First Hog Down This Season

[K22]

Weather good here so I went out hogging in the afternoon on Monday. Pulled into the field at 3.30 Pm and saw a ghog at the tree line inching out. I stopped the truck, got out slowly and move to the back of the truck withdrawing my 223 Rem 700 with the 26", heavy, Douglas match barrel; shooting sticks and sportsman's chair.

Worked my way around the side of the truck and set up slowly. Hog still there. Ranged it at 191 yards. Waited until the hog turned sideways and sent a 55 grain Nosler. Hog rolled over. First Hog down of the 2017 campaign.

Moved out and set up about 225 yards from the "L" shaped tree line. At 4:15 another hog appeared at 217 yards at the other end of the tree line. Waited for broad side shot, sent another 55 Nosler and the ghog rolled over with the tail doing the 'death dance'. Second hog down.

Field went cold and didn't see another hog the rest of the evening.

Both hogs were males, happy about that.

 

[rebel]

Awesome. Waiting for a pretty weekend to spend a few hours at it.

 

[lpreddick]

My ghog hunting has been fantastic, so far....8 as of today. Last year we had many days with temps over 90° for days and since ghogs cannot sweat, they stay in till temps drop below 80°, which was at night and when they came out(trail cam confirmed), predators were waiting. I had a new ghog gun built(a modified 222 Rem pushing 52 gr bullets at 3650 fps) and am shooting a custom hollowpoint with devestating effect. Today I got 2, each over 9#! Also got a 9 pounder last Sat.

 

[K22]

When out yesterday to a small farm I've hunted over the years. Shots are limited to 200 yards and has only one tree line that is huntable, about 400 yards in length. The weather was not good, low high 50's with the wind chill and heavy gray overcast. I saw one emerge from tree line at 4:15. I was using my Rem Model 7, rebarrel with a 20" Douglas supreme barrel, no. 2 contour. Very accurate with this new barrel. I nailed the ghog at 194 yards with a 50 grain Nosler BT.

Didn't see anymore the rest of the evening. Going out on Monday if the weather is decent. Found several holes in the tree line which seem active and require further investigation.

 

[lpreddick]

Since I had some exit wounds with the custom hollowpoint, I decided to see if I could get it to open sooner by chamfering the tip, then polishing it to a razor edge. Shot 4 yesterday and they did not move! No exits, even at 175 yds. I could not find the entrance wound on one...hole plugged with hair and no blood as hydrostatic shock stops the heart instantly. The neck shot rendered this male dead before his back hit the dirt.

 

[misfire]

Since I had some exit wounds with the custom hollowpoint, I decided to see if I could get it to open sooner by chamfering the tip, then polishing it to a razor edge. Shot 4 yesterday and they did not move! No exits, even at 175 yds. I could not find the entrance wound on one...hole plugged with hair and no blood as hydrostatic shock stops the heart instantly. The neck shot rendered this male dead before his back hit the dirt.

Great shooting. What state are you in