Went hunting for Porky, but nailed Basil and friend
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 4:53 pm
A bit of a late post, fellas. A mate and I have been out hunting the hills in search of swine. We have seen old sign of pigs in the area before. Unfortunately the darn wind was against us from the start, so we had to swing out wide and around to get the wind in our favour.
As we were stalking in, a vixen presented herself. She was casually walking perpendicular to our direction coming over a slight rise. She was only ~70m away unaware of our presence. I assessed we were still over a kilometre away from the pig area with the wind blowing to us, so I slowly cycled the 700 action. The 243 round made a "clink" during chambering which pricked her ears and she subsequently change direction,... straight to me! At ~30 paces she received an 85gr pill to the scone.
We eventually got to the piggie area which comprised of a spring feed marsh. All the sign was present and very fresh. It was only seconds after I took a photo when there was pig movement in the blackberry. There was a big honk and definite movement, but the blackberry was thick and extensive, neither of us could see him for a shot.
Unfortunately the light was failing fast and we had a couple of kilometres to cover returning to the vehicle. Alas, we had to abandon the pursuit of porky.
We'll get him next time.
As we were stalking in, a vixen presented herself. She was casually walking perpendicular to our direction coming over a slight rise. She was only ~70m away unaware of our presence. I assessed we were still over a kilometre away from the pig area with the wind blowing to us, so I slowly cycled the 700 action. The 243 round made a "clink" during chambering which pricked her ears and she subsequently change direction,... straight to me! At ~30 paces she received an 85gr pill to the scone.
We eventually got to the piggie area which comprised of a spring feed marsh. All the sign was present and very fresh. It was only seconds after I took a photo when there was pig movement in the blackberry. There was a big honk and definite movement, but the blackberry was thick and extensive, neither of us could see him for a shot.
Unfortunately the light was failing fast and we had a couple of kilometres to cover returning to the vehicle. Alas, we had to abandon the pursuit of porky.
We'll get him next time.
