Ray Q

I had not hunted for over 30 years. Last year, now that I’m retired, I decided to give it a try and went for a high fence elk hunt on a ranch north of Rexburg by the sand dunes. I didn’t know if, physically I could handle it. We drove all over a 12000 acre ranch looking fort he elk I wanted, which was in the 230-240 class. There were only a couple and I got one of them, about 75 yards away. This at least gave myself a start. Just a few weeks ago I went pig hunting with a friend of mine, an avid hunter, who hired on as a guide that has pigs and deer. The last of the 3 day hunt we found one, about 170 lbs and moved up to about 75 yards. One shot and we are enjoying sausage. We used an ATV a lot and did hike and some successful stalking. At the time I shot my pig it was 102 degrees at 7:30 in the evening, hotter during the day.