30-30 vs Boar

retrieverman · 09-10-2007, 11:58 PM

I killed this 250 lb boar this evening trying escape my headlight beams after rooting in one of my pastures. I have been trying to see him for over a week, and I made an unexpected (to him) trip to the pasture tonight. When the headlights hit him he started running for the woods, but he was about 30 yards short when he lost his mind. BOOM!!! FLOP!!!
I was shooting my straight gripped 336SS and Hornady LeverEvolutions, and for the quartering away running shot, I aimed at the tip of his snout at ear level. I hit him slightly behind and slightly under the left ear. The shot was about 150 yards. I love Zeiss optics for low light situations and had no problem seeing him even as he was moving out of my headlights.

The Rev · 09-11-2007, 04:34 AM

Nice, a brain shot... That will do it every time! congrats.

Rebel Hog · 09-11-2007, 07:49 AM

WTG Bo Diddly..............

North Texan · 09-11-2007, 07:59 PM

Head shot? Makes me think you didn't want to track him through the brush in the dark.

retrieverman · 09-11-2007, 09:17 PM

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ORIGINAL: North Texan

Head shot? Makes me think you didn't want to track him through the brush in the dark.

That hog was 20 yards away from a thicket when he dropped, and if he had made it to the thicket, I definitely wasn't going after him. I have had so much trouble with hogs rooting up my pastures over the last few years that I generally just gut shoot them and let them run off and die. As hot and humid as to was last night, I wish I had done that with him.

Moose_Maximus · 09-25-2007, 02:43 PM

Nice shot...and nice rifle, too. Love those straight-stocked Marlins! What sort of scope you got there?

retrieverman · 09-25-2007, 04:40 PM

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ORIGINAL: Moose_Maximus

Nice shot...and nice rifle, too. Love those straight-stocked Marlins! What sort of scope you got there?

This straight gripped Marlin is very possibly a one of a kind that I put together myself, and the scope is a Zeiss Conquest 3-9.

VT Outdoorsman · 11-28-2007, 07:14 PM

Sounds like you made a great running shot. Nice Job

RugerM77.270 · 11-30-2007, 04:47 PM

I love that LR ammo.

2006HighSierra · 12-01-2007, 09:48 AM

retrieverman, I can't remember if I posted when you posted this on MO but nice job and nice supper. I kinda wish I still had my 336SS but I think I did good with my guide gun trade. I'll get another next year maybe. I just hope Marlin takes a hint and starts offering 336 straigh grips in the near future to save me the trouble.