On the other hand, the smile on her face is enough to speak for itself. Yep, she can't wait to get back out there.

Thanks for sharing.

Murphy

Quote: "I've never had this much fun in my life!"

We had a ball. We got to the ranch an hour or so before sundown Friday. We walked out into the field and got to see a few elk and managed to surprise a small group of little hogs.

Saturday had us tromping through hill and dale where we jumped half a dozen groups of hogs but not much by way of size. We did sneak up on a sleeping sow but the only exposed portion was the rear part of the belly and hind leg. In trying to maneauver to a better position, the sow went from asleep to gone in a flash.

Later on that day, we got on a fair sized group and somehow managed not to spook them. There was another nice sized sow that we picked out and placed ourselves for a shot. Melodie got a shot off but it was a clean miss. She doesn't remember levering in another shell and was in absolute wonderment over how hard she was shaking/trembling.

Sunday morning we were hogless and weren't seeing anything. I was getting a little worried we were going home empty handed. We ran into my brother Dan and talked with him for a few minutes when a very unlucky boar wandered up the hill behind us. I put a .358 through the boiler room and it was all over.

Regretfully left the ranch and got home pretty late Sunday. Good times.