Big hog with good cutters last night
Occasionally I get the opportunity to shoot hogs when I'm not actually hunting them. When I have to check on my cows after dark I usually take my 30-30 with me, just in case.
While checking the cows last night, I heard some very loud squeals and snorts several hundred yards away so I jogged in the direction of the trespassers.
I came to my stock tank and listened again. They were behind the tank and the wind was well within my favor. I crossed the hot wire and heard them under a thick cedar tree. I had to work my way around it and by the time I did, they had moved a little further south away from me. I turned on my rifle's green flashlight and put it to my shoulder. The sounder was within 40 yards and I knew I would see them around any tree or brush.
As I worked around, I came to a lane and heard them coming out of the brush immediately to my left and headed to my right. Within seconds a big hog walked calmly through my light and rifle sights. He was less than 20 yards, maybe 15 yards. All I had to do was pull the trigger, so I did.
He collapsed like a sack of potatoes. I fully expected to be overrun by the sounder but only 1 other pig ran by and he went under the fence into the night. They were the only 2 pigs.
Closer inspection of my boar indicated he is likely one of the larger ones I've shot. At first I was thinking he was 220+ but in contemplation, I'm going to say closer to 185. He does have absolutely the biggest cutters I've ever seen on a pig in this area.
I absolutely love shooting them at night with my 30-30. It is a light gun, easy to carry, and the green flashlight is generally all I need when the wind is in my favor.
I texted Pistol and sent pics and after a bit started to collect my rifle, which was not reloaded and laying off to my side. I heard a noise and thinking it was an armadillo I looked up. The smaller boar hog had returned and was watching me! I picked up my rifle, but the boar left the area post haste.
While checking the cows last night, I heard some very loud squeals and snorts several hundred yards away so I jogged in the direction of the trespassers.
I came to my stock tank and listened again. They were behind the tank and the wind was well within my favor. I crossed the hot wire and heard them under a thick cedar tree. I had to work my way around it and by the time I did, they had moved a little further south away from me. I turned on my rifle's green flashlight and put it to my shoulder. The sounder was within 40 yards and I knew I would see them around any tree or brush.
As I worked around, I came to a lane and heard them coming out of the brush immediately to my left and headed to my right. Within seconds a big hog walked calmly through my light and rifle sights. He was less than 20 yards, maybe 15 yards. All I had to do was pull the trigger, so I did.
He collapsed like a sack of potatoes. I fully expected to be overrun by the sounder but only 1 other pig ran by and he went under the fence into the night. They were the only 2 pigs.
Closer inspection of my boar indicated he is likely one of the larger ones I've shot. At first I was thinking he was 220+ but in contemplation, I'm going to say closer to 185. He does have absolutely the biggest cutters I've ever seen on a pig in this area.
I absolutely love shooting them at night with my 30-30. It is a light gun, easy to carry, and the green flashlight is generally all I need when the wind is in my favor.
I texted Pistol and sent pics and after a bit started to collect my rifle, which was not reloaded and laying off to my side. I heard a noise and thinking it was an armadillo I looked up. The smaller boar hog had returned and was watching me! I picked up my rifle, but the boar left the area post haste.
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