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Very cool story!

That must be a great place full of pigs to jump multiple herds like that in a ranger! Great job on the hunt.

Great job to the both of you!

Sweet antlers, tasty meat!

+1 for using the Game and Fish "tips" for honey holes. That is always a great first step!

Updated with a deer picture, but where is the deer story?

I would check out the SE foothills of Picacho Peak.

Nice buck! What qualifies a buck for Pope and Young? Is it a minimum antler score?

Beautiful buck is all I can say!

Drove down the I-10 from Phoenix to Unit 33 near Tucson and met up with CWT member firstcoueswas80 to chase some javelina. I Felt lucky to make it there alive for a couple of reasons. First of all, I drove into a massive fog patch that swallowed my Jeep near the Eloy area that dropped my visibility to nearly zero. I crept along the interstate at a zooming velocity of 30 mph for about 20 minutes before passing through this crucible. Then, as I got closer to our destination, I felt my Jeep glide on some ice and spotted what I thought was snow on the side of the road. Within 10 minutes the entire area was veiled in snow and I knew we would be in for a chilly hunt. After meeting up with Casey and suiting up for our adventure, we plodded through the snow and began climbing a nearby ridge with the intent of glassing for the "other" elusive grey ghost of the desert. However, on the way snow covered slope, I caught the scent of nearby javelina. We worked a small ravine back and forth trying to located the source of the scent when I heard a lone pig bust out of some nearby cover and disappear without a trace. As we continued our arduous ascent, I realized that stalking a pig in this crunchy snow would be a nearly impossible feat. Moreover, it would be equally difficult to discover any recent feeding or bedding spots because they had been buried by the snow. I hoped that the sun would warm up the air temperature soon and give us a fighting chance to find some pigs. After glassing a few hillsides and chasing a few bucks with no luck on either front, we decided to hike up to the ridgetop and glass the valley on the other side. We had just separated for perhaps 30 seconds when I looked off to my left and spotted two javelina feeding on some prickly pear next to a snow draped palo verde tree. I pulled my rangefinder up and it read a mere 30 yards from the field to the dinner table. I slid my slider sight to the 30 mark, drew back my bowstring, placed my single pin just behind the infamous white stripe, and squeezed my mechanical release. WHACK! What a beautiful sound! To my surprise, the broadside javelina simply tipped over. It didn't jump, spin, or run ---it just tipped over, like a silhouette target in a tin shooting gallery. I whistled for Casey who was nearly able to make a double out of the situation as he chased after the escaping herd. Without any regrets, he volunteered to pack my pig out, as his backpack was much better prepared for that job than was mine. All in all, it was a fun hunt with good company. Thanks Casey!

Is there a 2015 OTC metro archery pig tag that can be used now in January? I thought that OTC tag was only available in December?

I once hit the mode button on my rangefinder and it switched from yards to meters. My shooting was off until I figured that out!

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Looks like a great buck to me!

Did you see anything?

Sad, but neat dehydrated specimen! Your title made me think you had arrowed an urban piggy that had been stealing your bird feed every day from your yard!

Now that is cool! But, it would have been so much cooler if you had tipped off the agent on the whereabouts of some "illegals" before or after they helped you out with the location of the pigs. It would have been a neat goodwill gesture of information exchange. Nonetheless, it is extremely satisfying to read about this type of cooperation, especially since the media has been recently crucifying law enforcement over "unarmed" shootings. Way to go Border Patrol!

Nice video footage. When was it filmed, a few months ago?

Sweet job and success.

That is a nice bear! But, I already told you that!!

That buck is beastly!

Nice snow job!

Good job on a big pig!

Nice dedication, and great pig!

Great job! Any second regrets on passing up that shot on the deer? What is your comfort limit for yardage?