Went back yesterday evening. A soon as I got the stand it started raining for about 30 minutes. Feeder went off at right after it stopped and the sun came out sweltering hot!
Then a big boar came out between me and the feeder and was walking away from me before I even saw him. He turned left like he was going to just cross and not go to the feeder so I hurried and shot. He dropped, but kicked around like he was trying to get his feet under him. Sure enough the did and was trying to go back right. I shot again and he dropped again but was still trying to go right into the thicket.
It looked like he dropped right on the edge. A few minutes later I couldn't see him so I got down to look. Yep, laying right on the edge. Got back in stand for about 15 minutes but the heat was terrible. Got down to go inspect him and he was gone! When I got to the edge of the thicket I heard him breaking brush. I went in to find him, but it was so thick I couldn't see him. I did follow blood a little bit and then heard him again. The rain soaked brush had me soaked to the skin and the heat had me sweating so bad I couldn't tell the difference.
The rain also made following the blood harder, not to mention thorn tearing my clothes and ears. Then I stumbled across this dude and I decided I didn't need a picture of this boar that bad.
So, I didn't lay hands on him, but I will call this one #18.
I called Venatic when I got home to talk about the bullets he loaded for the creedmoor.
Turns out the hollowpoints he loaded are really match bullets more suited to target shooting. They definately are passing through as I saw blood on his off shoulder as he was leaving. The other two I killed with the Creedmoor and this bullet were pass throughs as well. So, it appears this bullet is not getting enough expansion to really do the job on big boars as this was the second one I have lost in this same thicket.
We are to going to work up a better load with a hunting bullet.