he didn't want to come down, but he basically thought since I shot an animal last it was his turn.
The pigs stopped and I put my crosshairs on them. Craig said he didn't feel like doing a countdown because he wouldn't be able to coordinate and concentrate on shooting so I told him to shoot first and I'd shoot afterward. He shot and a second later I shot. My pig dropped; his pig took off. We tried to get another shot off, but they were running fast.
After dragging and loading my pig in the truck Jim told me that Craig was upset that he missed twice then later told me that Craig said he was done hunting with me because I was selfish to take the shot and felt he missed because I was pressuring him and crowding his shot.
Am I crazy or what? I bent over backward to make sure he had first shot. Is my perspective off or does he just need to grow up?
Tell me what you think.
