Not to many pigs

[BowNut]

Well so far no pig! Went out on the 1st to were I had seen some pigs "Plan A" and there were 3 trucks parked in the area so we moved on. On the way to Plan B my truck was making a grinding noise when I was turning to the left. I had heard the same noise a couple times a few days before but it had quit and I could not see anything wrong. I decided I better head home and take a look at the truck. Well the right side wheel bearings were shot. $130 and a missed half a day hunt I got to bed around 11:00. I decided to stay home and get some sleep and go to breakfast with the family on the 2nd. That after noon we (my son and I) loaded up and headed out to another spot. We glassed up a good carp with about 10 ladies with him but it was getting to late and he was to far to get to by dark. We decided to give the area a try the next day. Still no pigs.Day three was great got on the mulie bucks doe's but no sign of the buck as they headed over the ridge. We got to the top of the ridge and I spotted a decent 70"ish whitetail buck with a doe but they had spotted us and bolted. We pulled out the tripods and started glassing. About 10 min. in I spot a mulie buck walking down a ridge toward the saddle we are sitting above so we move in for the stalk. No dice the buck gets ahead of us and pays no attention to grunts. So we head back to the optics. After about 15 min I look to my left to see what my boy is doing about 40 yards from me and he is eating like always! As I turn back to the glasses I see another mulie buck about 200 yards away across the drainage staring at my boy who is eating and not glassing! I get his attention and he spots the buck. I snap a few pics and the buck starts down the ridge to the same saddle the first buck came to so off we go on another stalk but we end up 0 for 2. So we pack up and move as we are walking a ridge I spot the group of doe's and the buck from the night before he is a big 4 pt but once again they spotted us and are moving away quick no chance for a stalk. O'ya still no pigs!

We did get one more stalk on a good 90" whitetail with about 5 ladies and a couple spike bucks but the wind was bad and that was how the day ended. Lots of buck but no shots. And still no pigs.

Today. We get a late start and head to were I had wanted to hunt opening day.No one is there so we hike in and start glassing and not much is going on. It starts to rain a little so we start to work our way closer to the truck in case it gets bad I didn't bring the rain gear. As we are headed back two guys are on the next ridge over coming our way. I told my son lets just sit and glass and see what were they are headed. They get about even with us and start pointing to our ridge. One of the guys starts calling on a pig call and about 60 yards to our left rock start rolling and pigs are running at us.WE GOT PIGS!! But they moved up the ridge to fast for a shot. I got on my J-13 call but they wanted nothing to do with that. We went to the top of the ridge but could not spot them again. My son goes back to school tomorrow so I will be back with some friends and brother in-law in the morning. Hopefully with a pig hitting the dirt!

 

Here are a few pics from day three. The mulie looking at my son and walking down the ridge and some whitetail we saw bedded.