Gosh dang it, i was hoping to top off my birthday with a successful pig hunt, but alas, i made a couple poor dicisions and missed out. I went down the canyon behind my house, which has quite a few piggies, and picked a spot to sit and wait for an evening good shooting. Unfortunately, the foliage is so thick its hard to get a good field of view. Also, I sat on the wrong side of the canyon! I could hear them coming down a trail behind me and on my right, but from my position could see nothing. I hoped when they got to the bottom they would go for the water I was watching over, but they went down the other way and i never saw them. I did find a good place to wait for them next time, and I'll give it a go again this week. Oh well, now it's time for chocolate cake and beer.

Curtis--I sat in my tripod with bow yesterday AM and my luck was like yours. Only my bad fortunes were my own fault. I dropped my corn near the feeder, but in the dark, I put it where I couldn't shoot if they came in. Of course, 10 minutes after I got settled in there were 5 pigs merrily eating corn and the droopy mesquite limb kept me from shooting. Oh well, there is always next time, and I did enjoy watching the hen turkey with her 4 frying-chicken sized little ones chasing grasshoppers.

guncurtis2,
Better luck next time. Keep us posted. Pix are good too.

Dustoffer, don't ya just hate it when stuff like that happens.
GWB

FAILURE? Any time spent hunting is fun and a sucess, I'd never call not killing something a failure.

the chef

Tried again tonight, but had no sight nor sound of one. Took a good spill going down the hill to get near the creek! One second I was standing taking a step, the next second i was on my butt. At least it wasnt on the side where my GP100 was strapped so i didn't end up with a gun barrel in my kidney.

Yes calgary, it is better than being in the city for sure. Still, making live pigs dead pigs is better than not!

Dustoffer, I aggree about the turkeys. Those little ones are so ugly they are cute!

I will see about pics next one I go on.

This was taken by my crackberry yesterday after I had been sitting for a few minutes. It's a beautiful area to live.

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Hope I posted that picture correctly.

whenever I'm afield, in my pack are a pair of binocs (usually around my neck), a camera, water and a book. I find that some of my best hunts are when I just let everything go, relax and enjoy the beauty of God's creation. I may fail to come back with game/varmints, but I never come back without new experiences. (And a digital image helps keep those fresh)
Best
GWB

Good point Geedubya. Next time I will try to get down there early enough to relaxe a bit more.