I decided to mix things up a little yesterday evening and pursue hogs with my 209 X 50 Contender on a North Georgia wildlife management area. Since I have had such good luck with the Swift A-Frame in the 454 Casull, I decided to try the 44 caliber, 280 grain Swift over 70 grains of Hodgdon 3F Triple 7 in the muzzleloading pistol. I also have the gun rigged with the .25 ACP priming system by Precision Rifle.

I went to an area where I had found hog sign in the past and the ridge looked like it had been freshly plowed. I worked my way slowly up the ridge for about 200 yards and made a sharp right hand turn onto another ridge. I heard something in the leaves and thought that I saw movement. I froze. A black form was moving in the brush in front of me and it appeared that it was headed my way. As I waited, I began to pick up more black objects moving in the brush. I could see that there were several hogs in the group but I'm not picky at all when it comes to hogs. As soon as one of the hogs gave me a clear shot, I put the Ultradot on its left front shoulder as it was quartering to me and sent the A Frame on its way. Through the smoke I could see hogs scattering in all directions.

The hog that I had just shot ran to my left. I noticed that another hog had ran about 30 yards in front of me, stopped and just stood there facing away from me. Ever so slowly, I reached into my pack and pulled out a pre-measured powder charge, bullet, and sabot and pushed them down the spout of my TC with the ramrod. I pulled another 25 ACP cartridge out and slipped it into the breech plug and as quietly as possible closed the action. The hog then walked slowly away from me and out of sight. I carefully walked toward the area where I had last seen the hog. I heard rustling in the leaves, but whatever was making the noise was just out of sight. I finally caught up with the hog and we saw each other at the same time. I froze and we both stood there, staring at each other. Finally, it was satisfied that it was safe and started rooting again. It stepped into an opening, completely broadside, and I put the 280 grain Swift through both shoulders. This hog went straight down and began tumbling down the mountain until it was stopped by a log. It turned out to be a fairly large sow.



I then went back to see if I could pick up the blood trail from the first hog that I had shot but found that trailing wasn't necessary, I found it almost immediately. Another mature sow:


The reality of my stupidity then set in. I had just shot two full-grown hogs, I was about 2 miles from the truck with no road access, it was getting dark, and I was going to have a heck of a time getting both of them off of the mountain in my backpack. Luckily, I was able to get in touch with my brother and he agreed to come and help me pack them out! I was able to skin and de-bone the meat off of both hogs before he arrived. We packed both hogs back to the truck and I arrived home about 11:30 p.m. If my brother hadn't volunteered to help, it would probably have been an all night affair!

Well done Darrell! Congrats

NICE JOB!!!!

Good on ya!!!! Nice to have a brother!

That's awesome brother! Nice shooting!!

Congrats! That's how it's done, right there! DH, What's the details on the A-frame performance?

Thanks guys, yep I appreciate my brother's willingness for sure! I've helped him tote a few critters out of these mountains over the years too. We really enjoy hunting these wilderness areas.

KRal, the A Frame center punched the first hog's left shoulder and exited in front of its right rear leg. It ran about 40-50 yards before expiring. On the second hog, the A Frame broke both shoulders and exited. That hog went straight down.

With the powder charge that I use, this gun gives heavy 44 Mag, 45 Colt revolver performance. Bottom line is I'm very impressed with the Swift!

Outstanding!!! Well done! Pleases me to see some free range hunting success on here.

Awesome hogs!

Gonna have to give them a try one of these days. Looks like you had a great hunt.

Nice work Darrell! And a two-fer to boot

Your picture of the topo map prior to your hunt showed way too much change in elevation for this Flatlander. Plus packing out swine? You owe your brother, big time

Good job Darrell.

I have killed an antelope and a bull elk with my 209X50 Encore; it is a real rush to do it with a muzzleloader pistol!!!

Well done.
Way to work for it.

I'm going to try some 250 swifts this week myself but at a slightly higher rate of motion.....

Congrats! Sounds like a great hunt!

Sounds like my kind of fun. You are blessed to have such a brother. I always wanted one, having only sisters but now I have a 36 year old son who loves to hunt just as much as I do.

Just last week he helped me drag a large doe up a steep hill to get her out after killing her with my crossbow.

Good job with your TC muzzleloader pistol. I hop to do the same with my CVA Optima V2 in a couple of weeks.

Congrats on a successful hunt! It's always nice to have a sibling to help drag out downed game.

Nicely done as always, Darrell!! Congratulations!

Awesome Glenn! What will you be shooting the 250's in and what will you be shooting them at?

Thanks again guys!

Two good boar plus your BBP equals are great day....

Great job, congrats

My hat is off to you Darrell. Keeping calm and working fast to get the second hog was great.

Nice story. Congrats.

Congrats Darrell. PM sent.

Thanks again guys, I appreciate your comments!

Nice!! What time do we EAT?

Nice... wish i lived where i could hunt free range piggies. Im betting my brother would have laughed and hung up on me... he is alergic to work and doesnt hunt.... the closest he has been to a hog is dinner at a rib joint or his harley.

Congrats on a great hunt, enjoyed the pics and read.

Attaboy, Darrell!