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       Tonight I had the trigger man, yes the trigger man that delivers, my son Hunter. We checked one field and then headed to the pasture with the old oaks (property H) and again just like last time when we hit the ridge about 475 yards from the truck and looked down on three old oak trees, there they were, four to six hogs feeding right where I dropped the last sow days ago. My son had the ATN OTS scanner around his neck and as we began to circle to the group of hogs we passed another favorite oak and hogs were under it. I got Hunter set up quickly and a big sow was picked out.
Hunter dropped the sow in it's tracks with the Ruger 300 Blackout sending a Night Ops 110 grain Controlled Chaos custom round to it's mark. We knew the other hogs wouldn't go far so we slowly went down the ridge and took pictures before heading towards the first group. We didn't get far and looked back toward our first hog and three others were feeding toward us. The cows had also moved into our area, some standing feet away. We stood there watching these three hogs for about fifteen minutes and more hogs began filing around us. We videoed off and on and talked of strategy as the hogs moved in and out of the livestock but I knew they would make their way to the fruit producing trees. It was a great learning experience as we watched the hogs fight and feed directly toward our targeted tree. The plan was to wait until we shot in a safe direction at the hill and tree so there was zero chance of any livestock getting in our way or behind our target. The patience paid off and the trigger man did his job, two shots, two large sows and many more hogs to come back to.....
Check out the video link below and see our hunt. If you ever get to hunt with me, we watch the hogs for some time when livestock is around and make moves into position. Hunter has learned that even if these hogs get spooked off or don't go by the plan, we will find others. We can never risk a shot for a harvest or a video. Always confirm, reconfirm then make sure it is a hog or yote. Many times I have dropped an animal and see others within seconds and it is another species or livestock.

    The trees bordering this field are still producing and we will keep returning until the hogs hit the winter wheat. Three specific trees have produced the last five harvests and sightings of at least two dozen more potential movie stars. There also is a mouthy pack of yotes close by but I can't seem to get to them without seeing hogs. That my friends, is a great problem to have..... Until next time


https://youtu.be/1UbfP_afWrM