Thread: Hunting and that bastard Murphy ...

The second actually had a happy ending ( not so much for the pig)
Had taken the boy out for a bit of target practice with the 22 and my AR with 22 kit fitted .
Had a bomb up for a few hrs at various target distances but sun was starting to go down so time to go . Loaded rifles in the back seat in bags and cases and off we go .
20 mtrs up the road - truck hadn't even changed gear and the biggest sow I had ever seen wanders out the bush and starts walking up the road about 50 mtrs in front of us , apparently oblivious to our presence .
I couldn't believe it .
So hit the brakes , leap between the seats and try to recover the AR from it's hard case , which naturally is buried under everything else . The boy is giving me live commentary on the pigs movements and telling me to pull my finger out .
Finally get the AR out of the case and realized it still has the 22 bolt in .
Murphy - you bastard !
So more scrambling round and get rifle sorted . Open the truck door with window wound down and line up on pig just as it decides to go back into the bush , now about 100 mtrs ahead .
So a few 4 letter words later unload the rifle and throw it back in case .
Proceed with driving home and low and behold , just passing spot pig disappeared into and it pops back out on the road another 50 mtrs ahead .
You have got to be kidding me thinks I .
The boy is getting all excited in the passenger seat again as once more I dive between the seats to retrieve the rifle .
At least it's on the top this time . Get it out and get the mag in just as piggy disappears into the bush again .
So this time lesson learned and I leave the rifle between the front seats .
Start to pull away , get another 50 mtrs or so up the road and lo and behold out pops the bacon again .
Open my door , exit truck and rest rifle through open window and chamber a round ....

FTX - 1 Murphy - 0 (this time....)

And boy did we struggle trying to get that monster pig in the back of the truck ....