Got This Boar Last Evening

falcon · 01-19-2009, 08:12 AM

Animal:Wild hog
Distance: 25-30 yards
Attitude: Quarteringto with head down
Weight: 120 pounds field dressed

Gun: Savage model 93 left hand
Caliber: .22 Magnum
Scope: Redfield Widefield 4X
Ammo: CCI 40 grain FMJ

Two boar hogs came into the pond i was watching from a tree stand.Shot this one as he started to drink. At the shot he reared back on his haunches,keeled over and kicked for about 45 seconds before expiring. The bullet ranged downward shredding the lungs. The stick marks the bullet entry hole. The bullet was not found.

cayugad · 01-19-2009, 08:47 AM

That would be a nice eating hog I bet... and with a 22 mag. That is cool. Nice shooting.

huntnma · 01-19-2009, 08:55 AM

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet

falcon · 01-19-2009, 09:35 AM

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and with a 22 mag.

A .22 magnum is not my idea of a hog gun. However,the place is military property and they say we must use rimfiresor shotguns with shot no larger than BBduring small game season. Have killed a lot of hogs with a .22 LR anda .22 magnum on that place. i no longer hunt hogs with the .22 LR and i limit my .22 magnum shots toless than 50 yards: Even then the hog has to be in the right position.

Would not even think of tryinga shot like that on a really big hog.

retrieverman · 01-19-2009, 09:46 AM

This proves that it doesn't take a bazooka to kill a hog. Congrats, nice pig!

dphobby · 01-19-2009, 10:11 AM

Just wonder what a .17 HMR would do on those hogs ?????

Snook384 · 01-19-2009, 11:53 AM

I use the 22 mag on hogs quite often. Right between the eye and ear. They drop like a rock. 17 hmr is actually a bit to fast. It explodes in the first inch because it is moving so darn quick. Not a good round if you have to penetrate 2+ inches but blows the hell out of squirrels and bunnies.

SWThomas · 01-19-2009, 01:20 PM

Nice piggy!

Rebel Hog · 01-19-2009, 08:00 PM

WTG falcon!..............Good pit size!

zrexpilot · 01-20-2009, 02:10 PM

cool hog, to me it looks like you hit the spine ?
My friend shot a 150lbr with a .22 mag and he made a terrible shot, hit it behind the lungs, actually a liver shot, complete pass through and it dropped right there. I also put him on one that was 250 + he hit in the head somewhere and that piggie took off like nothing ever happened, found a few specks of blood. We ended up taking that same pig a week later along with his buddie, his carcass went 220 and his buddies carcass went 280.