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Inspection Sunday afternoon showed that the hogs had wiggled through a gap in the Maginot Line Saturday night between the two cameras locations. Others confirmed additional damage to the city property.
The “East” camera was moved to the new crossing along with the bait.
At 2230, the alarm sounded showing pigs at the camera and on city property in the background.
My wingman had already advised me that he was not available for a couple of nights. So, I was on my own.
As I drove up the my parking spot I could see hogs on city property because of the lights behind the fire station.
Looking with the thermal scanner, I could see hogs along the gravel road as I looked through the chain link fence around the boat trailer parking area. They were eating the corn that fell from the pig pipe as I dragged it from one location to another. There was a sow and two shoats on the road.
Moving forward, I walked between the VFD fire station and the city garage next to it. At the corner of the fire station I could see the three hogs through the chain link fence. I couldn’t shoot through the fence. If I went to the gravel road, I could not shoot down the road. There was no shot.
Also, the flood light on the back of the fire station would have revealed me if I stepped out.
Time passed, the corn in the road was being eaten up.
The pigs began to move toward the fence at the first cameras location. I moved along the paved street to the gravel road. By this time hogs were off the road.
As I walked along the gravel road I continued to scan with the thermal. I could see the sow eating corn in the ditch where the bait was first located. Tripod up, safe firing direction, observe. I had a broadside look but not sure direction that she is looking. I can’t let her get away. I guessed that she is looking north, the direction that she would have entered the ditch. Bang.
She was gone, I move along the road to the area where she was. Looking into the pasture, one of the younger pigs. Tripod up, bang. A second good shot.
Both pigs ran, but I know these were hits.
No more pigs overnight, just raccoons, stray cats, and a fox on the telephone cameras.
Video of thermal attached along with game camera shot showing two hogs.
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