Florida man mistakes girlfriend for hog, shoots her

[DonP]

13. Up here (Illinois) it's mostly upland birds, Pheasant etc., some go for ducks and geese too

I know several couples that are out along the Mississippi flyway camping and up before dawn in a blind or field for ducks and geese through the season, even after the first few snowfalls. Not my idea of fun, but there's a lid for every pot.

For years Hogs were only a Southern and Southwestern thing, but now feral Hogs are a growing sport area with their spread. They even are hog hunting in Upper Michigan now. I think I read that domestic pigs will go feral in only 3 or 4 generations and the way pigs breed and reproduce that's now long.

Hunting together, at least for me, is a lot more than just shooting though. I've gone with wife and friends, including other couples, had a great time and never got a single shot off. I've also gone and got enough pheasant and quail for a nice wild game dinner for 16 of us after a good weekend in the field.

For me, there's just something about being up with friends before dawn and walking a cut over cornfield in Iowa or an old railroad right of way in Southern Illinois at first light in crisp fall air with people you know and like. We usually wind up sitting in a small town diner for breakfast talking about shots missed or shots taken when everyone else is just waking up and starting to stir.