Doug
John & Jon,
Hammered this hog this morning at 0822 hrs at [location deleted] during an absolutely gorgeous morning.
I watched five monster gobblers fly off the roost at day-break (all sported 10-12 inch beards), and within 30 minutes, the bucks started moving. This beast was the third one that came in after I hit the rattlin' bag. I shot him at five yards, but for some reason the arrow didn't pass through which resulted in me having to follow sporadic pinhead-size drops of blood for the next 2 1/2 hours. I focused more of my attention on his tracks (something I picked up from the PHs in South Africa a few years back), and although I went down a few false trails, I eventually walked right up to him...not without a few stressful moments. The arrow had stayed in him and, although it tore
through his heart and lungs, it barely punctured his underside, hence, very little blood. He's a 6x4 that grosses over 145 inches, and I'm tickled because he's the seventh buck that I've rattled
in this week and the fact I spotted him two weeks ago after dark and had enough patience to back-off until the conditions were right.
On to Kansas now.
Thanks, Doug
Taking the oldest one out tomorrow for the youth hunt...thank Allah she had a party to go to today.
"...I've been home from Iraq a week...this guy fed on acorns for half an hour at 20 yards..."
