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My son Mat hasnt been huning with me much lately, he just doesnt want too.
Well this past week he says hes in the mood. We do a 4 day marathon and he hangs with me the whole time. We did6 hours in the stand the other night, all the way till 2am, and nothing.
I think this made him even more determined to get a hog. Well this evening we hunt a new stand and location I just setup 2 days ago, that he even helped me with. 1 Hour before sunset we have two hogs cross to our left with no shot oportunity, I tell him to hang on I bet they come back out. we saw them moving through the woods behind us and make it back out into the sendero on our right, I get him setup on the shootin sticks, I tell him to take the smaller one and put it right in the ear. Well he was off his mark a bit, but effective none the less. Neck shot him through the jugglers.She dropped right there and kicked a few times and then gets up and stumbles off, oh crap I say, we give her a minute or two and began tracking. Mat was on blood like a hound, maybe my sight is not so good anymore but he tracked her up in no time. 30 yds in the woods was all she went and was fully expired.
.22 hornet 45 gr HP's.50 yds. shot
Its just the trigger on this gun that needs some help, specially if he is going to be using it, I know that is what caused him to be off a bit. This was his first kill with the Hornet, and the first time I have him try and make a precision shot, he usually uses my .243 and I have him put it behind the shoulder.
but anyways heres his hog a 100lb'er

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Congrats!

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Wow, lotta damage that little bullet made! Good shooting and congrats to your son!

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I see a smile, lol.......a lil one but it's there...thats awesome.;)

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that is neat! Congrats to you both

rick

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A big Congrat's to Mat!...............Wow, with .22 Hornet 45grs!

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You know I am not sure he was off his mark, these hogs were feeding and were very skittesh and fijity.They would not stand still for more than a couple of seconds, might have moved at the last second, oh well very efective either way.

Yup a .22 Hornet, this thing is devastating with the hollow points. If you look closely at the second pic right near the entry wound you will see a big round mass, thats the swelling of the tissue, it was a big ball of swollen muck. When cleaned him, it looked like a bomb went off in his neck.

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Way to go, building memories with your kids is what lifes all about, he'll be telling his grandchildren about this.

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I thought we already had a talk about hunting with the Hornet![:@]Forgot you love proving folks wrong!:DCongrats to getting the boy back among the hunter and his hog!

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He needs to give the guy with .50 AE Desert Eagle some shooting lessons.

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Congrats to the young man for a nice hog. That .22 Hornet did the trick.

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Sweet Deal...Tell little man congrats!!!!

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Ya I've said it before, the hogs an deer around here havent evolved into the bullet proof ones I hear so much about.
;)

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You just got them wimpy deer and hogs down there!:DI get to come your direction in October...I got drew for archery antlerless on Walter Buck at Junction on Oct.13-16.It says unlimited exotic and hogs as well! My first achery draw now hoping for a mule deer draw down south with rifle or up north with bow!;)

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PILOT;

way to go...the kids of today are the hunters 2morrow.Just curious-is that a single shot Rossi ???? I have got one for my son in .223 for Varmint hunting and hogs and I was totally surprised how accurate the gun was.

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single shot NEF

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Regardless,thats a fine hog for a young hunter.Nef/Rossi pretty much rifle for rifle.To kill him with a 22 hornet thats enuff said right there..

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Great story Pilot! And congratulations to Mat!

I've been hunting hogs like crazy with my NEF HandiRifle in 45-70 gov, and they still manage to run off some after getting smacked with 405 grains of pain in the shoulder! So kudos to you and your son!

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how bad does that 45-70 handi kick ?
I was thinking of another barrell for my Handi and put a night vision scope on it. For me and Mat to use, these hogs are pretty much nocturnal.
Plus I want something he can put right behind the shoulder with. We were on 3hogs last night but he never let a round go because he never could get that head shot. If we had something bigger he would have justput it in the shoulder.
I have a .243 but its a a heavy barrell 26" er. Just to damn big and heavy for him.

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I'm not going to lie to ya, it kicks like a 20 ga shotgun. Manageable for you me, but may be too much for a youngster. Plus I mounted an ATN Aries gen 1 nightvision scope to it. That unit is fairly heavy and takes out some the recoil. But I have to be careful with the eye relief so that the scope doesn't cut me. It has a large rubber boot on the scope, but it briused my eye socket anyway last time I got too close.

Anyone ever asks, I'm hunting coyotes at night with it.But sometimes those 250 lb hogs accidently walk up on me in the middle of the night.;)In which case, it's self defense.

Our DNR wants us to get rid of hogs. Wildlife officers have told me personnally that they don't care if we hunt hogs at night on private property. Just as long as we kill every hogwe see.But for some strange reason, in our rules and regulations, there are no provisions for hunting hogs at night.

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Heres what I am thinking, my .243 is a varmint heavy barrell, to big and heavy for him even though he has used it in the past. My Hornet is a precise shooting hunting rifle which I think is asking to much from him right now.
I am going to get him a his own gun.
He's into the AR type guns but they pretty much only come in .223 and they cost to much and I dont think he needs a semi auto.
So this is what I am thinking, an H&R singleand puttactical stocks on itlike the AR, in either a .243 or a 7-08.
I might get me a 45-70 barrel for my NEF.
Hogs here in Texas are legal at night and by any means.

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congrats