3-19-12

Today I guided Terry and Jim for pigs. We started out looking in the center of the ranch this morning and within the first hour spotted a lone boar working on a ridge. The pig was 350 yards away and went over the ridge so we snuck around to try and get in front of him but he had other plans and never showed himself again so we went on our way. As we headed down a brush covered draw I spotted a pig feeding across the ravine at 175 yards. We got out of the ranger and as they guys got ready to take a shot another group of pigs appeared out of the brush closer to us. I pointed out the closer group and they guys got set and ready to shoot. Terry was the first to fire dropping a nice sized sow in it's tracks. At the shot the rest of the pigs scattered and Jim never got to shoot. We quickly drug the pig back to the ranger and loaded it up so that we could continue looking for another pig for Jim. We headed down into the lower brush country and as we rounded the corner I spotted a couple of pigs out feeding just 100 yards off of the road. While Jim got set to take the shot the pigs got nervous and started to trot up the hill. The 2 pigs that I had originally saw had friends and now there were 12 pigs trotting up the hill. Jim got his lead down and let one fly, but un fortunately the bullet sailed just over the pigs. We quickly got to the top of the hill and I spotted the pigs working their way up the other side of the ravine. I ranged them at 230 yards and Jim got set on the sticks and let one fly, again close but no cigar. By now the pigs had made it into the thick brush and it was getting late so we called it a day as we still needed to get Terry's pig skinned and into the butcher. It was another good hunt and we saw 3 different groups of pigs, and a bunch of turkeys on the ranch today.

Casey