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Originally posted by Geedubya:
boomstick,

Opening day of 06 deer season I had spread some corn along the road in front of the stand I was sitting in . Had my 45-70 guide gun w/me.I load 400 gr speers over 53 gr. of IMR 3031. Had a group of hgs come out and started munchin on the corn. Shot one and they took off, dropped three more going up the hill. Nice thing about a 45-70 is it does very little meat damage and you can eat right up to the bullet hole.
If you are shooting hogs with a bow be sure to hit them low. Most people shoot to high and they run off without leaving a blood trail and you'll lose both the hog and the arrow.
GWB

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Originally posted by Whitworth:
That's all you need Boomy!! Does it have an 18-inch barrel? My brother-in-law's handles really well!

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Originally posted by Geedubya:
Whitworth,
that kind of results are not uncommon with a shot from that angle. But I bet there was little to no bloodshot meat. I prefer the 400 grain soft point over the 350 grainer or 300 gr hollow point. I've shot deer hogs and coyote with my 45-70 and everything I've shot has dropped on the spot. They might not have been stone cold dead, but they didn't take another step. Here is a pix of my guide gun and 400 grain speers. This is one of the earlier 1895g's with the 18" ported barrell. Believe it or not I have shot 1" groups with this rifle zeroed at 120 yds.
GWB


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Originally posted by Teat Hound:
Hey Boomie,

If you ever want to go, I know a few places here in California we try. I'm planning on seeing Kyler this spring, maybe, once my back heals up and I can keep up with him.

PM me if you're ever interested. Parkfield is not far from Bakersfield.

Of course, I'd love to go to Texas one day to hunt hogs.

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Originally posted by Geedubya:
BoomStick,
As to hog bloodlines, I really couldn’t say. I’ve hunted hogs in east Texas and the Texas hill country. Shot my first hog in the mid 60’s. Seems they’ve been in the state either domestic or feral forever. One lease I hunt is near Concan, Texas, in the Texas hill country. Reportedly it had no hogs at all until a guy brought up 6 hogs 20 years ago. Supposedly he let them go and the rest is history. Unbelievable number of hogs on this lease. Some years I shoot upward of 40 hog annually. They make a perfect medium for trying out different bullets, loads and calibers.
I am including some pictures of the hogs that visit my feeders whose photos were captured by game cams. Never been to Russia, but the old timers and ranchers tell me that the longer and narrower the snout, big shoulders and small hindquarters indicates Russian in the bloodline. Couldn’t prove it myself.

As to best hunt in terms of difficulty would be hogs that have been under a lot of hunting pressure. They’re pretty smart critters. In Texas its legal to hunt them day or night with any type of weapon. We bait them using spin cast feeders, hog pipes as well as digging a hole in the ground and putting hog wild or moulded corn and or roasted soybeans. We also corn the roads at night then come back a couple of hours later and nail them w/ shotguns.

Old timers used to say don’t eat hogs during the hot months of summer. I eat them all year long. The big boars can be pretty foul but sows under 200 lbs and boars that their nuts haven’t dropped are great eating. Take the backstraps or tenders, marinate them in teriyaki sauce, pepper, garlic powder and Tony Chachere’s seasoning, put them on a grill over hot coals, makes for mighty fine fare.

The older boars have better tusks, but like whitetails, they don’t get old by being stupid. Typicallly, I have my best luck just morning and evening when its almost to dark to see through a scope at 80 to 100 yds.
gwb