It was a good day for hog hunting in N. GA yesterday! I shot a nice boar with my 13.25" Bullberry blackpowder Contender. The load was a 45 caliber Speer Gold Dot bullet, Hornady sabot, and 80 grains of Triple 7. This boar was a tough one! I shot him a total of five times; three at point blank range. His shield was incredibly thick and the jacketed hollow point bullets weren't reaching the vitals. During the skinning operation, I dug three of them out of his shoulders; two of them were mushroomed perfectly the third had shed its lead core.

This is the third hog that I have shot with this load and the first time that I have ever had problems reaching the vitals. I've never tried a WFN in a sabot, but after this experience I will be experimenting with them!

I skinned and deboned the hog and my brother helped me carry him back to the truck. When I got back to the truck, I discovered that my friend Adam had killed a similar sized sow with his Encore muzzleloader. He was convinced that he had missed her because he couldn't find any blood. He finally found a drop of blood and after a short trailing job he found his hog.

Excellent BOar!!

You just made the case for flat-nosed hardcast bullets! You simply cannot count on expanding bullets for reliable penetration -- but you know that! That said, you succeeded in bringing that beast down, and I would call that a success! CONGRATULATIONS!! Great boar! Are you having him mounted?

No wonder your smile is so big, I would be smiling at least as large after finally putting that big sucker down..
I bet that there is a little more to the story between the first shot and the last.

x-caliber, can you take some photos of the bullets? Would love to see them. Good job, man!

That looks like real fun, though I bet you were moving quick after the first shot. Its something we don't get to do over here, hunting with pistols, but it must be exciting stalking in on them.

Congratulations to you both!Thats a big devil You guys "done good "finding that other hog Fantastic

He Looks Like a old grey beard Black Russian!
I bet he raised caine after that first shot,you had your "game on" reloading that quick,did he charge?I bet that was a awsome hunt How cold was it,I was up at North carolina/Georgia Line/Nantahala area yesterday morning and it was 7 degrees at daylight!
No worrying about skeeters & rattlers this time year!You guys had to work to get 2 off the mountain,good job!

When shooting hogs with a pistol, even an encore, you definately want hardball or hard cast lead for penetration. Here is one that had been shot with a 243 about 30 minutes before and I put 7 jacketed hollow points from a 45 acp in him at distance between 10' and 2 ' as he was charging. Good thing he dropped at my feet as I was out of bullets and to jacked to run.
GWB

Geedubya thats a hoss of a boar right there,Fine looking young man too,You was in between a rock and a tight place for a minute sounds like ,you had your game on too that time sounds like! Congratulations on a fine boar & fine shooting!You guys are giving me wild boar fever,i got to go get me one before there all gone
Your boar looks like a black russian too...what did he weigh?Looks heavy...

You've done well! Looking forward to the photos!

Yep thats north Georgia,that land up there is steep!You can see in the last pic,perfect shot placement,Glad you guys scored and a double at that WOW thats a awsome hunt right there,you guys were way back in the woods,were you on the west side of Helen or east??I go up to swallows creekWMA and Lake Burton WMA every year chaseing those Devils...pretty country forsure!

Dang fire cohutta!Now your talking! Man you did go to the rough land at the end of the world!!!,were you on the north or south?I was born at cohutta on holly creek and tear brithces trail & lake conasauga/grassy Lake & Jacks river,wow we need to hook up.Thats great!Did you see any deer?They have a hog only hunt coming up in feburary,gonna try for it?Its high power rifles and we must wear a orange vest.Theres some russians boars up there that are killers..Thats awsome

I want to drag Tom/safari kid up there and turn him loose with little hellboy,hes gonna love that place..Cohuttas a place you always want to return to its so primitive and undisturbed wilderness,very pretty area,but rugged..up & down...is like..the land that time forgot.... Oh yea and theres Panthers up there!!

That black powder contender is just the ticket,I want one now...Thanks alot!
You done give me the fever

Do you just drop a couple pellets in and ram a saboted bullet down the barrel and the primer is like a shotgun primer thats protected when the barrel is snapped back up?My friend had a long barrel contender like that,it was like a 18" carbine...You had to do a lot of reloading fast to shoot that old devil that many times,man i bet you were pumped up Bigtime,I would have been for sure

Is your scope a 4x?Nice outfit!

Nice pig.

Thanks,I never have seen one before,Do you have to use a ramrod?I saw a double pistol/howdy copy/ the other day,pendersoli makes it,found it on ar classifeds,would love to have one of those babys ..its a nice one,I will try to find a pic of one and show you,i love black powder stuff,kinda like eating potatoe chips you cant just eat one,if i shoot blackpowder i shoot a bunch of shots its so fun.....Does your load have a pretty hefty recoil?Sounds like Thats cooking along pretty fast...And thanks for shareing in the adventure,pretty neat hunt!

Great Pics,You have had some awfull good luck,you been living right my friend!Nice boars,I would have been tempted to try to catch those little ones,there cut little buggers!
Here a pic of my dream pistol i wish i can get maybe someday,i think its cool,would be great to have one of these on one side and one like yours on the other!

Isnt she pretty! Double Trouble

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Originally posted by blackbearhunter:
Isnt she pretty! Double Trouble

Yes, she is! What caliber is she? What does it shoot? Patched round balls I assume?

I think they come in .50 cal and .54cal,I just discovered these about a month back looking at one for sale on the AR classifeds,it sold quick too.Google pendersoli Howda and you will see it on there website..I really want one someday when my ship comes in...Thompson center made a neat little carbine a few years back that looked sorta like a 30-30 without the lever,I always wante done of those to but never got it,I have a thompson/center.50cal Hawken Jerimiah Johnson looking rife and love it,its never gonna get sold or traded,it shoots great.I have had that one 23 years this past christmas...caplock

I love that second pic hog you have by the big rocks,that loks like my hunting spot! I call it the indian rock stand...There a well close by there if it the same mountain ridge,Thats where the boar tried to climb the tree to get to me in my baker tree stand!!That hogs got the big shoulders and small hind end like the blue black russians,nice trophy,did you have him mounted?Hes a wicked looking Killer boar.All are nice trophys!

Hes a nice one for sure!You have some good honey holes bigtime,Best of luck on your next hunt& many Thanks for shareing.
I love that pic of the little ones too,they have that chip monk strip coat,to cool,thats awsome shot of them little jokers,they look content.I havent seen a little one like that in years,pretty rare sight..

I bet a bore diameter lead bullet weighing over 400 grains and going 1200 fps would have given you better penetration, but then recoil comes into play.