I have been going after this guy, hard, for just over 2 weeks. I had managed to see him a total of 4 times, two previous times when I didn't get a chance to shoot him and then twice last night, first when he came by early on but would not come out into the open, and then three hours later when he did.
This boar appeared to have been hunted before and would readily spook because of strange noises or movements, and I assume also strange smells. He did an excellent job of avoiding myself, Ken, and Bob and his son who have all sat for this hog. We played the wind from different directions, sat in different stands across the property, came early, came late, based on whatever the hog was doing and he would simply do something else.
This evening, the hog came in right before 9:00. I heard him coming as he made a lot of noise. Wind was out of the north and he approached from the south and so I figured I was busted. He circled behind me twice and moved off to the east where I could just see him if I twisted around as far as I could in the stand, but could not get a rifle on him. He meandered about in the area behind me for about 20 minutes before moving off to the east and a little while later, I started receiving images from my east feeder where he was snarfing up corn with the coons. I opted to wait him out.
Just after midnight, he appeared, entering from the northwest. I got my rifle on him and go the new DVR turned on and took the shot. I have not worked with this DVR much and probably didn't time the short boot-up sequence very well because I shot just after it starting recording. The DVR gives a buzz to let you know when it is recording and I would have sworn that several seconds passed, but that was apparently the adrenaline keeping time.
I fired. The shot entered the right shoulder, just forward of the shoulder blade at the neck and exited the left shoulder. The 6.5 Grendel Hornady 123 gr. SST round tore a 3 point star out of the left shoulder more than 2.5" across. It was fairly impressive. Even more impressive was the self sealing capability of the boar's shield. Neither the entry or exit wounds bled.
In the video, when you hear the shot, you will also hear a ring sound. That is actually the flash suppressor on my barrel. I have decided it is annoying, LOL, but am not sure what to do about it.
The boar dropped in place, DRT. Cookies will be purchased by the time the kids get out of school. Angry Bird was pleased.
This boar appeared to have been hunted before and would readily spook because of strange noises or movements, and I assume also strange smells. He did an excellent job of avoiding myself, Ken, and Bob and his son who have all sat for this hog. We played the wind from different directions, sat in different stands across the property, came early, came late, based on whatever the hog was doing and he would simply do something else.
This evening, the hog came in right before 9:00. I heard him coming as he made a lot of noise. Wind was out of the north and he approached from the south and so I figured I was busted. He circled behind me twice and moved off to the east where I could just see him if I twisted around as far as I could in the stand, but could not get a rifle on him. He meandered about in the area behind me for about 20 minutes before moving off to the east and a little while later, I started receiving images from my east feeder where he was snarfing up corn with the coons. I opted to wait him out.
Just after midnight, he appeared, entering from the northwest. I got my rifle on him and go the new DVR turned on and took the shot. I have not worked with this DVR much and probably didn't time the short boot-up sequence very well because I shot just after it starting recording. The DVR gives a buzz to let you know when it is recording and I would have sworn that several seconds passed, but that was apparently the adrenaline keeping time.
I fired. The shot entered the right shoulder, just forward of the shoulder blade at the neck and exited the left shoulder. The 6.5 Grendel Hornady 123 gr. SST round tore a 3 point star out of the left shoulder more than 2.5" across. It was fairly impressive. Even more impressive was the self sealing capability of the boar's shield. Neither the entry or exit wounds bled.
In the video, when you hear the shot, you will also hear a ring sound. That is actually the flash suppressor on my barrel. I have decided it is annoying, LOL, but am not sure what to do about it.
The boar dropped in place, DRT. Cookies will be purchased by the time the kids get out of school. Angry Bird was pleased.
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