I cant remember if it was the first trip or the second trip to Crossville Tn when atleast 10 out of the 20 guys were shooting conical bullets. I will note this was on Russian Boar not Deer.

Most of those people needed two shots to kill the Hogs. I remember seeing two of them on video and witnesed two in person. It was a shame to tell you the truth. And on Deer size game the results would be different i'm sure.

A connical bullet would be my very last choice on any size game to tell you the truth. My opinion is based on what i have seen in the field. And listening to the other guys talk about there shots on those hogs that weekend as well. Batchief i believe was the only one with a 1 shot kill.

That is some beautiful shooting Cayugad,Id say the man behind the rifle deserves as much credit as the rifle.

Now that is interesting. I was not aware of that. I guess I need to hunt a hog.

I am going to have to ask the chief about that trip.

It's the year Bob Bowers aka Super91 shot 5 times. I looked for the pics but they are on CD'S. Here's a pic of the Encore in action.

When you use a 496gr. conical like this:


That ends up looking like this after passing thru a hog:



Shooting consistant groups like this:


Which ends with results like this:


What more would you ask for? All 3 of my hogs were 1 shot kills. You just need to place the bullet where it belongs. Every large game animal I've pulled the trigger on using this bullet have been complete pass-thrus resulting in dead critter. Including a nice buck at 154 lazered yards. This is the only bullet I've been able to recover.

Tom,,,,I think this is the trip you were referring to. We had a blast, didn't we? Good times for sure!

That hog looks pretty dead to me. Whatever bullet you shoot it is all about shot placement. I am pretty confident that a well placed conical will bring down any critter that walks in North America, maybe even in the world.

Confidence and results is the key. I would have no confidence at all to tell you the truth with conicals. Especially on dangerous game.

Memories of all those hunts are priceless. It's a shame all good things come to an end. I wish we could do that every year. Even my schedule is getting tougher to plan fun like this.