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Ben, Steven, Glenn and Rick
were the only ones able to get to the ranch in time to
hunt. They had all taken time to set up stands in
preparation for the weekends festivities. Jerry
Gonzales' buddies, Pepito, Ben and Rolando, had also made
it to the ranch.
Glenn opted to hunt my
tripod on the edge of a road on the south side of the
property. As darkness enveloped him, hogs began
making their way towards his position. In the last
bit of daylight, he made a shot on a hog that had made it
to within 15 yards of his stand. He reported that
pigs went everywhere upon hearing the shot. He gave
the hog some time, and then made his way over to the spot
of the shot to take up the trail. His efforts in
trailing were cut short due to weak flashlight
batteries. He opted to wait until everyone was in to
take up the trail.
When David Simmons and I
arrived, we quickly made our way out to Glenn's spot with
the rest of the hunters in order to find his hog.
Even with nine hunters taking up the trail, the hog eluded
us. We made our way back to camp.
Pepito had also shot a hog,
but his trail ended much the same way Glenn's did.
He had attempted a double shot with his partner, but their
timing was off slightly. Pepito had proclaimed
himself as "The Tracker", but his skills were no
match for the wounded pigs.
Rick Hale saw many hogs,
but was unable to get a shot.
Ben reports on Steven's
and his trip down and their evening hunt:
Steven
and I met in Waco on Thursday evening and made the drive
down to Casey's ranch in Cotulla to see if we could stick
a hog at a feeder that has been well known for hogs in the
past. The feeder did not sling Friday morning and the hogs
didn't come in. We messed around on the ranch for a few
hours and then made the drive down to the ranch where we
would spend the rest of the weekend.
As soon
as we got to the ranch, Rick and Glenn offered to take us
out to where they had decided would be a great spot for us
to get hog shots on video. After setting up Michael's
Brush Country ICE Blind and clearing a few lanes, we were
set. We returned to camp to get in a few practice shots
and shower for the evening hunt. We headed out without
putting corn on the road thinking that they would corn the
roads like they have been doing lately. There was a slight
misunderstanding and we didn't have any hogs stop by to
eat. No big deal, we'll know in the morning!
Jerry
Black and David Inbody made it in from College Station
completing our entourage. The hogs were in for some
serious harassment!
Saturday
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