6-22-12

Today I guided John Iacopi on a pig hunt. We started out this morning with cooler weather and figured that the pigs would be out and about, but for the first couple of hours all we could find were deer. Around 8:00 AM we spotted a couple pigs feeding on a ridge so we headed towards them on foot. As we were getting close enough to take a shot they disappeared into the brush never to be seen again. We looked for them for quite awhile and even tried to do a push but they eluded us so we went on our way. As we neared a water tank I caught a glimpse of black legs moving through the brush headed up hill but never did relocate that group either. At this point it was starting to get warmer so we headed into a deep canyon to see what might be layed up in the shade. We spotted a big group of pigs that were 400-500 yards off so we put a plan together and headed their way. As we got close to the little pocket that the pigs were in we could hear them squealing and breaking brush so we crept up and looked over the edge. The pigs were in the brush so we had to move around to get the shot angle that we needed. We could see 12-15 pigs so John picked out a nice boar and smoked him with his trusty .270, it was a perfect shot. The boar weighed around 130 pounds and will be great for the table.

Casey