Thanks to all who offered up best wishes for my hunt. You helped me out, as I was able to take a nice sow on the first evening of the hunt, even after a total Elmer Fudd moment.
A little backstory…
My friend (and Chiropractor) Steve Carvin, after years of hearing my stories, finally decided he wanted to try a hog hunt with me, so I brought him along on this one. I took him to one of my favorite spots, and sure enough, the hogs were right there on top of the hill. There are little pigs everywhere, and it took us a while to determine which of the big pigs were “wet” sows, and which were dry. We don’t shoot wet sows.
Anyway, after what seemed like an eternity, Steve got the shot. It was a perfect hit, and his pig ran about 10 yards and piled up. The rest of the herd scattered, as you might expect. We set to work field dressing his pig.
About five minutes into the process, I catch movement coming back up the ridge. Sure enough, those hogs had circled right back around and were feeding right back into the same patch of wild oats. My rifle is laying on the ground a few yards away, so Steve hands me his. I decide that I’d like to try to make a kill with my .44 mag, so I draw it instead of taking the rifle, drop my pack and hat, and start crawling. I didn’t realize Steve was dragging my video camera out of my pack during the stalk… and he caught the whole danged thing on video. I’d be embarrassed if it wasn’t so funny. How many different ways do you see where I blew this one?
You can read about the rest of the results of the Jesse’s Hunting and Outdoors/Tejon Ranch hunt in the JHO forums.
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Glad to see you back here. Wow it seems you had a good time and to top it of you introduced another person to pork addiction. Way to go. The video in addition to your post is a cool combination and you should keep that up. It makes the experience for the readers so much more realistic. You gave me a real good idea here.
Lol. Let’s not talk about how you blew the stalk and what you could have done better. Let’s just say hog fever got the better of you. It happens to all of use and is a widely accepted excuse for making a few minor blunders. You could have done better but you didn’t do to badly either. I know that is easy to say from here in front of the keyboard.
I still hope that one day I can join you on a hog hunt. This post and video confirmed that wish even stronger. Then you can see my Elmer Fudd moments in action.
-Othmar Vohringer-