I got the big one 526 lbs!!!!

[howie1968]

just  returned  with  my  big  ole  bore hog526 lbs  on  a  cattle scale  he  had  so  many  cuts  and  scars  on  him  he  is  def   a  trophy  hog   huge  tusks  that  cuved  backwrds  and  man  does  he  smell  horrible   I  have  been  baiting  some  wallows  along  a creek  with corn,  when  i  walked  up  i  heard  splashing   gunting  and  squealing,  i  bought me  a  hog  grunter  the  other  day  by  haydel  and  hit  the  grunt  a  few  times  at  the  same  time  i  thrashed  some  branches  and  got  more  aggresive   with  the  branches  and  call  e  stopped  playing  and came  to  the  noise  at  about  33 yards  he  turned broadside  and  my  marlin  30-30  spoke  clean  shot  right  through  the  so  called  armor  and  right  into  his  lungs  dropped  him  the  tracks  with  a  FACTORY non premium 170 fr  corelokt   it  pnetrated  throught  the  right  shoulder  which  was  massie  taking  out  both  lungs  and  entering  his  left  shoulder  angling forward.    I  am  a  firm  believer  in  the  30-30 for  hogs  this  maes  4  hogs  over  350lbs  harvested  with  this  rifle  through  either  the  shoulder  r  just  behind  the  shoulder.   i  shoot  this  rifle  the  best  offhand  of  any  of  the  rifles  I  own  and  am  confdenht  that  if i  put  the bullet  into  the  vials  it  will pentrate.   I  have  heard  alot  of  people  say  that  you  need  to stay  off  the  shoulder  on  a  big  hog  but of  the    4  super  big  ones  3  have  ben  shoulder  shots  penetrating  ibto  the  vitals.   I  have  shot  a  369  lb  hog  with  my  375  H&H  the  only  difference  was  the  375  penetrated  both  shoulders    if  ya  take  out  the  lungs  or  heart    the  result  is  a  dead  animal   thasnks  for  all  of  your  help

[Varmint Hunter]

Very impressive hog. :shock:  I am one of those guys who frequently errs on the side of over-gunned. Your story brings things back into prospective.
The old veteran 30-30 is fondly remembered for the 40 million deer it has harvested. You certainly have given it a magnum appeal.  
VH

[howie1968]

I have got caught in the magnum mania  like most do  until a house fire claimed every rifle i owned except for this old marlin 30-30 that I loaned out  and  i  am glad i  loaned it  out  as  it  is  the  first gun that both my daughters killed deer  with  and  is  the single gun  that has   killed  my  big  hogs  my  trophy  deer  and  taken countlesss coyotes.  I  payed  a  meaningless 140.00  for  this  rifle  from  a  friend  and  it nwears a  chep tasco 3-9x40  29.00  at  wally  world   but  yest   it  shoots  around  1.5 inches  at  100  and  wears  a  recoil  pad  cut  to  13 inches   it  has  climbed  trees   fell  in  a  creek  been  banged  up  scratched up  amd  has  NEVER  changed  impact   I know  one  thing  when  I  go  elk  hunting  i  will  take  this  rfle  with  me.  as  i  believe  in  my  heart  i  can  get  withing 150  yards  and  put  a  170  gr  core  lokt  into  his  vitals.  This  rife  has  become   my  personal  favorite  for  hunting  not  only  in  therast texas  woods   bt  also  in  west  texas  where  ranges  can  exceed  my  guns  ranges   that  is  where  the  unter  in  me  and  takes  over.   This  forum  has  helped  make  me  the  hnter  i  am  today  as  i  have  applied  alot  of  you  alls  tactics  in  the  woods and  they  have  helped  Thamks   to  GBO

[Zachary]

I too must admit that I am shocked. :eek:

I have seen much smaller hogs run off with shots from much larger guns!

Wow, factory non-premium core-lokts - that must be something!

Congrats.

Zachary

[howie1968]

I  beleve  people   do  more  reading  then  actually  hunting,  very few  hogs  actually  drop  in  there  tracks  when  shot  with  anything  a  369  lb   ran  25  yds  when  hit  with  my  375H&H mag  with  270 gr  corelokts   this  bullet  alone  has  accounted  for  the  majority  of  my  anuimals   when  reloading   i grab  the   midway  book  and  ordere  bulk  pack corelokts  the  bullet actually  acts  as  a  partition  believe  it  or  not  the  jacket  is  lokt  into  the  bullet  i  have  never  had  bullet  failure  even  shooting  a  decent  hog  with    a  30-06 150 gr  bullet  at  40 yards  hog  anglig  towards  me  frontal  shoulder  shot  anglng  through  the  shoulder  ending  up  on  offside  last  rib expanding  to  .62  calber.   I  am  not  a  rich  perso  at  all  so  i  have  to  se  the  most  ecnimical  and  accurate  for  the  money  ammunition  available  which  in  most  cases  is  the  green  box   i  will  now  start  hunting  with  my low  wall in  30-30  god  so  help  the  scratches  that  i  will  marr  this  thing  with  but  i  think  it is  timew  to  see  what  this  expesive nrifle  can  do   see  if  it  can  out  do  my  marlin

[shb]

Good Job, bullet placement and good old American "Can Do" hunting skills wins again. Confidence and experience is always more important than magnums and just the right camo.  I don't even know you, and I am happy for you.  See what you can do to get a photo of him up here.

Good Job

[howie1968]

I  have  used  all  sorts  of  camo  from    real tree  to  mossyoak   but  havre  settled  on  plain  jain miliary  camo  i  bath  in  earth  scet  and  use  uv free dye killer  i  also  use  earth scent laundry  soap  i  dont  use  cologne  or shaving cream  a  day  befor  i  hunt  i  use scent free  deoderant.  i  learned  these  tricks  as  a  bow  hunter  i  took  soe  35 mm  film  of  him  as  soon  as  i  get  them  back  they  will  be  on  wal-mart  .com  i  no  lionger  ave  a  pc  or  digital  camera  these  hogs  i  hunt  are  free  ranging  and  are  very  tough  to  hunt   i  sped  almost  7  days  a  week  searching  for  them  and  my  off  days   i spend  at  least  10  hrs  a  day  baiting  p  sites  for  them.  i  do  have a  question  thouygh.   It  seemes every big  hog  as  always  been  black!!  never  shot  an  off  color  hog  over  350  lbs   is black  a  domiate  color  in  large  hogs???

[howie1968]

hear  is  a  link  to  show  some  of  the  hogs  i  have  killed  and  a  couple  of  deer  ill  post  the  big  hog  next  week  all  of  thes  wee  killed  with  my 30-30 except  the  beige  hog    and  he  was  killed  with  a  savage 30-06  looking  back  threw  my  notes  and things  i  have  fiured  i  ave  killed  37  hogs  since  march  of  2002  and  8  deer  we  have  a  neat  program  called  feed  the  hungry  and  i  trust  they  are  doing  right  with  the  meat    you  ski  it  they  process   it  also   i  have  a  huge  depfreeze  here  s  the  lin  community.webshots.com/user/howie1968

[markc]

Way to go Howie!!!!!  You know you have the proof to show the magnum, over priced bullet guys, that Remington CoreLokt's the original controlled expansion bullet is still just fine.   And the 30-30 too!!!!   Someone around here posted a while back, an article written when the 30-30 was still new.  It was amazing that at the time, the pro hunters and gun writers couldn't say enough about how powerful it was and how they cleanly harvested all kinds of large game with it.  Some where along the way, alot of folks have been convinced that it is weak and no good past about 50 yds.  But we know that ain't true.  Way to go Howie.  I need to get one of those hog calls.  I missed several hogs Monday afternoon, due to the gusting wind though,  but the call might have helped.
markc

[Ironwood]

Way to go Howie!  Man, that is a bigun!  Please!  Keep those down your way. I don't think my 4 wheeler would pull one that big out of the woods.  :eek:

I can agree with you about not knocking a hog down.  I've shot a couple with 12 gauge slugs, good through both lung hits, and they ran 30 or 40 yards.  One was only about a 100 pounds and a sow!

[howie1968]

we  all  live  in  Texas  and  rather  close Sqirrel  season  is  about  to  kick  off  in  3  weeks  maybe  we  can  hook up   for   some  pig  huning  and  squirrel  hunting  I  know  where  there  are  alot  of  hogs on  the  upland  wilderness  area and  the  suirrel  hunting  is  the  best.  For some  reason  the  30-3   is  very  efficient  the  muzle  energy  is  only  arond  1800 foot  lbs  and at  100   you  are  looking  at  only  about  1250   but  the  way  the  bullet  is  designed    for  penetration  and  rapid  exoansion  in my  opiion  helps  this  cartridge  out.   Those  Grunt  calls  actually  work   the  product  name  is  haydels   calls     BH-92 Boss Hog  this  is  not  a  squeler  call  but  an  actual  grunt  sounds  alot  like  a  magnum buck  grunt   but  you  use  your  hands  cupped  over  the  end  to  manipulate  the  call   i  ave  sat  and  watched   hogs  alot   and  i  knw  if  i  was  a  pig  it  would  fool me.   hogs  usually grunt  during  a  feeding  frenzy   and  they  aggresively  grunt  when  fighting   that  is  how  i  lured     my  hog  in    I  am  going  to   get  some  of  this   SOW IN Heat  stuff  from  Texas  Boars  and  see  how  t  works    they  say  if  you  spread  it  around   it  takes about  3  ays  and  you will  have  the  big  ones  comng  to  you.   there  was  a  story  about  3  months  ago  iabout  10  miles  from  me  in  a  town  called  Chester  about  a  guy  who  killded an  890  lb   boar   with a  bow    so  i  know  there  s  sone  big  ones  around  even  bigger  than  mine

[Rope]

That 890 pound boar came out of a little bow pen but was in a small hog pen only days before breeding show sows and being scratched by children.

[howie1968]

you  knw  i  heard  something  like that  also   i  have  some  fiends  in  chester that  told  me  that   it  was  a  pen  raised hog.   I  dont  believe  i have  ever  seen  a  hog  near that  big  n  the  wild  i know  my  hog  is not  pure Russian   but  it  was  definately  wild  as e  evaded  me  since  August.  The  good  thing  is  another  one  has  stepped  up  to take  his  place   it seems   there   is  always another  big  one  to  take  the  boss  boar  hogs  spot   Where  n  east  TX  are  you  from??     i  live  in Woodville

[Ironwood]

Rope is your place north of Buttermilk Road?   I'm in the Buttermilk Hunting Club so your place must be real near one of my stands.   :grin: