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I should let Afalex write this he tells a much better story but here goes.
I was hunting with Afalex and one of his friends up here in Wichita. A farmer up here had complained to Alex that the hogs were destroying his irrigation system in a new pecan orchard.
Soon as we arrived Afalex said he thought he spotted a hog but I had nothing on night vision or thermal. We got down wind and started a stalk to see what it was. Once we got to about 100 yards we could all three see something black but it was small and not moving at all. With the thermal I could see it was hot but it looked like two small hot spots not a pig. Finally as we were about to pass it up it moved sure enough it was a hog.
We decided to try the blackout on this one since it was alone. We stalked to about 50 yards but this hog was still almost invisible to the nv and thermal! I turned on the IR illuminator and could still barely see him but his eyes were glowing so I guesstimated where his ear was and fired.
Phsssst thump and he was running! All I could think was crappy .300 blackout! So I fired six more times and Afalex fired twice. Finally he was down.
Was about a 200 pound white boar with black spots that was coated in mud! That's why he didn't show up on the nv or thermal the perfect camo insulated and blended in at the same time just like Arnold on predator one!!!
This guy was very well ventilated my first shot just right behind the ear but about an inch high of the spine. The 220gr bullet tumbled and made a pretty good exit wound. The rest were just through and through holes 30 caliber in 30 caliber out.
So we drug him off went to check the other orchards game cams and pig pipes. Had activity on the cameras but we had missed them. So we went back to the original new orchard. Soon as we pulled in I saw them with the thermal 15-20 hogs! We set up the thermal actually remembered to hit record and made our stalk. Now I don't know if its because I've night blinded myself looking through the thermal or what. But when we got setup to do the countdown, I could not see without my Ir illuminator. Afalex was getting washed out by the illuminator so I turned it off. I picked the one hog I could see without it and we counted down. Three two one fire! Soon as I fired that was it for me could not see without the illuminator. I could hear the hogs running all around us and them shooting but I was useless. After it was all over there were three more dead hogs including a 240lb pregnant sow!
Tonight I'm using my illuminator! ;)
Pics and video later!
I was hunting with Afalex and one of his friends up here in Wichita. A farmer up here had complained to Alex that the hogs were destroying his irrigation system in a new pecan orchard.
Soon as we arrived Afalex said he thought he spotted a hog but I had nothing on night vision or thermal. We got down wind and started a stalk to see what it was. Once we got to about 100 yards we could all three see something black but it was small and not moving at all. With the thermal I could see it was hot but it looked like two small hot spots not a pig. Finally as we were about to pass it up it moved sure enough it was a hog.
We decided to try the blackout on this one since it was alone. We stalked to about 50 yards but this hog was still almost invisible to the nv and thermal! I turned on the IR illuminator and could still barely see him but his eyes were glowing so I guesstimated where his ear was and fired.
Phsssst thump and he was running! All I could think was crappy .300 blackout! So I fired six more times and Afalex fired twice. Finally he was down.
Was about a 200 pound white boar with black spots that was coated in mud! That's why he didn't show up on the nv or thermal the perfect camo insulated and blended in at the same time just like Arnold on predator one!!!
This guy was very well ventilated my first shot just right behind the ear but about an inch high of the spine. The 220gr bullet tumbled and made a pretty good exit wound. The rest were just through and through holes 30 caliber in 30 caliber out.
So we drug him off went to check the other orchards game cams and pig pipes. Had activity on the cameras but we had missed them. So we went back to the original new orchard. Soon as we pulled in I saw them with the thermal 15-20 hogs! We set up the thermal actually remembered to hit record and made our stalk. Now I don't know if its because I've night blinded myself looking through the thermal or what. But when we got setup to do the countdown, I could not see without my Ir illuminator. Afalex was getting washed out by the illuminator so I turned it off. I picked the one hog I could see without it and we counted down. Three two one fire! Soon as I fired that was it for me could not see without the illuminator. I could hear the hogs running all around us and them shooting but I was useless. After it was all over there were three more dead hogs including a 240lb pregnant sow!
Tonight I'm using my illuminator! ;)
Pics and video later!
