After last week's infamous death alert post I felt that I owed the OB something better. Sometimes redemption has to be sought before it is earned.
To accomplish this, Saturday evening I went on a stalk and spot. All the new green growth cuts down on visibility but on the upside it allows for more cover to slink along the trail.
It was probably a few minutes after 8 p.m. when, after waiting for activity in a swale, I pressed forward and after coming up a slight rise saw the multicolor boar feeding ahead of me. Bog Pod deployed, he was facing me and seemed content to stay that way. Crosshairs between the eyes? Check. Slow squeeze and right down he went.
After snapping a few pics it was getting dark but instead of walking back the short way I kept on going to check a couple of short senderos that were corned earlier. After spooking off a couple of deer and figuring it was all over I came upon the last corned road and noticed a dark spot. With the rifle on the sticks it appeared to be a pig. Damn, it just walked into the brush. Okay, back out. Crank up scope to 12. Definitely a pig. Aimed behind the ear but heard a bunch of running off into the brush. Walked up and lo and behold, a second one dead in its tracks not 15 minutes after the first.
Clearly, the best hog gun is the one you're using. Saturday evening it was the RA .243. It likes the cheap blue box Federal 100 grain loads.
Easter afternoon pit action was a small hog (~30 lbs.) that my son had shot last March on a TPWD youth hunt at Daughtrey WMA. Ended up being more tender than it looks in the pics. Last night all the remaining meat was turned into pulled pork, which turned out excellent I must say.
To accomplish this, Saturday evening I went on a stalk and spot. All the new green growth cuts down on visibility but on the upside it allows for more cover to slink along the trail.
It was probably a few minutes after 8 p.m. when, after waiting for activity in a swale, I pressed forward and after coming up a slight rise saw the multicolor boar feeding ahead of me. Bog Pod deployed, he was facing me and seemed content to stay that way. Crosshairs between the eyes? Check. Slow squeeze and right down he went.
After snapping a few pics it was getting dark but instead of walking back the short way I kept on going to check a couple of short senderos that were corned earlier. After spooking off a couple of deer and figuring it was all over I came upon the last corned road and noticed a dark spot. With the rifle on the sticks it appeared to be a pig. Damn, it just walked into the brush. Okay, back out. Crank up scope to 12. Definitely a pig. Aimed behind the ear but heard a bunch of running off into the brush. Walked up and lo and behold, a second one dead in its tracks not 15 minutes after the first.
Clearly, the best hog gun is the one you're using. Saturday evening it was the RA .243. It likes the cheap blue box Federal 100 grain loads.
Easter afternoon pit action was a small hog (~30 lbs.) that my son had shot last March on a TPWD youth hunt at Daughtrey WMA. Ended up being more tender than it looks in the pics. Last night all the remaining meat was turned into pulled pork, which turned out excellent I must say.