I am in Drumheller (Alberta) overnight. I took my family to The Little Church that seats 10,000, 6 at a time. It is one of the first shots I took with my new Olympus. I shot it over to my phone and did a bit of editing, and love the result! Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk
I use a 55 gr. Sierra #1365 SBT running at 3100 fps. in .223 & 3650 fps. in the 22-250 90% head shots. I also use my 7mm-08 with a 140 gr. Barnes TTSX running at 2800 fps. Last weekends hog. 100 lbs. 55 gr in my 22-250 Lots of gator on this ranch too............
Very nice! I've only shot boar in south Alabama, and people there actually tend to use 20ga slugs at times, as the underbrush is pretty dense. Thanks for sharing your hunt with us.
Is there a hog weight where you feel the meat isn't very good? My niece's husband' family farm in south Alabama has a terrible hog problem, so they hunt them number one to attempt to thin them out, and number two, they will dress out the smaller hogs. I want to say a around 100 lbs may be his limit for eating, and above that they have an off taste.
Our basic rule is that if they "stink" too much we leave them for the buzzards. I believe what they are eating is more important. It is is a big boar cruising a creek or river dining on carrion, they are not edible. I have have processed and eaten 200 lb. hogs, boars and sows, that tasted just fine. On the larger ones, I keep them is salted ice water for three days before processing. The bottom line though, is all our ranchers want every one shot on sight.
These pictures were taken at the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. This refuge protects more than 47,000 acres of southern New Jersey coastal habitats which is actively managed for migratory birds. The refuge’s location in one of the Atlantic Flyway’s most active flight paths makes it an important link in seasonal bird migration. It is located just off of Highway 9. It is a few miles North of Atlantic City. If you are travelling through the area or live near the refuge, I recommend a visit. One of the best $5.00 I have ever spent. I took a lot of pictures to capture these moments.
I worked in a small gunshop on the Coastal Prairie back in the late '90s, and most of our clientele were hog hunters. A fella took me up in his plane once and showed me the damage hogs were doing to farmers' crops. Looked like bomb craters, were they were rooting around. Good eating, though, once the gamey taste was taken out. Some guys used ice water, some used milk, others used Italian dressing...soaked the meat overnight. Oh, good shot placement on that pig. .22-250 is one of my favorites.
The only known image of (what used to be) the little footbridge on the Barton Creek Greenbelt (destroyed by bad weather 8/08, shabbily rebuilt 5 months later, and since destroyed again). Originally taken 3/05.
