6mm06
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My son and I just returned from our 4th annual Georgia hog hunt. This one was our best yet. We took 5 hogs. It was a good test of equipment too.
The first hog I got was a sow at a whopping 20 yards distance. The guide told me the stand would be close, but I didn't realize just how close.
That particular stand is better suited for bowhunting. I used my Dtech AR 6x45 shooting 75 gr. Sierra HP bullets, and a 3-14X ATN X-Sight 2.
More on the X-sight at the bottom of this post.
Here is the Dtech 6x45 and X-Sight.
The second night I sat in a different stand, overlooking a sendero that has two feeders, one at 120 yards and the other at 138 yards.
I watched different groups of hogs, some with several young ones.
The first hog shot at this stand was with a Remington 700 Sendero, 7mm STW and a 140 gr. Barnes TSX. After dropping the first one, I continued
sitting and after a while some other hogs came out. I switched to the 6x45 and X-Sight combo for a day time kill. After that one I continued sitting
after darkness fell, when I got yet a third hog. All were head shot and dropped right there.
My son had not had any luck on the stand he had been hunting, so the third evening we sat together in the stand where I killed the three the previous night. Once again
little ones visited the feeder and stayed for some time. Then a different group appeared and he dropped this one with a Remington 700 .300 Rem. Ultra Mag and a
168 gr. Barnes TSX.
This is where the bullet impacted my son's hog.
The hogs hold up in this swampy clear cut during most of the day, and venture out in the evening and night.
Here are some other views of the area we hunted.
A thermacell is a life saver from those Georgia mosquitoes.
With regards to equipment testing, the STW was stellar as you would expect; flat shooting and hard hitting, not that a caliber like that is necessary, but is just plain fun to use.
The Dtech 6x45 is an accurate number and making head shots out to the 120 yard feeder was no problem. The 75 gr. Sierra HP bullets, while a varmint bullet in a 6mm or .243,
is a bit more controlled at the lower velocity of the 6x45 at around 2850 fps. Penetration was not a problem. I tried Barnes 85 gr. TSX but the rifle did not like them, so I
resorted to my old standby, the 75 HP Sierra.
As to the X-Sight: It was bitter sweet. It worked great during the daytime, but at the 120 yard site at night, it was lacking in clarity and brightness. I have a feeling the illuminator
I used (850nm) is not suited to that scope.I plan to do some experimenting later with that.
One thing I do like about the X-Sight, however; is the ballistic calculator. I chronographed my load and entered the basics into the scope, then sighted in at 92 yards for a dead center
zero. At the 20 yard feeder I told the scope to readjust to 20 and bingo. It was spot on. Later at the feeders that were 120 yards and 138 yards, I split the difference and programed
the scope for 129 yards. Once again it was dead on, dropping those hogs easily.
Last but not least, here are some examples of our reward.
The first hog I got was a sow at a whopping 20 yards distance. The guide told me the stand would be close, but I didn't realize just how close.
That particular stand is better suited for bowhunting. I used my Dtech AR 6x45 shooting 75 gr. Sierra HP bullets, and a 3-14X ATN X-Sight 2.
More on the X-sight at the bottom of this post.
Here is the Dtech 6x45 and X-Sight.
The second night I sat in a different stand, overlooking a sendero that has two feeders, one at 120 yards and the other at 138 yards.
I watched different groups of hogs, some with several young ones.
The first hog shot at this stand was with a Remington 700 Sendero, 7mm STW and a 140 gr. Barnes TSX. After dropping the first one, I continued
sitting and after a while some other hogs came out. I switched to the 6x45 and X-Sight combo for a day time kill. After that one I continued sitting
after darkness fell, when I got yet a third hog. All were head shot and dropped right there.
My son had not had any luck on the stand he had been hunting, so the third evening we sat together in the stand where I killed the three the previous night. Once again
little ones visited the feeder and stayed for some time. Then a different group appeared and he dropped this one with a Remington 700 .300 Rem. Ultra Mag and a
168 gr. Barnes TSX.
This is where the bullet impacted my son's hog.
The hogs hold up in this swampy clear cut during most of the day, and venture out in the evening and night.
Here are some other views of the area we hunted.
A thermacell is a life saver from those Georgia mosquitoes.
With regards to equipment testing, the STW was stellar as you would expect; flat shooting and hard hitting, not that a caliber like that is necessary, but is just plain fun to use.
The Dtech 6x45 is an accurate number and making head shots out to the 120 yard feeder was no problem. The 75 gr. Sierra HP bullets, while a varmint bullet in a 6mm or .243,
is a bit more controlled at the lower velocity of the 6x45 at around 2850 fps. Penetration was not a problem. I tried Barnes 85 gr. TSX but the rifle did not like them, so I
resorted to my old standby, the 75 HP Sierra.
As to the X-Sight: It was bitter sweet. It worked great during the daytime, but at the 120 yard site at night, it was lacking in clarity and brightness. I have a feeling the illuminator
I used (850nm) is not suited to that scope.I plan to do some experimenting later with that.
One thing I do like about the X-Sight, however; is the ballistic calculator. I chronographed my load and entered the basics into the scope, then sighted in at 92 yards for a dead center
zero. At the 20 yard feeder I told the scope to readjust to 20 and bingo. It was spot on. Later at the feeders that were 120 yards and 138 yards, I split the difference and programed
the scope for 129 yards. Once again it was dead on, dropping those hogs easily.
Last but not least, here are some examples of our reward.
