THA4
A Few Steps Ahead Of You
Well, thank God the Hog didn't show back up..... or maybe I already took care of the problem.... :grin:
But, I got a nice surprise when this guy showed up.
I got a few pix of him last year and was very impressed with how he looked, due to all the junk he had I called him "Pointer", but kinda decided that was a lame nickname, and upon Ryan's (Shoot2Kill) recommendation, I renamed him Hawg after the pig that ate all my corn...
After looking at these pix over and over last year, I really thought he could be a 2.5'r, but its just flat hard to gauge accurate age in August, I surely don't know 100%.
Here is "Hawg" during August of 2010 (I'm showing a few of different angles to show off his body hoping to make it easier to guess his age.)
Here he is during November, I passed him a day before this picture, and a week or so later. he busted a lot of his trash off showing that he was a fighter. His body in this pic made me think 3, but I'm still pretty sure he was 2 in '10
Here he his this year, lots more junk and impressive. He looks good, but I'd be surprised if he hit 150. Its August and its way too hard to tell his age accurately at this point, but I'm still leaning towards 3 this year.
So, let's hear some estimates.
I hunt in a place where he doesn't stand a very good chance of making it through shotgun season. But, I know if shoot him he certainly WON'T make it... but, if he bulks up and manages to not break the hell out of his rack like he did last year, I can't make any promises at this point.
Its too early to make the decision on pulling the trigger, but if I knew he'd make it through, I'd pass him... Plus, there are a few other bucks out there that are bigger and older that I would love to hammer.... We'll see!
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But, I got a nice surprise when this guy showed up.
I got a few pix of him last year and was very impressed with how he looked, due to all the junk he had I called him "Pointer", but kinda decided that was a lame nickname, and upon Ryan's (Shoot2Kill) recommendation, I renamed him Hawg after the pig that ate all my corn...
After looking at these pix over and over last year, I really thought he could be a 2.5'r, but its just flat hard to gauge accurate age in August, I surely don't know 100%.
Here is "Hawg" during August of 2010 (I'm showing a few of different angles to show off his body hoping to make it easier to guess his age.)
Here he is during November, I passed him a day before this picture, and a week or so later. he busted a lot of his trash off showing that he was a fighter. His body in this pic made me think 3, but I'm still pretty sure he was 2 in '10
Here he his this year, lots more junk and impressive. He looks good, but I'd be surprised if he hit 150. Its August and its way too hard to tell his age accurately at this point, but I'm still leaning towards 3 this year.
So, let's hear some estimates.
I hunt in a place where he doesn't stand a very good chance of making it through shotgun season. But, I know if shoot him he certainly WON'T make it... but, if he bulks up and manages to not break the hell out of his rack like he did last year, I can't make any promises at this point.
Its too early to make the decision on pulling the trigger, but if I knew he'd make it through, I'd pass him... Plus, there are a few other bucks out there that are bigger and older that I would love to hammer.... We'll see!
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