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Post by jfs on Mar 19, 2019 17:44:40 GMT -5
Dick, Your hunt reminds me of one many years ago when coming off a hill at sunset during a snow storm and spotted some movement in the thicket and jumped out of the 4-wheeler with a 4 5/8" Ruger Blackhawk in 45 Colt. She carried a handload with a 280gr SWC-GC over a charge of H-110. I did not realize how big this boar was until I followed up and finished.. 
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Post by silcott on Mar 19, 2019 17:50:07 GMT -5
Nice! I wish we had some hogs here in S-SW Ohio.
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Post by foxtrapper on Mar 20, 2019 12:52:34 GMT -5
Nice as usual James, pig and yer shootin!
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Post by bradshaw on Mar 21, 2019 9:02:02 GMT -5
Took this big boy up at Tioga in north central Pennsylvania with FA`s 41 and 210gr Swift handload around 70yds... [img alt="" style="max-width:100%;"
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James.... it infuriated my college wrestling coach, whose trapezius muscles grew from his earholes, that he could not beat me with a pistol. But that didn’t stop him from insisting I make a hunt with him for European wild boar----armed only with spears! His fever for wild boar came in Tennessee, under a guide who stumped up and down the hollers, as a boar had ripped out his calf. The hazard of being in the same place at the same time with wild boar excited my coach no end. Fortunately, I could not afford the hunt and continue to this day in one piece.
Cut to Blue Mountain Forest, about fifteen years ago. While he never said so directly, Bill Ruger gave me the impression he enjoyed moments in Blue Mountain so much he built his investment casting foundry and factory a few miles down the road in Newport, New Hampshire. On this day, Bill, Jr., introduces me to the game keeper. A few baby European boar trot close by; the keeper picks one up. The piglet, calm in his hands, obviously knows this man. He hands me the piglet.... IMMEDIATE side-to-side thrashing as the little monster tries to slash me with its teeth. The miniature porker felt like an electric truck spring. Took me all of a second to set its feet to earth.... instant happiness.
A pig’s teeth don’t have to be long to inflict fierce damage. Root up a patch of ground in short order. Smash corral planks with a swish of the head. A pig’s head swings with the impact of a wrist punch from George Foreman or Rocky Marciano. Some breeds have longer teeth than others, but all of ‘em are beaucoup dangerous, with shearing action between uppers and lowers of a sheet metal chopper.
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Post by bula on Mar 21, 2019 9:28:32 GMT -5
Have considered hunts to southern Ohio or Tioga where JFS goes, many times over the years. Have friends that have been. Nephews hunt them in hog central, Tampa area. Hog hunting looks fun, as long as its on someone else's property and in another state.. They are an ever growing eco disaster.
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Post by callshot on Mar 21, 2019 14:03:42 GMT -5
Nice James. I do like the FA 41. I’ve never got to hunt hogs yet.
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Post by matt56 on Mar 21, 2019 19:03:41 GMT -5
I went down to Tennessee 2 years ago to shoot a boar. It was quite interesting to see what tough bastards they are. Nothing like that up here in western PA. I ended up getting a nice Russian but I forget what it weighed.
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