Posted By: Douglas Tipton
Twofer - 03/24/24 02:32 PM
Three misses in a row on runners led to some lack of confidence, so back to the range last week and got dialed in.
This bunch has come in periodically but not regularly, but I went out for some peace and quiet. Using the thermal monocular has been a boon, since it has been quite some time seeing the pigs in daylight. About 830 last night I scanned left from my feeder, then scanned back right and they were there. Sneaky and it was less than 10 seconds. They had settled in and I could barely make them out in my scope. Hit the green light and they bolted into the trees. After a few minutes they came back and settled in. Repeat this. By now, the larger sows and boars were not so ready to show fully, and I thought they might move on. Two were left under the feeder. Hit the light, crosshairs on one quartered to me, and bang in less than a second. Felt good. Grabbed the monocular after I fired and knew I had one. As I got up I then saw I had two.
Hit the 100# female just behind the right ear and exited behind the left ear further back. The 90# male was hit in the face? (eye blowout) and exited behind the left ribcage somewhere. Lots of blood so I'm not 100% certain on placement. Custom .308 168 gr. Hornady V-Max.
Re: the ammo thread, for pigs no need to go fancy. 150 gr. Softpoints (i.e. Core-Lokt) are very deadly and consistent. If I'm buying off the shelf for hogs I'm going cheapest.
This bunch has come in periodically but not regularly, but I went out for some peace and quiet. Using the thermal monocular has been a boon, since it has been quite some time seeing the pigs in daylight. About 830 last night I scanned left from my feeder, then scanned back right and they were there. Sneaky and it was less than 10 seconds. They had settled in and I could barely make them out in my scope. Hit the green light and they bolted into the trees. After a few minutes they came back and settled in. Repeat this. By now, the larger sows and boars were not so ready to show fully, and I thought they might move on. Two were left under the feeder. Hit the light, crosshairs on one quartered to me, and bang in less than a second. Felt good. Grabbed the monocular after I fired and knew I had one. As I got up I then saw I had two.
Hit the 100# female just behind the right ear and exited behind the left ear further back. The 90# male was hit in the face? (eye blowout) and exited behind the left ribcage somewhere. Lots of blood so I'm not 100% certain on placement. Custom .308 168 gr. Hornady V-Max.
Re: the ammo thread, for pigs no need to go fancy. 150 gr. Softpoints (i.e. Core-Lokt) are very deadly and consistent. If I'm buying off the shelf for hogs I'm going cheapest.
