The Real Hunter Is Not Me

Today was a more than pleasent day to be on the water and I am hoping all that were able took full advantage of this beautiful day. I however decided to go hog hunting versus being on the water. I had the notion for some fresh pork for the table, however this didn’t happen due to poor planning and better hunters. I woke up this morning at 3:45 and headed over to my pick up my buddy Alex and head out to his parents house which is way out by Clewiston somewhere. Our goal was to be there at daylight which we made happen. We walked with guns on shoulders to the hunting ground where we intently looked for the wild beasts. After about a mile of walking we finally struck gold. We found a nice pack of hogs and we took aim. After missing a couple shots we continued walking looking for more.
As we were walking I saw this big boy hog standing there broad side to me and I took a shot, BAM I hit him. He started running and then I started running to try and catch up to him so I could have a second shot, next thing I know he is running right at me. I jacked in another shell and hit him about 10 feet from me and rolled him right there. Talk about heart pounding. It was awesome. Well, I gutted him right there and Alex and I drug him for about 150 yards and decided he was way to much to drag a mile. We figured we would leave him lay and walk back to the house and get a radio flyer wagon. We were gone about 45 minutes and upon our return to the hog there were about 100 buzzards hanging about. Those dang birds ate both hams out of the hog down to the bone, they ate the inner loins, ribs, and half of the back straps. We couldn’t believe it. I wanted to cry. What a shame. Anyhow, we put it in the wagon and drug it back to the house for some photos. Here ya go

For an idea of how big this boy was I took a pic of Alex next to the hog

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