Told to em bring some coolers cause we’re planning on making sure they have some prime hog meat to take back home.
Well the coolers are still empty but we’re having a good time. He said he heard a boar in the brush but never seen it. Talked to the guy that let us hunt there and he can’t believe we didn’t see any even though we just got to hunt there about an hour and half before dark. Came home and ate some roast and taters and went down to the end of the road cause I usually have some in my pasture. Took some thermals down there but just seen a few deer and that was it.
Planning on going to the same place we were on before dark and try it again cause there was plenty of sign on that place. Get there before daylight and see what happens. After that we got another ranch we can hit the owner said he has plenty so I think we’re going to be good. There’s a place that’s nearly guaranteed hogs but it’s way too muddy to get in there…but hey it ain’t hunting If it’s guaranteed right?
We’re planning on doing a lot more thermal hunting than we did tonight on some better places tomorrow night so we’ll get em I’m sure. I’m just really hoping we can get this kid on a hog during daylight for a bow kill….that would be cool for everybody.
We’re sitting now on a bigger ranch and this place is gorgeous. Absolutely ate up with fresh hog tracks so stay with us. The young man has switched over to a gun for now to try and get some on the ground. If we get some tonight the plane is to switch back to a bow tomorrow.
They were intending to leave tomorrow at lunch time but I think I’ve talked his grandpa into at least staying till Monday. Everybody having a good time. I’ll post some pics later.
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Well his grandpa had one at about 5 yards. Thought he was about to wind him so hurried up and threw the safety off. The hog heard the safety go off he said and it bolted. He snapped a hurried shot off but he thinks he might have missed.
I’ve been sitting with his grandson. Over the past few days I can tell this young man has been raised right. He can definitely handle a gun and he can flat out shoot. Perfect shot on this pig…made it about 50 yards before piling up. Later he hit a coon that was pretty far off. It’s a real good feeling to hunt with a 18 yr old that loves to hunt. It don’t take long watching him to know that he was raised from little up being in the outdoors. Guess that’s how they do it in Kansas.
So I dropped them off and they headed to where he had that one hog yesterday evening so close to him. Right now I’m sitting in the truck with the windows rolled down a bit hoping I hear them shoot here in a little while. Hoping I don’t fall back to sleep either. I think it was after 1am the first night before I went to bed. Last night by the time we got home to eat dinner, visited some, and cleaned his hog it was close to 11pm. We were already tired but my son-in-law wanted to take us to a far away place to do some calling for varmints. That place was a bust and by the time we got back it was around 2am. Didn’t fall to sleep till after 3 so we’re all dragging a little this morning.
Plan is to go back after this morning’s hunt and crash for a bit until this evening’s hunt. Hoping they stay to do a Monday morning hunt but we’ll see. The moon had some color to it last night as it was coming up.
What does wild pig taste like? Good on it's own or does it need a brine or something?
I bet there's a lot of KS guys that jump on a turkey hunt. Seems to be a lot of people disappointed with our dropping numbers.
Cat I’m pretty sure this here pig is going to taste real good without doing nothing to it. I’ve had pork chops off wild hog taste better than anything you get in the store. I’ve heard some of them you might throw some salt in the cold water for a few days to take some of the wildness out of it.
Yep I really like this pair and I sure hope they get to come back to Turkey hunt this year. They both said they like to Turkey hunt so we’ll see.
This evening they’re sitting together in the same stand the kid shot his last night. I’m sitting in a stand overlooking an oat field surrounded by brush not too far away. I’m not carrying a weapon…I’m just spotting for them.
They rolled out this morning. I really enjoyed having them and I’ll say it again…they’re super good people. Told em I sure wished we could have gotten them more hogs but I told em they’re invited back anytime. So I’m sure we’ll be shooting hogs and Turkey sometime in the future.
One thing I do know is he left too big of a tip for the cook:?) I need to try and get some of that money back to him or find a way to make it up to him.
They’re also bringing back a pup…he’s cute as a button. Friday night Pecos came home from Waco and said somebody had left this pup in a kernel with dog food in the back of his truck. The dog looked clean and well taken of so it’s was a little confusing. Don’t think we could handle another one so it’s headed back to Kansas.
Well it’s giving me the error thing and not wanting to post the puppy pics.
I think you can tell by both of their faces in this pic they love dogs and it’s going to a good home. Kevin went out and bought this little harness for it…have a feeling this pup is going to get a lot of attention.
