Mr. Palmers Pig

A year prior to the main story, Cass Palmer had never been on a Javelina hunt of any kind.  A friend talked him into going along on his archery Javelina hunt.  Well, after one day, Cass decided it was time for him to start applying for a Javelina tag.

The next year he did just that.  Cass drew the HAM (Handgun, Archery, Muzzleloader) hunt.  The first morning of his hunt was a little slow, a few deer, some elk, varmits, but no Javelina. Lots of glassing in good country didn’t turn up any pigs until finally midafternoon Bryant McGee found a small group about 3 miles away.

Cass had invited his friend Paul Munowitch along, so the three set out to get within archery range of the Javelina.  After a pretty good hike across a few canyons and ridges they closed the distance to just under a hundred yards.  After a quick survey of the area, the three decided they had a good handle on where all the scattered Javelina were, so they started to cut the distance in order to put Cass within archery range.

When the distance was cut to twenty yards, Cass nocked an arrow and let her fly.  The pig let out a grunt and a short hop and ran behind a clump of cedars.  That was all it took, Cass had his Javelina and Paul claimed “next year I’m putting in for these little suckers!”

Cass’s pig ended up being a big boar with three legs.  He was missing one hind leg from some kind of old injury.