We had our first night hunt at Howell Woods on Saturday. Amazing how different the woods feel when it is completely dark. I took my daughter, Kenley, to sit with me. We didn't see any hogs but we did get to watch a couple young bucks for a while. My dad had much better success. He had a sow and 5 piglets come in and he took a nice 140 pounder. While he was waiting for me to come pick up the sow, he had four more pigs come in and shot another. Unfortunately, he had some equipment malfunction (his scope light went out) and the pig got back up and took off through the woods.
We followed a blood trail for about 200 yards but never did find the pig. We even went back the next morning and still no luck. Pigs are incredibly hardy. They can take a lot of abuse and still keep going. We decided to hang the sow and come back the next day to butcher. My son was a little nervous standing next to such a big pig.
I plan to cure the hams, make some bacon, and make some Carolina barbeque with this one.
Forgot to mention ... the walk-in cooler at
Howell Woods rocks!
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