Finnaly got my pig

[IHunt2live]

It’s been a tuff pig season for me until today. I have had many blown stocks and I wont mention how many released arrows that missed their mark.

Today was the first day back to the U and being the first day I didn’t have a lab to go to this afternoon so I thought I would try AGAIN for a pig. I pull in to my spot about 2:30 and start walking up the hill to get to me lucky tree to start glassing. I made it half way up the hill when I noticed some new pig digging, always a good sign, but in reality they could be several days old. I’m walking on top of the ridge and get to about 10 feet of my tree when a smell made me stop in my tracks. I thought skunk at first then… no wait PIGS… they must be close, but how close. I scan the area when I noticed a “rock” 20 yards in front of me that I don’t remember seeing before just then the “rock” moves… holy crap PIGS! I knock an arrow as a pig walk right over the little rise out of the grass and in front of the single light rock you see in the pic bellow, not the pair of rocks. The pig stops broadside right in front of the rock and by then I was at full draw and let the arrow fly. Perfect shot but I was surprised to see the arrow didn’t pass through, O’ the rock that’s right. If you look close you can see the back of the pig in the same pic through the tree. I thought about waiting and seeing if there were any other pigs, and there were but just over that rise, maybe a bigger one but I had the chance and had to take it.

I go down and retrieve my pig and found my broadhead made the shaft of my arrow a good inch shorter. Took a few pics and was headed home without even sitting down to glass.

WHAT LUCK. That pig couldn’t have timed it any worse.

 

 

[firstcoueswas80]

Nice freakin job Mike! Man, seeing your pix and reading your story has me pumped to go pig huntin'! Man, the luck you have had with the stick and string lately! Nice job man!

[tjhunt2]

Congratulations on your pig. I wish I could make some sausage this year. I still have the next 6 days left on my hunt. Thanks for sharing your story and pictures. You got me pumped for tomorrow.

 

TJ

[azryan]

nice job...way to stick with it

 

I like the last pic with the truck in the background

[wildcat]

good job mike! I was wondering when you'd post a picture of pig

[tommat]

Great pics.......I was sitting by that tree just a few days ago........I will try to reduce the numbers in that herd next week. Great job.....mmmmmm chorizo.

[willhunt4coues]

Sweet congrats on the piggie.

[CouesWhitetail]

Congratulations Mike....perseverance paid off!!

 

Amanda

 

[Dodgerboy999]

congrats what do you usually do with the meat?

[Huntn coues]

congrats what do you usually do with the meat?

 

 

Denmark!

 

Chorizo and pepper sticks. yummmmmmm

 

I just had 3 more done up.

[Coues Archer]

Wow. nice pig. Congrats.

[IHunt2live]

congrats what do you usually do with the meat?

 

Had some tonight and I must say it tasted GREAT. Heres what we did.

 

Get it off the bones and soak it in salt water at least overnight, I think we had it in for about 24 hours. Then brown the meat and cook it in a pressure cooker with lipton onion soup mix.

The meat just fell apart when we took it out of the cooker and I thought it tasted AWESOME. My parents mix in some BBQ sauce with some but I'm not a big fan of BBQ sauce and enjoyed the meat just as it came out of the cooker.