Forums46
Topics536,997
Posts9,719,287
Members86,987
|
Most Online25,604 Feb 12th, 2024
|
|
|
GRIZZLY BOAR
#5408940
11/09/14 10:39 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 26,546
JCB
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 26,546 |
Opening day of rifle season I climbed into my ground blind about 4pm. I had already taken my buck in bow season so my main focus was hogs. Just before I headed to the lease I had found a few pics of a really big Boar on some of my cameras and I decided he would be the one I would hunt opening weekend. Opening morning I had taken a pretty big Sow out of this same stand so I wasn’t sure that lightning could strike twice in the same day out of the same stand but I was in for a real treat. I had seen quite a few deer and many bucks chasing does dang near from the time I got in the stand. This years rut has been about a week later than normal but it has been as visable as I can ever remember seeing anywhere I have ever hunted. I was having a blast watching all the crazy chasing going on all around me! Dark was coming pretty darn quick and I still had a few deer in front of me so I decided to wait until the guy that hunts down the road from me to come through and run my deer off with his ATV rather than have them see me get out of my stand. I guess it was probably about 7:20PM and the deer all came to attention and were looking back towards me but I knew it wasn’t me they had spotted. I turned my head to my right and saw a single large boar trot out of the brush about 30 yards to my right. I knew right away by his size it had to be the boar I was looking for. I scrambled to get the rifle out the window and get the shot off as quick as possible because I knew the other guy was going to be rolling by at any second. Once I found him in the scope he had covered about 70 yards and I couldn’t see the cross hairs of my scope against his dark body due to how dark it was. I had no choice but to guesstimate where my cross hairs intersected and I put that area of the scope just behind his shoulder as he was quartering away. I started to squeeze the trigger and was blinded by the muzzle flash. He took off and I had no idea if I had hit him or not. After a few minutes I got out of the stand and went to where I thought he was standing and started searching for blood with the flash light. About that same time the other guy came rolling up and asked if that was me that just shot. I told him it was and that I thought I had shot a really big pig but couldn’t find any blood. I explained to him that the lack of blood really didn’t concern me though because my experience has been that really big pigs don’t bleed much at all and I wasn’t even 100% sure where he was when I shot anyway due to how dark it was. After a few minutes and still no sign of a hit I told him we should probably just start looking for a body in the direction that he had run. We walked over to where I thought he crossed the road and he had barely made it across the road before crashing. He had probably covered about 50 yards from where I had shot him and the 6.8 Accubond had found its mark perfectly right in the upper arm pit area. When I went to grab his ankles to drag him out to the road that’s when I knew he really was a big one. I have drug hundreds of hogs over the years and very few of them have had ankles that fill my hands but this one did. Once we got him loaded up it was clear that he is in the top 5 I have ever killed.
|
|
|
Re: GRIZZLY BOAR
[Re: JCB]
#5408942
11/09/14 10:40 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 29,576
Sneaky
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 29,576 |
Dang it, man. You are pure hell on those big pigs. Keep on keepin' on!
|
|
|
Re: GRIZZLY BOAR
[Re: JCB]
#5408993
11/09/14 11:09 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 60,296
stxranchman
Obie Juan Kenobi
|
Obie Juan Kenobi
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 60,296 |
Great recap and hog.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
|
|
|
Re: GRIZZLY BOAR
[Re: stxranchman]
#5409018
11/09/14 11:17 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 35,853
txshntr
T-Rex Arms
|
T-Rex Arms
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 35,853 |
Great recap and hog.
|
|
|
Re: GRIZZLY BOAR
[Re: JCB]
#5409025
11/09/14 11:21 PM
|
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 29,010
Western
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 29,010 |
Nice! You mean no Sig on this one LOL
If at first you dont succeed, then skydiving is not for you..
"Don't trust everything you read on the Internet"- Abraham Lincoln Dennis
|
|
|
Re: GRIZZLY BOAR
[Re: JCB]
#5409059
11/09/14 11:37 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 110,788
dogcatcher
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 110,788 |
Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back. _____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________
|
|
|
Re: GRIZZLY BOAR
[Re: JCB]
#5409122
11/10/14 12:07 AM
|
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 5,985
Michael W.
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 5,985 |
A clear conscience is often the sign of a fuzzy memory.
|
|
|
Re: GRIZZLY BOAR
[Re: txshntr]
#5409154
11/10/14 12:20 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 7,806
Deerhunter61
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 7,806 |
Great recap and hog.
|
|
|
Re: GRIZZLY BOAR
[Re: JCB]
#5409157
11/10/14 12:21 AM
|
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 43,768
Stub
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 43,768 |
Long snout on that down & out porker
|
|
|
Re: GRIZZLY BOAR
[Re: JCB]
#5409174
11/10/14 12:27 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 19,296
pokerj2
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 19,296 |
President of American Entitlements LLC Health insurance agency focusing in all ages from ACA plans all the way through Medicare. Office is based in Wylie, TX We have local agents in both Texas and Louisiana 469-814-0289
|
|
|
Re: GRIZZLY BOAR
[Re: JCB]
#5409228
11/10/14 12:51 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 13,409
jdk1985
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 13,409 |
Instagram @justinkingwoodworking
|
|
|
Re: GRIZZLY BOAR
[Re: JCB]
#5409384
11/10/14 02:04 AM
|
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 3,906
n-all
Extreme Tracker
|
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 3,906 |
|
|
|
Re: GRIZZLY BOAR
[Re: JCB]
#5410740
11/10/14 06:06 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 26,546
JCB
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 26,546 |
|
|
|
Re: GRIZZLY BOAR
[Re: JCB]
#5410925
11/10/14 07:18 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 6,135
landsurveyor
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 6,135 |
|
|
|
Re: GRIZZLY BOAR
[Re: JCB]
#5411202
11/10/14 09:18 PM
|
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 8,166
westtexaswatkins
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 8,166 |
Heck Yeah
|
|
|
Re: GRIZZLY BOAR
[Re: JCB]
#5411321
11/10/14 09:59 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 2,154
Bush Monkey Knives
Veteran Tracker
|
Veteran Tracker
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 2,154 |
Good kill. Cool pics - thanks for posting.
|
|
|
Re: GRIZZLY BOAR
[Re: JCB]
#5411331
11/10/14 10:01 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 11,573
dlrz71
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 11,573 |
Those pics turned out great!!
|
|
|
Re: GRIZZLY BOAR
[Re: JCB]
#5411346
11/10/14 10:07 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 21,271
SniperRAB
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 21,271 |
|
|
|
Re: GRIZZLY BOAR
[Re: JCB]
#5411483
11/10/14 10:49 PM
|
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 14,199
tth_40
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 14,199 |
Nice!
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers
|
|
|
Re: GRIZZLY BOAR
[Re: tth_40]
#5411539
11/10/14 11:17 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 20,221
janie
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 20,221 |
Holy moly. That sucker is huge! Great job.
He is your friend defender your dog. Be worthy of such devotion
|
|
|
Re: GRIZZLY BOAR
[Re: JCB]
#5411712
11/11/14 12:29 AM
|
Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 2,121
mow
Veteran Tracker
|
Veteran Tracker
Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 2,121 |
Good gawd..man what a beast..and to think when I got off there was nary a porky to be found..great story Justin..congrats
Last edited by mow; 11/11/14 12:30 AM.
|
|
|
Re: GRIZZLY BOAR
[Re: JCB]
#5411795
11/11/14 01:02 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 293
aggielandman
Bird Dog
|
Bird Dog
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 293 |
|
|
|
Re: GRIZZLY BOAR
[Re: JCB]
#5411893
11/11/14 01:39 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 1,313
fonzie
Pro Tracker
|
Pro Tracker
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 1,313 |
FREE Hog Removal 817-823-8939
|
|
|
Re: GRIZZLY BOAR
[Re: JCB]
#5411993
11/11/14 02:20 AM
|
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 4,471
4Weight
Extreme Tracker
|
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 4,471 |
Good looking boar, great story
|
|
|
Re: GRIZZLY BOAR
[Re: JCB]
#5412008
11/11/14 02:27 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 29,105
TXHOGSLAYER
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 29,105 |
Great work!
LETS GO BRANDON
|
|
|
Moderated by bigbob_ftw, CCBIRDDOGMAN, Chickenman, Derek, DeRico, Duck_Hunter, hetman, jeh7mmmag, JustWingem, kmon11, kry226, kwrhuntinglab, Payne, pertnear, rifleman, sig226fan (Rguns.com), Superduty, TreeBass, txcornhusker
|