took my buddy and his son out last night to try and put him on a hog b/f he leaves for school thursday morning. showed up 10 minutes b/f sunset and sat in the back of the pick up scanning for about 30. decided to take a look down by the river and poof.....instantly saw 1 about 200 out in waist high grass. he disappeared behind grass, showed himself again. 'i think i see 3 or 4'? ok let's put the thermal on the rifle. i said 'pile 'em up kid' and sent him downrange with his dad in tow both with 308AR's. I hear pop pop pop....he takes down 4 hogs in 7 shots all offhand with a rifle and scope he's never touched until last night. i come down to them and we are thrilled. i take a peek through the thermal to see the carnage and see another one just thinking he is safe behind a tree. problem is he's so big he can't hide. 'dude antoher hog go get him'. so hand him the rifle and he smokes that one with 2 shots. big nasty boar hog. 9 shots total, 5 hogs, offhand......50 on first batch 75 yards on last one kid is a heck of a good hunter already we knew that, but that was some fine shooting.
putting this kid on hogs was 10x more fun than all the hogs i've shot combined. he's a great kid and his dad is one of my closest true pals. what a great night i'm still on top of the world. will get some pics later i left my phone back in the truck all night, but we took a bunch with his phone. saw 12 deer, 4 solid bucks and one more that was just massive already with a sizeable rack. 'i'm all about fitness. like fitness whole deer in ma freezer'.
