I slept quite well all things considered and woke up to rain hitting the window. I thought about trying to sleep some more, but my brain was saying, "coffee... coffee..."
After a shower I get my coffee and read for a little while before making some oatmeal for breakfast. Instant oatmeal isn't my favorite, but it will work.
Rick and I texted back and forth about going out with the rain and I decided it was worth it since pigs had been seen the previous two mornings; if things got really bad there was a small turkey blind I could escape to. I suited up in rain gear including my awesome new rain hat and gun rain guard. Rick dropped me off at the same stand from the previous evening.
I slowly worked my way in, stopping a few times to listen if I could hear hogs, but I never did. It was easy to get situated although I sort of felt like I was sitting in the middle of the field. It was surprisingly easy to stay quiet, and it was really nice when I first got out there. There was some persistent morning fog and a quietness to the air. Even though hog hunting in the morning isn't typically very productive, I do love morning hunts.
It rained quite a bit of the morning, and the rain was becoming heavier and more frequent as the morning went on. Hog-wise the morning was a bust. By the time Rick came and got me, I was ready to be out of the elements.
We fed the hog stands. Most had good sign, with no one stand really standing out. There were a few new ones that I hadn't seen before and a couple which must not be in use this year.
At one point I got an email from SO back home with a picture of the snow.
The few inches of predicted snow had turned into something much uglier. I guess I should have gotten the 4-wheeler ready for plowing and re-showed SO how to use it. To say I feel genuinely bad about this is an understatement...
Back at the lodge I had a ferocious headache. But a sort-of nap and a sort-of lunch mostly cured that.
After dropping off a corn trailer Rick dropped me off at Fish Snatch - this is a stand I like, and I've taken hogs off of it before. The afternoon was cloudy with the rain having moved on. There was some wind, but not too much. It just felt like a good day for hogs.
The evening was quiet - almost too quiet. At least the box blind was dry and comfortable.
At one point I used the new "Google Assistant" on my phone and asked it: Where are the pigs
It told me the Bahamas...
Smart-ass damn phone - yes there is a famous cay in the Bahamas with pigs, but I don't think I can hunt there. Or can I??? We'll see how South Carolina does for now.
Eventually it got too dark to see. I unloaded my gun and headed back, meeting Rick about half way to the road. My phone had unhappily rebooted a few times - this is a bad time to have phone problems, but I was finally able to email/text back and forth with SO. She had been able to do some shoveling, but the snow was just too much. Thankfully one of our neighbors had a plow rigged up and was able to help. My guess is he probably thinks I'm either a dumb-ass or a mean bastard now. And maybe I am.
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