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Ben and Steve were gaining their second wind, readying themselves for a
return to their stand locations to keep post for the duration of the
night. Steve had already vowed not to let Ben outlast him, and Ben was
just getting warmed up. The rest of us had no such ambition and hit our
respective bunks!
Persistency certainly paid off for the dedicated hunters. I was
awakened by two excited hunters rooting around for a camera to take a picture of
their successful result. Ben, hunting from his new Woodsey Too
treestand, had several hogs cross the trails near his stand, but each time he
tried to draw the hogs never presented the right shot opportunity, or spooked
before he could get the shot off. Steve, hunting from his PT200 ICE Blind,
had actually been able to draw on a couple of different hogs, but not properly
set up with a light for night hog hunting, was not able to see well enough to
get an ethical shot situation. Shortly after daylight, however, a small
sow made a fatal mistake. Around 5 am., a group of hogs began feeding 100
yards or so down the road toward Steve. The bleary-eyed hunter hoped that
daylight would arrive before the converging hogs. At 6:45 a.m., now with
sufficient light to take a shot, Steve ranged one of the sows at 26 yards.
He managed to focus his eyes long enough to place his tritium pin on the hog's
shoulder and triggered his release, sending his Goldtip Gladiator tipped
mechanical head into the hogs vitals. Hogs scattered, fortunately, away from
the Rio Grande instead of into the thick cane bordering the river. Steve
climbed out of his blind and walked toward the truck to fetch Ben. He was
amazed to find Ben still perched atop his Woodsey Too treestand, still awake and
alert! Together they quickly found Steve's hog.
Obviously a bit
delirious from lack of sleep, the duo had some fun with the photo session!
Steven Leggett, formerly known as "Legdog", has now been dubbed
"Mechdog" due to his unwavering enthusiasm for the use of mechanical
broadheads! 
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