I had just about completed the end of my route without seeing any hogs when I spotted something in the rice stubble about 100 yards in front of my driving lights.
Much of the time I have to use minimal lighting to navigate with my Flir rooftop scanner. Driving long straightaways without moving the scanner from side to side is no problem in total black out, it’s when you are making turns and negotiating uneven terrain while scanning from side to side at the same time that it becomes very disorienting.
It’s a miracle I haven’t actually had to call for help to come get unstuck or severely wrecked my truck. Hahaha
Anyway, when I stopped to get out to look with my rifle they headlights were right on these two hogs that were not that far away but they were totally oblivious to my presence.
Luckily I had a great south wind to walk into which helped keep my Noisey approach hidden from them. The rice stubble was over knee high. It’s not really rice stubble, it’s a regrowth from grain that spilled it during harvest.
These two guys looked like 100 lb twins.
Much of the time I have to use minimal lighting to navigate with my Flir rooftop scanner. Driving long straightaways without moving the scanner from side to side is no problem in total black out, it’s when you are making turns and negotiating uneven terrain while scanning from side to side at the same time that it becomes very disorienting.
It’s a miracle I haven’t actually had to call for help to come get unstuck or severely wrecked my truck. Hahaha
Anyway, when I stopped to get out to look with my rifle they headlights were right on these two hogs that were not that far away but they were totally oblivious to my presence.
Luckily I had a great south wind to walk into which helped keep my Noisey approach hidden from them. The rice stubble was over knee high. It’s not really rice stubble, it’s a regrowth from grain that spilled it during harvest.
These two guys looked like 100 lb twins.
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