I had the privilege to hunt with Lancer again and we had a great time. We started off at a place he calls "Big Sky" and we didn't see much. Big Sky normally produces a plethora of hogs, but it was slow on the uptake on this hunt. So we bailed and headed to another place called Windmill. Windmill has an area where all the cattle manure is pushed into large windrows to dry and later be repurposed. The hogs tend to hangout in this area and root for vittles. As we cruised through we spotted a group of six about 100 yards from us. We thought they were moving away and we were scrambling to get rifles up, but we soon realized they were making their way right to us. they got to 60 yards or so and we let loose. We dropped two.
We moved on, checked a couple of quick spots, but we weren't seeing much. We eventually made it to a place called "Sierra". Sierra is where I filmed my first zeus video. albeit, short, but it was the first. We slowly made our way through Sierra and a sounder of around ten popped out of the woods 30 yards in front of the truck. They made their way to the cut field and huddled together trying to figure out what we were. Lancer and I made out stalk to around 5o yards and let them have it. I picked one large loner off to the left of the group and kept pounding him with 120 sst's. He wouldn't go down! After 5 thumps he finally have up. 280 lbs by tape and twice as tough!
After Sierra Lancer and I made a few more stops and wound up back at Big Sky. This time we spotted a lone boar right off the bat. I decided it was time to give the 45 ACP SBR a chance. The boar wouldn't slow down and it took us 10 minutes to catch up to him on foot. I finally got to around 40 yards and was afraid he was going to slip into the wood line and I wouldn't have a chance. I lined up the shot and he instantly dropped and started doing the shuffle. Because of this I withheld a second round like an idiot. After about a second of the shuffle he was off to the races! I hit him again and he stumbled and started acting like he was giving up. My mag was empty and there was a house behind him at this point so Lancer couldn't give him a finishing shot. By the time Lancer was repositioned the boar was already in the woods. We could hear him breathing heavily through bloody lungs and we don't think he made it through the night, but no recovery. Lesson learned, when using the 45 keeping squeezing the trigger until they don't move anymore.
We made our way up to the top of Big Sky where there is a HUGE corn silage pile. The dairymen placed a ring of round bails around it to keep the hogs out. The hogs have relentlessly paced around it trying to find a way in. When we got next to the pile we spotted on lone hog in front of us. We decided Lancer was up to bat and I was going to watch. Just as he was about to pop him two more ran out from the right. Lancer took a shot and the whole place errupted in hoof beats. I had to hop out of my perch that I made through the sunroof of Lancer's truck, grab my gun, and start blasting with my IR laser. We ended up dropping six out of this group. We drug them together, took a picture, and then saw it was 3 am. Time to head home.
NOPE! We spotted one more big sounder on the other side of the 400 acre field. We caught up to them, took out shots, and only ended up with one recovered even though there were countless thuds from the bullets hitting them. They escaped to the woods! We made it back to the truck and it was quarter to 5! We were beat and had a 3o minute drive home. What a great night!
Now with Video!
We moved on, checked a couple of quick spots, but we weren't seeing much. We eventually made it to a place called "Sierra". Sierra is where I filmed my first zeus video. albeit, short, but it was the first. We slowly made our way through Sierra and a sounder of around ten popped out of the woods 30 yards in front of the truck. They made their way to the cut field and huddled together trying to figure out what we were. Lancer and I made out stalk to around 5o yards and let them have it. I picked one large loner off to the left of the group and kept pounding him with 120 sst's. He wouldn't go down! After 5 thumps he finally have up. 280 lbs by tape and twice as tough!
After Sierra Lancer and I made a few more stops and wound up back at Big Sky. This time we spotted a lone boar right off the bat. I decided it was time to give the 45 ACP SBR a chance. The boar wouldn't slow down and it took us 10 minutes to catch up to him on foot. I finally got to around 40 yards and was afraid he was going to slip into the wood line and I wouldn't have a chance. I lined up the shot and he instantly dropped and started doing the shuffle. Because of this I withheld a second round like an idiot. After about a second of the shuffle he was off to the races! I hit him again and he stumbled and started acting like he was giving up. My mag was empty and there was a house behind him at this point so Lancer couldn't give him a finishing shot. By the time Lancer was repositioned the boar was already in the woods. We could hear him breathing heavily through bloody lungs and we don't think he made it through the night, but no recovery. Lesson learned, when using the 45 keeping squeezing the trigger until they don't move anymore.
We made our way up to the top of Big Sky where there is a HUGE corn silage pile. The dairymen placed a ring of round bails around it to keep the hogs out. The hogs have relentlessly paced around it trying to find a way in. When we got next to the pile we spotted on lone hog in front of us. We decided Lancer was up to bat and I was going to watch. Just as he was about to pop him two more ran out from the right. Lancer took a shot and the whole place errupted in hoof beats. I had to hop out of my perch that I made through the sunroof of Lancer's truck, grab my gun, and start blasting with my IR laser. We ended up dropping six out of this group. We drug them together, took a picture, and then saw it was 3 am. Time to head home.
NOPE! We spotted one more big sounder on the other side of the 400 acre field. We caught up to them, took out shots, and only ended up with one recovered even though there were countless thuds from the bullets hitting them. They escaped to the woods! We made it back to the truck and it was quarter to 5! We were beat and had a 3o minute drive home. What a great night!
Now with Video!
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