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Re: Show us some hogs!
« Reply #150 on: March 12, 2011, 04:23:41 PM »
Hey Big...I believe he took that hog at a place in Norther MI.

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Re: Show us some hogs!
« Reply #151 on: March 13, 2011, 01:54:34 AM »
And it looks like he shot it with a Remington "Belch Fire" and its compensator gizmo on the muzzle!  Great big bore for that Great Big Boar!

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Re: Show us some hogs!
« Reply #152 on: March 13, 2011, 08:52:24 AM »
Made my second trip to TX this winter, my son went this trip and we both got our first hogs which was a pretty cool experience to share. Thanks everyone for input and tips. He used his .270 and I used the 45-70 Handi.  We got 5 because we were to kill all hogs we could but one was pretty tiny. thejanitor

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Re: Show us some hogs!
« Reply #153 on: March 13, 2011, 03:22:42 PM »
That's what we're talking about.  QUANTITY is QUALITY.  Pull the trigger till you're HAPPY.  Kill them all...there is no "end of line" with pigs.

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Re: Show us some hogs!
« Reply #154 on: March 27, 2011, 11:11:08 AM »
These guys were "littering" my pen Friday evening.  (Time hack is way off on camera)   Lucky for them they didn't return while I was sitting in the blind that night and Saturday night.  Ought to be a busy Spring--
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Re: Show us some hogs!
« Reply #155 on: March 27, 2011, 03:57:22 PM »
May I recommend a .223 AR-15 and 30 round clips.  That is a Target Rich environment.  Just keep shooting!

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Re: Show us some hogs!
« Reply #156 on: March 27, 2011, 07:15:13 PM »
Um, 223 is too light, IMHO--I use an R25 in 308 with 20 round clip~ ;)
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Re: Show us some hogs!
« Reply #157 on: March 27, 2011, 09:10:03 PM »
I don't think any of the hogs in the picture would top out above 80lbs.  I would use a 22lr and head shoot them.
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Re: Show us some hogs!
« Reply #158 on: March 28, 2011, 03:25:03 AM »
We've had feral hogs in my neck of the woods for over 100 years. I don't head shoot hogs ever because of skull shape and thickness. I neck shoot them. This usually means an instant down. I have also killed my biggest boar with a 52 grain match hollow point from a 223. They professionally helicopter hunt hogs west of here and the shooters use an AR15 reflex site in 223.
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Re: Show us some hogs!
« Reply #159 on: April 05, 2011, 03:01:58 PM »
Not sure if I posted this guy..
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Re: Show us some hogs!
« Reply #160 on: June 11, 2011, 05:01:56 AM »
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Re: Show us some hogs!
« Reply #161 on: June 11, 2011, 09:53:32 AM »
Holy Smokes !!
 
That porker is big enough to require Commercial Plates :o
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Re: Show us some hogs!
« Reply #162 on: June 12, 2011, 06:43:30 AM »
Here is a old video of a small, 45 LC head shot Pig. Revolver in one hand, camera in the other... Unsure how/why the sound and image became out of sink...



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Re: Show us some hogs!
« Reply #163 on: June 12, 2011, 09:12:48 AM »
Don't you just love their poor eyesight?  Come out in the open and stand there trying to figure out what the "dark clump" ahead of them is...then BOOM!!!  Out Go The Lights!  That was fun!!!

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Re: Show us some hogs!
« Reply #164 on: June 19, 2011, 11:02:27 AM »
What was the distance of that shot? It looked fairly long.
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Re: Show us some hogs!
« Reply #165 on: June 19, 2011, 02:29:03 PM »
What was the distance of that shot? It looked fairly long.
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It was about 25-30 yards. Camera makes things appear farther away.

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Re: Show us some hogs!
« Reply #166 on: July 14, 2011, 07:00:25 PM »
See if this'll work......

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Re: Show us some hogs!
« Reply #167 on: July 15, 2011, 01:46:25 AM »
He's a Beaut and a Brute!  That'll do!  He is a big boar.

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Re: Show us some hogs!
« Reply #168 on: July 15, 2011, 03:44:33 AM »
Very nice hog!!
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Re: Show us some hogs!
« Reply #169 on: July 15, 2011, 07:04:18 PM »
Land Owner,I havn't worn that outfit officially since 1983.It makes some good stomping around the woods cloths though don't they?Tell your boy I said "all the way". That terrain is central Texas..about an hour east of Austin.

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Re: Show us some hogs!
« Reply #170 on: October 08, 2011, 05:05:35 PM »
Got my first ever hog. I figure he weighed some where around 100 lbs. Called him up with a Fox Pro Electronic caller. Wild pig in distress. Took about 10 mins for him to respond. 308 head shot at about 25 yards. We dont have em right around the house here so I had to go off with a buddy of mine. I really hope they dont like our part of the world but I know theyre coming sooner or later.

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Re: Show us some hogs!
« Reply #171 on: October 08, 2011, 06:30:41 PM »
Nice job!!  Fox Pro huh.....hmmmm....gives me a few ideas.....
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Re: Show us some hogs!
« Reply #172 on: October 09, 2011, 05:03:56 AM »
I bet that .308 dropped him faster than a "high maintenance" girlfriend.  Nice hog.  A good one for your first.  When the meat isn't laced with adrenalin/acid/testosterone, the Primordial "chemical soup" when they are chased and/or scared, you get a good meal from head shot hogs.

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Re: Show us some hogs!
« Reply #173 on: October 09, 2011, 07:27:07 AM »
First thing I have ever killed with it bigger than a skunk or rabbit. Hog never moved out of his tracks. Them things must be pretty dense cause it didnt throw him around like when you shoot a deer,he just fell over and started kickin his back legs. I kept him covered for a while lol.
 

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Re: Show us some hogs!
« Reply #174 on: October 09, 2011, 09:05:13 AM »
Hogs have a real low center of gravity, a "wide-body" stance, spread hooves, and short leg bones compared to deer.  Also, the manner in which your bullet expands as it passes through, hitting bone, backbone in particular, has a lot to do with "tipping moment".  I just love it when they tip right over and start kicking.  No Tracking.  Well done!

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Re: Show us some hogs!
« Reply #175 on: October 11, 2011, 04:57:14 AM »
Um, 223 is too light, IMHO--I use an R25 in 308 with 20 round clip~ ;)

F.A.L. with a 3-9 mildot makes a great gun for this as well.  8)
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Re: Show us some hogs!
« Reply #176 on: October 12, 2011, 10:49:08 AM »
Um, 223 is too light, IMHO--I use an R25 in 308 with 20 round clip~ ;)


Well that must mean. . . oh, wait I've been down this road before.  Nevermind ;) 

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Re: Show us some hogs!
« Reply #177 on: November 10, 2011, 06:08:15 AM »
 On Nov,6,2011 I took this hog at 125 yards with my 35 Whelen and a Speer 250Gr Hot-Core.

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Re: Show us some hogs!
« Reply #178 on: November 10, 2011, 11:44:45 AM »
Um, 223 is too light, IMHO--I use an R25 in 308 with 20 round clip~ ;)


Well that must mean. . . oh, wait I've been down this road before.  Nevermind ;)
Hey not saying 223 is too light he feels better hunting with a 308 Win. 

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Re: Show us some hogs!
« Reply #179 on: November 22, 2011, 02:35:28 AM »
Not sure if this will work this is my first picture post. Took this one in 2009 with a 444 at about 40 yrds.
 
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