azcouesandelk Report post Posted January 6, 2010 Since my sister got married and moved back to Nebraska her new husband had decided to get into the hunting scene thanks to my dad and myself. One of his old friends whol lives in Nebraska has been taking him out for deer, pheasant, quail, duck, squirrel and so on. My dad invited him down for an archery javelina hunt and the hunt was on. After arriving at camp at 4 a.m. due to airplane troubles thanks to the -10 degree weather in Omaha we were ready for a few hours of rest and then some serious hunting! We got to our point right at first light and glassed for a few hours turning up a herd of mulies and several whitetail, but no bucks. Then my dad glassed up a pig, yes just 1 javelina all by itself! With Tim in from Nebraska I went with him to help him on the stalk. We got to 10 yards, but with the pig in thick cover no shots were taken. That afternoon we went to an area by camp to glass where we had seen pigs in the past. After about 2 hours I glassed up a herd way high up on the mountain. After a 1 1/2 mile stalk with a 850 ft. elevation climb we were within 50 yards of the pigs. We had lots of opprotunities at pigs at 35 to 40 yards, but Tim wanted a 25 yard or closer shot. After about 30 minutes we had a pig walk by at 26 yards and he made a great shot with the pig expiring within 100 yards. I didn't have any shot opprotunities at the rest of the pigs, but Tim had his first pig on the first day and it was a big boar that was really old, his teeth were worn down even with his gums. We hunted the next couple of days mainly for deer when on the afternoon of the 4th I glassed up a herd of 8 pigs and moved in to try to get one. I got 55 yards and I had a covey of quail bust out and spook the pigs. I watched the pigs run 250 yards and go back to feeding, so I moved in again. This time I got to 70 yards and another covey of quail busted out and the pigs were gone for good this time. I returned to camp and told my dad and Tim that I was done not caring about killing a pig and that I was gonna kill on the next morning. So this morning we woke up and went to the same area, but got there about 45 minutes after light. We glassed for about 45 minutes when I found a heard of 10+ pigs. I moved in and got caught in an opening. I saw one of the larger pigs ahead of me and ranged him at 65 yards, I drew back and got comfortable. I squoze the trigger and watched my arrow shave the pigs back! I watched him run for about 1/2 a mile. Now I was even more upset blowing this opprotunity. I walked about 10 yards forward and saw 3 juvinille pigs at around 25 yards. I decided a pig is a pig and drew back and settled in. This time I hit the pig perfect and took out the lungs. He ran about 5 yards and fell over. All I have to say is that this was teh easiest packout I ever had and I got to break in the new Hoyt! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nlacost Report post Posted January 6, 2010 That is awesome thanks for sharing...good burritos! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaffer62 Report post Posted January 6, 2010 Chorizo baby! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmer Negamanee Report post Posted January 6, 2010 Great job guiding and introducing the bro-in-law to Western hunting! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stanley Report post Posted January 6, 2010 Way to go Christian!!! Nice story & pics as always!!! S. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
