Thread: After the Kiwi left Arkansas……

Our rifle season started on Nov 9th. I hunted Craig’s stand the first 2 mornings…saw 7 does day 1, 2 small bucks that weren’t legal the second day. The hunting conditions were tough..warm temps, big moon and still lots of acorns. The deer were moving at night according to my cameras…

From the 9th on we hunted everyday….sitting early and late. My wife had decided to just hunt from the cabin porch window, a spot that has proven to be productive…it looks out over a 2acre foodplot planted with clover, chicory turnips and native grass. There is a feeder and a waterhole about 100yds below the camp. I hunted 5 different spots..3 box blinds and 2 pop up blinds that I use for bowhunting…. It didn’t matter…the deer were not cooperating. A strange year for sure…we usually always see at least does…not this year. We kept at it.

On Nov 21st my wife and her friend Patti left camp and went home…my wife had a Dr. appointment. That left me unsupervised! I had got some hog pictures not far from camp the night before. I was hoping that the hog would show up at the feeder below camp…when Raye left..I took her spot at the window.

True to form no deer showed up…the sun was going down..the shadows were long. About 5pm that boar slipped out of the thicket and slowly moved into the foodplot. I grabbed Rayes 270 Mark X and slid the window up enough to get the gun on the sill. The boar was very cautious..walk a bit..stop and test the wind. Eventually he made his way down the hill toward the feeder. He stopped in the middle of the slope and seemed to be getting nervous..he looked tight up at the camp. He was facing me squarely…I put the cross hair right between his blinkers and touched it off.

He folded right up..rolled down the hill almost to the feeder. I was excited to get that boar..hadn’t shot one in a few years…
I went out to the shed at got the tractor fired up..then called my friend Ken to give me a hand.



Ken and I got him skinned and gutted..and had a few beers to celebrate. It wasn’t a deer..but I need some pork for lunch meat and sausage. I was hoping maybe our hunting luck would change.


To be continued..