6mm06
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We just got back from our second south Georgia hog hunt for the season. It was a great time. My son, Nelson got two hogs and I got one, but unfortunately I was unable to get video on this trip. Maybe next time because I plan to go back.
Our trip began with a stop at the local airport to rent a car. A buddy and girlfriend took his single-cab truck and carried a lot of our gear. My two sons and I took the rental car. Of all things, we got a black Dodge Charger, 5.7L Hemi engine, dark tinted windows too. LOL. I thought, man we will get a ticket in this thing before we return home. We turned practically every head on the highway, even getting a thumbs up. LOL. What a car for a bunch of hillbilly hog hunters.
I wonder if this sets a record for a hog hunting mobile. My two sons went with me.
As I mentioned, my son Nelson took two hogs and I got one. On the first evening the guide took us out to a place with elevated blinds. Nelson was in a single-man blind overlooking a food plot with feeders. My youngest son, Tanner and I walked quite a ways to get to our spot, a high tower blind, large and fairly comfortable. We had a good view of the area.
Tanner and I hadn't been in the stand very long when a hog came across a clear cut area full of water, behind us. I probably could have swung my chair around enough to have dropped it in that mess, but I chose to wait, thinking it would go to the feeder, and not wanting the guide to have to wade that mess to get it. The hog came out of the clear cut and went within a few yards of the tower stand to where we couldn't see it. It emerged in some woods to our left and went to the feeder at 116 yards, or rather it went within 20 yards of the feeder and decided something was wrong, so it took off.
Here's some views from our Tower blind. The muddy clear cut was to our back. To our front was the sendero of greenery, with feeders at 116 and 138 yards. I dropped the hog in the woods to the left of the sendero.
We waited for over two hours and saw nothing but deer at the feeder. Then suddenly, the same hog returned out of the woods and was attempting to come under the blind again. I figured it was going to return to the area where it came from, so I had to shoot quick and wasn't able to deploy the video camera.
In normal 7mm STW fashion, the hog dropped with one shot from the Remington Sendero at about 35-40 yards from the blind. I hit it in the neck and the wonderful Barnes 140 gr. TSX bullet exited behind the opposite shoulder. The hog didn't take a step, but did kick a few times and that was it.
Shortly after I shot, within just a few minutes, I heard Nelson shoot, and then he shot again. He shot a smaller hog with that elephant gun of a 375 H&H, at about the same distance I shot my hog. It hit the dirt but got up of all things and ran. He shot again and dropped it. Please don't anyone lecture me on what kind of gun to use. We use what we like whether others agree or not.
My hog (a boar) weighed 158 pounds. One of Nelson's weighed 100 and the other one was probably smaller. We didn't get any photos of Nelson's due to everything happening so fast.
Later that night we had a terrible storm and very hard rain, thunder and lightening. Two tornadoes touched down within 5 miles of us, uprooting trees. It was a spooky night.
The next day, Friday it rained most of the day, but we hunted the same blind that Tanner and I did the first evening, with no luck.
Saturday evening Nelson and I hunted a different tower blind. Just before dark the hogs appeared but wouldn't go to the feeder. They weren't sure about something, so instead they departed and went right down the middle of the field. Nelson shot one at about 180 yards and it ran like a scalded cat. We later found it, with almost all of its intestines hanging out. Amazing that hog could run that far given the shot from a .375 H&H and a 260 gr. Accubond. The hog went maybe 40-50 yards. They can be tough to stop sometimes and other times just fold right there.
Before Nelson shot the last hog, we watched a coyote at the far end of the field. The guide and I had thrown out hog remains earlier that morning and the coyote was there for supper. The distance was about 350 yards or so. It was fun to watch and I kept wishing I had my 6mm06. He would have been in trouble if I did.
Surprisingly, mosquitoes weren't very bad, though we did fire up the Thermacels one time.
I am already anxious to go back.
Our trip began with a stop at the local airport to rent a car. A buddy and girlfriend took his single-cab truck and carried a lot of our gear. My two sons and I took the rental car. Of all things, we got a black Dodge Charger, 5.7L Hemi engine, dark tinted windows too. LOL. I thought, man we will get a ticket in this thing before we return home. We turned practically every head on the highway, even getting a thumbs up. LOL. What a car for a bunch of hillbilly hog hunters.
I wonder if this sets a record for a hog hunting mobile. My two sons went with me.
As I mentioned, my son Nelson took two hogs and I got one. On the first evening the guide took us out to a place with elevated blinds. Nelson was in a single-man blind overlooking a food plot with feeders. My youngest son, Tanner and I walked quite a ways to get to our spot, a high tower blind, large and fairly comfortable. We had a good view of the area.
Tanner and I hadn't been in the stand very long when a hog came across a clear cut area full of water, behind us. I probably could have swung my chair around enough to have dropped it in that mess, but I chose to wait, thinking it would go to the feeder, and not wanting the guide to have to wade that mess to get it. The hog came out of the clear cut and went within a few yards of the tower stand to where we couldn't see it. It emerged in some woods to our left and went to the feeder at 116 yards, or rather it went within 20 yards of the feeder and decided something was wrong, so it took off.
Here's some views from our Tower blind. The muddy clear cut was to our back. To our front was the sendero of greenery, with feeders at 116 and 138 yards. I dropped the hog in the woods to the left of the sendero.
We waited for over two hours and saw nothing but deer at the feeder. Then suddenly, the same hog returned out of the woods and was attempting to come under the blind again. I figured it was going to return to the area where it came from, so I had to shoot quick and wasn't able to deploy the video camera.
In normal 7mm STW fashion, the hog dropped with one shot from the Remington Sendero at about 35-40 yards from the blind. I hit it in the neck and the wonderful Barnes 140 gr. TSX bullet exited behind the opposite shoulder. The hog didn't take a step, but did kick a few times and that was it.
Shortly after I shot, within just a few minutes, I heard Nelson shoot, and then he shot again. He shot a smaller hog with that elephant gun of a 375 H&H, at about the same distance I shot my hog. It hit the dirt but got up of all things and ran. He shot again and dropped it. Please don't anyone lecture me on what kind of gun to use. We use what we like whether others agree or not.
My hog (a boar) weighed 158 pounds. One of Nelson's weighed 100 and the other one was probably smaller. We didn't get any photos of Nelson's due to everything happening so fast.
Later that night we had a terrible storm and very hard rain, thunder and lightening. Two tornadoes touched down within 5 miles of us, uprooting trees. It was a spooky night.
The next day, Friday it rained most of the day, but we hunted the same blind that Tanner and I did the first evening, with no luck.
Saturday evening Nelson and I hunted a different tower blind. Just before dark the hogs appeared but wouldn't go to the feeder. They weren't sure about something, so instead they departed and went right down the middle of the field. Nelson shot one at about 180 yards and it ran like a scalded cat. We later found it, with almost all of its intestines hanging out. Amazing that hog could run that far given the shot from a .375 H&H and a 260 gr. Accubond. The hog went maybe 40-50 yards. They can be tough to stop sometimes and other times just fold right there.
Before Nelson shot the last hog, we watched a coyote at the far end of the field. The guide and I had thrown out hog remains earlier that morning and the coyote was there for supper. The distance was about 350 yards or so. It was fun to watch and I kept wishing I had my 6mm06. He would have been in trouble if I did.
Surprisingly, mosquitoes weren't very bad, though we did fire up the Thermacels one time.
I am already anxious to go back.
