19 July 2014, 21:12
graybirdAdded a bushpig to the pile
I took this bushpig in June in the Eastern Cape, RSA with Andrew Renton of Kei River Hunting Safaris.I was the third client to be put on this pig. The first client lucked out because the bush pigs were using the same path the hunters used to get to the blind, so the game was over before it began.
The second client made it to the elevated blind, but the bush pigs would circle the blind prior to going to the bait, game over.
I shot the pig stalking down an old road and slipped into a standing shooting position at about 35 yards. A single 300 gr Barnes TSX placed between the eye and ear traversing thru the lungs and landing in the pelvis resulted in a stone cold bushpig boar under the bait tree. Slipping into a feeding bushpig at night, not being able to see more than about 4 feet in front of you, while listening to the pigs feed at the bait will certainly not be something I forget any time soon!
