I posted this in the hog hunting forum, but since many of you don't make it up there, I posted it here as well.

Headed out to my favorite North Carolina hog haunt (www.hogheavenoutfitters.com), for a little bullet testing this last Tuesday. After some hard hunting in the bitter cold, on Wednesday night I managed to get a shot at some hogs. I was sitting in a stand at crossroads with some corn as bait. Around 6:20 p.m., three piglets showed up for a meal. I watched them for about 10 minutes before they were joined by another group of seven piglets. They fed for another 10 minutes or so before I spotted a few large, dark shapes moving down the road in my direction. So, I turned the red dot on, pulled the hammer back and got ready for show time. Moments later, three good sized hogs began partaking in the corn (roughly 40 yards from my stand). The largest one was quartering towards me when I put the dot just ahead of the point of its onside shoulder and let a 300 grain XTP (Hornady factory .44 magnum ammo) fly. At the report, the hogs left town down a game trail like they had seen a ghost, including the one I shot at. The one I aimed to kill didn't even react to the shot. I climbed down and went over to the bait and there was no blood on the ground -- not very encouraging. So, I made my way down the game trail, maybe fifteen yards in and I saw a large dark shape lying in the trail. I drew my revolver just in case she needed more encouragement to give up the ghost, but she had already expired.

She was a pretty hefty sow and she took some effort to drag out of the woods and to the road where my ride would come for me later. But, that is the price you pay.......

The bullet center-punched the heart, and caught the liver as well before exiting. She weighed 173-lbs according to the rusty camp scale, but felt about 125-lbs heavier when I was loading her into the truck!

I used bfrshooter's Super Blackhawk with a 10-inch barrel and a Bushnell red dot. This is the revolver that bfrshooter won Ohio State IHMSA with in 1983 -- it is super accurate.

Great shot Whitworth!!!!Should be some good eating there.

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Originally posted by OLBIKER:
Great shot Whitworth!!!!Should be some good eating there.

Thank you sir!

NICE shot Whit,

Bravo!

That's what you call...punching the clock (ticker)!

Success is always sweet

sweet ... put the shoulder in a crock pot or baking bag ..., heh, in my case, baconbag!

I have so much game meat in my freezer, that I gave the hog meat away to the guys I hunted with. There's only so much I can keep!

Thank you, gentlemen!

nice hog those xtp's are performers

Thanks, TBEAR!

Another great job with a revolver. Good shooting Marko.

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Originally posted by bfrshooter:
Another great job with a revolver. Good shooting Marko.

Thanks, Jim! And thanks for letting me use the SBH!

Way to go Whitworth... I need to get out an kill something soon..

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Originally posted by Redhawk1:
Way to go Whitworth... I need to get out an kill something soon..

Thanks! I agree, it's like therapy......

Great shot... put it exactly where it belonged!

I have been fortunate enough to take a fair number of pigs, and the picture of that one shows a really long snout. I have to believe she has blood from somewhere other than Europe in her heritage...

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Originally posted by Whitworth:

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Originally posted by Redhawk1:
Way to go Whitworth... I need to get out an kill something soon..

Thanks! I agree, it's like therapy......

I have a feeling it will not be tell August that I get back in the woods hunting. I have another black bear hunt booked for the first week in Maine.

You need to get out there more, Redhawk, it's good for the soul.

You are 100% right...