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I went hunting with a local guide named Mr. Richard Wade. He is a great, friendly, older gentleman who just does it for fun and to get out of the house since he's retired. This is my 4th hunt with him in central Missouri. I am 3 out of 4 on his hunts, so its pretty exciting. He normally uses dogs to trap the hog and we shoot it or get it with a knife. I wanted a little more relaxing hunt this time, so I decided to hunt by myself on his property. It was a 1,000 acres with a mix of farmland, Missouri hardwoods, and the Roubidoux Creek. I thought stalking was appropriate for the day so I wandered the woods starting at 0900. I walked the outer boundaries of the property trying to find where the major hog trails were. Well there was sign everywhere so it didn't help me narrow my search at all! I walked do into the field, and I could see across the river were there was fresh, tilled up dirt. It was so fresh that you can see the steam coming off of the wet dirt from the sun. I decided to set up in the field and watch across the river to see if anything would come. I sat for an hour, by then it was 2:30 pm, and then all of sudden it sounded like a freight train was coming through the woods. That's when I saw 20 hogs!! 20 big hogs and then tons of little piglets everywhere! I watched them for about 2 mins and waited to for biggest hog to step out. I finally saw him and took the shot with my S&W MP 15 with a Nikon P223 3x9x40 AR optic. It was about a 50 yard broad side shot right in the boiler room. It was a big hog so he kind of limped forward, and I shot again since I didn't have much faith in my little .223. I hit him high in the back at about a 45 degree angle away from me. I was so excited that I crossed the river, about waist deep, in 40 degree weather!! The adrenaline was really pumping. There was blood everywhere so I knew it was a good shot. I tracked him about 75 yards and there he laid. The .223 55 grain federal fusions did the trick. The day was perfect. I walked the woods, enjoyed the beautiful weather, got a pig, got wet, toughed it out, and brought him to the butcher. Couldn't be happier. It was a boar that weighed 130lbs gutted! This is my 5th hog ever and the biggest one to date! gun)
