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Boar down this morning
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11/11/16 06:22 PM
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mikei
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I was out working on the window of one of the blinds when, what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a solitary boar working his way toward my location. He was 80-90 yards away and busily rooting around as he went along. I had my 6PPC with me, loaded with one of my hand loads of 58 grain Hornady VMAX, 28 grains of I-8208, and a CCI BR-4 primer to set the whole thing in motion. This is not my favorite hog gun; I prefer something .30 caliber and up, so decided to wait him out, let him get as close as possible to make sure I could put the bullet exactly where I wanted to, and, at about 50 yards, I put the cross hairs on his left eye and pulled the trigger. He dropped like a ton of bricks; no squealing, very little kicking. I had my Judge on my hip, all loaded up with some rather stout .45 Colt loads, so I got down out of the blind and walked out to end his kicking, but by the time I got there, he had checked out. Called H for H and within 30 minutes a guy showed up, loaded the hog, shook my hand, and took off! I'm hoping that some needy families will wind up having a bit better holiday season by getting their bellies full of fresh pork!
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Re: Boar down this morning
[Re: mikei]
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11/11/16 08:23 PM
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SnakeWrangler
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I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: Boar down this morning
[Re: mikei]
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11/11/16 09:09 PM
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bigjoe8565
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Re: Boar down this morning
[Re: mikei]
#6539480
11/11/16 09:45 PM
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Joined: May 2011
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Double Naught Spy
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Re: Boar down this morning
[Re: mikei]
#6539573
11/11/16 10:56 PM
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flintknapper
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Good job!
Every single pig killed represents (potentially) several hundred 'future' pigs. So each one counts!
Proud of ya!
Flint.
Spartans ask not...how many, but where!
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Re: Boar down this morning
[Re: mikei]
#6541746
11/13/16 10:56 PM
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der Teufel
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Way to go! For your good efforts, please feel free to go get another one as soon as possible.
I have two unwritten rules: 1. 2.
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