This is a feed station that I look out on from the side entrance of my home. The brushline in the back represents the entry point of about 95% feral hogs that terrorize my yard. That brush funnels thousands of acres up to this point between the powerline on the left and my lake on the right. I decided to add a pole line with moonlight type of lights across that point of brush so that I could see the critters that I usually have to hold a light on to shoot. The lights went up a week ago and I have hammered three large hogs to date!
The bad thing is that the work just about put me under. I had been hitting it hard outside in the 95°+ heat for about 10 days and the ditchwitching and setting the poles was about a 12 hour run with peak temperatures at 102°! I started having problems during that night and by Friday I was a mess. The diagnosis was heat exhaustion and my Doc feels I came pretty close to having a heat stroke. I've been in a bit of trouble with different things throughout the week and still under the effects over a week later. Was it worth it? Oh hell yes, and my Doc will be out as well Sunday night to try to kill a good hog!
If my wife reads this last statement I'm a dead man as she has been the one dealing with me.Those three deer in the picture are part of a bachelor group of eight that hang out here at the house. At least a few members of the group are always in view throughout the day. The one on the far left with his butt to you and head down is going to be a great 3 1/2 year old scoring around 140" to 145". This will be the last year I see him up at the house. Next spring he will be in the back with the big boys. Oh, I will add that I never kill a deer around the house. Don't matter how good he is.
