Good Friend Andrew Gillett was out at it again. Here is what he had to say about the hunt. Enjoy the pics.
"We started out on Saturday morning back in our usual
spot looking for pigs and deer. We found a herd of about 10 pigs just
after 8:00 AM and the stalk was on. Well everything that could go wrong
did, the wind swirled all over the place, a cow spooked and ran right through
the herd, a coyote chased a jack rabbit all over the hill they were on.
Needless to say when we got to where they were, they were no longer. We
setup the tripods and got started looking for them. We glassed up the pigs
and a buck at about the same time so we had a decision to make. Well the
buck slipped into a wash so we decided the pigs were a better bet, but by this
time another hunter had closed in on them.
After watching for a few minutes we realized the other
hunter had no idea where they had moved to so Mike took off to see if he could
cut them off while I kept track of them from our hill top. As Mike headed
out I settled in to watch the show. Before long I could see the pigs
scatter and I realized the other hunter had stumbled into them and flung an
arrow. Fortunately the pigs ran right into Mike's lap and after a couple
of tries a pig stayed in front of one of his arrows long enough to get stuck.
The hit was low and the blood trail was long. While working the blood
trail we met up with the other hunters who turned out to be some acquaintances
Mike has met hunting this area before. They were kind enough to help us
out and after a couple hours we were able to find the wounded pig holed up in
some mesquites. Mike got another arrow in her and she only went another
50 yards or so.
All told it took us about 3 hours to recover the Javi
after the first hit. I was happy to see Mike break a couple year drought
by taking this pig, and I was even happier to rest in the shade of a tree while
he got to dress the stinky bugger".
