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<blockquote data-quote="djones" data-source="post: 839253" data-attributes="member: 39567"><p><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-wHSrRS7hWQ4/Ug_afg8W53I/AAAAAAAAE0o/ecQwiEXK5mQ/s800/painless.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I was already setup before dark hoping to get in some close range shotgun work, but I heard the hogs circle wide to get a drink from the pivot before coming in to eat, which would have left me waiting indefinitely. A quick hike back to the truck and I switched to the night rifle. Before I could go after them, a good boar came into view. He kept looking back and forth between the bait and the direction of the pivot, finally deciding to join the others. I could easily have taken him right there, but he cut a path in my direction, so I waited and watched him get closer and closer. This was going to be interesting. He must have known something was wrong because he staged for several seconds behind some brush. When he finally came out it was in a trot. No matter, he was so close his head filled the scope. This was the best shot opportunity I was going to get, so I took him on the hoof. Distance is misleading looking through night vision, and though I knew he was close, I was still a little surprised when I only took twenty five steps to reach him.</p><p></p><p>After the shot, I was sure the other hogs were making tracks. Still, I doubled back to the field's edge to check in the cotton. No hogs, so I prepared to drag the dead one out and to my surprise, one was at the bait now. I crept back down the trail, watching him eat nervously. A gust of wind spooked him briefly, but he came back. By then I was 92 yards out and was able to make a clean shot on him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="djones, post: 839253, member: 39567"] [IMG]https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-wHSrRS7hWQ4/Ug_afg8W53I/AAAAAAAAE0o/ecQwiEXK5mQ/s800/painless.JPG[/IMG] I was already setup before dark hoping to get in some close range shotgun work, but I heard the hogs circle wide to get a drink from the pivot before coming in to eat, which would have left me waiting indefinitely. A quick hike back to the truck and I switched to the night rifle. Before I could go after them, a good boar came into view. He kept looking back and forth between the bait and the direction of the pivot, finally deciding to join the others. I could easily have taken him right there, but he cut a path in my direction, so I waited and watched him get closer and closer. This was going to be interesting. He must have known something was wrong because he staged for several seconds behind some brush. When he finally came out it was in a trot. No matter, he was so close his head filled the scope. This was the best shot opportunity I was going to get, so I took him on the hoof. Distance is misleading looking through night vision, and though I knew he was close, I was still a little surprised when I only took twenty five steps to reach him. After the shot, I was sure the other hogs were making tracks. Still, I doubled back to the field's edge to check in the cotton. No hogs, so I prepared to drag the dead one out and to my surprise, one was at the bait now. I crept back down the trail, watching him eat nervously. A gust of wind spooked him briefly, but he came back. By then I was 92 yards out and was able to make a clean shot on him. [/QUOTE]
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