Got a hog at the start of the hunt long before I got to the stand and got a hog on the way back to the truck. In the mean time, I contacted the wife and had her grab some cookies at the store (I knew she was shopping). I will be cooking cookies some 6:30 am.
Both hogs were a surprise encounter and that really made things fun.
Somebody somewhere had asked me about daylight use of the thermal scope and night use. This video has both. Things aren't all that different in the grand scheme. Thermal does well so long as it isn't blazing hot.
The first hog was hit with a quartering away shot and the bullet actually got trapped in the neck under the skin just behind the ear. I cut it out and it is my first recovered bullet in the field!
On the second hog, there was no exit either, but I wasn't going to dig around for it. As you will see in the video, it glows white (cold) quite a bit on its right side. It had been to a mud bath before dinner and had wet mud on that side of it.
Both hogs were a surprise and both hogs ended up DRT, which was nice.
TLM, I REALLY like my Primos Tripod trigger sticks. You turned me on to these back when we did the thermal scope review. I used them for both shots and they continue to be a much more stable platform than just bipod shooting sticks. Maybe I just suck and can't use bipod shooting sticks, but by golly, tripod shooting sticks work great for me.
Hey! It looks like I might get more than 2 hours sleep tonight before having to get up and make cookies.
Oh, and Frank, Angry Bird had to do the photos again. He was present, but working.