I was thinking my 470 might be too much for the up coming DRSS shot. After seeing this Ala pig, I am afraid to ask how big they grow them in TX.
Every thing is bigger TX.

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JD

My understanding is that that pig was the malnourished runt of the litter.

In Louisiana they don't get that big,we make gumbo out of them long before that happens.
JD

A 470 is just fine. In January, 577Nitro whacked one with his 577NE. It was impressive!

As for the hog in the picture, that wouldn't even qualify as a ham sandwich in Texas.

The 470 works well on pigs.

Hey, who's the Roosky?
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"Serious rifles have two barrels, everything else just burns gunpowder."

That photo was snapped in his KGB days, when his mission was to kill imperialist pigs. As you can see, he was good at his work.

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Originally posted by Jim Manion:
That photo was snapped in his KGB days, when his mission was to kill imperialist pigs. As you can see, he was good at his work.

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"Serious rifles have two barrels, everything else just burns gunpowder."

That was a great hunt and a great time.

Also, how many dead pigs have you seen that were killed in the snow!!

Only in TEXAS.

Here's my piggie showing the entrance wound of a 750 grains .577 NE (.585") Woodleigh softnose:

That is a 577 DH (dehocker) with the spotted piggy above.

Jim,

One must remember that all pigs are not equal and the one in the photo may have been a traitor to the cause rather than a pure imperialist.

Perry

It was a great time and I look forward to doing it again next year!

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That is a 577 DH (dehocker) with the spotted piggy above.

That baby will de-hamhoch any pig it encounters! It was cold, and I was crouched down and thought I could aim low enough on the front body so as to not destroy the hams. Well, I took his front legs off as shown in the photo. Afterwards, I just said, "F-it" and but the bullet behind the front shoulder.

Just remember what we told you - it is PICKLED pigs feet, not CRIPPLED pigs feet....

I know I will get tared,feathered,roasted and never invited to a DRSS hunt BUT, doesn't it seem a little beneath the dignity of a fine double 470 or 500 to use it on pigs?



465H&H

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Originally posted by 465H&H:
I know I will get tared,feathered,roasted and never invited to a DRSS hunt BUT, doesn't it seem a little beneath the dignity of a fine double 470 or 500 to use it on pigs?



465H&H

They had to shoot pigs as the prairie dogs wouldn’t come out in the cold.
Bill

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Originally posted by 465H&H:
I know I will get tared,feathered,roasted and never invited to a DRSS hunt BUT, doesn't it seem a little beneath the dignity of a fine double 470 or 500 to use it on pigs?



465H&H

It is great practice for the bigger stuff. Much better than putting holes in a stationary piece of paper, plus you get some fine hams, chops and sausage out of the deal.

Besides, the guys before me in the DRSS ran all the elephant and buffalo out of Texas a long time ago...

As for prairie dogs, we save those for the 50 BMG guys.

If you spot a hog like that on the DRSS hunt, try luring it closer with canned sweet-potatoes!

Read this version...!

Marrakai

Heck, you wouldn't need to shoot old "Fred" - just ride him back to camp.

Bet those guys are wishing they kept their mouths shut now. Take a family pet, who has probably never been further than a few yards from his pen, dump him of in an enclosure 4 days before a hunt - you can add canned hog to the canned sweet potatoes.

It makes me sad to read the true account of this hunt. I understand fathers wanting their sons to enjoy the hunting experience! How young is to young? 8 shots from a SW 50 tell me the young man was not ready. I am guessing that the load had been loaded down to were it was not effective.

The story now reads 11 years old painfully kills pet pig. It’s just the kind of press the sport hunt needs.

Last Dec I went to a large shooting preserve in Tn. It was christmass, my wife and daughter had me tied up for the holidays, and it was my only chance to get out. It was also a chance to try my 9.3x74 and put something in the freezer, I lost an elk and wild boar and 2 deer to Katrina. I did not think of it as a hunt.

One after noon I watched a grandfather take his 5-year-old grand son out after sika deer. I took all of 15 minutes of stalking to get 25 yards from the buck. He sat the kid down and put an A-bolt in 22 hornet in the kid's lap.
The kid had done some shooting with a 22 long rifle and a 17 HR mag of some sort. He knew the fundamentals of sight picture and how to pull trigger. This gun was to large for this child, he had to put it under his arm pit, the pull weight of the trigger was so heavy the child could not get the rifle to go off by himself. He had never shot it before. He had to get the crosshairs on the animal then tell grand paw to help him pull the trigger. Watching that was bad enough but what came next was worse. The first shot was square behind the shoulder; the buck went down but did not die. After 3 or 4 minutes the buck tried to get up, grand paw had the kid line up a neck shot, the hit was dead center the buck went down only to try to get up again a few minutes later.
He had the kid line up a shot for the chest again, at the shot the buck gets up and tries to walk off. I offered for a second time to finish the buck but he would not hear of it. Two more shots later the buck dies. It must have taken 10 min or so from first shot to the last. The kid seemed numb; his 8-year-old brother was excited because it was his turn next. He was shooting a 243, and things went much better. The bullets from the hornet were blowing up, a 22 long rifle would have been better. I don't know what this guy was thinking; the kid learned nothing about fair chase or insuring a clean kill. The kid was made party to an inhumane act, learning nothing positive at all. Grandpa could not wait to get the head off to be mounted! It was not hunting, it was not even putting meat in the freezer, it was just wrong!!!

JD

The .470 makes for a fine hog rifle. And as mentioned above hog hunting is a prime way to gain experience with your rifle for an up coming hunt.





PS here is a picture of a real life 10 year old girl , my daughter with a real life wild hog, her first big game animal ,shot in Texas in March of this year with a real life .308 rifle and it was an honest one shot kill at 102 yards . She put a 150 gr Sierra Game king right through the top of the heart. The hog went less than 50 yards. Tori weighs about 85 lbs the pig was about 120 lbs or so.

The rifle is a cut down rebarreled M-70 shooting a reduced 150 gr load @ 2200 FPS.

Niiiice "piggies"!!!

Well done!

JW

Surestrike

Good thing you shot the beasts - that killer dog wouldn't have left a shred! Nice pup. Looks like he has some feet to grow into.

That dog was the most viscous hog hound ever to roam the Texas plains.

He was a pup in those pictures.

Those Jadgterriers don't know that they only weigh 25 lbs. They are serious hog hunting dogs though. Kubi would bay up any hog he could find size didn't matter.

A snake killed him Last year. He got bit in the neck by a big ole western diamond back. Little turd decided to fight it rather than run.

I am very sorry to hear that. It is very difficult losing a "buddy" like that. He must have been one fearless little SOB.

We have our share of venomous snakes here, and our vet tells us this has been a busy year already.

Thanks Jim,

he was a fearless little SOB. A bit heavy on the balls and bit light on the brains. He just didn't have any quit in him.

I am hunting his cousin now and he's coming right along.

I quit working my dogs in Texas around early may to October now days. To hot and to many snakes. And this year has been bad like you said.