i just returned from my hunt for free ranging hogs from the foster ranch in jacksonville, Texas. This was a free range archery only hunt that is a night time hunt. they have 4 stand locations with led lights and oil rubs. the lodge was awesome and the manager was awesome. the whole operation is the best free range hunt with bows i have ever been on. he has 12X12 stands one double decker 12X12 stand and a great 8x8 it is on a creek called mud creek which is a bottom lands lots of hardwoods.
day 1 i got to the ranch a day early and had brought my Hawglite it is a light designed to hunt hogs and varmits at night and attatches to your stabilizer bushing has spot and flood settings and runs off a 9 volt battery comes with green blue and red lenses. i went to my stand at 6 pm relaxed and sat there listenting to squirrels chatter at about 930 pm a group of hogs came to the feeder and started in a feeding frenzy i quickly drew my bow and turned on the hawglite i found the biggest pig a good sized red sow. released the arrow and waited my usual 1 hr on a bowshot hog. i got down and looked at my arrow i did not see alot of blood but morer clear substance which meant i hit her to far back she had quartered towards me just as i released. i looked for her for an hr then decided to wait until morning. at daylight i went to the spot where i met my guide james foster we found her 200 yards away took the pictures the high fives and all loaded her up and james showed me how to skin and quarter a hog in 3 minutes no joke it works!!!!
Day 2 i was trying to decide on what stand to hunt so i decided to go back to the same stand same scenario was going through my head and all when about 30 small hogs came in i found the largest hog in bow range and shot him he went 25 yards and piled up my lights ran out of juice before i found him temperature was 29 degrees so i waited until morning. i again woke up early and found my pig.
this was the best free ranging hog hunti have been on i recoment this place to anyone it is archery only though you will probally need a hawglite though it sure helped me alot james is an awesome guide can someone please help me post my pics
