The wife did give me some instruction akin to "...never get out of the ___ing boat" from
Apocalypse Now, but unlike last time, I really didn't ever think the hog was after me, though afterwards I had to think about it for a bit.
He was just running very fast toward me. You know how it is - a million thoughts run through your mind at the same time. First the hog is running off to my left which a shot I am thinking is in the boilerroom and then arcs toward me and I start doing the math. I'm kneeling and don't have anywhere to go, assuming I could actually get up in time, right? He is moving too fast, I think, and I put a second shot into him. That should slow him down, but it doesn't.
Unbeknownst to me, I have wasted half my time already watching how this pig was running by the time I realize I need to be taking some corrective action. He is turning more and more and has closed the distance enough so that there is no focus and 3x is way too much magnification and without the scope, it is DARK DARK DARK. I can feel the thrumming of his hooves on the ground as he is coming toward me as I am trying to stay on him as he runs, panning on my knee. At this point, I am thinking he is going to hit me and I start doing my best to dissuade him of that action.
I am not thinking it is intentional or unintentional that he is running toward me, only that he is really big in the scope and that I can FEEL him coming at me.
His arc continues to tighten as he starts to head in a direction that will pass me, but I think it is going to be really close. As he comes by, I have now twisted around enough that I am no longer using my knee as a rest. In the scope, I am thinking he is going to run into the end of my rifle as he goes by, but he doesn't, of course.
The video ended before he stumbled and fell and curly shuffled. I had my pistol out and was trying to get my headlamp on and fumbling the switch because of the adrenaline dump. Then the landowner called me on the phone and I could not get the phone to answer because my fingers had the heeby jeebies. I was able to answer the 2nd time he tried. He thought maybe I blew up a sounder.
In the end, it was just a really exciting hunt.
My wife doesn't want me to leave the stand, but she hasn't developed teleportation to get me to and from the stand yet.
