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  1. Howie1968

    Piebald boar down!

    yes sir i had some mixed with wheel weights, i just ordered some IXT balls to try but the simplest thing for me was to stick to conicals on pigs over 200 lbs with 54 caliber or below ive got plenty of .58 calibers my favorite caliber over all is a .54 but when using roundballs on big boar im...
  2. Howie1968

    SOLD Investarms Hawken 58 Caliber percussion barrel

    ive got EO Goex and grafs as well plus i have lots of pyrodex rs and p lol i know you dont use it but i sure do my big boars shoot great also my 2 poor man .58s renegades with .58 bores
  3. Howie1968

    SOLD Investarms Hawken 58 Caliber percussion barrel

    i forgot i actually use real black in mine 80 gr olde eynesford 2F .018 patch .570 rb
  4. Howie1968

    SOLD Investarms Hawken 58 Caliber percussion barrel

    we both have the same .54 mines well have the same .58 as well
  5. Howie1968

    Piebald boar down!

    Why am i concerned with pass throughs? First of all blood trails second i live in the thickest nastiest part of Texas in the pineywoods. Where briars are so thick you can barely walk. The more air you get into an animals chest cavity the better for blood flow on both sides. Getting pass...
  6. Howie1968

    SOLD Investarms Hawken 58 Caliber percussion barrel

    you need that barrel mike, mine shoots good
  7. Howie1968

    Piebald boar down!

    In East Texas corn is king, especially when no acorns are available. in this little spot i hunt ive got several mature pin oak trees and they drop well into Febuary may just be a few acorns a day but it keeps the wild life coming back
  8. Howie1968

    Took my friends son deer hunting, but it did not end up as expected.

    This was my hunt yesterday they came from a neighbooring property the big white one hiked his leg up and peed on the hay i have for deer. They went to the feeder ate some corn. I whistled to them to come to the ground blind. They were friendly dogs they got in the back of my truck and i found...
  9. Howie1968

    Great plains trade rifle or used TC Renegade

    Ive got your old Hawken Bubba she proudly wears a 32 inch green mountain .54 roundball barrel lyman 57sml sight one of my most accurate rifles
  10. Howie1968

    Great plains trade rifle or used TC Renegade

    I am a thompson center fan through and through i own 6 renegades 2 50s 2 54s and 2 ive had converted to 58s. The most expensive renegade was around 350.00 for 160.00 Bobby Hoyt will rebore to a .58 i also own a trade rifle in .54 a 2 great plains one a great plains hunter .54 and the great...
  11. Howie1968

    Piebald boar down!

    Years ago way before my time red wolves were common in this area as well as black bears. The red wolf is said to be extinct in this part of Texas. The black bears have been sighted in East Texas however ive never seen one smokinfeathers may have seen black bear
  12. Howie1968

    Piebald boar down!

    Had this piebald boar come in this evening. I figired id give a .54 roundball a chance again. Been having this boar come in the last few days at about 4pm i had my TC Hawken with green mountain 32 inch rb ball .54 barrel loaded with 110 gr olde eynesford 2F .018 patch .530 ball shot distance 33...
  13. Howie1968

    Decked a big boar yesterday with GPH .54

    Thanks Mike how are those 58s shooting?
  14. Howie1968

    My 2020 elk.

    Great job on the elk!!!
  15. Howie1968

    Decked a big boar yesterday with GPH .54

    We are in the same boat here no laws on shoot and leave them, i do try to make an honest effort to at least find someone who wants them, i used to skin and quarter them for people, then they wanted them delivered and on ice i decided that was the end of all that, I know alot of people who are...
  16. Howie1968

    Pedersoli side by side

    I own 2 pedersoli side by side 12s im a lefty no issues
  17. Howie1968

    .36 SMR Does the Trick

    Great job your post motivates me to get the .32 out and go whenever this rain stops.
  18. Howie1968

    Decked a big boar yesterday with GPH .54

    yes sir, i will go on to say this ive guided free range hog hunts and have done my own night guided hunts on private property ive also managed several high fenced ranches in the past. so ive skinned alot of hogs, plus i a on a pro staff that deals with hog urine and such. at this ranch we had...
  19. Howie1968

    Decked a big boar yesterday with GPH .54

    Mr. Dave yes sir no smell at all. now about the rank smell of a boar. under the pig close and underneath the male anatomy is a gland where the semen and urine is kept. when a boar is excited nervous hurt they release this god awful rank boar smell, i hog sprays like a skink if scared or nervous...
  20. Howie1968

    Squirrel caliber?

    i bought my .32 off of a friend off this forumn i used 15 grains of pyrodex p .015 patch .310 ball about every 5 to 6 shots id wipe i took 4 limits this year im out of squirrel no90w and our season ends in Febuary
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