Shot this sow on Friday night in North Carolina right about midnight. Was using a Ruger Bisley Hunter in .44 Mag stoked with Double Tap 320 grain WFNs (we chrono'd them at 1,350 out of another revolver recently). THe shot was right at 50 yards offhand and she came in at 225-lbs. I used an Elusive Wildlife green light that I had attached to the side of my barrel.

Do you hunt out of a blind?????That light must be powerful to see that Hog at 50 yds.Good shootin!!!

Thank you sir! I was hunting out of a stand earlier in the evening and took a food break back at camp. When I was heading back to my stand on foot, I came across a group of hogs feeding. I hadn't intended to use the light in an offhand shot, but a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do!

That light was the larger of the two that I have and meant for a rifle, but it's so powerful that I used it instead of the smaller, lighter, and handier light.....

Nice porker! Did she have piglets with her? I have only seen one female that large in all my years of hunting hogs here in TX; she had no pigs with her, and it was clear she had never nursed. Typically they don't get that big because they stay pregnant!

Thank you! Actually, she was carrying and she is a personal record for me: six pigs, one round!

I'll post a side shot of her later and you can see just how big bodied she was.

Nice pig, good shot!
Did the Ultra Dot finally hold in the rings?

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Originally posted by bfrshooter:
Nice pig, good shot!
Did the Ultra Dot finally hold in the rings?

Evidently!

I took one shot with it on Friday afternoon at a target at the 50 yard mark and it was dead center and about an inch high. I called it good and put it away till I went out that late afternoon.

Very nice.
I may have to move back east so I can hunt Hogs all the time. <-- wishing

Lar, it's nice being able to hunt big game all year round and not have to wait for the seasons to get your fix!

Thanks!

Congrats dude!Who took that awesome photo?

nice hog marko

Way to go Marko!

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Congrats dude!Who took that awesome photo?

Some breakfast toting bear hunter from North Carolina snapped the photo.....

Thanks TBEAR and Alex!

Makes me want to go on another hog hunt, it has been awhile.. I have done a lot of bear hunts in the past 6 years, now I want to kill another hog or 2 or 3..lol

Come on down, Alex!

Hey guys new to the forum, was curious where in nc did you shoot that sow, been looking for an outfitter, free range only

Welcome to the forum, Seasons44!

The outfit is called Hog Heaven (www.hogheavenoutfitters.com) and is located in Johnston County, NC (right off of I95). It's a free ranging hunt, and not a gimme. I hunted there at least a half a dozen times there last week.

Here's a picture of the light setup I used -- except for the light itself -- I used a bigger one that the one shown. Worked like a charm!

Here's a side view.....

I centered on what I assumed was the hogs back not willing to chance moving the shot closer to shoulder as I didn't know what direction she was facing!

Whit, excellent! nice setup & it sounds like you made a great shot on her.
Have you had any trouble with the Ultra Dots, I tried one for a week but the dot was "fuzzy", they told me it was because I wore glasses, I said well....I wear glasses, so they took it back. I've heard others have had very good luck with them.

Dick

Dick, I have had nothing but great luck with Ultradots! There is no other red dot type sight I know of that can withstand the beatings these things can take. They are rugged and very reliable. I used to wear corrective lenses with my ultradots but never experienced any fuzziness.

Whitworth that last pict. looks just like the Trinity River bottoms I have been hutning in for the last 30+ yrs. Nice porker, nice pistol too. I use a Ruger SBH 7 1/2" I've had since 1987. She's beaut'.

nice hog and very ingenious set up for the light, i'm gonna "borrow" that idea if ya don't mind.

Dick,
I've been using 1" Ultra Dots on several handguns for about 20 years, and they have stood up well. As you know, I wear glasses, and I've always had a bit of a fuzzy dot (unlike an Aimpoint, for me), but despite the irregular fuzz, stuff keeps falling over dead, so I live with it.
Ken

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nice hog and very ingenious set up for the light, i'm gonna "borrow" that idea if ya don't mind.

tradmark -- not my idea! The light and mount come from a company called Elusive Wildlife Technology out of Texas. It works great!