Went to my lease last Saturday.

Did not take long for it to get hot.



and it's gonna get hotter......

Got out to my stand about 8PM. Not a breath of a breezes blowing, & sun still broiling. With temps in the 90's, no breeze and sweating like a politician telling the truth, sometimes I wonder if I'm nuts doing this stuff at my age. Nah'

Saw a coyote about 9:30 and tracked him a bit. With thermal, depth perception "sux" if you don't have a range finder. Luckily I've hunted this spot enough to where I have landmarks at known distances. This 'yote was over 300 yds. so even though my rifle is suppressed I did not want to disturb the eve with a "hail mary" bullet lob. Did get some video.

Two pigs came in about 10pm. Could not get a clear shot on the larger of the two so I waited for the one coming around my pen. When she got in front and gave a good broadside, I nailed her.



Sunday was nasty. In the hill country, a typical morning is cloud cover till about 11 AM. Not this day. Not a cloud in sight. Got out about 7 AM and was soaking wet by 8AM.

I always set traps, pens and snares.



Sunday morning I caught this one in a snare.



By time I got back to camp at 10 AM it was already 95 degrees.

Spent most of the day in the camper. Highest reading I saw was 106 in the shade. It was 103 degrees when I went out at 8PM. Once again, not a hint of a breeze, and in the stand I felt like I was stewing in my own juices. Luckily a sounder came in @ 9:30 or so and I was able to quit and get out of the stand early.



It was a balmy 93 degrees when I got back to camp at 11 pm.

Oh', the joy of hunting the Texas Hill country in June.

Some consolation, all three pigs were sows. Warms the cockles of my heart to be commiting swine genocide.

But, all things considered I may just skip July and August!

ya!

GWB

Good results.
Yep the Hog, I mean Dog Days of summer are here.

Great post, Mr. Geedub! Well done, sir!

P.S. Stay hydrated!

You worked hard for that. You might be crazy, but you sure are effective.

You have my utmost respect.

I tell folks I walked 35,000 steps at my lease one day last October. If was not so old, absent minded and forgetful, always having to retrace my steps, I'da only walked 5,000 steps.



Anywho, this pen has a home-made guillotine type door that is held up by placing a stick bewteen two pieces of rebar driven in to the ground. I put corn along the length of the cable and around the suspended stick. Pigs will follow the corn and usually spring the trap when they walk under the cable.

Stupid me forgot to unwire the door. Hogs came in, ate all the corn, sprung the trap but no joy as the door could not drop.

My "tail" of woe!



Thirteen is the most I've caught in that pen, but that is a story for another time!

ya!

GWB

Wow, what a haul! Nicely done sir.
Can identify with heat, age and absent-mindedness. We got a nice rinse last night from passing thundershowers, but we are looking for 108 here today; 113 has been our high so far in the past week.

Shot two hogs and a coyote Friday night.

This one may have saved my life!



or contributed to my demise?



But that story will have to wait for a time.

ya!

GWB

I see the coolers in the trailer. I can’t image cleaning even one hog in 107 degree weather.

Scott, the coolers are for mainly food and libation.

I had planned on taking the loins out before I rolled my ATV that evening. I let him lay.

A bit of vid from 6/23 of the boar pictured above.

Had this guy on game cam at my "RoadSide" feeder during the last month.

Could tell he was the same by the size of his nards!



I had not sat out at this quad pod in over a year, but I thought I would give it a try.

90 degrees and high humidity don't make for the best thermal image.



ya!

GWB