Andrew Collis rejected visions of Elmer Fudd to bag a mob of pigs … and won a Vanguard bipod for his efforts!
I wanted to share an exciting hunt out at Flinton with my good mate Paul Ball, his mate John and my son Phoenix. There’s always something special about spending time with good mates and getting out in the bush.
The weather was great, but on one particular afternoon the clouds rolled in and conditions became quite overcast and cold. John and Phoenix decided to relax at the hunters’ pad. Bally and I decided to do an afternoon run. Driving along, we talked about all things rifles.
At the back of the property, we came up on a mob of five pigs rooting around in an open paddock about 500m away. We had to do a stalk. Problem was, the field was open with no cover at all apart from the odd bush scattered about. The wind was blowing straight towards us.
We snuck through the fence and made our way slowly towards a small bush. Behind it, Bally and I quietly discussed tactics. We mapped out a trail of small bushes we could we could use to get within 50m of the pigs.
Bally broke off some branches and handed them to me. “It’s time to go undercover,” he said. I immediately had visions of Elmer Fudd sneaking up on Bugs Bunny. My look said it all. Bally laughed and moved forward.
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Soon we’d closed the gap. The pigs moved closer towards us. We dropped our bushes and jumped up. Bally’s .270 boomed as the pigs scattered in all directions. My trusty 6.5×55 Swede followed, making its own roar followed by a thud and dropping one of the pigs.
Bally let off a few more rounds, which with his skill dropped two more pigs. The last pig had made a good run and created some distance. I led it and squeezed the trigger, heard the thud and saw the pig slide to a stop.
The look on Bally’s face said he was impressed with my shot. I was impressed with my shot.
We had taken five from five. As we brought all the pigs together for a quick pic, we realised we were not alone. All the cows in the paddock had become curious and decided to photo bomb.
This was yet another successful safari to talk about in years to come.
By Andrew Collis
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