COOSEFAN Report post Posted January 6, 2007 Well, this was going to be the first year ever that I was going to have to burn a tag because of obligations to the family and Mexico. I saw a window though..... my trailer was still down in my unit and I had to take a day to go get it.......so I threw in the bow! Christian and his buddy were down there already hunting deer so they met up with me for the day. Christian glassed up a big buck and his buddy made the stalk...meanwhile I located my pigs and made my stalk. The pigs were close to a mile away and the truck cut down about 1/4 mile off the stalk. I took off and eventually crept over my pre-determined spot and the pigs were not bedded under the tree where I had left them. I dropped back down and swung over into the ravine behind the tree they were bedded under and stood listening to relocate them for about 15 minutes. The ravine was small but thick and I was losing hope of finding them before they found me. I started whoofing and lightly squealing to see if they would move or come check me out and I then noticed they were standing above me staring me down! They were about 40 yrds and stared me down for probably 5 minutes before walking back to the tree and laying down. I had misjudged which tree they initially were under and almost blew the stalk! With the game back on, I laid down, just out of sight and belly crawled uphill to 30 yrds and sat up waiting for them to stand. The wind was swirling a bit and I could just see the top of the biggest pigs head. Unbelievably about 20 minutes went by before they finally smelled my stinky self and they all stood alarmed, but my arrow was already on it's way. I shot just under the pig and then jumped up and ran to the top. I was woofing and grunting as I went and it brought back one of the smaller pigs which stopped about 35 yrds and I thumped it solidly and it disappeared downhill! There was only two small drops of blood and too many pig tracks to determine which was which so I crossed a ravine and got up on the other side to glass the hill the pig disappeared on. As I glassed I noticed a big red spot about 100 yrds from where I had shot and realized it was blood. I ran over there and found my pig hed laid down there and then rolled down the hill about 20 yrds! I was fearful I was going to lose this pig because of no way to track it, but thankfully there was an opposing ridge and it hadn't made it too far! It was a blast and I never get enough of archery hunting pigs! I'm just glad I ended up with at least a day to hunt and would have went home happy even if I hadn't tagged out! Christians buddy had a blown stalk on that buck and later, while I was skinning my pig, Christian found another buck and after it bedded he made the stalk. I watched as Christian got to within 31 yrds of the bedded buck and when he drew his bow the buck bolted. The neatest part was that this was the very same buck our client had missed a few weeks ago and this buck had bedded less than 100 yrds from where he was bedded when the client missed him! Christian was excited though to have gotten that close after crossing two canyons and one big mountain to get it done! Sorry for the long story........it's just not that often I get to get back on here.......my computer is almost fixed though! Thanks, JIM> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
az4life Report post Posted January 6, 2007 Nice Javi.... But where are the antlers? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZP&Y Report post Posted January 6, 2007 Nice 1 day hunt for pigs JIM! Sweet! Hey did you win those coues antler sets On Ebay? If so , you should post that assortment.. It's pretty incredible group of antlers. I met Christian last week, while chasing coues on my December hunt. Nice guy. Must be nice to have 2 weeks off to guide and hunt coues ! I'm jealous. Doug AzP&Y Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mulie hunter Report post Posted January 6, 2007 Nice Javelina and another great story! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesFanatic Report post Posted January 7, 2007 Nice Javi and nice bow! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azryan Report post Posted January 7, 2007 thats sweet...nothing better then hunting javalina with a bow...awesome job...coosefan.....christian man you had a solid year last year..looks like you are starting off strong this year...congrats on all of your success Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COOSEFAN Report post Posted January 7, 2007 Nice 1 day hunt for pigs JIM! Sweet! Hey did you win those coues antler sets On Ebay? If so , you should post that assortment.. It's pretty incredible group of antlers. I met Christian last week, while chasing coues on my December hunt. Nice guy. Must be nice to have 2 weeks off to guide and hunt coues ! I'm jealous. Doug AzP&Y Hey Doug, I heard you were around down there, I was hoping to run into ya. I haven't been on Ebay since I bought that skull from Mr. Reynolds several months ago, so it wasn't me on there, I would like to see them though! Yeah Christian is a lucky fellow and has a huge desire to hunt, watch out for that guy in the near future....he'll be puttin' some big critters on the ground! Thanks guys, JIM> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZP&Y Report post Posted January 7, 2007 I hope to meet you also, we were just exhausted (wind snow and rain) and I did see your camp, but it was getting dark and had to high tail it back home. Here is a picture of the Coues collection (won by AZ JIM V) ... Anyway take care and hope to meet you down the road! Doug AzP&Y Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COOSEFAN Report post Posted January 7, 2007 Dang.....I would have bought those! Yeah, I know about the wind,rain and snow.......it made it tough! See ya, JIM> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azcouesandelk Report post Posted January 9, 2007 Congrats again on the pig Jim. I will be posting my story here later tonight for everybody to read. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haywire Report post Posted January 10, 2007 Nice job on the pig Jim. That is cool that you were able to get down there and get it done so quickly. Richard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kilimanjaro Report post Posted January 10, 2007 nice bow kill Jim.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
