I have to admit… I’m excited about my first hunt.

Me being me, I’m a planner. The Boy Scout in me is alive and well, and I want to “Be Prepared” for the event. Part of that is getting some gear (I do love that I live so close to a Cabela’s), but the bigger part is the mental preparation. Not just getting myself in the right frame of mind (channel my inner Nuge), but learning all that I can.

For instance, where’s the right place to shoot a hog?

I went Googling and found a few things:

From The Hog Blog.

Texas Boars. This has some good stuff, and a perfect picture. I need to commit that to memory.

I’m sure I’ll find other things.

Oh, this changes my reading list. I put the Nemerov book on hold to read one that I think is more relevant to the matters at hand . One of the books I picked up from Amazon was Jeff Cooper’s The Art of the Rifle. It’s one of those books I’ve long felt I ought to read just because it’s touted as one of those seminal books on firearms. While originally I bought it just because I felt it was one to read, now that I’m getting myself into a rifle state of mind well… might as well read it now instead of later.