Shot Big Sow With A .54 Round Ball
#1
Shot Big Sow With A .54 Round Ball
Yesterday a friend said he needed a nice sow for the freezer so i went after a hog. At about the last legal shooting moment a big sow came in out with a smaller hog that weighed about 70 pounds. The sow showed up good in the scope.
Attitude: Quartering to
Distance: About 50 yards.
Gun: TC .54 FireHawk
Bullet: Patched round ball
i don't like shots like this. However, if they are done right the heart is destroyed. Aimed at the front junction of the white band and fired. Sow went down right there.
The heart was pulverized.
i hate messing with hogs at night.
Attitude: Quartering to
Distance: About 50 yards.
Gun: TC .54 FireHawk
Bullet: Patched round ball
i don't like shots like this. However, if they are done right the heart is destroyed. Aimed at the front junction of the white band and fired. Sow went down right there.
The heart was pulverized.
i hate messing with hogs at night.
Last edited by falcon; 09-17-2016 at 04:22 AM.
#3
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 491
Are hogs considered a regulated game animal where you live. I would think they would allow spotlighting to get rid of hogs as fast as you can. Great shot tho. I guess i watch those videos of hogs being shot at night in Texas and was thinking most states would allow it.
#4
Are hogs considered a regulated game animal where you live.
No. they are considered an invasive species.
I would think they would allow spotlighting to get rid of hogs as fast as you can.
In Texas night hunting with a light is legal. Not so in Oklahoma. In OK farmers/ranchers can get a permit to shoot hogs at night if they are causing crop damage.
#6
never under estimate the power of the round ball. From looking at that hog, she has a lot of Hampshire Pig blood in her. They make nice eating. That should be a good hog. My favorite is the Duroc breed though. We used to call them "the bacon breed."
Nice shooting on that hog. When they drop like that you definitely hit a sweet spot.
Nice shooting on that hog. When they drop like that you definitely hit a sweet spot.
#7
Good shooting Falcon. I'm going on a hog/deer hunt next month. I've been looking at images on shot placement for hogs. I plan on using my CVA Accura V2 with Barnes MZs and my T/C Renegade .58 with PRB. We're allowed any combination of 3 animals. So for me 50 yards and in the .58 gets the call. Any further I'll use the CVA.
#8
Good shooting Falcon. I'm going on a hog/deer hunt next month. I've been looking at images on shot placement for hogs. I plan on using my CVA Accura V2 with Barnes MZs and my T/C Renegade .58 with PRB. We're allowed any combination of 3 animals. So for me 50 yards and in the .58 gets the call. Any further I'll use the CVA.
And this is a fairly accurate anatomical drawing for heart and lungs:
#9
I've been looking at images on shot placement for hogs.
Good.
This is a good article on shot placement. It explains why many hogs are gut shot:
http://www.texasboars.com/anatomy.html