I missed an easy shot. I'm still annoyed.
Went out to a feeder that a friend and I had set up. The feeder has been operating now for about three weeks and the game camera showed several individual and groups of hogs coming, although not at any regular times. Sometimes nothing would show up at all, sometimes only deer. Still, I decided to sit out and see …
About an hour after sundown I spotted a heat signature coming out of the woods behind the feeder. At first I though it might be a coyote, but as it emerged it turned out to be a lone hog. It didn't enter the feeder pen (cattle exclusion fence) but came around to my side.
My problem was that it was partially hidden by weeds, and I made an error in shot placement. I shot based on what I could see, and I'm pretty sure the bullet went high. I need to learn to take more time and wait for the right shot. I doubt that this hog was going to disappear on me.
Live and learn. Video is only about 15 seconds. It's slowed to 1/8 normal speed so you can really see what happened. Next time …
Went out to a feeder that a friend and I had set up. The feeder has been operating now for about three weeks and the game camera showed several individual and groups of hogs coming, although not at any regular times. Sometimes nothing would show up at all, sometimes only deer. Still, I decided to sit out and see …
About an hour after sundown I spotted a heat signature coming out of the woods behind the feeder. At first I though it might be a coyote, but as it emerged it turned out to be a lone hog. It didn't enter the feeder pen (cattle exclusion fence) but came around to my side.
My problem was that it was partially hidden by weeds, and I made an error in shot placement. I shot based on what I could see, and I'm pretty sure the bullet went high. I need to learn to take more time and wait for the right shot. I doubt that this hog was going to disappear on me.
Live and learn. Video is only about 15 seconds. It's slowed to 1/8 normal speed so you can really see what happened. Next time …