Two hits....

Went to my hill country hunting lease last Thursday.


Hill country view and a hoglet taken at 180 yds. with my 300 H&H and 180 gr. TSX’s







Got this one at the “canopy” early Friday morning @ 180 yds.





Got this one at the “Cliffs” late Saturday evening. I was surprised to get him. I had missed the best javelina I’ve ever seen in my hunting career about an hour earlier. I scrambled down the rock face and looked for blood until it was getting near dark thirty. I climbed back up to my perch and was getting ready to pack up when I spied this eating size boar. Nailed him @ 168 yds.

My miss.
I was sitting at the Cliffs. It is at the top of a vertical rock face and where I sit about 100 ft. above a stream-bed looking out over a bowl of say 300 acres or so.



I've a spin-cast feeder set up about 168 yds. from where I sit.



I've mentioned that I've hunted here seven or eight years. Never seen the first javelina. I keep several game cameras set out. This guy was in one picture out of 1,100 plus.



At least I believe it was him, or his bigger brother.

Anyway Saturday evening about 7PM I was sitting there watching. I scan with binocs to see what can be seen. I was looking through the binocs at the hills on the other side of the bowl. Sometime Aoudad frequent those hills. Out of the corner of my eye I registered movement. I looked left and saw a black shape take two steps and dissapear behind a bush. Now mind you I only saw it out of the corner of my eye. It did not walk/stride like a hog. I was in a quandry as it reminded me of the way a bear walks/strides. I watch to see if it comes out for about 20 minutes to no avail, so I start glassing again. Same thing happened, only directly below me. I could see it was a Javelina and a monster. It immediately melted into the juniper and scrub oak. It was traveling a game trail I waited another 10 minutes or so and it came out about 150 yds. down the stream bed. I sit on a stool. No way to lay down an rest my rifle on a pack. I got set up on my shooting stix trying to rest my elbows on my knees and employ my sling to get a steady hold shooting at a downward angle of 20 degrees or so. No way, anyway, due to the way he reacted I'm pretty sure I missed. Sure hope so. That would have given me some bragging rights for about six months.

Well, there's always next time. Seems there is a pack of six or seven that there are four or five pix in the last 45 days.


Anticipation will be killing me till I can get back.


Best

GWB

You'll get him next time... good pics!!!

Enjoyed the pics and write-up immensely, my friend! Thanks for sharing. And as for the javelina, I am confident he'll be ground-checked before much longer...

Oh, a question: what power scope is that on your rifle, and what reticle?

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Oh, a question: what power scope is that on your rifle, and what reticle?

Bobby,

I know you and I've discusses the 2.5 x 8 x 36 Leupold, but the scope on the rifle in picture is a Leupold 4.5 x 14 x 40, Duplex reticle VX3 CDS.





I've resisted the temptation to shoot much past 300 yards in the past.

However I have begun to stretch out a little bit lately, making kills last season at 264 and +/-310 yds.

I'm setting up an old spot that nobody is hunting. I call it the canopy. It is on one of the highest points at our lease.



I can see to the horizon for about 200 degrees of the compass.


I have a shot at 168-180 yds,



250 yds, 610 yds and from 1,000 out.



The gatepost at 10 o'clock to the opening if IIRC is =/- 610 yds. Where it opens up and the road curves is about a grand IIRC.

Here is a somewhat blurry pix of a turkey strutting at 1,200 yds shot with a 200 mm autofocus lens, taken from the "canopy". It's a blast to just sit up there and watch.




I don't plan on shooting deer at long range, but I think it might be fun to see if I can, as you put it, "perforate" some hogs on a consistent basis at distance.

I plan to load some of the new 190 gr. long range accubonds to between 2900 and 3000 fps in the H&H. I'll send in to Leupold with the velocity and ballistic co-effecient and have them send me a custom dial. Should be good to at least 600 yds. If that don't work, I've got my 7stw and 338 RUM.

Best

GWB

Great pictures and great story, better luck next time on the javelina.

Loved the pics and story!!!

You'll get him sooner than later im sure.

Aloha,

Dom