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AbileneHogMan1
07-26-2011, 06:42 AM
I just got back from Puerto Rico the 17th. We had to go to the Tropics to get away from the heat. Went to the ranch Saturday evening about 7pm. Checked the cameras and had 2 big boars coming in between 11pm and 4am on the new pig barrel that I set up in June. The big boar with white sox came in at 1am and would run in and out for an hour! I never got a clean shot at him. At 2:30am this boar came in and did the same thing 2 times...in and out. The 3rd time he took a 55gr. Winchester Ballistic Tip 22-250 just behind the right shoulder hard quartering away. He wheeled let out a roar and disappeared. I gave him til 3:30 and went looking. I gave up at 4:30 after finding no blood and getting torn up with briers. Got up at 6am to fill the protien feeders before it got hot and then tracked my boar. I found a 1/4 inch spot of blood at a fence crossing 50 yards away. Followed the hog trail with blood all over the briars another 25 yards to the creek bed. He was piled up 12 feet down in the bottom missing all the anus.

I shot a 150 lb sow July 4th that ended up in the same spot. No pixs...the yots had already done a number on it by the time I found it the next morning.

The mud on the barrel marks the halfway spot on the big boars back. The top of his back is almost to the top of the barrel.


http://texashoghunter.com/oldatt/164a.JPG

cabledad
07-26-2011, 10:59 AM
Talking about the heat I just got an email that said satan called and said send back my weather.I might as well talk about the weather I can't say much about hog hunting.Did enjoy your post about the big boar.Thanks Chuck

txbhunter1
07-26-2011, 01:00 PM
That's a hell of a boar man, congrat's.

IcelandBP
07-27-2011, 02:21 PM
Nice pig!!! Ear hole they dont run so far :-)

00Spy
07-28-2011, 01:44 PM
Good job!!!

ARhoghunter
07-29-2011, 01:53 PM
Nice boar! We have been out 4x in the last 10 days. Hotter than HELL @ night & no sight of him! I hate sittin in my stand, sweating my ass off, & waiting for his big sneaky self to show. Wish Satan would take his weather back. So much for out tropical storm rain!

riverhog
07-29-2011, 08:09 PM
heck of a hog, been shootin the barnes bullets out of my 22-250,