Monday, April 09, 2012

Safety Off??? Check



As you may remember on a previous post I took Angel and some other hunters out in hopes of knocking down some hogs, and like said all I can do is put you in front of the hogs, it's up to them to knock them down. On this hunting trip the same group went out again and since there was a strong north wind blowing we set up on the west side of the field since I was pretty sure the hogs would be entering from the north side of the field. From the tank it's 500 yards to the fence line where they enter, and the only one that can make that shot is Shawn we decided to get a little closer, around 200 yards. As we sat there looking at the cows in the field we noticed they moved further to the east end of the field. It was still daylight and as we scanned the field Angel saw a group of pigs to our left enter the field. We repositioned ourselves and Angel was set up for a 200 yard shot with his Remington 700, .308 soft point. Safety Off, someone whispered, yeah it's off was Angels reply with a laugh. As the sun started to go down but the hogs were still visible, it was obvious the hogs were not going to come any closer, but we watched for a few minutes as they tore up the ground 200 yards away. Angel said, they're not coming any closer, and Shawn and I agreed so I told him, if he can see them pick one out and shoot, and his reply was KKAAABBBOOOMMM. Darn that was quick, I guess you had one picked out. We could hear the distinct sound of the bullet hitting that hog and it dropped right where it stood. Because of the loud report from the his rifle and the muzzle flash, Angel asked if he hit it, because he couldn't see it. Oh yeah you hit it, it didn't move, but because the winter oats are a little tall, you can't see it. As you can see by the picture, he's happier than a boar locked up in a pen with a bunch of sows. As it got darker I thought it was a full moon, but then realized it was still Angels white teeth since he was still happy to knock one down. Good job, and who's your dentist.

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