Muzzleloader Hogs

[FLS]

I just finished up a primitive weapons hunt on NWR here in SC. I’ve been hunting this place for years and usually do pretty good. This year there seemed to be more hogs than ever. I shot the sow first and the boar about an hour later. Could have shot several more but it’s a long drag back to the truck and I usually hunt solo. I used my Remington 700 ML loaded with Barnes 250 TEZ‘s over Triple 7. Both shots were about 50 yds. The sow went down on the spot and the boar made it about 25 yds. I weighed her at the check station and she was 120. Didnt weigh the boar. He was a chore to get loaded and I was spent by then. Guesstimate is between 250 and 300. I’ve shot a good many hogs and he’s one of the bigger ones I’ve killed.

 

[FLS]

Another pic for size reference. That’s my 700 ML beside him.

 

[earlwb]

Congratulations. We can’t trap or shoot hogs here in Texas fast enough. The hogs multiply so fast that we can’t keep up with them. They are everywhere around here.

 

[MrTom]

That boar is a chunk. Congrats on your kills!

 

[deermanok]

Congrats.

 

[jd24.5.48]

He's definitely a big boy! Nice shooting!

 

[BuffaloSoldier]

We used to raise hogs when I was a kid. My job was to feed after school. We raised some huge sows, but they were brood sows. I would imagine that would make a huge difference in the size.

 

[capttoddjones]

That's awesome! Congratulations

 

[smokepolehall]

Congrats on killing your porkers. I hope to get back to hunting them myself this next year.

 

[deerlessbob]

Sounds like a fun hunt. Wish we had something like that here in AL.

 

[eekjellander]

Another pic for size reference. That’s my 700 ML beside him.
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WHOA that's a bigun !/Ed

 

[snapbang]

was that public or private land???

 

[FLS]

was that public or private land???
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