mcelkhunter Report post Posted January 12, 2012 Bob's hunt started about 5 years ago during a conversation when he was on a visit to Arizona. Bob and I are long time friends from high school and have seen each other only a handful of times over the last 30 years. He happened to be out visiting during an archery pig hunt and came along for a ride. During the day we talked about him coming out although at that time he really hadn't started archery hunting. He took it up a few years ago in NC and was finally ready to come out. He called me and got the info and flew out on Jan 4th. We only had a few days to hunt as I was starting a new job on the 9th. The first day we were able to get Bob on a herd of pigs but he was not able to get a shot due to the thick brush although we were right on top of them. He was pretty excited being so close and hearing them whoof at us. The next couple of days we had a hard time finding any pigs except for a herd up on a very steep mountain too late to go after. On the last day we were on them before we even got to where we were going jumping a herd a the side of the road. They crested a ridge and Bob and I decided to try to get on them while the rest of our group went to our glassing spot. After going over the ridge we were unable to locate the herd but did find one lone pig but couldn't get on him. We decided to skirt the wash we thought the pigs went into, of course further away from the truck. When we were a ways from the truck we got a call that our spotters had another herd, unfortuneately way up on the same steep mountain we had seen them the day before. We high tailed back to the truck and headed for the rest of our party. After a quick bite to eat we headed after the pigs. It took all of about 2 hours just to get in the general vacinity we last saw the pigs. It was so steep and thick with brush that our spotters lost the pigs. When we finally got to where we thought they were we were pretty wore out so we took a break on the mountain. At this point Bob commented that if we didnt find the pigs he might just shoot the guy who glassed them up (my good friend Pine Donkey) We knew they had to be close so we decided to skirt the ridge. We finally jumped them out of their bed and Bob was able to make a great shot, the pig ran about 30 yards and expired in a pile of brush right in front of us. My son and his buddy offered to hustle out to us and pack the pig back, an offer we graciously accepted. What a great time with an old friend. I think he will be back and will probably be applying for elk since he already has the license. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
buckmaster21 Report post Posted January 12, 2012 Congrats wat a great why to spend time with an old friend Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
