Posted By: J.R.
Put one down - 09/26/14 02:25 PM
Went to check that all was in place for Saturday's opening, and stuck around to see if I could disrupt the hogs a bit. Exactly as darkness set in, the woods came alive & 7 identically sized sows came in. The 45-70 did its job on the quartering-to shot, DRT. (This is my second hog with that gun/caliber, and I'm becoming a big fan of it. Man, it really knocks 'em out of their tracks.) I'm thinking this sow may have been barren, as she bore no signs of ever having given birth or nursing. She had nearly 2" of fat all over her, and was the cleanest feral hog I've ever cleaned. No ticks, fleas, mud, cactus thorns...so clean she appeared pen-raised. I think she's going to eat well.