Well, after 6 incredible days of hunting the woods of East Texas, the boar hunters have returned to frozen Illinois. The ride down was less than spectacular. We left last Friday night to try and beat the winter storm blowing in. The storm had other plans, however. The 17-hour drive was stretched to 23.5 hours due to a maximum speed of 35mph on the interstate all the way to St. Louis! Once we arrived, we could not have asked for better weather-upper 70's and sunny every day! We thought we were going to get slammed by the huge storm system on the way home yesterday, but we drove behind it the whole way.
Our goal this year was to beat the record of 36 confirmed hog kills. We hunted HARD every day and were out until 2am two nights in a row trying to get as many pigs as possible. Despite two opportunities where a herd of pigs got up in front of us, jammed guns prevented the record from being broken (i know it sounds like an excuse, but i have the video to prove it!). We ended up with 35 pigs, 5 of which were killed with a spear (also on video).
On the last day, we were hunting "the island," which has historically produced some very large boars. When we were about 200 yards from the end of the island, a herd of approximately 20 of the long-haired beasts got up in front of my uncle and ran right at me. My dad, my uncle, and I opened up on them. I picked out the first pig and fired. It dropped from view behind a small rise along the creek. Then my gun jammed. Then the herd turned and ran right through me. I had a stampeding rapid pack of tusked demons run past me within 5 yards. When the smoke and dust cleared, 3 enormous pigs lay on the ground around me. My dad shot two trophy boars and I shot a sow that was the biggest any of the guys had ever seen. We couldn't even drag the 400-500 pounder. I'm sure Bri was excited to hear I'll now have a monster wild boar to hang on the wall!
It was an incredible trip that I will never forget! The DVD will be done in a month or so if anyone wants to see it!
3 comments:
WOW! those last 2 are huge!! sounds like you had a good time and were sucessful!!
This is crazy--my dad actually just got back from bowhunting boar in Texas yesterday. Anyways, congrats on the behemoth sow and trip.
i think i need to see this video!
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