2021 Warthog
Borrowed .243 Mauser of some flavor that I would have loved to taken home with me. PH & I were in a makeshift blind a 1/4 or so mile away from a planted field. Busted out of cover an hour or two after we had sat down from being spooked by something. Running straight at us from about 200 yards to within 75 yards when I took the shot, just as he was quartering towards us and slipped one in and he dropped.
PH was more excited than I was over the size (10 1/2" exposed tusk).
My store is much the same - I had no inention of shooting a warthog. Of course, first morning out, we see a good one. PH and trackers were adamant I should attemt to shoot it. My first African animal was one I no no intention of taking.
Yep, on my first African hunt I had made it plain I wasn’t interested in a warthog in spite of a lot of encouragement, including my taxidermist. So we were out looking for a kudu when we encountered some warthogs. The PH said, “Al, I know you don’t particularly want to shoot a warthog, but that’s a very nice warthog.” Bang! 😂
