exit wound on a boar ising 535 gr no excuse

[Howie1968]

got some pigs coming back so i took my handy .54 white mountain carbine loaded with no excuse .535 bullets wonder wad 80 gr pyrodex p. shot distance 25 yards completely wrecked the heart and lungs exited off side with massive wound and spewed blood several feet from the hog he took a couple steps

 

[3Setters]

Heck of a hole

 

[Patocazador]

I don't like them. Pieces of bone and shrapnel all through the meat. The idea is to kill it not destroy it.

 

[Howie1968]

I don't like them. Pieces of bone and shrapnel all through the meat. The idea is to kill it not destroy it.

 

[Howie1968]

You have hind quarters and back straps and nice blood trail for tracking if neededo

 

[FishDFly]

Not much meat on the shoulders to begin with.

 

[Dismount]

got some pigs coming back so i took my handy .54 white mountain carbine loaded with no excuse .535 bullets wonder wad 80 gr pyrodex p. shot distance 25 yards completely wrecked the heart and lungs exited off side with massive wound and spewed blood several feet from the hog he took a couple steps

I have shot some with a .62 trade gun. That’s a bigger hole than mine!! I’ve seen hogs hit 4 or 5 times with a.30.30 and never break stride they are hard to bring down but not with that cannon.

 

[bluemule66]

good to see your back in business again Howie! More pictures and more stories, please.

 

[Stykbow]

Overkill is underrated! Nice hog @Howie1968.

 

[wganz]

I don't like them. Pieces of bone and shrapnel all through the meat. The idea is to kill it not destroy it.

It is a pig. The Bible has it listed as an unclean animal for a reason.
Leave it for the buzzards and coyotes.
Kill more of them.

 

[deermanok]

Y'all done blasted em good.
I shot one a couple years ago with my NEF Handi rifle in 280 Remington. Never found so much as a hair or drop of blood, so I have personal experience with hogs. Definitely hard to kill.

 

[30338]

Have to love that kind of performance. A sane amount of powder and a big lead slug. Be a good load to sit waterholes for bears with.

 

[SDSmlf]

Overkill is underrated! Nice hog @Howie1968.

When hunting big bears and pigs ‘under killing’ can be a bad thing. ‘Over killing’ is not possible and always a good thing.

 

[Bigpete]

It is a pig. The Bible has it listed as an unclean animal for a reason.
Leave it for the buzzards and coyotes.
Kill more of them.

What utter rot

 

[FishDFly]

Ditto.

 

[PathfinderNC]

Is it a type of hollow point bullet?

 

[30338]

No.
https://www.muzzleloading-bullets.com/shop/

 

[Loyalist Dave]

got some pigs coming back so i took my handy .54 white mountain carbine loaded with no excuse .535 bullets wonder wad 80 gr pyrodex p. shot distance 25 yards completely wrecked the heart and lungs exited off side with massive wound and spewed blood several feet from the hog he took a couple steps

 

[LME]

got some pigs coming back so i took my handy .54 white mountain carbine loaded with no excuse .535 bullets wonder wad 80 gr pyrodex p. shot distance 25 yards completely wrecked the heart and lungs exited off side with massive wound and spewed blood several feet from the hog he took a couple steps

You will never be under gunned if you have a .54 cal. M.L. I have never shot anything with mine except deer but I am sure the bigger animals would fall as my deer did? Perfect load 80 grains powder and a round ball.

 

[Harmonica Bob]

got some pigs coming back so i took my handy .54 white mountain carbine loaded with no excuse .535 bullets wonder wad 80 gr pyrodex p. shot distance 25 yards completely wrecked the heart and lungs exited off side with massive wound and spewed blood several feet from the hog he took a couple steps

Congrats! good shooting! Here in SC we have no closed season on hogs, and it's deer season now. There are special muzzeloader hunts on some public land, deer season is mostly just deer rifle season. Large boars can be un-edable, and hogs can have very dangerous paracites! Unfortunatly I don't know this from theory but experience! lol