Went out last night with plans to really hammer down on a group of hogs that had been tearing up a field really bad.
They probably have 15 acres completely rooted.
I first noticed they were still coming when the other night we were doing a deer survey and we saw about 35 hogs
We had the biologist with us so we couldn't shoot them and of course they just walked around the truck and disappeared in the tall grass.
Last night I was finally able to get out been busy with work and school started Thursday again.
Anyways we had a little shower that afternoon and it cooled things down so I knew they would be out right at dark. The shower also laid some of the tall grass down giving me a better field of view but it would also harm me later in the hunt...
Anyways sure enough the hogs were out there, not quite where I wanted them to be but after I watched them for a minute or two I noticed they weren't moving the way I needed them so I had to go.
The approach would be down a fence line boarding a hay meadow and a pasture we keep heifers in. The heifers being on the north side. I had to be careful not to alert the heifers but also couldn't alert the hogs as well. It's happened a few times where heifers have ran up to me expecting to get fed in the middle of the night and spook the hogs.
So I walked down the fence and got with about 40 yards.
The hogs were really scattered out which I didn't like but I needed to take some shots. I picked out one in the back and fired. DRT.
Then this is where the rain problem began.
After the shot all I saw was fog. So I cut off the ir and moved positions and in time managed to score 2 more hogs.
Not big hogs so didn't bother with pics. If I would've knew what was going to happen I would've used the video but I planned on killing a handful of them.
Oh well that's how it goes. I plan on keeping at them since they are causing so much damage
They probably have 15 acres completely rooted.
I first noticed they were still coming when the other night we were doing a deer survey and we saw about 35 hogs
We had the biologist with us so we couldn't shoot them and of course they just walked around the truck and disappeared in the tall grass.
Last night I was finally able to get out been busy with work and school started Thursday again.
Anyways we had a little shower that afternoon and it cooled things down so I knew they would be out right at dark. The shower also laid some of the tall grass down giving me a better field of view but it would also harm me later in the hunt...
Anyways sure enough the hogs were out there, not quite where I wanted them to be but after I watched them for a minute or two I noticed they weren't moving the way I needed them so I had to go.
The approach would be down a fence line boarding a hay meadow and a pasture we keep heifers in. The heifers being on the north side. I had to be careful not to alert the heifers but also couldn't alert the hogs as well. It's happened a few times where heifers have ran up to me expecting to get fed in the middle of the night and spook the hogs.
So I walked down the fence and got with about 40 yards.
The hogs were really scattered out which I didn't like but I needed to take some shots. I picked out one in the back and fired. DRT.
Then this is where the rain problem began.
After the shot all I saw was fog. So I cut off the ir and moved positions and in time managed to score 2 more hogs.
Not big hogs so didn't bother with pics. If I would've knew what was going to happen I would've used the video but I planned on killing a handful of them.
Oh well that's how it goes. I plan on keeping at them since they are causing so much damage
