Friendly hunting comp

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Pigs under old truck

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Sow on right with piglets laying down

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After I shot a pig on the right most of them took off. I was shooting prone from a bipod only ten m away so they def heard the shot ....but the sow walked over to the dead pig and tried lifting him with her snout as if to say come on get up. But after thirty secs she just laid back down in her original location and fully rolled onto her side so her piglets could suckle She lay there like that for a minute or two. I did not want to shoot her But I had to get 50 m past her to shoot another one from the mob and after what had just happened with her desire to protect her young I did not want to try sneak past her in case she attacked me .. last thing I wanted was a fight in the dark with a cranky pig trying to bite my fingers off. With rifle in hand and scope on low power just in case I cautiously moved fwd firmly demanding that she get up and get out and she promptly did so with no drama....as soon as she and her young had joined up with the mob I singled out another and shot him. Two people this trip had told me about the mob over there stealing the cattle’s supplements and it’s been mentioned to me a few times before on other hunt trips ...after not haveing much luck in my usual paddocks I think I might try the cattle yards again tonight ...it took me a hell of a long time to prepare for a safe initial shot and I expect that tonight will be just as tricky but I’m up for it

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One downside on hunting the cattle yards in the dark is that while adjusting the bipod legs and wriggling your body and elbows into a comfortable shooting position you never really know until later how must fresh cattle or pig poo you may be squashing your body into

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When on a hunting trip that ends up being somewhat disappointing because the choppers have been and taken out 95 per cent of your pigs , on the last night there really is only one thing you can do .....load the dog into the back of the quad , grab your rifle and go out into the darkness and get yourself a nice boar..... .....at 1130 pm last night that’s exactly what happened ... so on a positive note i ended the hunt and I knocked off early and got back to camp at two am. So am sitting in a nice comfy chair under the stars with my dog a very cold ......photos coming soon

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Will post hunt description tomorrow

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Fatty boar