1st hog of the season!!

[Frogman]

Wow!!

You guys are "HaMeR'n 'em!!

Good shooting!

Jim

[HaMeR]

I've already tried 3 shots at 470??    some yards. The 3rd shot hit close enough in front of it that it got tired of playing.  I doubt I'll ever hit 500yds.    At that distance the CB slug would bounce off & go  !! 

Busted 3 more this evening Jim!! Wait'll you hear how fer these ones were!! 

[HaMeR]

This is a real nice hog. Very thick & solid. The 39gr BK just flat laid him out!! The insides were just sloshing around in it's chest.    Chip shot for the 204. 137yds.

Guests are not allowed to view images in posts, please Register or Login


Here's where it gets fun now. Diane & I are walking to the top of the field to look down over the back side. We're no more than 60-70yds from the truck when Diane says groundhog on your left. Here it popped up just as Diane glanced that way. I rested the sticks against my leg & flipped the safety off on the Marlin 17HMR & brought the crosshairs up til I seen eyeballs & BANG!! Oh yeah!! I nailed that little bugger real hard. I stepped it off & by golly it was right where I thought it was. 25 FEET away!! Talk about a perimeter breach!!

This is how I found it.
Guests are not allowed to view images in posts, please Register or Login

Guests are not allowed to view images in posts, please Register or Login


Then as we're walking back down the hill to the truck I simply say stop & Diane does. She always obeys.    There in the grass is another furballs head peeking at me thru a steely eyeball. I swear this one was in full attack mode. Thankfully I seen it just in time & the lil HMR barked & another "good" hog was re-born. Another stellar shot that was stepped off at an incredible 22 FEET!! We thought since they were getting closer we better get to the truck right away to avoid a disaster.
Guests are not allowed to view images in posts, please Register or Login

[FinsnFur]

  I could think of a couple captions for those.
Good pics

[HaMeR]

   And you didn't throw em out there?? 

[HuntnCarve]

Way to go Glen!  Looks like you two had a fine evening.  Good thing Diane had your back, otherwise those chucks would have over run you. Would have been hand to paw combat.   

My longest shot was 626 yards with the Swift.  Dialed in what I thought was the right amount of clicks...From the prone position, I touched one off at a chuck across the valley.  Saw the chuck collapse, then a second later heard the "whump" come drifting back.   It was a sweet moment!

[alscalls]

"Kentucky windage"   

We call that chasing chickens..... In my off hand silhouette days the stationary iron chickens would still require a bit of a lead....

[pitw]

Man I sure would have liked to see the turkeys   I get to miss getting to many coyotes.   Good job on the use what's at hand thingy.