Zak's dad ,Ray, brought his son out to Blaauwkrantz on Thursday the 23rd September and bushpig was on top of the wish-list.
Since the 23rd was full moon we headed straight to the bait site I thought we would have the best chance at having some action.
At 8:30 pm we noticed a single pig scurrying around in the moonlight and eventually start feeding.
I could see that it was an average sized pig and whispered that we should wait a bit longer for the other pigs to arrive as I had noticed even bigger ones coming in according to my scouting camera that had been out there for a few weeks already.
At 9pm Zak couldn't wait any longer and said that he wanted to shoot that pig.He said he could see it in the moonlight with the feint red dot of the Zeiss scope on its shoulder.I whispered that he should go ahead and squeeze the trigger,my words were still coming out when Zak shot,I was surprised how quickly he shot and didn't hear the rapport from the 300 Win Mag and assumed that he had missed.I went to the spot where the pig was standing and there was nothing.
I was sure Zak had missed!
I was reluctant to go into the bushes and start tracking at night as I didn't want to make too many tracks around there since we might have to come back again to try again.Anyway a wounded bushpig in the dark and in that thicket isn't something you want to have a rendezvous with!
The next morning we went to investigate and I noticed some blood near to the bait in the morning sun.My tracker,Jeffrey, got called on to ply his trade in the densest of dense thickets and investigate further...It wasn't long and Jeff called from the darkness that the pig was dead.I almost couldn't believe it!
Zak had actually done it- a bushpig in the moonlight!
The pig weighed 120 lbs and was an excellent way to start his safari as he succeeded in taking a warthog a few days later too.
Congratulations Zak!
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