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My daughter's first hog!

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14 May 2012, 04:38
Austin Hunter
My daughter's first hog!
Ella, my 9 year old, has been trying for a hog for 2 years. She's gotten close a few times and then got gun shy after being scope bit. Well, I got her over that this weekend with lots of range time with her 223 and my 17 HMR at ranges from 25-100 yards.

She shot this sow Saturday evening. It weighed 125 pounds. She hit it at 80 yards right behind the right shoulder and the bullet exited the center of the left shoulder. The hog ran 60 yards and piled up dead. Not bad for a 64 grain Remington 223 from a 16.5" barrel!

She is very excited! We are going to smoke the back straps next weekend for my birthday.






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14 May 2012, 04:48
jjbull
Congratulations, young lady. tu2
14 May 2012, 05:47
Mike_Dettorre
well done...


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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.
14 May 2012, 07:16
Geedubya
Gotta luv it!
Big Grin tu2

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14 May 2012, 07:58
Crazyhorseconsulting
Congratulations to you and your Daughter, excellent job done by both of you. tu2 tu2


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14 May 2012, 07:59
swifter 220
Ain't it sweet! Hunting Buddys for Life !!


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14 May 2012, 08:53
ravenr
congrats to a beautiful young lady
14 May 2012, 17:34
Bob in TX
Congrats to Miss Ella and you Dad!!

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14 May 2012, 18:01
Whitworth
Congratulations!! You must be very proud! beer



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14 May 2012, 22:21
labdad
I love the smile and the pose! Great job!
15 May 2012, 00:45
matt u
Nice shooting young lady tu2
15 May 2012, 06:20
jeffeosso
Good on Ya'll


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15 May 2012, 21:55
Austin Hunter
Thanks! She had two other firsts on the trip. Caught her first fish, a small mouth bass from the spring fed swimming hole, and saw her first elk. We were sitting up on the face of a cliff in a indention we call the "Cave Blind" and she asked "Dad, what's that?" of course I had to use my binos to see it (she didn't it). It was a young free range bull elk in velvet at about 250 yards. He stayed around about an hour feeding and watching us.


"Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid" -- Ronald Reagan

"Ignorance of The People gives strength to totalitarians."

Want to make just about anything work better? Keep the government as far away from it as possible, then step back and behold the wonderment and goodness.
17 May 2012, 12:53
georgeld
Wonderful!
Keep taking her and you'll have a real sportsperson to share it with for life.
George


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17 May 2012, 16:31
tarawa
No this is what hunting is all about. Great pics!


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