Joe Kauffman Report post Posted February 5, 2008 Thanks for the kind words! Some of you may have followed my son's up to the minute recap from his Nov coues hunt in the Youth Hunters section and know that he really enjoys reading the forums. He spent some time last night reading all of your replies and thought it was the coolest thing to see so many people happy for him. He's already asking when the elk and antelope results will be out! Joe Kauffman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Outdoor Writer Report post Posted February 5, 2008 Congrats to Garrett on a fine peegie! -TONY Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jamaro Report post Posted February 5, 2008 Great Job... Jason Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
willhunt4coues Report post Posted February 6, 2008 Simply AWESOME. Congrats little man. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ehunt Report post Posted February 6, 2008 great job!!! tell the pig slayer congrats!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COOSEFAN Report post Posted February 6, 2008 Whooo Hooo! Great job Garrett! Loved the story and it sounded like you really know what you are doing, you deserve it and congratulations to you! Great job gettin' em' out Joe! JIM> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ramos Report post Posted February 7, 2008 Good shootin Garrett . Congradulations on the first of many. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gorczyca Report post Posted February 7, 2008 Congrats to the man of the hour! you're right...the more you put in ...the more you get out! Awesome story, thanks for sharing. Scott G. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AzTrapper Report post Posted February 7, 2008 My 10 year son Garrett was lucky enough to draw a juniors only javelina tag this year which would be his second big game hunt after his coues hunt the end of last year. His hunt was off to a great start opening weekend as we glassed up 20+ deer, several coyotes and one seriously large bobcat. Saturday ended with a nice meal at a local restaurant planning our attack for Sunday. We woke Sunday morning around 4:30am and were dressed, coffee'd up and walked out the door before we realized it had been raining most of the night. All dressed up with no where to go definately isn't my son's style so we headed out with ponchos in hand ready to deal with mother nature. We spent some time beating the gullies & canyons hoping to jump a pig or 2 but ended up back at the truck by 2pm thoroughly soaked and ready for a hot shower. I told him that the effort that he has been putting into this hunt will pay off and it will feel that much better when it does. Monday through Wednesday were too busy to sneak out but by Thursday around noon we were both chomping at the bit so I pulled him from school around 2pm and we were off to check out another spot I've hunted in the past. Just after arriving we hiked up a nice ridge that offers a great vantage point for glassing 360 degrees and the ability to cover high peaks, ridges and small feeder canyons. I have a bad habit of glassing from the top of the largest mountains downward and it was no different that day. The first peak I started on showed 2 pigs feeding on some Prickly Pear cactus a bit of 2 miles away. After showing my son where they were and 20 minutes of hoping they'd feed their way down the hill, we gave up hope and decided to head up to them. I've always tried to teach him that the harder he works the more it will pay off so he was pretty excited to put on a 2 mile stalk. I had glassed them just under a rock bluff which would give me a decent reference point as we hiked up the mountain. We finally made it about 1/2 way up when the wind changed direction, coming from our backs straight up to where the pigs were. We were still several hundred yards from where I last saw them and the brush was too thick to see if they were still there. We finally made it to the rock bluff and decided to swing around behind it in order to drop on top of them if they were still feeding in the same place. About 50 yards into our swing around we heard the famous "whooof, whooof" airy snort that pigs make when they're spooked. They had changed direction and where now up in front of us. Garrett got a glimpse of one of them heading down into a small draw 70 yards in front of us so we quickly got up to the edge. I blew the varmit call a few times and out of the bottom ran 2 pigs up the far ridge across from us. Garrett quickly found a rock to support his gun and waited for them to come out from behind the trees. I gave one more blow on the call and out from the bottom came the biggest pig of the bunch. He trotted up the ridge, stopped behind a tree for a few seconds, and when he stepped out, before I could even tell Garrett to shoot a blast rang through the canyon and down rolled his first big game animal. He made a perfect double lung shot at 70 yards with my old .243 and afterwards his legs were shaking so bad he could hardly stand. This was a moment I had been waiting 10 years for and it worked out better than I could have dreamed. We dressed him out and got back to the truck just after dark. Here's a couple shots of one proud hunter! Way to go Garrett!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very nice pig! Are you going to have it lifesized mounted like your dad said during the deer hunt AzTrapper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Kauffman Report post Posted February 8, 2008 Bill, He had the choice, but wants to have the mount in his room....which is a bit too small for a lifesize mount, even if it is a pig! He said a shoulder mount would be fine, but I surprised him with a half body standing on a rock wall mount. This will give him the ability to have it hanging above his headboard in his room. We both laughed pretty good when we read your reply. We'd forgotten all about that! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AzTrapper Report post Posted February 8, 2008 Bill, He had the choice, but wants to have the mount in his room....which is a bit too small for a lifesize mount, even if it is a pig! He said a shoulder mount would be fine, but I surprised him with a half body standing on a rock wall mount. This will give him the ability to have it hanging above his headboard in his room. We both laughed pretty good when we read your reply. We'd forgotten all about that! Tell him I have been up in the deer hunting area several times and seeing deer like when we we were up there scouting. Plus few bucks that I have never seen that are nice looking. In fact was up there calling this morning and sent 4 coyotes to their happy hunting grounds. The down side is they all were "reds" or had a bare belly and not worth skinning. We have been going calling several times in that area and have in fact killed a total of 18 coyotes and only ONE was worth skinning due to color or bare bellies. But on the bright side we have taken 7 cats and 9 fox as well. So since I got the ok to shoot the shotgun things have been much better. Hows your calling been going? When you coming down AzTrapper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
