My biggest ghog to date

I'v hunted ghogs for 15 years and "harvested" my biggest today...14# 9 oz! I'v looked at this old house for years, knowing they lived under it but never saw one until today. I stopped at the usual spot 100 yards away, which is the only place to "hide" due to the terrain. There he was...grazing! I had to hurry as he will see me. I got ready with the dot of my Nightforce NP 2 DD on him waiting for a lateral chest shot, but he saw me and did that stare thing where they decide to resume eating or bolt. Taking no chance, I decided to do a neck shot...not preferred, but he was huge. The bullet hit exactly on the dot and he just dropped...not a quiver...a real DRT! There was not a drop of blood meaning the 1000+ ftlbs of energy liquified everything in his chest, no exit...his chest was a bit squishy. There are more. My server won't let me upload the pic so i'm going to ask thekreibles to do it for me, again.

 

Sounds like there are plenty targets where you are. What state are you in?

 

SW Virginia. A lot of hay fields that get fertilized regularly. Coyotes have reduced ghog population drastically, so one has to really hunt the survivors.

 

lpreddick's 14# 9 oz beast!:

 

impatiently waiting on pictures.

edit: posted at the same time... that thing is yuge! thanks!

 

Monster hogs are rare these days where I hunt but six years ago I hunted a virgin field that had never been hunted before according to the farmer. I shot 67 that summer out of that field, several were monster hogs. One in particular was the largest I ever shot, I didn't weigh it or measure it but it was a monster, an old male. I've been hunting them for 40 years and that one stands out as the all time monster hog.

 

That is one big sumbitch! I suspect you mostly have to hunt the few left by sneaking around and shooting bipod. I used to do a lot of long range bench work in Va but have given up on it and now travel north for almost all my hog shooting. I would be surprised if your hogs are drilling into the large open areas like they used to.

 

Looks like it would be easier to hit for sure!

 

That's a big hog. Congrats.

 

he looks like he was laying along a hot dirt road for a day!!! Surprised his belly isn't bald from dragging it along the dirt

 

Whoa, wait a minute. If the bullet didn't exit you must subtract the weight of the bullet!
Nice big hog and nice shootin'! Wonder what he would have gone in November? That's a "two hat" for sure!

 

Two of my biggest 'hogs to date.

No idea on weight but they were very large.

 

Pasture grizzly....

 

You should be able to just copy and paste the images in your post. Control C then control V.

 

Very nice!!

 

Dang! That's a big one for sure. He'd be a good one for Kinsey's groundhog contest.

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14.52 pounds comes out to 14 pounds, 8.32 ounces. So, just shy of the weight of yours, LP
Nice 'hog. He lived a long life. Or else he ate very, very well.

 

I frequently ask the same question about how much a large one would weigh late fall, then reality sets in...the ghog might die of natural causes, get eated by a coyote or I, myself, might not be there either. I might not have a tomorrow, so as Janis Joplin said "get it while you can"!

 

You're absolutely correct my friend. Archery doesn't come in until the beginning of October so I need to get out and see if I can get a "two hatter"!

 

THAT'S A GROUND GRIZZLY NICE HOG!!!!