454 hog
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02/08/2014 6:44 PM
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I put a picture on the bragging board of a hog I shot yesterday. I still can't get it to load to this post. Anyway here's the story. I was out yesterday with my 12 inch TC Encore 454 Casull and came across two hogs pushing through the snow and leaves looking for acorns. I picked the closer one that was facing me and put the crosshairs of my TC 2X7 scope centered on his chest. When the 300 grain XTP connected the hog stiffen up for a second, then turned and ran off. I could tell he was hurting bad by the way he was running. I quickly loaded another round and started following the trail in the snow. After about 100 yards no hog, blood, nothing. I went back to where all this started and noticed another trail headed downhill. After about 40 yards there was my hog laying in some tall grass trying to hide. As I got closer he jumped running into an opening stopping broadside looking like he was deciding to run farther or come back for a fight. I made his mind for him as I put another round in him. This time he went a total of 12-15 inches straight to the ground. The first round entered in front of the right shoulder and exited just before the right ham. The second round connected in the neck on left side. It hasn't been found yet.
Last edited by Gary; 02/08/2014 7:05 PM.
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Re: 454 hog
[Re: Okie Hunter]
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02/08/2014 7:07 PM
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Gary
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Okie, If you will click on the edit button at the bottom of your post you can see the code that I added to your post to display the photo. There are also directions posted in a thread at the top of each forum.
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Re: 454 hog
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02/08/2014 7:39 PM
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Vance in AK.
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looks like dinner to me!!! Congrats & great job.
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02/08/2014 7:54 PM
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Re: 454 hog
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02/08/2014 8:34 PM
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02/08/2014 8:47 PM
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Re: 454 hog
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02/08/2014 9:33 PM
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Re: 454 hog
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02/08/2014 10:16 PM
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Nice boar & let me compliment you on your great shooting! Congrats Buddy
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Re: 454 hog
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02/08/2014 10:29 PM
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Dave Tarbell
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COngrats Okie that was one tuff hog by the sound of it.
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Re: 454 hog
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02/08/2014 11:28 PM
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Rod, too.
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Re: 454 hog
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02/09/2014 6:18 AM
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Re: 454 hog
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02/09/2014 10:16 AM
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Dan B.
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I don't eat pork but those piggies are something that I'd love to hunt. Nice job!!
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02/09/2014 10:36 AM
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Hog hunting is fun, nice job!!!
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Re: 454 hog
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02/09/2014 4:22 PM
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Okie Hunter
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Thanks for the support and kind words. You guys are the best. Gary, thanks for posting the picture for me. Not too savy with new fangled computer thingy. I had to work the evening shift so I gave it to my brother-in-law. He told me yesterday that the bullet in the neck was a complete pass through also. I find that impressive!
With God all things are possible. Matt.19:26
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Re: 454 hog
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02/09/2014 6:04 PM
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02/09/2014 10:08 PM
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Good shootin...wish I was there...
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Re: 454 hog
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02/10/2014 3:16 PM
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Okie Hunter, very nicely done! Good shooting!
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02/10/2014 3:59 PM
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"A quiet hit in the right place is better than a loud miss in the wrong place followed by 10 more shots on the run"
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Re: 454 hog
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02/12/2014 4:05 PM
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Thanks guys. It completely astounds people that I hunt with a handgun. James, I would be thrilled to hunt with you. More so than some of the "pro hunters". Whit, thanks for the encouragement. I hunt hogs all year on private land. The land owners like to get rid of them and I like hunting them. It has also got me onto some good deer hunting spots. I have put lots of pork in some of the older peoples freezers.
With God all things are possible. Matt.19:26
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Re: 454 hog
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02/12/2014 4:45 PM
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BlackhawkBama
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Gotta love hogs, a perfect animal for handgun hunting. Just plain tough and no closed seasons, what a combination. Congrats !!!!
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Re: 454 hog
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02/12/2014 5:05 PM
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Congratulations on the hog hunt. I always like a good story with a happy ending. Pork chops are just icing on the cake.
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