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My wife harvested her rifle pig, was a rough one this year. Last weekend we spotted 5 herds while scouting. Opening day we spotted 2 herds but they were on the move and never fed. Spent the whole time relocating those herds. Saturday it rained all day, no luck. We could only hunt til 12 today and at 1045 after walking several miles they were just below us 400 yards, snuck in and she took a poke at the largest pig and it was over.

6a is awesome, back in my college days we had several days where we would glass up 4-5 herds a day.

Unit 9 as always- best unit for pigs in the state

Hollister sweater and American Eagle jeans 😂

Couldn’t find much in the usual spots so we headed to a cool little canyon we discovered last year, a nice hike out of sight from the road and we got to glassing. At first we glassed up fresh digs a good 500 yards out and kept glassing, we figured the pigs were bedded down for their midday nap. About 2 pm we caught movement of pigs and the stalk was on. We arrived and only one pig was out. We were 112 yards away. My pops is confident at 100 with his TC so he let me shoot first with the new muzzleloader. I hit my pig and she went down screaming, that woke up the whole herd and they came into view. Pops got the pistol settled on a pig at 103 yards and it was over. Usually the HAM hunts kicks our butt with us walking miles and miles for 5 days. It was refreshing to harvest on the first day out!

You guys talkin bout unit 9 right? 😆

PRDATR- that blows, I'm sure they knew it was wilderness and were playing dumb to avoid any issues.

That’s rough, he’s a tough kid for sure. 👍👍

For sure without a doubt- we are pulling off more hunts, fishing trips and camp outs than ever, gotta maximize it all before he’s not able to do so anymore. Yes that shirt is faded, you can see through it at parts. The company doesn’t make these originals anymore so I’m screwed.

Unit 9- probably the best pig unit in the state

Funny you brought that up, half my family including me, are deaf, no radios here and can still get it done 👍👍👍 we keep winning radios at sporting/raffle events, we have the worst luck

Lol, it’s one of those things you’ll get better at but never master. Keep going, 100 more stalks with a spotter and ya’ll get a little better It’s best to talk landmarks before going on the stalk. When I’m stalking I always think in perspective of the spotter, you can interpret information yourself in the field and you know exactly where your spotter is and the angle they are looking at.

Ruger American predator 6.5 creedmore, thank me later

Easy- I’m deaf so I ain’t hearing the hounds- send it

Awesome, congrats!

Fun hunts this year, we did about 10 days in the field. My arrow found it’s mark yesterday at sunset after spotting a herd 2.2 miles out earlier in the day. Pops was able to harvest his 18th consecutive archery pig this morning. 43rd and 44th pigs killed in this father/son duo team.

I haven’t bought arrows in years and was surprised that they are about $20 a stick these days

Thanks guys, sure was a fun year. I think combined we lost about $300 in arrows and broadheads in the hills on misses this year 😂

Great bucks- way to go! What kind of rifle setup are you using?

Pops arrived in the unit on Sunday and spotted bucks all week but passed em all up. I was finally able to get off work Thursday and the next day and half was spent chasing nice bucks unsuccessfully. Seems like once we work in shooting range and get set up they decided to boogie out of the area. Finally found this buck bedded and he behaved himself letting us get to 328 yards undetected. Pops waited in shooting position for an hour and half, the sun broke through the clouds and the buck started to get warm. He got up, did a little stretch and pop laid him back down in his bedding spot. I knew the buck was nice but never knew he had giant eyeguards or an 8 inch kicker until 30 minutes before pops shot. When I noticed it I said ****, but I didn’t tell pops anything. After he smoked the buck I told pops about the eyeguards and kicker and that was just a bonus for him.

Isn’t peak size 4 years old for lope? Old age isn’t a factor for trophy hunting right?

We were ready to tough out the weather on Friday. We didn’t realize visibility would be near zero. Friday afternoon after the weather cleared a little we glassed 11 bucks and a handful of does. No shooters. Next day we hiked in a ways and after spotting small or young bucks we found 2 shooters. Classic scenario, waited til they bedded then made our 2 hour stalk and they weren’t there anymore. Started glassing the surrounding areas and spotted this buck just 248 yards away and buddy decided he was a shooter. The crazy part was that 30 seconds after he died a bunch of ravens showed up and landed in the tree above him.

Tough buck to score- any guesses from the coues audience? A3 did not score the buck

Wore the shirt the day before and it didn’t produce any luck. Always wear that shirt on opening day for all hunts 👍