i didn't give up on this one

[lpreddick]

ghog hunting fri. on a hill looking down a ditch in a hay field (have killed many out of here). a barn sits about 50 yds beyond end of ditch. two hours of looking and there is one grazing 10 ft from barn. 346 yds with 5-10 mph wind at 3 o'clock. using 22 br shooting 64 bergers and will have to hold into wind??? pig spooks but returns 45 min later and refuses to come out from behind a small sapling. 20 min and he is clear and the wind has died down. hold on his buttock and sent it...whack,and he rolls over, shakes and gets up and runs into the barn! in the past such hits resulted in the ghog going into barn, stops to recover and expires. i give this one an hour or so and go down to have a look. the hit site has blood and a trail up to and under the barn...all a good sign. go in the barn and HOLES EVERYWHERE! i check them all and no pig. go to the barn wall where he went in and there is a pile of fence post head high...which way did he go? straight from the pile is a trail to a hole that has no blood. down on my knees looking in the hole and i look back under the pile of fence post and THERE is a nose! get closer and it doesn't move. tap it with a rock and it doesn't move. now i put my hand under and retrieve my ghog. 12 pounds and an exit wound right chest about 2 in dia and a destroyed shoulder and he still made it that far. a less dedicated ghog hunter would have left the field and never known.

 

[MrMajestic]

Nice recovery! Hard to believe sometimes what they can take and still get away. I would have been diggin' for the confirmation! ;D

 

[Nomad47]

Good shooting and even better patience, LP.