Spring time pig

[Dave Roelle]

I took some time for a little hunting r&r, the Shiloh Sharps got the job done again------one shot one pig DRT. Shooting from a steady rest against a handy tree the slug literally seemed to knock her to the dirt, didn't even twich---------the slug is probably stuck in a mesquite tree.

I had scouted some fresh rooting at the edge of a pasture, set up there about an hour before dark, ranged the spot---set the sights and waited. Dark was about 30 minutes away when 4 mature pigs and a bunch of little pigs eased out of cover and moved into the pasture, touched off the round and ducked under the smoke to see the pig just flattened----what fun.

She's in the freezer ready for a BBQ in about 2 weeks

Same basic load with a tad bit more powder, just cause it would fit---45,2.1---500 grain BACO Creedmore Patched to 0.448/0.449 O.D.--milk carton wad --lube cookey---milk carton wad under the bullet.








Dave


Keep well and stay safe

Dave

[Frank Savage]

Nice high heart/low lung shot. I suppose both were taken. It´s the tastiest size I would say, especialy when droped this way in their tracks, cast out, cleaned inside from any blood and hanged for 3-4 days somewhere with temp up to 6-8°C. Then skinned and processed into freezer. I can just envy you the possibility for a shot before dark.
Have more evenings like that :-)


I´ve seen the performance of 45-120-520 (from a Shiloh, one of three around here) on a bit bigger pig when hit in the middle of jump/step in full trot-the poor critter made full two rolls before hitting the ground again, as it was low heart shot. The end came instantly when still in the air. Input/output just like yours, edible everything except the hole (cant say this about any of the more common calibers like 308, 30-06, 7x57, 8x57 etc). Since then, I´m firm believer in the "... will NEVER shrink" part and lead alloy bullets.

We have a lot of pigs here and this year after the "no winter period" will be tough on beating them from destroying fields, as 2013 was a seed year for oak and beech-so extra full futter suply and no discomfort. Looking to promises from last range sessions with my current project to get about the same sized yearling pig. But in the night, with open sights it is no fun. As well as recognizing the pig enought-they have piglets even before 12 months of age last about 4 years, all year long, no periodicity. And cast-out of pregnant anything is sth I will beter live without.

[Dave Roelle]

Hi Frank:

The shot was exactly as you discribed, lung shot.

We took the time and effort to scauld this one and remove the hair rather than just skin, i'm anxious to see how the hams will be after 6 or 8 hours in the BBQ pit with mesquite wood.

The hogs are a real problem in Texas---the damage to croplands and pastures is significant.

I bet those eastern european swine will be tasty feeding on the beech nuts and such

Hope you have a nice hunt Sir---put that Paper Patch to work on a good one

Dave

[Ironramrod]

Dave, I'm curious how those bbq hams and pork loins turned out for you. If they are anything like Sam's club pork, they gotta be good.

Regards
IR

[Dave Roelle]

Dave, I'm curious how those bbq hams and pork loins turned out for you. If they are anything like Sam's club pork, they gotta be good.

Regards
IR

Hey there IR-------------------well wild pork is unique (at least those here in Texas)---there is literally NO fat on these critters. The landscape at this ranch is the edge of the coastal plain just west of Corpus Christi--lots of bermuda grass pasture and mesquite thickets---plenty of good forage for the critters. So low and slow over mesquite say 6 hours for a hind quarter----4 hours indirect heat (smoker) covered but not wrapped in aluminum foil---------2 hours uncovered (basically the wood has burned to just coals so no smoke now)------sauce them at hour 5 and you got BBQ.-------slice it or pull it your choice---the bbq sauce provides the moisture and the lean pork sucks it up. Wild sows are the best pork ya ever had-------boar hogs are for sausage if they are still young ones----old boars make good terminal balistic targets and passable coyote bait.

keep well and stay safe

Dave