Buddy of mine and I decided yesterday to make a quick run to Nemo and see what was going on and try and get a hog. Left Burleson at 3:45 and by 5PM was walking up to what we call the new pasture, easing out into the edge from a creek bottom I caught movement across the pasture aboput 200 yds. It was a young 6 point Buck. I bleated vocally with my mouth and it threw it's head up in full alert. We watched it for several minutes before it moved off into the woods. Slipped thru the pasture and into a double box blind and wasn't in it more than 20 minutes when a big ole fat doe came out of the woods about 500 yards to the north and was coming in at a slow trot like she was hung on a clothes line, straight to us. I didn't have a rifle with me when we decided to go so he brought me a New England 223 to shoot. I waited till she was appx 150 yards and 1/4rd to me and put the cross hairs right at the base of her neck at the shoulder crease. 1 shot and she ran in a circle and plowed dirt. Complete double lung pass through. Man that gun will drive tacks. I told Darren, go get the truck and I am going to run (literally) back to my stand and check and see if any hogs at my feeder. I ran through an adjoining pasture down a logging road and slowed down then into stealth mode. I was in my street clothes, eased through a draw below my box blind to see where I had dumped corn and soy bean this past weekend. As I eased around a small tree sure enough, 2 hogs, a boar about 150 lbs and a sow about 100 lbs where 1/4rd to me at 30 yards heads down feeding. I so slowly raised the 223 toward my shoulder as I was pulling the hammer back. Little to my knowledge there was another pig about 10 yards to my left behind the tree I was hid at and she busted my guns movement or scented me and she squeeled and bolted taking the others with them. Never got a shot. I eased out into the scendero and looked down to my feeder and nothing, I eased back into the thicket making hog grunt noises with my mouth real softly and walked up within 15 yards of several in the thicket. There was a clearing in between about 6 Cedar trees and I slipped into the center of them spotting a pig appx 10 to 15 yards broadside through the thicket, I raised the gun and a branch was in my line of sight, never moving the gun back down I took one easy step and the danged ole limb brushed my jeans and pigs took off every which way. No shot again. went back and dressed out the Doe and that had to be the absolute fattest Doe I have ever cleaned. Both stomaches where so full of acorns you couldn't force feed another one to her. Her front shoulders where round and near as broad as mine with a crease at the neck line she was so fat. Laying on her side there was a hump under her ribs that made her look pregnate, nope, all acorns. Now I need to go back track where she came from and find the tree she has been feeding under, I bet she ain't the only Deer in the woods that knows that tree. LOL. Got a Doe didn't get a shot at a hog but man what a quick afternnon hunt full of excitement. Thought I'd share.

Good read! Sounded like a good time!!

Good story Randy, hate to hear that they are still on the acorns though. Can't seem to get this acorn hunting down, no matter what I do.

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Can't seem to get this acorn hunting down, no matter what I do.

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Well Darrell it's not that hard. Just get you a sack and go out into the woods and find yourself a big ol oak tree. The acorns will be right there under the tree. Just fill up your bag and take them home for Mrs. D to fix you up a nice acorn cobbler.

I know, nobody likes a smarta$$, but I couldn't help it.

Thanks, yep it was fun. Dgilbert, go find a White oak if you have them. There acorns are a lot sweeter to the Deer than say a post oak. Or just find where a lot of mast has fallen and set up on a game trail to it. After all the winds today what was left on the trees will be on the ground. I wish I could go this weekend, I would back track the way that doe came and find where she was feeding and set up. I really thought a Buck would have been following her, her hocks wasn't that dark though. Not sure but may show a sign of a trickle rut in that area.

Great story Randy. Over the years I have had better success consistently on those spur of the moment half-a$$ prepared hunts than on planned out weekends. Congratulations

Great story, Randy!

And you wasted all that money on cammo!!! LOL!!!

Could you roll a marble down her back? Lawd that thing musta been fatter'n a town pup!!!

Sounds like you had a big time and two or three little ones...!

Very good! Sounds like a great time.
Thanks for sharing.

PK

Great story, nothin better than bustin a big ole doe, and gettin a chance at some porkers too. We had a similar run in with the hogs this weekend, but they were on the other side of the fence, and nothing we could do would convince them to cross over to our side.

matt

Great Shot! Too bad on the hogs...

Congratulations Randy,
Nothing better than a spur of the moment doe- Kinda a bonus for all the work put into the regular hunts.
Best James

I love days like that. Congrats! Sometimes the best hunts are quick ones.

Congrats on the hunt!!!