Posted By: jamesfromjersey
Hot fun in the summertime - 08/12/2016 3:04 AM
Last Tuesday had me in Tioga, Pennsylvania to kill a boar... This time around I used my five shot Gallagher 475 Bisley with 5 1/2" barrel and a handload using a 480 case with a 325gr XTP over 27.0grs of 296 that was ignited with a CCI 350 primer. This was plenty accurate at 50 yds with my eyes and the open sights. The weather was extremely hot with high humidity so we were in the field early that morning. We soon found out the boar were bedded at the highest part of the ranch while we were posted at the lowest. It took awhile to push them in our direction and once they were about 50 yards away they grouped themselves some heavy thickets with no chance for a shot without risking a pass through and hitting another boar. I had my pack and leather rest on a handi stump about four foot high hoping the pack would cross my line of sight. Five minutes went to ten when one of the boar decided move on and with the rest following. I put the sights on the second pig while slowly moving the gun to my left as continued walking. The Bisley went off and I could see the boar favoring his left front leg as they disappeared into the high summer thickets. About 10 yards from the hit I found blood drops that increased as I followed. Great.... Another 20 yards and I found him down but still breathing heavy. A shot from my S&W 22mag Kit gun to the base of the ear ended the hunt. I honestly cannot think of a better way to spend a summer day then in pursuit of a good boar with your handgun......The top photo shows the boar hanging up in the thick stuff. The 2nd photo shows as the group broke up and started moving to my left. The 3ed picture shows a second before I dropped the hammer. The 4th photo shows a dead 200lb boar and a happy handgun hunter... 
