 Sow with the 44
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02/02/2015 2:54 AM
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Gary
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 I decided to skip the 1st half of the super bowl and went hog hunting this afternoon. The weather was good - we had about a 1/4 inch of rain yesterday and it cleared off this morning. I just about froze though. I don't know what I was thinking when I left the house even though it was almost 70. Only a t-shirt and a light outer shirt. By dark it was 50 degrees and the wind was blowing about 15. Brrr. This was my first kill with my 10" FA 44 Magnum. It shoots lights out at 100 yards and I'm pretty sure I could hit a golf ball with a good rest. I shot her at about 50 yards off hand. I had heard pigs and was moving to intercept when I spotted her broadside along the edge of a drainage. We almost walked past each other. Fortunately I was just inside the cover.
Last edited by Gary; 02/02/2015 2:59 AM.
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Re: Sow with the 44
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02/02/2015 3:08 AM
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Way to go Gary. What bullet and powder. Looks like a wicked exit!
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Re: Sow with the 44
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02/02/2015 3:10 AM
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Re: Sow with the 44
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02/02/2015 3:11 AM
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Speer 270 Deep Curl and 20.5gr of 296.
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Re: Sow with the 44
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02/02/2015 4:08 AM
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It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger squeeze.
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Re: Sow with the 44
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02/02/2015 4:24 AM
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Re: Sow with the 44
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02/02/2015 5:00 AM
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02/02/2015 9:51 AM
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Re: Sow with the 44
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02/02/2015 10:11 AM
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02/02/2015 10:43 AM
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02/02/2015 11:39 AM
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Great shot! Do you have a scope on that revolver or were you shooting open sights?
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Re: Sow with the 44
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02/02/2015 12:19 PM
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Nice pig. Looks like good eats!
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02/02/2015 12:42 PM
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02/02/2015 1:41 PM
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Heck of a way to break in a new gun. Congrats.
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Re: Sow with the 44
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02/02/2015 1:59 PM
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02/02/2015 2:19 PM
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02/02/2015 4:04 PM
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Scratch one 'brood' sow. Congrats!
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02/02/2015 4:22 PM
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good shooting! if I had a 44 mag, that 270 speer would look awfully inviting to try...
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Re: Sow with the 44
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02/02/2015 9:18 PM
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Gregg Richter
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Good shooting Gary, is this one an "eater?"
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Re: Sow with the 44
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02/03/2015 3:02 AM
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Re: Sow with the 44
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02/03/2015 3:11 AM
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It hammered her pretty good that's for sure. I didn't keep any of the meat. I didn't feel like fooling with it and I was freezing my arse off. I didn't take a jacket and the temp dropped nearly 20 degrees in 4 hours and the wind got up out of the North.
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Re: Sow with the 44
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02/03/2015 7:31 AM
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Perfect....one down..... one more million to go....
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02/03/2015 10:52 PM
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Good shot and trophy.
Just put the FF3 on my new SRH. I'm off work for the next 7 days so it'll be to the island as much as possible with the same targets in mind.
Don't care if it's a great big boar or middlin sow. It's go time.
Lead, push or get the heck out of the way!
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Re: Sow with the 44
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03/05/2015 1:22 AM
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wow....awesome hole.....I wish I was just a little bit closer to Tx!!!!
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03/10/2015 10:46 PM
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