Hog Blog Friends In the Field – Success Stories
Photo courtesy of Jamie Cameron
I often ask folks to share up their pictures and stories of successful hunts, and I do appreciate when you do.
This past week, Brian (who goes by the handle of Carolina Rig in the comments section) returned from a pretty awesome hog hunt down in Florida (one of the states on my MUST HUNT list). Brian carried both his rifle and his bow, in hopes of scoring with both. But heck, why should I tell the story when he tells it so much better!
Got back from Florida yesterday. Had a hell of a trip. Drove down after work Thursday night, hunted Friday and Saturday, and drove back Sunday. 10 pigs between the 5 guys hunting. We stuck to spot and stalking orange groves. Did manage one out of a trap our host set up. That was quite the experience.
Photo courtesy of Jamie Cameron
I dropped a nice 200 lbs boar with the H&R, but managed to miss a pretty sow with my bow. Put a perfect stalk on her with the wind in my face. Shot sailed just under her. I held my draw way too long and figured I missed due to muscle fatigue. Oh well. It was a clean miss, and I was tickled I managed to get within 25 yards of her. Going to have to wait until March in South Carolina before I get to throw another arrow at a pig. Here are a few pics my buddy Jamie took.
OMG, I would love to hunt in an orange grove! I have fond memories of orange groves – where I grew up, that’s where teenagers went to do things we weren’t supposed to be doing. Lots of cover, and they smell nice too. Ahh, youth.
December 18th, 2009 at 10:03 am