Palo Pinto County Hog Hunt Part 3

[Brian Shaffer]

This week, I returned with dfwroadkill to PP to do some more hog hunting. He had been there a couple of days already and had taken some hogs. So the hogs were a bit harder to find this time. While we got onto hogs twice, we saw more hogs that were either off property or way too far away.

The second part of the video involves a long stalk we made. Basically, the hogs were too far away and the wind was at our backs and blowing right to the hogs. Between those aspects and the crunch vegetation on the ground, it was going to be a very hard stalk. Sure enough, about 300 yards out, the sounder took off. However, they didn't go far and we closed the distance a bit. After all that, we both blew our opening shots, but made up for them with some nifty long range head shots.

 

[Ratdog68]

That fence post won't be going far, or reproducing anytime soon. But, those hogs are stone cold dead! Tough sow on that first set... really long snout on her too. Nice chootin' there you two.

 

[Brian Shaffer]

Thanks Ratdog!! On the stalk, we found my hog first, but thought it was dfwroadkill's. I said, "You won't believe where you you hit this..." and he replied that he thought it might be the neck. Then we realized it was my hog and we found his hog and I said, "You won't believe where you hit this..." and he replied he thought he might have hit the neck. We were both so dadgummed tired that he didn't take the hint.

That first sow was my target as the hogs were walking out and I put a round through just forward of her shoulder and she didn't go down. We both hit her near simultaneously when she went down the first time. She was tough and based on her milk supply, many of those piglets were hers.

 

[Ratdog68]

Gotta feel good to stop an active factory like her. It's nice to be able to tag along through the fine vids you guys share. City living sucks. LOL

 

[Jake]

Great video great shot. You've made some long ones with that Grendel. I have GOT to get a thermal sight, the photon looks silly when I watch these videos. Keep em coming Brian!

 

[RattlesnakeDan]

Good job Brian...fun video!

 

[Curly Shuffle]

Way to go guys, that be some shootin there!!! Nice!! BANG BANG!

 

[Chopperdrvr]

Nice Long shots there guys. Good going.

 

[Taco]

Good hunt. Man I can't get used to they funky ir hunter reticle.

 

[Brian Shaffer]

Good hunt. Man I can't get used to they funky ir hunter reticle.

The IR Hunter reticle does have a real crosshair in it. All brands of thermal tend to lose the horizontal line of the crosshair about half the time unless you use a special cable with a ground loop isolator on it. However, I sort of like it when the horizontal line doesn't show up on the IR Hunter video. You can tell where the center of the vertical line is because there is a dot there. So that is the crosshair location, but without image being covered up by the horizontal line.

 

[gshock]

Good video and good hunt..

 

[rrv333]

Great hunting video

 

[DaveABQ]

Good going. That place looks hard to hunt or the hogs just aren't cooperating.

 

[ZenArchery]

That was awesome. Good long range droooooop

 

[Homebrewer]

Good shootin' and great video. Good to see the long range porkys held still - just long enough to get reallly dead.