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#1
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last week i shot this 60-65 lb pig, 30 yds. 50 cal muzzlelaoder,hornady 45-250 grain sabot....after the shot the pigs stood there with their hair up just looking, i turned to reload and they started to trott off, not spooked at all, just a normal trott....i went over to where they were, no blood.....ok, clean miss.I was fine with that....the next day, there the hog laid, almost right where i had shot it, must of circled around....i couldn't hunt that afternoon because i was a buddy and the permit holder doesnt hunt evenings, if i had been able too, i would of seen the hog come out....the hog didn't squeal, didn't grunt, there was NO reaction other than the hair going up.....why???????????????????
the shot was a high , center shoulder......should of had some reaction i would think......every other hog i have shot with that gun and load has dropped, but one and that was a poor shot...but I knew I had hit it at least.
the shot was a high , center shoulder......should of had some reaction i would think......every other hog i have shot with that gun and load has dropped, but one and that was a poor shot...but I knew I had hit it at least.
#2
the hog didn't squeal, didn't grunt, there was NO reaction other than the hair going up.....why???????????????????
Not sure why it happens.
#4
I shot one last week at 25 yds with a 30/06 165 gr nosler ballistic tip. It was a perfect shoulder shot and the pig hauled butt like I missed it. Showed no signs of being hit. Found it the next day in thick, thick brush 40 yds away.
#5
I can certainly understand a .22 getting that reaction, especially at 50 yds. being the size it was..... it's the 30 yds. with a muzzleleoader that baffles me...
I have had no reaction at all from at least three hogs that were hit solidly at close range with a 240 grain .430 bullet fired from a .50 cal. muzzleloader. Knew that i had hit those hogs and all were recovered: Even saw the dust fly off one hog when the bullet hit him in the shoulder. Had no reaction from a 275 pound boar smacked with a .30 caliber 150 grain Core Lokt that hit him at over 3,000 fps, he just took off at warp speed: That one made it about 200 yards with a good blood trail.
Sometimes they just do not show any sign of being hit.
#7
I have as well(not many but a few), I guess it all boils down to shot placement...I was , still am amazed that there was no reaction with the larger load on a small hog to boot.....oh well, the buzzards ate well.........and it's not like theres not an over abundance of them out there, just sucked ........
#8
I shot one with a bow once that jumped and then came back to the corn to eat. I thought I had to have missed. I was knocking a new arrow and the pig squealed and ran about 10 yards and died. Guess it was kind of like when you cut yourself with a razor. He only felt the quick sting and then dropped 15 seconds later. very weird.