BACON!!

Yesterday was a wild success. Father and I saw this big boy come out about 550 yds away right at dusk. We quickly ran 100 yds, deployed the bipod, set up on a road that crosses a highline, turned on the lit reticle (the dark was creeping in and I couldn't see the black reticle against his body), ranged him at 450yds, dialed 3 Mils and sent a 168 grn SMK flying....DRT. My best (and most exciting) shot to date on a live animal. For those not familiar with shooting, 3 Mils @ 450 yds is just over 49" of bullet drop at that range. I was carrying my CAMO 511 in a Rainwalker sheath.

We measured his chest at 48", which estimates to about 280 lbs. Not huge, but a very nice trophy where we hunt.

NICE!!!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Congrats on the successful hunt! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />



The sheath looks like it's working out well. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Nice piggie, let us know how he tastes <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Nicely done, Max!

I gotta get out and do some hog hunting sometime, its been at least fifteen years for me!

Nice shot Ish!

Nice work! What gun did you use to take that bad boy?

Very cool. What is the boom stick?

Nice pig....

Sausage time!!!

Doc

That's fantastic! Nice looking load of pork ya got there! Good lookin' sheath too!

Well done! Hell of a shot.
I'll tell you that every wild hog I've had the pleasure to eat was the best pork
I've ever had. Tender and Delicious. Slow cooked all day over a pit.
The cook( a High School sweetheart's dad) used some sort of vinegar based
solution to keep it from charring.
[censored], I miss his cooking more than I miss his daughter.

Good job mate....this one was from earlier this year.... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />



and one from a couple of years ago...

Well done, congrats! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Tell me more about that rifle please - looks pretty slick.

Thanks for the nice words everyone. It was a great hunt, and even better memories with my dad.

The rifle is an Underground Skunkworks Kukri, chambered in .308. I have a NF 2.5-10x24 riding up top.

Andy..that looks like a great Hog!! Good shooting down under, brother!

Nice shot and nice hogs both of you.
As much as I would love to hunt hogs I am so glad they are not here (yet)

Hog hunting....there seems to be something vaguely wrong with that on bussekin forums <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> Or maybe since it's in the Yard, something vaguely right <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Hey, If ya hunt hogs Northeast Tennessee style (with a KNIFE) Dogs are VERY important! They catch and hold your hog for ya so ya can stick em! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Very nice. Awesome shot!

Thanks mate....I lurve hunting swine.... those two were shot on opposite sides of the state...you could not get more different terrain ..... but still both has its challenges... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Congrats! Looks like some good eatin'.

nice shootin fellas. wanting to get out myself. thanks for the posting pics...

Ish, I would also like to know more about your rifle. I'm in the potential market for a nice HP long range rifle.

By the way, very nice looking porker.

I left a more subtle hint as to the maker / model in a previous post. Here is a link to Mike's website..hopefully it's not against the rules for me to post this here: http://www.undergroundsw.com/page11.php He has since changed the company name to BlackOps Precision, but their website isn't up yet and all the contact information / rifle specs should be the same.

The quick / dirty: It's a custom action from Defiance Machine, 18" Bartlein, Proprietary Reamer in .308, Surgeon bottom metal, Timney trigger, Manners MCS-T stock, and a NF 2.5-10x24 riding up top.

Best,

Ishi

Sweet

Nice shooting and nice hog (both of you pig killers)!

Question, how are they to eat? Are they tough (as in muscular)?

We (rural eastern Kentucky) are just now seeing a lot more feral pigs and can legally shoot them year-round (with a valid hunting license, of course).

That is one heck of a polk...450 yds. Very Cool Congrats on that shot

Dan

As to eating them....not a freaking chance in hell.... well OK...not before the Zombie Apocalypse anyway. The ferals out here carry far too many nasties (letosporosis as a start) for me to willingly dine on one. And they eat lost of carrion so tend to take on some of that rotting dead shyte flavour.... now....back in the day wee would occasionally pen up a medium to smaller sized wild porker and grain feed it for a couple of weeks, that use to clean it out a bot and improve the flavour. Then impale it on a spit and Bob's U'r Uncle... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

VERY nice Ish! Congrats man!

Thanks guys. I have to admit it felt good to land that shot on the fly (ie: not previously ranged, setup, etc). The training came together...but I have a LONG ways to go.

Re: eating. We don't eat the large boars. They require a lot of work to get the taste right. We donate the boars to a local family that prepares them for family / friends in need.

We like to eat the 50-80 lb piggies. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> Female preferred. They are DE-LISH! We only got one small boar in that size range last weekend...but we ended up donating him as well.

These are closer to eating size if one so desires... all four (plus one not pictured) were shot from the same spot at ranges between 50 and 300 yards.... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> The "little" Speer 130gn HPs produce SPECTACULAR results on hogs...!!!