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Main Discussion Area => Archived Hunting Pics => Shooting and Hunting => 2007 Hunting Pics => Topic started by: 1/2primitive on November 11, 2007, 11:54:56 pm

Title: First self bow kill
Post by: 1/2primitive on November 11, 2007, 11:54:56 pm: This weekend I went hunting in west Texas, and finally found a place that I like to hunt from.
I was hunting over a feeder, but even so...... it's the biggest bow kill I've made, and I'm real happy!

I had been hunting in a wash for several days, but nothing showed near it at all, so I switched to one of my uncle's stands, and found I liked it. ;) The first morning I hunted there, a doe and a large fawn came in, but I let them pass, not because I was being picky but because I just didn't want to shoot them. The doe looked a little bit thin, so I let her go. That evening when the Sun had just gone down (but there was plenty of light to shoot), I was hearing footsteps behind me, and in a few seconds, I saw antlers coming through the trees. I was getting excited. ;D He turned out to be a little five pointer, but looked to be a nice deer. He was hanging around for a while when a couple of hogs started grunting and snorting off to my left. This made him uneasy, so I knew I had to make the shot soon. He came in at about 17 yards, and gave me a good broadside shot. I took it, but saw him duck under my arrow and run off. :'(

About 10 minutes later, he came right back, not even as cautious as he had been before. Unfortunately, he got chased off by the hogs I heard earlier. I got a little mad at 'em. After I had missed the shot before, I wanted to make absolutely sure that I would get a good shot, so I came down from the small stand I was in and got up really close when they came in. It was a group of about 5 sows and a bunch of little 'uns. I waited a bit and was rewarded with about a 6-8 yard slightly quartering away shot and nailed one of the smaller sows. The shot was a bit too far back, but it probably caught a lung, and brought her down within 50 yards. maybe even 35-40. She looked like she weighed about 75-80lb.

The bow I used was my modified shorty bow, 50lb@24", shooting a bamboo arrow with the broadhead made from the bandsaw blades from VB. We found a very small portion of the arrow, but the rest was lost. It looked like the arrow had shattered.

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n236/Thebowguy/Sean1stbowhog2.jpg

Sean
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Post by: Otoe Bow on November 12, 2007, 01:07:13 am: Great job. I'm still looking for my first. I'm trying again in the morning. ::)

Otoe
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Post by: tradrick on November 12, 2007, 06:20:04 am: Great job.Meat in the freezer.Can't get any better than that.Congrats.tradrick
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Post by: cowboy on November 12, 2007, 11:08:24 am: Way to go Sean! Nice kill. Most people around here just shoot em and leave em lay, cause they hate em for tearing everything up and taking over the place - and then theirs the smell. I have eaten several of them and can't tell the diff from store bought - leaner and better for ya to boot 8).
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Post by: Pat B on November 12, 2007, 11:57:46 am: Great shooting Sean. Sounds like an exciting hunt. That one is perfect size for eating. Pat
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Post by: DanaM on November 12, 2007, 12:55:28 pm: Congrats Sean, looks like a nice peeeg ;D Never ate wild pig but porkchops with homemade applesauce, barbecued ribs,
bacon, ham mmmmmmmm dang went and made myself hungry ;)
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Post by: koan on November 12, 2007, 06:03:32 pm: Sweet!!!!!!....Brian
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Post by: jamie on November 12, 2007, 08:28:43 pm: awesome sean, congrats.
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Post by: mullet on November 12, 2007, 08:31:18 pm: Nice little piggy Sean.Those small sow's are the best eating. I'd rather eat the wild ones than farm raised.
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Post by: 1/2primitive on November 12, 2007, 08:46:17 pm: Thanks everyone, it was one exciting experience!
We would eat it, but one of my uncles got sick after eating one, so not eating them much anymore. I don't plan on shooting many hogs, because it doesn't feel right to kill something and not put it's sacrifice to good use. :-[
Sean
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Post by: white wood on November 12, 2007, 11:20:21 pm: maybe he got a piece that was undercooked? i heard its very good eating! congtats on your first kill! one of these days im gunna plan a hog hunt! it looks like so much fun! -whitewood
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Post by: 1/2primitive on November 12, 2007, 11:35:39 pm: Perhaps he did. Maybe I can get my uncles to help me process one, then make sure to cook it really well. There's a pork recipe in an old PA mag...... :)
Sean
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Post by: Coo-wah-chobee on November 13, 2007, 12:17:49 am: ....................................Been eatin' wild hawg fer many years. Be sure ta cook it real good. Remember its still pork. Yummy ! ;D
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Post by: Ryano on November 13, 2007, 08:22:44 am: nice pig congrads. :)
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Post by: 1/2primitive on November 13, 2007, 07:34:15 pm: Thanks Bob, I'll remeber that! :)
Thank you, Ryan.
Sean
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Post by: Sidewinder on November 13, 2007, 08:05:36 pm: Nice job 1/2 prim. I like pork although I havenet ever harvested a hog I would sure like to. Should be good eatin.
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Post by: Justin Snyder on November 13, 2007, 08:50:04 pm: Good job Sean. Even looks like a wild pig not a farm raised one. Justin
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Post by: Slivershooter on November 16, 2007, 09:16:45 pm: Congratulations on a nice pig!
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Post by: Kegan on November 29, 2007, 05:22:33 pm: This little piggy went to the market, this little piggy went to the store, and this little piggy got shot with a wicked little Osage bow ;D. Congrats man ;D!!!
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Post by: huntertrapper on November 29, 2007, 08:55:31 pm: nice hog. the seems like fun. seeing yours gets me excited to hunt in florida for um. Nice hunt 1/2 primitive.
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Post by: Pappy on November 30, 2007, 05:36:29 am: Nice job ,good shooting.Congrats. :)
Pappy
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Post by: Olschool on December 01, 2007, 09:40:56 pm: Way to get her done!
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Post by: Mickey on December 04, 2007, 12:07:33 am: Hey Sean, congrats of the first order young man. Super cool! ;)
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Post by: GregB on December 04, 2007, 08:27:27 am: Congrats on your pig harvest! Now go out there and try for one of those whitetails again! ;)
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Post by: Stick Shooter on December 05, 2007, 01:28:04 am: Good job my friend, that porker will eat well, just cook it like any other pig. I am still waiting on one to get close enough to stick.