Mmmm, Bacon!

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Originally posted by SigJacket:
Super nice, once dressed about how much are you getting from the meat hog?

Both are meat hogs the smaller was a sow which yielded about 30 lbs of meat. The other was a boar hog and was about 75lbs of meat. It had a thick cost of winter fat and has been eating nothing but acorns and probably food plot corn. Theyshould be pretty tasty. I’m cooking the back strap tonight.

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Originally posted by Colby Bruce:
That place looks like a snake sanctuary; I wouldn’t get out of the truck.

Here in Georgia the state hunting regs advise wearing latex gloves when handling wild hogs. The hogs carry something harmful to humans.

How do you like that Ruger? I have thought of buying one for my grandkids.

I have never seen a snake there in 7 years, but again we only go there in the winter time when the snakes are hibernating .

Congrats on a good hunt. One of the few things I miss about living in CA was hunting feral pigs. So much fun and so many opportunities.

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Originally posted by fritz:

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Originally posted by usncorpsman:
That is a compressed load from Hodgdon reloading manual. It is moving about 2100 fps out of my Ruger with 16” barrel.

I don't know much about powders and charge weights. Your ammo did the trick on the hog, but MV seems slow.


Using Hornady factory 110 Vmax on an 11.3" AR15 with a SOCOM mini can, I see 2347 fps MV.

The factory load is 2350 as advertised by Hornady. I am using a different powder and primer which will yield different velocities. I can actually go to a max of 20grs, but that only bumps the velocity up to 2200fps. I have used the 19gr load for years and have never lost an animal. It is also super accurate in this gun.

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Originally posted by ArtieS:
Nice hog, nice rifle! Looks very handy.

Do you own in Williston, go to a ranch, or hunt public?

A friend of mine has 225 acres near Groveland that I am determined to hunt, but I haven't made it out there yet.

This is a place called Zero Tolerance Hunt Club. The owner Andy and I have become good friends over the years and we look forward to going down there yearly.

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Originally posted by RichardC:
What a wonderful family tradition!
Thanks for the pictorial report.

I d rather have to drag your brother's pig back to the road than yours.

We only had to drag mine for about 60yds. I grabbed a leg and he the other. The first time we pulled, he didn’t budge. We were both like, damn he is heavy

Great pics and fantastic hunt. Thanks for sharing.
How is the expansion of of the Vmax? My go-to load supersonic round for my BO is near max load of H110 with a 125gr Sierra spitzer. It's very accurate but not much expansion. I've taken a couple of does with it but appears a pretty clean shot through the heart/lungs.

Great father and son day with many meals ahead to enjoy. Thanks for posting.

A true down home southern Sunday dinner.

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The 110gr VMax loaded with 19gr IMR 4227 dropped him like a load of bricks.

Good deal. I've put 7.62x39 123 grain Vmaxs to good use on a number of hogs.

Corpsman that dinner looks fantastic.!!

I’d need more than 3 pieces of that. Yum!

I've had the same rifle now for about 4 years and it is such a nice little weapon. NO game kills yet, although song dogs and prairie dogs dislike that same bullet. The grand kids are being trained with this and it's brother in .223.

A challenging but potentially very profitable time to start a nursing career. Many nurses are currently getting crazy incentives for travel jobs and extra overtime and such. But this is because nursing is so short handed and many are getting burned out and quitting. A graduation pig roast sounds like a great idea to me

Great photos, an thanks for the scope info.
“The scope is a Leupold VXR Patrol Firedot 3-9x40. It is perfect on this rifle.”

I have an unfired Ruger American Ranch in 300blk that needs a scope.
Perfect timing with the scope info, thanks.

I was just wondering the other day if you guys got a chance to pop a few hogs this year. Thanks for the update!

Cheers. Looks like a good hunt, and some good meat was harvested.

Looks like an excellent time and the dinner plate looks delicious.

Nice rifle and that meal looks fantastic!!!