I am new to this site but post on other hunting sites. This is my 09' Archery Javelina story and pics.
Friday seemed like a good day to go out to take a break from a hectic week and go hunting. I woke up at 4:30 to start my drive. I got to the spot right before sunrise and started looking for pigs. I hiked and glassed a bunch of canyons and drainages until about 2 right after lunch I got into them. I made my stalk down and around some thick cat claw to get to the pigs. As I got closer I smelled them so I knew I was close. When I looked down to plan my next few steps I heard a snort really close to me. I slowly look up and there is a Javelina broadside right in front of me in some thinner brush. His vitals were exposed so I draw back and put my pin 2 or 3 inches back from the middle of the white collar. I release clean and watch my arrow do the rest. I hit clean and the pig runs off. I look to where I hit the pig and see pinkish blood, that was a good sign. I find my arrow about 10 ft behind where I hit the pig. The arrow also looked good. So I start part 2 of archery hunting, finding the animal I hit. With my past pig experiences in mind, I have not had the most fun time tracking pigs so I proceed with close attention to detail. I follow the trail 20 yards to the top of the hill following tracks and blood. I wait another 15 minutes on top the hill and glass around to see if I could find him. No luck so I keep tracking. I make my way down the hill and find a a bunch of spray on rocks and then I huge smear on the ground. I look 4 feet in front of that and there is my pig. I rough scored his skull at 15 inches!!! Here are some pics of the skull.


Thanks for reading.
Connor

AZCondor,
Welcome to AR.
Nice jave. Tracking over that kind of ground can definately be difficult. Glad you were able to recover your quarry. What are you flinging those arrows with. Broadheads or mechanicals. Enjoyed the story and pix.
GWB

Nice going on bagging one of the southwest's unique trophies.

Hope to see many more of your kill pictures in the future.

And welcome to AR, one of the best forums you'll find anywhere.

I shoot a Hoyt Ultramag 70lbs 28.5 DL, with a fiber wrapped spot hogg SD7 (best fixed sight imo), trophy taker drop away rest, fuse quiver, winners choice strings with a g5 metapeep. I shoot Easton Axis FMJ's when I have the money otherwise I shoot the regular axis. I am a huge fan of Vortex Broadheads, I use 2 inch for deer and 2 3/4 for javelina. They take a long time to tune because they are a longer mechanical but once they are tuned there is nothing better except maybe Wac'em 4 blades.

Welcome to AR and thanks for sharing those pics with us !!

L