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 Hadn't pulled the trigger on anything in a long while, but that finally changed yesterday morning. I took a look outside around 6:15, and in the misty pre-dawn light, I noticed movement to my left. I quickly got the Noblex N4 Vario 2-10x50 scope in position and saw it was a hog. The good news is that it was only about 140 yards away. The bad news was that it was on the move and less than 20 yards from where it would likely pick up my scent. I could not get the shot I wanted, and within a couple seconds, the hog stopped and lifted its head, obviously testing the air for whatever the odd scent it just picked up. At this point, the hog was quartering towards me, a shot I don't like all that much as plenty can go wrong. But I knew this was my only opportunity, so I swung the illuminated dot to the very front of the shoulder and dropped the hammer before the hog decided to vacate the county. To my delight, the hog dropped on the spot and never moved again. The 123 grain SST from the 6.5 Bullberry, which has a muzzle speed of 2536 fps, hit where I had intended, ripped through some major plumbing near the heart, heavily damaging one lung and a portion of the other, perforating the liver and continuing on through the stomach. I was unable to recover it but will check the gutpile in the next day or two. There was dried blood on one of the boar's tusks. I am hoping it was from fighting and not from the newborn fawn I saw about 100 yards from this location on Thursday. Bobby Μολὼν λαβέ The most important thing in life is not what we do but how and why we do it. - Nana Mouskouri | ||
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Good job Bobby. It is always a decision you have to make under some target positions. Shoot or not? I like to think I wouldn't wait too long and lose the opportunity. I always enjoy the photography and wish I could get to your target rich environment more often. I couldn't spend the time in Texas required to get much done. Keep on making good ferals of the live ones. Be Well, Packy. | |||
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Thanks. I wish I could spend more time outdoors and maybe drop a few more, but my health issues have been winning the daily battles lately. But the hogs had better not get too complacent ha ha. Here's another view of the Friday morning's hog:  Bobby Μολὼν λαβέ The most important thing in life is not what we do but how and why we do it. - Nana Mouskouri | |||
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Good on ya, Bobby--keep knocking them down. I have only one or two solo boars coming now since I trapped and decimated the sounder of 23 -- but I'll take solo boars too. An old pilot, not a bold pilot, aka "the pig murdering fool" | |||
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There ya go, got it posted. Looks a whole lot better on the big screen than the 3/4" x 1" on the old folder I use for txting. Thanks much for sharing Bobby. Was this under the lights? George "Gun Control is NOT about Guns' "It's about Control!!" Join the NRA today!" LM: NRA, DAV, George L. Dwight | |||
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George- No problem. This one was not at the feeder and under the lights. He seemed to be headed in that general direction, though. He just didn't quite make it there. My first thought was about the newborn fawn I had seen the day before. Hogs -- larger boars especially -- are as bad as coyotes on the fawns. Bobby Μολὼν λαβέ The most important thing in life is not what we do but how and why we do it. - Nana Mouskouri | |||
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Nice size pig Bobby Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  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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