My definition of "boar magic" is: "the euphoric feeling that one experiences when hunting a wild boar"...Have to admit, that going by my own meaning of "boar magic", I`am addicted..... My most recent "fix" came while sitting, back against tree, and at some 80 or so yards and I see two decent (read as close to two hundred) boar trotting along. While this is happening I have my "Master Blaster", AKA Freedom model 83 in 41mag loaded with JT`s ground shaking 210gr XTP handload, along with its Burris crosshair tracking boar #1.... Never stopped moving.... Never pulled the trigger... An easy five minutes passed when, along the same trail at the same distance, boar #3 is moving exactly as the previous two, however, he decides to stop and sniff....Barrel rested on short cross sticks, hands rested on knees, scope set to 5X, followed with a slow trigger squeeze...
WAMP is the sound that echoes back as the big black looks as if he`s lost and going in circles... After standing I set the FA`s down and draw a S&W 657 loaded with another 210gr XTP handload moving the bullet more to the MV of a factory 41 mag... A shot hits the hind quarter but was not needed as he collapsed with lights out... No .22 finish shot needed....Another good performance by Hornady with the recovered 210gr XTP weighing 191.2 grains dropping 18.8 grains.... I`ve included a past photo of a boars heart and ask you to imagine a good chunk missing from the center, which is what how the XTP performed.... Live weight was 290lbs. so it would be pure magic to pull him out of a hat......

Another goodun', James!

That's a big hog - 225 is my best one.

don`t know why you guys are so nice `cause I`am really a no good bastard......

That`s a big boar.......

That's just groovy!!!!!

Got to love them xtp's.

I could say "Alright, Alright, Alright" but, I'll say, nice job James, instead. Next...it's time for a huge Feral boar this spring 😉

Very well done, James! That is a fine pig!

Good shooting, James.

Congrats,jamesfromjersey AKA hog slayer!

Nice hog. Do you save the tusks or clean the skulls on these big boars?

Nice hog. Great performance from the XTP.

Despite being a self proclaimed bastad, still a great shot on a heckuva piglet.

Great job James! I think every thing Hornady puts out is qualtiy as long as you match the bullet to the target it's going to do the job, great report buddy. Seems like the 2 that I knifed when about 290 lbs....but that was both added together!

Dick

Another fine porker done in by the true "Pigman". Well done, James.

You continue to be "The Hog Man" James. You seem to be attracted to them like I am to my WV 'hogs.

That's a beast James! Congrats!

A man and his 41s... Way to go James. Great performances by all three,,, The Shooter, the Gun, and the bullet.

That?s a nice boar. Congratulations on a great hunt.

Old age and treachery James, Old age and treachery .That's what it is!

The Garden State hog hammer strikes again. Way to go James.