Diversions, pigs in the heat and in praise of Eotech...

Wow, what a week! My wife told me Tuesday night that the car was suddenly running funny after having been fine all day. Probaly something simple-right? Well, it's in the shop getting a replacement engine because that was cheaper than the fix it needed! All because of some small problem with a sensor.. Makes me want to take up my threat of buying an early 70's family truckster and rebuilding it stem to stern! You could work on those in your driveway! Plus I was only getting 14mpg in town in our Expedition anyway. I can build an 'oldie' to easily get that or better while living up to 20 on the highway! Have we really progressed that much? Alas, time and money, time and money..

So how 'bout those pigs!?!?! I shot two last week in the blistering heat! Poor buggers are having a devil of a time as water dries up statewide. The first one I shot was in the creek channel, just a few feet from a pool of water. The second one was part of the group that ran away when I shot. They just came back because they didn't want to leave the water! I shot him at about 25ft from where the first one lay! Everything happened so fast that the 'rush' hit me about the time I was narrating on camera how everything went down. Oh well, I normally look like a dork on camera anyway, if this is worse it should be obvious that I was pretty stoked. If it ever makes TV maybe folks can relate to my excitement!

Our hunting grounds of choice are in and around a major creek northwest of the DFW metromess, because it still has some water in it, unlike most of the rest of the county! I hunted with my buddy Glenn's AR because it's new, it's a 6.8spc, and because I like it and wanted to shoot a pig with it. In addition to that, it's topped with an Eotech HWS (holographic weapon sight), which is my favorite type of sight for pig hunting. Some folks think of this as a battle sight only, used primarily for close quarters, however this is by far a myopic (get it-nearsighted, huh, huh?) view of this extremely versatile sight!! If you have the chance to hunt with one of these sights you should go for it. There is nothing out there that is faster for target aquisition at either long or short range! This sight also has a 1moa center dot which allows great accuracy out to 100yd and beyond! If you really want to reach out there, there are flip away magnifiers available as well.

I do a lot of daydreaming about how to set up a rifle to be versatile enough for any condition. I used to think that a scope with quick release rings, and iron sights for backup was all a person needed. Well, considering how much better an Eotech is than irons-and faster-I'm now working out how to add that capability to my bolt action rifle. Brownell's catalog, here I come! Well, after paying for an engine anyway.