One mad hog

snareaman,
What type of .45 bullet did you have loaded in the Kimber?
Have you tried something different since then? Or a different caliber?
 
thanks for sharing, that was great!

46,000 acres in a day! man thats some serious pest control. Actually, that sounds like fun, hard work but fun.
 
I was hunting deers with one of those cut down m16's the xm177 or whatever its called, only semi Auto but .223 (5.56) is fine for deers if you hit it right. Any way I heard one in some thick bush, so I was trying to work out how i could get to it without spooking it, thats when it started hailing, which would cover any noise I made, gun was still on safe and rounds in mag but not in chamber and into the bush I went, I got within about 10 feet of it when I discovered it was not a deer but a boar - it looked at me, i looked at it and it charged, thick bush, nowhere to go and i could see the ground it had been cutting up with its tusks looking for grubs or roots or whatever, well the thing about military weapons is that they are damn good at going from safe to bang in a hurry and 5 shots later, including one from about 2 inches in the head, there was a big pile of bacon at my feet.
 
Whoa! That's got to be the winner for close shot. I've made some final shots at 2 yards but never 2 inches. Nicely done!

DancesWithKnives
 
Worked a hog farm one summer,part of my job was euthanizing the culls. I got pretty good at that with my old MKII. Well,one day someone accidentally released a good market hog outside,once they are outside they cannot be put back inside. Unfortunately my right hand was injured that day,so I carried a .22 revolver and shot with my left hand. Yep,you screw up that first shot it becomes quite a circus to put one down. I had to reload the revolver once ,one -handed, before the matter was settled. I can imagine a wild hog would be much more vigorous.
 
Great stories! I don't know whether I'm glad I wasn't in those situations
or my life is just boring! ;) I want to shoot some hogs now too!

Mmmmmm Bacon!
 
racegunner said:
snareaman,
What type of .45 bullet did you have loaded in the Kimber?
Have you tried something different since then? Or a different caliber?
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I tried hard ball and 230XTP HP's and I could pull all of them out from between the gristle plate and the ribcage.

I'm pretty ballistically astute,so I used a 357 with XTP's and then to a 10mm with 200 XTP's. The ten was pretty good. I've also shot them with heavy hardcast in 44 mag and 45 Colt. Both do pretty well.

Rifle is the best choice, followed by shotgun with slugs. I like a 35 remington for close work and a 7mm mag for longer ranges.
 
Great story. Makes you appreciate how dangerous these often overlooked creatures can be. Especialy by people who think they aren't a nuissance.
 
+1 on a great story.

sometimes I really envy you, guys on the other side of the pond...
this kind of stuff makes life to feel real, IMHO.
going out, and being a part of something bigger and stronger. where one has to be aware what's going on around...There are much less opportunities to live this kind of experiences in Europe, nowadays. everything is packed with people, overregulated, and the wildlife is much tamer. (ok we have big hogs around, but not as often encountered, even if one is looking for it, as in the US.)
This is why I really enjoy when I'm out somewher, where I'm not sure that I'm on the top of the food chain - in the jungle, spearfishing in the ocean, or just fishing somewhere where crocs are in charge...it makes you feel ALIVE.

:thumbup:
 
A few years back, in Arkansas, there was an enormous hog, don't recall how much he weighed. Anyways, this hog farmer's sows were coming up lame, broken backs, legs. It turns out this big feral male was mounting and breaking the sows. The guy saw the hog out in his field one day, grabbed his .357 levergun and commenced to poppin'. The first hit and the hog looked up then went back to rooting, same again for the next shot, then he hit em' again and the hog turned and trotted off with the guy emptying the gun. A few months later a hunter killed the hog with a 7mag or somesuch. They found about 6 or 7 slugs in and around the shoulder, .357, none got to the meat. They found other slugs in the hog too, some buckshot and others. Tough animals.
 
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