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The Pig
Caller The
pig pictures below are poor quality. I only include them to collaborate
my story.
October 12, 2006: I went to photograph wildlife in the Santa Ynez River
bed on base. At approximately 6:30 p.m. 2 pigs, some deer and a coyote
came out the brush. They were all to my left about a 100 yards; too far
for my camera. So I got out of my portable blind and crawled on my hands
and knees to get closer. By that the time I got within 50 yards, the
light level was too low for good pictures but I tied anyway.
Well I thought
I'd try to get the pigs to come closer by calling them. So here I am,
grunting like a pig. To my amazement, one of the pigs looked in my
direction and went around a bush. I kept grunting and few seconds later
he came out and was walking directly toward me, so with camera in
position, I'm clicking off shots. He kept coming. Like a pro
photographer, I stayed on him. Finally, his head filled my view finder
and I had to back off the zoom and kept shooting. It finally dawned on
me that he may be close. I moved the camera to the side to find the pig
was now only 20 feet from me and still coming at me. I decided he was
close enough and stood up to scare it off.
As anticipated,
the pictures didn't come out well, but I had a lot of fun. Next time I'll
use a different lens that will work better in low light. The zoom isn't
that much, but if I can get within 40 feet, I should get some great
shots.
So now you can call me the pig caller.
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