No shots fired this morning but a nice sunrise. Pretty slow but I did have the chance at a nice mature doe decided to hold off.
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The first Contender that I ever had was in 30-30, and boy was it a shooter ! Clover leaves at 100 yards. I foolishly sold it and bought a new one in .375 Win but it won’t shoot like the 30-30 did. Good enough that I’ve killed several deer and a couple turkeys with it but not a 1 incher.
The first Contender that I ever had was in 30-30, and boy was it a shooter ! Clover leaves at 100 yards. I foolishly sold it and bought a new one in .375 Win but it won’t shoot like the 30-30 did. Good enough that I’ve killed several deer and a couple turkeys with it but not a 1 incher.
This is the most accurate barrel I have for sure solid 1” groups at 100 yards. I’ve rand steel at 350 using ol corelokts. Recoil is extremely pleasant as well.
Well I had good bad luck this morning. As usual running late, got to the property and started my 7-800 yard Walk to where I sit about 300 yards left pigs run out exactly where I’m supposed to be sitting… I stalk in as close as I can before I think I’ll be spotted. Line up in one and let the TC 30-30 bark WHAP! Down goes piggy! Get about 20 yards closer and he jumps up and starts running towards the fence line hurt bad holding one leg up and moving slow.
I sit down and wait for the feeder to spin had a couple good does come in decided I didn’t want to clean two animals this morning so let them be.
About 830 I contacted the neighbors to ask if I could trail the pig and they said yes. As soon as I cross the fence I had a massive blood trail heavy blood but I don’t see lung shot indications. Trail went dead at about 85 yards from point of impact. So I start grid searching and came up on what I believe is my wounded hog take a shot and nailed a tree I didn’t see.
Lost the pig but he is or will be dead. Suckers are definitely stronger than you think at times. Id say he was probably 125-150 pounder initial shot was about 150 yards complete pass through with the Hornady 160ftx, I know that only because i saw it hit the dirt past him after it exited. I would have thought I missed if he didn’t drop stone dead then come back to life.
Pigs are tuff ! I once shot one a little back with a .300 WSM, knocked him down and paralyzed his back wheels. He was close to 200 yards away and I was standing up shooting off sticks, (not my best rest). I watched him drag himself onto the neighbors’ place and figured I’d find him just inside the woods but when I got down there I could see that he was no longer dragging his rear, so I drug out my Winchester .32 Special to see if I could put him out of his misery. I only went onto the neighbors’ place about twenty yards and encountered a deep creek bank. I could see he went down one side and up the other, I had no idea how to contact the owner so I left him to die. Blood on the ground showed it to be a liver hit so I didn’t figure him to go far. The next time I was there I watched about twenty buzzards fly up about 150 yards from where I shot him. Aside from the twenty yards and one creek bank it was all uphill ! In retrospect I was glad I didn’t catch up to him in the thick stuff.
Drycreek your 100% right from my experience a pig can go forever on a busted liver. I hit one far back with a rage extreme and followed the easiest blood trail ever for as far as I could and never found it.
Blessed with a freaky horn buck this morning. Shot was around 65 yards, perfectly broadside. Gun used was my FA 97/41 magnum and 210 grain XTP hand load. Right through the onside shoulder, clipped the heart, through the offside shoulder and resting under the offside skin. A little odd in that there was a small exit hole, but the bullet was still there. Oh, and it’s 25 degrees in the Texas Hill Country this morning...
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