This boar was quite the challenge despite his young age. A very cautious animal that “spooked” easily.
Tonight he circled the entire area…but ended up coming in right underneath my ladder stand. I had already stood up when I heard him sneaking in from behind me…but I couldn’t really see him in the dark.
He eventually stopped about 5 yds. from the base of the tree and just to my left. This was about 9:00 p.m. (not total darkness but darn near). I could just make out his form (head from tail), but was not expecting such a close encounter. I still had my scope set on 6X…. and no time for adjustments!
I was afraid he would scent me any second….so I decided NOT to wait and see if he would move up to the lighted bait site.
I leaned out over the rail a bit and found a bunch of hair in the scope. It was very difficult to tell where to place the reticle because of the darkness and the magnification. The solution was to open both eyes using my weak eye as a co-witness. As soon as I thought I had him targeted…I tapped the trigger.
I gotta tell ya….it was pretty bright shooting straight down like that. In a few seconds my vision returned and I could see the hog. I could actually hear him kicking around before that.
Anyway, one more I don’t have to deal with.
IH8HOGS!