Some piggies in my sights
08-04-2010 | 11:46 AM
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Spike
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From: Texas
Some piggies in my sights
Just wanted to share a few shots of some hogs I plan on dispatching as soon as the weather cooperates....here piggie piggie piggie.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hardinsteel/4860337819/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hardinsteel/4860337819/
08-19-2010 | 02:13 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Camp Lejeune, NC
That's a massive hog for sure! Looking forward to seeing the pics when/if you take him down. Good luck because you're gonna need it. Those big boys are crafty. They didn't get that big by being stupid.
09-08-2010 | 02:43 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Houston, Texas
Hogs like that are why we quit using small caliber rifles to hunt them. We normally shot them in the head but we can't get a head shot we shoot them behind the shoulder. The last big one we shot like that we counted at least 5 scars in his shield were he had been shot before and it healed up. We shot it with a 200 grain .35 and at 60 yards it still stopped short of going through the far side. We recovered the bullet under the skin on the far side. I have a .450 Marlin I use that is great for big hogs. It is bigger than I need but I don't have to worry about them running off and having to track them through heavy brush.
