returned from hunt and shoot 1 kill 3 misses

[howie1968]

I  have  just  spent  an awesome day bowhunting  at  the  hunt n shoot bow preserve,   i went  to  the lodge  at 5 am where  i  met  Brother  Hayes  and  his   guide  terry. we discussed  the  plans   and  we agreed  to  hunt  the  feeders  during  the  morning  then still hunt   an  hour  after  the  feeders  went  off, this place is  Awesome  it  has  acorn flats  thickets pine  trees  perfect  hog  habitat  while  in  my  bow  blind  i  seen  nilgai elk red deer  axis  mouflon    at  about 630am    a  group  of  about  25  hogs  came  in  but  they  seen  me  move  through  the  blind  and   took  off  i  waited  then  decided  it  was  time  to  still  hunt.  My  buddy  andrew   who  uses  a  long bow  was  with  me  we agreed   to  walk  around  the  thickets looking  for  hogs    it  was  cat  and  mouse  for  about  3  hrs  chasing  these  pigs  they  can  hide  way  better  than  we  thing  finally  i  got  a  shot  on  a  small  shoat  while  the  big  ones  were running off   i  took  her  out  at  about  17  yards.  after  a  short  break  we  went  to  a  different  area     it  seems  being  left  handed  causes  me  to miss  lots  of oppurtuinities  as  about  9  big  pigs  came  out to my  left    there happened  to  be  to  much  brush  fro  me  to  shoot through  so  i  chalked   that  one  up  to  the  pigs.   my  friend  andrew  missed a  nice  boar  hog    the  took  me  back  to my  origianl  stand      10  minutes  later  a  large  group  of  hogs  came  in    they  winded  me  and  was  very  cautious   so  i  took  a  stupid shot  at  27  yards  and  burieed  the  arrow  into  a  tree    I  only  brought  4  arrows  with  mwe   so  i  was  concerned  i  only  had  2  left  after  about an  hour  another   group  wit  some   decent  pigs  came  in  they  came  in  at  about  15  yards   when  a  big  pig came  in  at  about  30 yards   oncwe  again  i  had  my yardage  wrong and  sent  an arrow  sailing over his  back.  while  looking  for  my  arrow    a  bunch  of  shoats  ran  right  on  top of  me  i  shot  at  a  mere  6  yards  and  sunk  it  in  a  tree  neverthe  lestt  i  was  disappointed.   on  our  way  to find andrew  he  buried a  nice  reddish  colroed boar  with  his  longbow   shooting  gold top arrows  and muzzy  broadheads.   my setup  is  a  pse  bruin  at  60lbs  using  a  golden key  rest  finger  release  and   carbon wolverine arrows  tipped  with  100 gr  shockwaves   the  pictures  are  conming  soon    the  server  is  down  for  maintenace   so  tomorrow  ill  post  my   baby  pig  i  shot  yall  will  laugh   but  to  me  it  is  a  great  trophy  here  is  the  number  to  hunt n shoot  409-781-9346

[oso45-70]

Robin Hood, Alias Howie,
Well, It looks like you have been having a ball chasing pigs through the brush, Congratulations on your kill, You know its a lot harder to hit a little bitty pig than hitting a great big one. Are you still enthused with your bow hunting, Or are you ready for a 45-70. LOL. I picked up another Marlin GS
in 45-70 at the gun show in Reserve NM the week end of the 7th&8th, In fact i picked up a bunch of goodies, Did manage to sell some stuff, So i guess i came out pretty good. LIKE I REALLY NEEDED ANOTHER 45-70.
Well pard. Take care of your self and stay safe...........Joe..........[/u][/b]

[howie1968]

yes  it  is  pretty  difficult  to hit  a  pig  with  a  bow  i  thought  it  was  my  shooting   but  it  was  more  a  problem  with judging yardege  i  came  home  and  was shooting  great   this  is  an awesome  place  and  as  oon as  i  come  up  with  the  money  i  will  be  going again  i  think  i  am putting  down  the  guns  for  awhile  the  adrenalin  i  had flowing  was incredible  especially  being left  handed  and   some  huge  hogs  walked  out  to  the  left  of  me  10  yards  away  and  i  could  not  even  get  a  shot  that  was  hair  rasising   then  seeing  those  pigs  come  6  yards  away  was incredible    going  back  loking  at  my  misses  i  did  all  the  no nos  of  archery  i  plucked  the  string  i  was  looking  at  the  arrow  fly  instead of  following through plus  hunting  out  of  a stand  was  tough  as   the  angles were misleading  i  had  great  success still hunting  and  got  me  and  my  friend  real  close  to  hogs  it  was  the  best  experience  i  have  ever  had  except  for  hunting  with  my  girls  and  seeing  them  take  game