Should of kept your piggie locked up lady

[Drawknife]

I head out to weatherford to pick my son up from school yesterday and he wants to go to my buddies place in Boyd to try to shot his first hog. So we go out there and I unlock the gate and pull in and he says theres something running across the field. I look up to see a hog coming and he is about 200 yards away and kind of coming are way. I get his 243 out and get him situated across the tailgate. The hogs still coming straight at us. At 50 yards I tell my son he better shoot before the hog gets him. He shoots and the hog rolls. I couldn't be more proud of him. We go take a look and he us dead. So we drive around to look for more but don't see any. We go gut the hog and load him up and head out the gate where we are met by his neighbor. I walk over to her car and she ask if I have seen her pet hog. I said pet hog. She sez she bottle fed a wild hog and he is her pet and he will just come up to you and want to be rubbed on. I tell my son to get in the truck before he sez anything and I tell her I'll keep an eye out for him. I get in the truck and my son sez daddy I shot her hog didn't I. I tell him no that's a wild hog not hers. It's kind of funny that's all that hog wanted was to be rubbed on but instead he got lead poisoning from a 12 year old. He feels bad but I told him it not to worry we had no way of knowing.

[Rockpit TX]

It's kind of funny that's all that hog wanted was to be rubbed on

He will be rubbed with BBQ Spices and then he will be rubbed again when your rubbin your Belly

[Hunt'n Fool]

[RdRdrFan]

Not really sure about the example that was set for your boy by being dishonest with the lady.

Congrats to your boy on making a good shot on his first hog.

[diamondrules]

i would have been dishonest as well, because that could have been ugly

[Geezy Rider]

What's done is done. It's better that the lady not know what happened. jmo.
With better fences and an ear tag this could have been avoided.

[az2tx]

You could have offered her some meat

[Death from Above]

YOu did right......sometimes NOT knowing is the best thing.

[erikm1981]

Boy...That is a hairy situation all around. Congrats to your son for a good shot.

[RdRdrFan]

Lie because it could have gotten ugly?

Honesty isn't a convenience issue. You are either truthful or you aren't.

[Little Shark]

Congrats to the little man on getting the wild hog.

I would have kept my mouth shut to. That could have been blown way out of wack.

[EASY]

I have to agree...
sometime it is better just not to say anything.

[flufster]

wasnt telling a lie to protect himself...lied to protect his son and the lady....i would have done the same thing

shame yall didnt miss her at the gate and you and the kiddo would be telling a totally different story this morning....we had a sow last year walk right up to us while bass fishing in a stock tank...she had piglets and i dont think she wanted her belly rubbbed....they are crazy animals and even completely wild ones may not be scared of people....there was no way for you to know

[Texaskid82]

did the hog have any i.d. on it so you coud tell for sure that it was hers? if not there is no way to tell for sure! some things are better left unsaid.

[Mayhem]

in this situation ignorance is bliss