Im impressed

[howie1968]

so  far  no  hogs  on our  hunt   but  we  are  going  basck  in  about  an  hr  lots  of  good  sign   but  the  mosquitos  are  eating  us  alive  we  are  hunting  Tolars  ranch  this  evening ive  always killed  a  pig  there.  anyways  Rdneck  loaded  up  some  cast  405 gr bullets  and  some 520 gr  bullets  loaded around  1350  and  wow  do  they penetrated  i  took  3  shots  at  an  elm  that  was  laying  down   it  penetrated  a  totoal of 24  inches  on  the  first  tree went  through  4  inches   of  dirt  and another  3  inches  of elm  again  i  would  have  never believed  it   but  when  i  dug  the  bullet  out  after a  tedious  30  minutes  and  a  broke  knif   blade  i am  sold  on  the  45-70  and  hard  cast  bullets  the powder  was  IMR 3031  i  am  having  a  great  time  we  have  ate  so  much  i  am  going  to  bust  and  he  is  very  genrous  teaching me  about  casting  reloading for  the  awesome 45-70  and  giving  me  enough bullets and  brass  and  a  500 gr  mold   to  keep  me  hunting  for  a  long  time.  he  is  true  to  his  word  and  now  i  hope  to  get  him  on  a  hog  i  believe  i  have  found  a  good  hunting  buddy

[shooter444002]

Sounds like yall are having a good time anyway. Holler at me and let me know how you did tonight. Sounds like he set you up good.

[howie1968]

at  about  645    a  sow  and   5  real  small  piglets came  in  did  not  touch  the  corn  but  ate  some  pears  i was  given  to  throw  oujt  once  again  very positive  sign    but  no  harvest  they  are starting  to get  real  tough  with  everybody  around  having  feeders  going   my  next  game  plan is  to  do  a  little  night  hunting  with  a  bright  light  ill  turn  it  on  when  I  hear  therm  coming  in  and  get  some   much  needed  chops   seen  some   good size  tracks  also

[rdnck]

I'm impressed, too.  Howie has several great places to hunt, and he works hard at it.  The hogs didn't cooperate as they were nocturnal for the couple of days I was there, just coming off of a full moon.  That and the fact that everyone has just started operating their deer feeders full time gives them lots of feeding options.

There is no doubt that the hogs are there, and several sets of tracks were made by hogs that will go over 400 pounds.

Howie got to shoot some good cast bullet handloads in his 45-70, and there is no doubt in my mind that he and that rifle will make a sizeable dent in the local hog population.  I'm going back as soon as time permits, hopefully by the end of the month.  Shoot straight, rdnck.

[howie1968]

MR Tolar  just  called  and   he  said  you  have  another  hunt  coming   he  said  you  didnt  hunt  a  full day   I  will  be  going  to  his  place  at  3  to help  with  Hay   he  said  they  cleaned  up  the  corn  this  morning   so  i  know  they  are  coming  in  around  630  or  so  he  waited  til  the  feeder  went  off  seen  a  bunch  in  there  cant  wait  til   we  go  hunt  again!