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    • Stephen Graf
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        January 8, 2013 at 7:58 pm
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        #2863

        Well I finally killed my first pig. Went on a family vacation to Hawaii to visit relatives and brought my bow along. Of course, I din’t get to hunt as much as I would have liked to.

        I killed this polynesian boar the 2nd day. Shot him with the old EFOC arrow and he only went maybe 15 yds.

        I was a little disappointed with the amount of meat I got off it. I would describe this pig as a walking stomach. But it was a lot of fun!

        I saw many goat and sheep, and a few days later had a really close encounter with a big billy. I keep kicking myself for not taking the shot. There was a branch in the way. But the more I think about it, the more I think I could have made the shot. Oh well…

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      • Alexandre Bugnon
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          January 8, 2013 at 8:45 pm
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          #13808

          Nice, Steve, congratulations!!

        • Bruce Smithhammer
            January 8, 2013 at 8:46 pm
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            #13810

            Well done! I really want to hunt the islands someday.

          • tailfeather
              January 8, 2013 at 8:48 pm
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              #13813

              Fantastic! That sounds like a winter hunting vacation!

            • paleoman
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                January 8, 2013 at 9:23 pm
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                #13842

                Now go raid a pineapple patch and make a meal!

              • Raymond Coffman
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                  January 8, 2013 at 10:31 pm
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                  #13890

                  well done Steve!

                  Nice cutters on him

                  Another place I would like to hunt someday.

                  Been there a few times but never hunted it.

                  Scout

                • David Coulter
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                    January 9, 2013 at 12:20 am
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                    #13968

                    Sounds like a great time. Congrats on the boar. You’re fortunate to travel and hunt. It’s great that you can take advantage of that and enjoy it. All the best, dwc

                  • William Warren
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                      January 9, 2013 at 3:20 am
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                      #14110

                      Good job Steve! What bow did you use? Is that a take down? Sounds like a great Hawaiian vacation.

                      Duncan

                    • Stephen Graf
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                        January 9, 2013 at 12:17 pm
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                        #14544

                        Paleoman – we had a luau with relatives and friends and ate most of the thing up! Finished up with marshmallows around the campfire for the kids (and more beer for me 😀 ). We got 2 more big meals out of it after the luau. That’s enough pork for me for a while…

                        Duncan – yes, it’s the bear takedown I bought a couple years ago that delaminated and whacked me on the head. It is now equipped with Rose Oak Custom limbs and is behaving better. I bought a suitcase that holds the bow, my arrows, and all my gear. And so I can travel incognito…

                      • skifrk
                          January 9, 2013 at 4:27 pm
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                          #14758

                          Steve cool looking pig how was the weather for the hunt? When I went to Kauai in Aug. it was so hot I could not think about hunting in the jungle.

                        • Wexbow
                            January 9, 2013 at 10:32 pm
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                            #15046

                            Way to go Steve, sounds and looks like it was a great trip

                          • Troy Breeding
                              January 9, 2013 at 11:27 pm
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                              #15090

                              Nice!!!

                              Congrats!!!

                              Troy

                            • Stephen Graf
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                                January 10, 2013 at 1:50 pm
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                                #15744

                                skifrk wrote: Steve cool looking pig how was the weather for the hunt? When I went to Kauai in Aug. it was so hot I could not think about hunting in the jungle.

                                Down by the ocean it was hot. But the higher you go, the colder it got. The top of the mountain has snow on it most of the year. It didn’t get out of the 50’s at the altitude I was hunting.

                              • Etter1
                                  January 10, 2013 at 6:24 pm
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                                  #15958

                                  Awesome!

                                  That seems to be the way with a lot of pigs. They’re all guts!

                                • frassettor
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                                    January 12, 2013 at 10:27 am
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                                    #17840

                                    Great job

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