refrickendiculous!!

[4dog]

so im in yhe blind staring out the hole waiting on hogs.....got my blue lights goin...anyway,,its gettin late and i pack up the 270 and halfway zippered up i stop as i see a dark spot movin towards me...feeder is 60 to 70 yrds away but the hog is comin in close,,more like 15 or 20 yrds i think close enough...so i pick up the 10/22 and i got this big boar in my sight and i quickly click on my light skyward and bring it down on him.... light in his eye he just stands there and i move the rifle a bit quicker than i would like and apparently mr.boar dont like it much either...off he goes no shot fired...then i think...how REFRICKENDICULOUS this all was....i didnt even need the light i can see clear all the way to the feeder 60-70 yrds cause the MOON WAS SO BRIGHT...facesmack!!...anyone else get too used to using something they may not need in a special circumstance.....LMBO and disappointed!

[TXHUNT3R]

haha, that sucks.

[WCB]

Nope, never. Not once in my life have I ever pulled a boneheaded move...

[RiverRat1]

On my first real hog hunt I was so excited I unloaded 5 shots of 00 buck from my 12 guage at 25+ hogs and didn't find a speck of blood. Still was the funnest hog hunt I've ever had though.

[AntlerCollector]

That sucks. It's not often the moon is that bright. I think I would have used it.

[cgny27]

yeah...I think we get sold a bill of goods and tend to rely on them instead of just pure skill and knowledge. Glad you're the only one to do such a redic thing...ha....no, you're not!!

you'll get'em next time!

[AntlerCollector]

yeah...I think we get sold a bill of goods and tend to rely on them instead of just pure skill and knowledge. Glad you're the only one to do such a redic thing...ha....no, you're not!!

you'll get'em next time!

X2

I had a blue light and a green laser. Have no idea where they are now

[miket]

I know how it feels. They say when the adrenalin is flowing you revert back to your training ( or the way you always do it ). Usually thats a good thing but sometimes not. Nobody is perfect, better luck next time.

[panhandlehunter]

I'm glad to see someone else hunting hogs with a 22. My 10/22 is my go to pig gun.

[catslayer]

Nope, never. Not once in my life have I ever pulled a boneheaded move...

never lied about nothing neither....


LOL, I know ive been on a few varmint calling sets where I thought we might as well be waving a white flag cause the moon was so bright I thought they were just sitting back and laughing

[4dog]

glad im not alone guys!

[Horitexan]

That sucks. It's not often the moon is that bright. I think I would have used it.

I can see hogs at 60-80 yards on ANY full moon; and with binoculars, they're easy to see at 150+. There's WAY to much dependence on flashlights for hunting hogs. As long as there's about 60% moon, or more, I've never understood why people want to use flashlights - for the very reason the OP discovered.

[panhandlehunter]

I can see hogs at 60-80 yards on ANY full moon; and with binoculars, they're easy to see at 150+. There's WAY to much dependence on flashlights for hunting hogs. As long as there's about 60% moon, or more, I've never understood why people want to use flashlights - for the very reason the OP discovered.

It's great for open terrain, my place has a bunch of trees and it's dark under them no matter how bright the moon is.

[4dog]

It's great for open terrain, my place has a bunch of trees and it's dark under them no matter how bright the moon is.

exactly this...there is 90% open field between the stand and feeder ..last 10% is under a pretty dense canopy of trees ,on regular full moon there is still not enough moonlight to see the feeder let alone a critter under it...last night was a big difference...i could see just with the scope the corn under the feeder...so going from past experience,i opted for thelight ....should have sighted the feeder first....lesson fully learned...lol