About ten hogs came to the bait pile. Picked a sow that weighed about 80 pounds on the hoof and fired. The bullet struck the animal on or close to the spleen a little higher than i like. The lungs and heart were destroyed. The stomach was torn somewhat, perhaps by a bullet fragment. I skinned this hog and the exit hole is over 1.5". Bang flop.
Excellent!! nice shooting. Sounds like a lot of fun.
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Great job. I have never got to hunt a hog like that. As a matter of fact I have never eaten wild bore. Is it good?? How do you prepare it?? I am assuming the big ones are tougher. Is that true??
Oh by the way. Where are the pictures?? Tom.
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It looks like I'm out of the hog hunting business for a while. I checked my trail cameras last weekend. With two cameras out for a month I had over a thousand deer, turkey and coyote pictures - but not one hog. I think they all moved to a small river basin about a half mile from our lease. That's good. They won't be around when the does are dropping babies.
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A friend of mine went up to Nugent's Sunrise Safari ranch in Michigan and shot a Russian boar. It was MUCH bigger than that, but he was after a mounter, not an eater. He made chops and roasts, bacon, ham, sausage, etc. He prepared it similar to store-bought pork. What I tasted of it was very good. Just mighty dry compared to farm piggies.
I'd guess that you've got an A-1 quality eatin' hog there! Good shooting and thanks for the pic.
rw
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