On Saturday I had the pleasure of guiding Ken Wilson, president of Wilson Vineyards in Clarksburg, California. As we set off into the hills in search of a pig Ken expressed the fact that he was looking for a nice meat pig, however, his focus switched from a meat pig to a trophy in seconds as we spotted a nice group of hogs down in a canyon. We spotted a group of 10-12 pigs down in a canyon and began our decent down to get into a good shooting location. We snuck down as far as we could and got into position where we could see the pigs and their likely escape route. As the sun began to rise the pigs began moving our way, at one time we had 2 sows that were roughly 100 pounds in front of us at less than 80 yards, but Ken had his eye on one of the bigger pigs in the group. The other pigs finally moved our way and Ken smoked the smaller of the 2 boars, which was a true giant tipping the scales at 300 pounds with 2.5 inch cutters. The pig was a great specimen of a true trophy, scarred from head to tail and his ears were ripped to shreds. All in all it was a great hunt, and we ended the morning haveing seen over 40 pigs by 7:30 AM. This was Ken's first big game animal and he did a great job on this hunt. Thanks again Ken, it was a pleasure hunting with you!
Andy
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