Only have photos of one. It was a boar that taped around the chest at a fraction over 41 inches, indicating a weight of roughly 210 Lbs. I broke my leg last year, and it still gives me some trouble, so my hunting is generally limited to when I can get someone to come along to do any heavy lifting and dragging. Luckily for me, my usual hunting buddy has returned from a 2-year stint working out of the country, and the landowner wants to get out a bit more as well. Tuesday evening the landowner and I set out for a pasture where we often see hogs.
We'd been out somewhere between 45 minutes to an hour when a sounder of a dozen hogs wandered out of the trees into our view. The time was about 7:30PM, sundown was scheduled for 8:00PM. we walked up the fence line, which is covered with trees and brush with a roadway behind it, until we came to an opening that gave us a shot at the hogs. They were no more than 80 yards away.
We did the 3-2-1-BANG thing, and each got one. The landowner had told me as we walked into position that he didn't want me shooting the biggest one, knowing that he'd have to drag it in. He chided me about not following his advice, but I told him there were two that were larger that I didn't shoot. He didn't believe me, of course, for good reason. But we managed to collect the hogs. His was maybe 80 Lbs, but he shot it on the run through both hindquarters so we dragged it to the woodline and left it as our donation to the Turkey Buzzard Preservation Society. Actually, on our last trip out we dropped of some carcasses and later saw two bald eagles munching away and enjoying our contribution. Everything in the woods gotta eat …
You can see the entry point just behind the shoulder. It was a quartering away shot, and we found the bullet under the shield on the opposite shoulder. It was a Hornady 150 grain SP, a basic cup-and-core bullet. The bullet weighed 129 grains after passing most of the way through the hog.
The bullet was together when recovered, but came apart as I attempted to clean it up a little.
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We'd been out somewhere between 45 minutes to an hour when a sounder of a dozen hogs wandered out of the trees into our view. The time was about 7:30PM, sundown was scheduled for 8:00PM. we walked up the fence line, which is covered with trees and brush with a roadway behind it, until we came to an opening that gave us a shot at the hogs. They were no more than 80 yards away.
We did the 3-2-1-BANG thing, and each got one. The landowner had told me as we walked into position that he didn't want me shooting the biggest one, knowing that he'd have to drag it in. He chided me about not following his advice, but I told him there were two that were larger that I didn't shoot. He didn't believe me, of course, for good reason. But we managed to collect the hogs. His was maybe 80 Lbs, but he shot it on the run through both hindquarters so we dragged it to the woodline and left it as our donation to the Turkey Buzzard Preservation Society. Actually, on our last trip out we dropped of some carcasses and later saw two bald eagles munching away and enjoying our contribution. Everything in the woods gotta eat …
You can see the entry point just behind the shoulder. It was a quartering away shot, and we found the bullet under the shield on the opposite shoulder. It was a Hornady 150 grain SP, a basic cup-and-core bullet. The bullet weighed 129 grains after passing most of the way through the hog.
The bullet was together when recovered, but came apart as I attempted to clean it up a little.
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