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 Before Breakfast Boar
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08/13/20 01:21 PM
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218 Bee
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With another scorcher predicted today, the She-Wolf and I were out just after sun-up debating the clearing of more brush east of the house when my gal spotted movement a couple hundred yards to the south. Sure enough, a handful of hogs were moving west to east just the other side of the house pasture fence. Handing Jane my coffee cup, I hopped the fence into the yard and went inside to grab my old Sako AI Varmint in .223 from the rack. It stays loaded for the occasional coyote sighting but would do well for this 200ish yard shot. Stepping back outside by the pool, I stepped around Jane's tomatoes and peppers and took a rest over a big ceramic planter. When one of the hogs gave me a clear shot, I sent a 50 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip downrange. The crack of the little rifle was followed by the satisfying "whump" of the bullet and I watched the hog drop to the shot. Nothing huge; a 1/2 grown boar with a tiny hole centered in his left shoulder. So no matter how the rest of the day goes, it started out in the plus column! Mark ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/qDTzJzZl.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/GEshxdLl.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/sFq9rK7l.jpg)
Last edited by 218 Bee; 08/13/20 01:22 PM.
![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/1UPfnkOt.jpg) "I always take care to fire into the nearest hillside and, lacking that, into darkness". - the late Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
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Re: Before Breakfast Boar
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#7933838
08/13/20 01:50 PM
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Re: Before Breakfast Boar
[Re: 218 Bee]
#7933900
08/13/20 02:56 PM
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That is a great way to start the day! Congrats!
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Re: Before Breakfast Boar
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08/13/20 04:07 PM
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JTPinTX
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Haha, gotta love that. An accurate rifle and good bullet placement usually does the trick. Resting on the wife's ceramic planter is a bonus.
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Re: Before Breakfast Boar
[Re: 218 Bee]
#7934052
08/13/20 04:28 PM
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Sometimes it's hard being me! But somebody has to do it.
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Re: Before Breakfast Boar
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#7934085
08/13/20 04:52 PM
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Definitely a good start to the day.
Keep After 'Em!
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Re: Before Breakfast Boar
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08/13/20 08:55 PM
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218 Bee
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Haha, gotta love that. An accurate rifle and good bullet placement usually does the trick. Resting on the wife's ceramic planter is a bonus. Yeah, if she plants anything in that I'm gonna have to find another rest!
"I always take care to fire into the nearest hillside and, lacking that, into darkness". - the late Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
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Re: Before Breakfast Boar
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08/14/20 03:04 AM
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Nice going. Great way to start the day.
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Re: Before Breakfast Boar
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08/15/20 12:40 PM
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Dead dirty pig with a classy rifle - well done! 'Looks like a beautiful place to live. 
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: Before Breakfast Boar
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08/15/20 04:23 PM
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