Decked a big boar yesterday with GPH .54

[Howie1968]

Been having a issue with a big boar jumping in the feeder pens set up for deer he tore 2 pens up trying to get in. I recently sighted in my Lyman great plains hunter .54 with some 535 gr No excuse bullets. I was in my climbing about 60 yards away the wind was blowing pretty good i spotted him at 65 yards coming towards the pen he stopped for a split second i squeezed the trigger the no excuse propeeled by 90 grains of pyrodex p dropped him in his tracks. This is the longest muzzleloading shot ive made to date

 

[bluemule66]

WOW! That is one scary mean looking pig you got there! Good job.

 

[Peregrine]

Nicely done. Do I smell tenderloins on the grill?

 

[Pa-brushbuster71]

Howie, you are king of black powder hog hunting. Imagine the data sets you have.

 

[Britsmoothy]

Excellent shot Howie

 

[Mad Professor]

Making bacon!

 

[Nameless Hunter]

And this little piggy went wee, wee, wee...

 

[MIOutdoorsman]

Nice! I’ve taken 3 hogs when we lived in Texas. Made for great sausages.

 

[Ames]

NICE!!!!!

 

[Spikebuck]

Good thing you didn't miss or they'd have to rename their ammo!

Congrats. Great shot.

 

[wvbuckbuster]

Now you can eat him since he ate on you, lol. Dan.

 

[Kansas Jake]

Nice job on that one Howie.

 

[hanshi]

Great shot on a mean hog!

 

[toot]

look's like he took a head shot? rite in the NERVE CENTER?

 

[Jim Wag]

He deserved it!

Jim in La Luz

 

[Howie1968]

look's like he took a head shot? rite in the NERVE CENTER?

Yes sir, i bought this rifle in june with the intention of shooting a little longer range than my normal 25 yards or less ive been practicing and ive shot to 100 the lyman 57 sure makes things easy

 

[1950DAVE]

Nice kill Howie. Would you consider eating any part of a BOAR as big as this? Looks mighty smelly to me.
Dave

 

[Howie1968]

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 that gland is called a precruciment gland (spelling) it sole purpose when he sprays is to notify other pigs are in his territory if a hog dies a hard death he will release the scent that is where the stench comes from. any hog that smells rank i leave alone i have ate many boars bigger than this with no smell

 

[sawyer04]

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 that gland is called a precruciment gland (spelling) it sole purpose when he sprays is to notify other pigs are in his territory if a hog dies a hard death he will release the scent that is where the stench comes from. any hog that smells rank i leave alone i have ate many boars bigger than this with no smell

Thanks, explains a lot about the meat we have to buy at the markets also. In the past we have purchased hams that was so rank we didn't even want to stay in the house. By this kill being instant was the boar stink avoided?

 

[deermanok]

Nice.