This is me and my six year old nephew. I shot these 2 feral hogs saturday evening around 5pm. 11-20-04 My cousin was hunting in a stand on the other side of the woods, and he called me and said there was a pack of hogs moving in my direction. I had to get out of my stand, and walk about 500 yds to get to the place that I thought they would be crossing. They were crossing into a 700 acre pasture that the government purchased 2 years ago. This property has turned into a hog sanctuary, and they wont let anyone hunt it. THese hogs are really taking us over. ANyway, I reached thier crossing point, and the hogs began to cross the right-a-way. I was about 30 yds. from them, and I crouched to the ground, with my nephew standing directly behind me. I rested my 22-250 on my knee, and shot 1 sow in the head as she crossed. She dropped in her tracks. I racked the bolt, and jammed another shell in just as a boar began crossing. So I drew down on him, and shot him in the head too!!! By now, my heart was trying to jump out of my chest. 2 head shots on the run,,,,in a row!! The next hog came out just after I reloaded, and he ran to the downed boar. He stopped and began to sniff him. I shot, but I missed! The only one that stopped and gave me a clean shot I missed....lol...

Well, my nephew was ecstatic. Just a few more years, and he will be doing the shooting for me. This long weekend should produce more kills, and I will try to post more pics next monday because I know we will kill some more. We have been getting soaked with rain down here. So the conditions are just perfect.

hog pics

 

Congrats on the hogs. Nice to see you taking your nephew with you.

 

man....

i know that the hogs are a real problem for you
but man do i wish i lived closer
my brothers and i drive down to nogal peak to hunt feral hogs
theres not much down there anymore