Hog Hunting in 90+ weather Posted: Jun. 3, 2010 - 1 comment(s) [ Comment ] - 0 trackback(s) [ Trackback ] Went out hunting yesterday around 6pm w/ the temp around 92. Thought I would take a look at a pond on my way to the stand.  Quietly walked up & didn't see anything.  Just as I was starting out for the stand I heard a pig shaking its ears back & forth.  I had heard a monster hog do it 2x before while in a stand.  We had been trying to get this guy for months but he was very smart & spooked if he saw any light on or around him.  (Spooked 3x w/ various members of my family & our red Destroyer lights). I froze & looked again, no sign of a hog.  Slowly stepped up on a small rise & saw an ear. Then I made out a shoulder lying in a deep wallow in the shade.  I had no idea how big it was but thought it might be the big one.   Took aim from about 30 yards w/ my new AR 223 my husband gave me for Christmas. After the first shot, I saw a leg move so squeezed off 2 more quickly-not wanting to track him through the thicket.  The last 2 proved to be overkill, but I wasn't sure since it was my first kill w/ the 223. Once my husband showed up with out the rope, we had to put him in the 4 wheeler basket!  lol  350lbs, took 15 min. to figure out how to get the monster in there!  He was corn fed & fat!  AR Hoghunter is a powerlifter & it was still a challenge w/ both of us pulling & sweating our tails off!  His head alone was around 32 lbs!  Wish we would have gotten a better pic of his choppers-they were big & sharp.  Sliced my finger just getting a stick in his mouth. Won't make that mistake again.  Can't wait to cook him up.  Keep an eye out on those wallows in hot weather.  Back to ARhoghunter's blog Inappropriate Content

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