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I'll post photos when I get home, we are after wildboars, red stags, and fallow bucks here in Maine.
 
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You have boar in Maine? Confused Good luck to you D99!! Enjoy your hunt and we are expecting a full report and MANY photos! beer



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Best of luck to you...and don't forget to share the photos! thumb


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Shot with RWS 180 Grain Uni in the 308 Steyr-Mannlicher Pro-Hunter with a Tasco Titan in 3-12x56 (great scope made by the same factory as Nightforce (Hakko).

Wore the Jakti Jakt hunting pants and jacket, and a Jack Wolfskin fleece, and Danner Mountain 800 boots.

It was about 40 degrees most of the day until 2 pm and then it got to about 15.

Nice day, didn't spend a lot of time on identification, but I couldn't find a boar earlier so home this one went.

 
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Waidmansheil!

Nice pig and may I compliment you on your choice of kit beer

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That's excellent, D99! That's a fine hog! Congratulations! Who was the outfitter (did you use an outfitter?)? beer



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Thanks guys, it was Skinner Bog Wilderness, I am working on doing another hunt with them in a couple weeks.

I donated all the meat excepting a shoulder and some ribs to the local Catholic food bank. The rest I gave to a guy that works for me with new babies and a pregnant wife.

I am going to try and put together another food bank hunt when I get back. The local food banks are hurting really badly.
 
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Donating meat is a great idea. I love hunting, but there is only so much room in my freezers.......

Does the outfitter have a website? Once again, congratulations!



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Just google Skinner Bog Wilderness.
 
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Weidmannsheil, Seth! That is a lovely piggie, just the right eating size!

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Nice piggie!

I like the coloration of this hog. thumb


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Thank you all for your nice comments. I liked her, and she was eating fat as they say.

I am on vacation starting Friday for two weeks in Wyoming then I am back to Asia for a few months with the military, so I didn't feel I could take her home and not eat her when others could be eating her.

I had thought about taking a side of ribs, but decided it was easier to give the whole thing to the food bank, than have to try and figure out a meal in the next two days while I am in pre-holiday looniness.
 
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Very nice piggie


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What I have learned on AR, since 2001:
1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken.
2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle.
7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions.
8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not.
10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact.
11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores.
12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence.
13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances.
 
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