45-70 spoke again on big pig

[howie1968]

just  killed  me  a  big   barr   prob  350   or   a  little  bigger   took 5  of  us  to  load  him  up.  ive  been  noticing  increased  asctivity around  my  #1  feeder  and  found  some  big  pig  tracks  after putting  sweet  feed  down   so  i  decided  to  do  a  little  hunt  tonight   it  was  cold  around  34  when  i  hyeard  a  loud  bellow.   i  knew  i  was  in  luck  about  20  min  later  i  hear  some  crunching  of  sticks  and  twigs  when  i  seen   this   big   pigs  head  poke  out   i  cocked  the  hammer  back  on  the  scoped  NEF   and  hit  him  square  in  the  shoulder  with  a  300 gr winchester  hollow  point droped  him  in  his  tracks    it  did  not  penetrate  all  the  way  through   but  perfect  bullet  performanc   for  a  hollow  point  ive  been  using  these  405  cast  that  RDNK  made  me   but  since  ive  been  deer  hunting  i  used  thes   pictures  coning  soon    since  i  switched  to  the  45-70  i  have  not  had  a  pig  run  off   this  makes    pig number  11  with  this  rifle

[ROB]

Howie, you da man! Keep nailin' those pigs and lettin' us know. A big boar like that would make a good European mount. Did he have good tushes? elenhunting.com has pics. of mounts if you don't know what I mean. Rob

[longwinters]

With a bullet that big, I would think you could just throw it at him and knock him out :lol: Way to go!!!!!

long

[howie1968]

this  is  a  truly  trophy  boar  tomorrow  i  will  take  him  to   Tolar  ranch     tolars  son  is  doing  mounts   and  he  will  measure  them for  me   he  is  a  barr  he  was  changed   the  lease  adjoining mine  trapped  a  bunch  3  yrs  ago  and  changed  them  and  turned  them  back  loose  so  that  explains  his  size  he  looked  like  he  had  alot  of  russian  pure  black   big  shouldered and    a  smaller  rump   his  tail  was  long  and  straight   with  a  bush  at  the end  i  am  going  to  cut  into  him  tomorrow  and  try  to  find   my  bullet   i  knoiw  when  using  those  405  cast  they  went  plum  through  pigs   the  pigs  are  really  moving  in  now  since  most  of   the  people  are  done  hunting  deer   i  am  feeding  year  round   and    my  job  is  to  attempt  to  rid  the  lease  of  Hogs.    The  more  i  hunt  them  the  more  I  realize  you  cant  pattern  them   i  have  tried  all  sort  of  bait   from  corn   to  making  a  hog  mash  to  the  sweet  feed   i  do  have  to  amit  that  sweet  feed  on  my  lease  seems  to  get  them  coming  in  more  than  anything  else

[howie1968]

these  are  fasctory   winchester 300 gr hollow points   i  use   them  mainly  for  deer  hunting  as   they  do  an  outstanding  job  on  deer  and  still  give  complete  penetration   on  hogs   It  has  penetrated  the  hogs  up   to  the  250 lb  class   which  is  about  the  bulk  of  wild  hogs   this    is  the  biggest  boar  i  have  shot  with  the  300 gr  hollowpoints   i  will  be  going  back  to  my  405 hard  cast  after  deer  season  for  pigs   it  seems  to  really  do  a  better  job   of  penetrating   i  havent  recovered  a  bullet  yet  with  the  405   if  it  werent  for  baiting  here   in  East  Tx   Hogs  in  my  opinion  would  be  nearly  impossible   they  are  way  harder to  hunt  then  deer   i  am  succesful  because  i  stay  in  the  woods   so  much  attempting  to  pattern  them  i  am  always  looking  for  new  sign.    the  funny thing  is   when  ya think  you   know  when  they  come  in   you  dont  see  them  for 3-4  days    on  some  of  the  other  ranches  they  are  easier  to  hunt   but on  this  open  land   it  is  so  tough  because  it  is  so  thick  nearly  impossible for  a  human  to  walk  through   shots  are  always  close  unless  on  a   right  of  way   i  have  placed  all  my  feeders  on  right  of  ways  and  i  have  stands  within  50  yards  of  every  feeder  after  deer  season  io  am  cutting  to  feeders  off  so  i  can  get  them  coming  to just  2  feeders

[howie1968]

I  pay  22.50  a  box  here  after  my  10 percent  off  from  wal-mart  which  is  where  i  work  they  special  order  them  for  me  I  am  just  shooting  up  what  i  have  left  when  i  bought  the  rifle  i  bought  4  boxes    my  friend  RDNK  has  provided  me  with  enough  cast  bullets  and  cases  and  primers   to  keep  me  shooting  pigs   for  awhile   i  also  met  another  guy  through  here   named  mike  who  lives  close  to  me  whgo  made  me  up   some  with  the 350 gr flat nose fmj    i  reloaded  some  of  those 405  cast  with  IMR 3031    they  are  not  fast   but  they   do  the  job  on  pigs   Me  and  redneck   when  he  came hunting  with  me  shot  a  tree  and  it  pentrated  over 24  inches  of  the  tree   when  we  dug  it  out  of  the  second  tree  the  bullet  wa  intact  with  minor  damage