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Once again with over 1000 acres of hay fields to hunt, the only activity I've seen in the last week was on the neighbors property next to the one easement road. Last Sat I decided to sling soured corn along the edge of the road to see if the stink draws them in. I made my rounds once the sun went down and headed up to the road at 11 pm.
Sure enough they were in the neighbors hay field, which I don't yet have permission to hunt. After watch them root around the same spot for 45 min 300 yards out, I called it a night and headed home to bed.
I checked the bate spot in the morning, and sure enough they eventually found it. I bated it up again sunday night, and monday night I added a game cam to capture the action. Sure enough they were hip on the free meal, and hit the bait site just after 9:15 Monday night.
After spending the entire day Tuesday excited to go out and have half a chance at seeing a sounder, I called Lonepunman at 7 pm and asked if he could make it out before 9 pm. I knew I would only be able to take one shot before they retreated back into the hayfield so I was hoping a 2nd shooter would at least make for a double.
Brian arrived right at 9 pm and we got setup in the back of the suburban by 9:10. He had used my thermal a couple times before so it didn't take long for both of us to get powered up. I got the Tikka & Photon NV as a 2nd weapon for night hunting. This was my first opportunity to hunt hogs with the NV scope.
All of a sudden it was like someone rang a dinner bell. We hadn't been in the truck 5 min. Brian said they ran to the bait site. 8 to 10 of them were all feeding on one spot even though the corn was spread out over a 25 foot strip along the edge of the road. Other then the occasional set of eyes looking towards us for the most part all I could see was a large blob of black all munching on the corn.
Brian and I talked back and forth for a couple of min about what I see and if I have a good target. Of corse they are moving around the whole time. Once I say I have a good target he says "OK don't shoot, were going on 3 2 1 fire, then without taking a breath he says 3 2 1..... I shoot. Why Why Why did he repeat himself? He says why did you shoot? Of corse I cant see a thing with the Photon, He clicks off the safety and takes a shot at one that turned back at the road.
Once we piled out of the truck I checked for anything on the ground. Nothing!..... Nothing Nothing Nothing. Dang. Brian has his thermal mono in hand and is already walking towards the bait site. It didn't take long for me to catch up. I was a little unsure of the exact spot they were feeding, but with flashlight in hand I spotted a large blood splatter, then another and another. It was on. The blood trail was great and heavy. It only took a few min to walk to 80 or so yards to the spot the young boar had dropped.
Not our first time hunting together but we had new lessons to learn.
Sure enough they were in the neighbors hay field, which I don't yet have permission to hunt. After watch them root around the same spot for 45 min 300 yards out, I called it a night and headed home to bed.
I checked the bate spot in the morning, and sure enough they eventually found it. I bated it up again sunday night, and monday night I added a game cam to capture the action. Sure enough they were hip on the free meal, and hit the bait site just after 9:15 Monday night.
After spending the entire day Tuesday excited to go out and have half a chance at seeing a sounder, I called Lonepunman at 7 pm and asked if he could make it out before 9 pm. I knew I would only be able to take one shot before they retreated back into the hayfield so I was hoping a 2nd shooter would at least make for a double.
Brian arrived right at 9 pm and we got setup in the back of the suburban by 9:10. He had used my thermal a couple times before so it didn't take long for both of us to get powered up. I got the Tikka & Photon NV as a 2nd weapon for night hunting. This was my first opportunity to hunt hogs with the NV scope.
All of a sudden it was like someone rang a dinner bell. We hadn't been in the truck 5 min. Brian said they ran to the bait site. 8 to 10 of them were all feeding on one spot even though the corn was spread out over a 25 foot strip along the edge of the road. Other then the occasional set of eyes looking towards us for the most part all I could see was a large blob of black all munching on the corn.
Brian and I talked back and forth for a couple of min about what I see and if I have a good target. Of corse they are moving around the whole time. Once I say I have a good target he says "OK don't shoot, were going on 3 2 1 fire, then without taking a breath he says 3 2 1..... I shoot. Why Why Why did he repeat himself? He says why did you shoot? Of corse I cant see a thing with the Photon, He clicks off the safety and takes a shot at one that turned back at the road.
Once we piled out of the truck I checked for anything on the ground. Nothing!..... Nothing Nothing Nothing. Dang. Brian has his thermal mono in hand and is already walking towards the bait site. It didn't take long for me to catch up. I was a little unsure of the exact spot they were feeding, but with flashlight in hand I spotted a large blood splatter, then another and another. It was on. The blood trail was great and heavy. It only took a few min to walk to 80 or so yards to the spot the young boar had dropped.
Not our first time hunting together but we had new lessons to learn.
Nice going guys! BANG BANG!!
