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Post by whitworth on Feb 19, 2010 17:48:16 GMT -5
Headed out to my favorite North Carolina hog haunt (www.hogheavenoutfitters.com), for a little bullet testing this last Tuesday. After some hard hunting in the bitter cold, on Wednesday night I managed to get a shot at some hogs. I was sitting in a stand at crossroads with some corn as bait. Around 6:20 p.m., three piglets showed up for a meal. I watched them for about 10 minutes before they were joined by another group of seven piglets. They fed for another 10 minutes or so before I spotted a few large, dark shapes moving down the road in my direction. So, I turned the red dot on, pulled the hammer back and got ready for show time. Moments later, three good sized hogs began partaking in the corn (roughly 40 yards from my stand). The largest one was quartering towards me when I put the dot just ahead of the point of its onside shoulder and let a 300 grain XTP (Hornady factory .44 magnum ammo) fly. At the report, the hogs left town down a game trail like they had seen a ghost, including the one I shot at. The one I aimed to kill didn't even react to the shot. I climbed down and went over to the bait and there was no blood on the ground -- not very encouraging. So, I made my way down the game trail, maybe fifteen yards in and I saw a large dark shape lying in the trail. I drew my revolver just in case she needed more encouragement to give up the ghost, but she had already expired. She was a pretty hefty sow and she took some effort to drag out of the woods and to the road where my ride would come for me later. But, that is the price you pay....... The bullet center-punched the heart, and caught the liver as well before exiting. She weighed 173-lbs according to the rusty camp scale, but felt about 125-lbs heavier when I was loading her into the truck!  I used a friend's Super Blackhawk with a 10-inch barrel and a Bushnell red dot. This is the revolver that he won Ohio State IHMSA with in 1983 -- it is super accurate.   |
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Post by turbo on Feb 19, 2010 18:59:08 GMT -5
I wish we had some good pig hunting out this way. CONGRATS!
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Post by whitworth on Feb 19, 2010 19:08:22 GMT -5
Thank you much, turbo!
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Post by zeus on Feb 19, 2010 21:18:31 GMT -5
Good thing you got her, looks like she had a heart murmur. She was probably suffering  Nice shot. You have to love the long barreled rugers, they sure do shoot well. And you're right, a 200 pound pig feels like 400 when you are trying to move the stocky little suckers! |
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Post by whitworth on Feb 21, 2010 11:24:12 GMT -5
And you're right, a 200 pound pig feels like 400 when you are trying to move the stocky little suckers! Particularl whe yo're alone! LOL! ;D |
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Post by Aggie01 on Feb 22, 2010 21:05:51 GMT -5
Good restraint whitworth, I would have shot the piglets. Good shooting, I'm glad to knwo the hornady's perform on pigs. I just got my 83 back and have a few hundred xtp's I'm gonna work a load up with. I wish we had some good pig hunting out this way. You really don't. Trust me. |
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Post by whitworth on Feb 23, 2010 19:16:33 GMT -5
It took a lot of self control not to wack the piglets, but I held out for something more! ;D
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Post by bigbore442001 on Mar 7, 2010 7:22:27 GMT -5
Excellent post. I used the Google Map feature to find out where they are. It looks like a good 11 to 12 hour ride for me from southern New England.
I recently returned from a Florida vacation which included a day hunt for wild boar. I like Florida but it is a good two day drive for me.
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Post by whitworth on Mar 7, 2010 9:13:49 GMT -5
Excellent post. I used the Google Map feature to find out where they are. It looks like a good 11 to 12 hour ride for me from southern New England. I recently returned from a Florida vacation which included a day hunt for wild boar. I like Florida but it is a good two day drive for me. Thank you! I used to drive to Florida to hunt as well and too much time is wasted in the car -- time that could be spent hunting. |
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Post by boxhead on Mar 7, 2010 10:08:49 GMT -5
I do not believe a bit of this. There is just no way in hell that a jacketed bullet did that. ;D
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Post by whitworth on Mar 7, 2010 19:30:35 GMT -5
I do not believe a bit of this. There is just no way in hell that a jacketed bullet did that. ;D LOL! I know! But that little .429 needs all of the expansion it can get! Hey, I was testing! |
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Post by ChrisO on Mar 13, 2010 21:39:44 GMT -5
Mark,
It always pays to be a good encourager !
Congrats !
Chris
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Post by bigbore442001 on Mar 14, 2010 18:07:09 GMT -5
Excellent post. I used the Google Map feature to find out where they are. It looks like a good 11 to 12 hour ride for me from southern New England. I recently returned from a Florida vacation which included a day hunt for wild boar. I like Florida but it is a good two day drive for me. Thank you! I used to drive to Florida to hunt as well and too much time is wasted in the car -- time that could be spent hunting. Not only could more time be spent hunting there is the factor of less time in traffic. I firmly believe one of the tortures of the damned is to sit in traffic that seems to take forever in the Richmond VA area as well as crossing NYC on the GW Bridge. |
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Post by whitworth on Mar 19, 2010 6:06:07 GMT -5
Thank you, Chris!
bigbore442001, couldn't agree with you more. I have wasted way too much time sitting in traffic.
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Post by medicdave on Jun 13, 2010 20:24:18 GMT -5
I'm not supprised at the lack of blood trail. Last time my buddy and I went, he popped one with a 35Rem through both shoulders with an exit, and we had no blood trail to the dead pig 20yds away. Didn't have that problem with the 375 H&H I was testing . |
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Nice shot. You have to love the long barreled rugers, they sure do shoot well. And you're right, a 200 pound pig feels like 400 when you are trying to move the stocky little suckers!
