Last weekend a friend and I went out to the farm for a weekend turkey hunt. We've been doing this for sometime, however, last year we decided to switch from guns to bows. I think it was a good change and it certainly upped the difficulty level. I purchased a blind this year in an attempt to even the odds a little. I think it worked well.
Obviously, the picture is not a turkey. We had decided to drive the property on the afternoon we arrived. Spotting a very active hog trail, a plan was hatched to hunt it later that night. We set up on the trail a little before dark and waited. The moon rose bright and full. It was so bright I could still see the color in my sight pins fifteen minutes after dark.
Twenty minutes after dark the hogs rolled out of the hole in the fence 22 yards in front of us. The never knew we were there. The Double Bull Matrix 360 worked perfectly. I drew on the lead pig. It was moving, quartering toward me. As I let the arrow fly, the hog turned to look at me. That made the shot less than perfect, and I struck the animal high in the shoulder. The arrow penetrated deeply and proved to be fatal. (Let me add that I recently installed Luminocks on my arrows...TOO COOL! It looked like I shot a tracer! Awesome!)
We waited until about 2230 to get out of the blind. Things had quieted down again and we were able to find a blood trail quickly. As the temperature fell, we decided to look for the hog in the morning. We really weren't up for crawling around in the woods with the other pigs in the dark.
The next morning, we were out early to set up for turkey. There were no takers at daylight and the sun was warming things rapidly. We were off to find the hog. I left my bow in the blind and the decoys set up.
2 hours later, we found the pig. It had circled and doubled back on its self. That made the tracking rather interesting. After we located the animal, we decided that the tools we needed were in the truck, so we left to get them. As I crested a hill near the blind set up from earlier, 3 turkeys were inspecting my decoys...dang! Oh well, that's the way it goes.
Great time!
