Another Muzzleloader Hog
06-11-2010, 12:55 PM
#1
Boone & Crockett
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Comance county, OK
Posts: 11,408
Another Muzzleloader Hog
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.
Range: 90-110 yards
Position: Standing broadside
Gun: TC Encore .50
Scope: Zeiss 4X32
Powder: 100 grains of Goex Pinnacle 3F
Bullet: 350 grain FPB
Primer: Winchester shotgun
Range: 90-110 yards
Position: Standing broadside
Gun: TC Encore .50
Scope: Zeiss 4X32
Powder: 100 grains of Goex Pinnacle 3F
Bullet: 350 grain FPB
Primer: Winchester shotgun
06-11-2010, 01:40 PM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Rivesville, WV
Posts: 3,192
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.
Oh by the way. Where are the pictures??
Tom.
06-11-2010, 04:23 PM
#7
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: River Ridge, LA (Suburb of New Orleans)
Posts: 10,917
Nice going falcon. Perfect size too.
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.
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.
06-11-2010, 07:14 PM
#10
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Southern Illinois
Posts: 650
Mmmmm. Bacon!
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
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
