First smokepole piggy

[relicshunter]

First muzzleloader success actually. We have lots of wild hog here in Florida and It's my preferred hunt animal. I went to a WMA that is very scrubby and unfortunately gives the hog the advantage. They see you before you see them a lot of the time. I managed to get pretty close before I ran out of cover. I had to crawl the last bit to get a clear shot. I picked out a smaller one as I am unsure of the ability of a 45 rb against a large hog. Well it worked out and brought home some xmas pork

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[DNICK]

Good job I always wanted to hunt them.

 

[house]

Awesome kill! Looks like Christmas dinner

 

[Patocazador]

Nice eating size. I've been trying to kill one with my SxS BP shotgun but they've been holed up around here .. except at night.

 

[Supercracker]

very nice, perfect size. Where did you hit it and what kind of range were you at?

 

[wattlebuster]

Congrats. Good eats there :thumbsup:

 

[MDK_WV]

:hatsoff: Well done. Congratulations

 

[hanshi]

Great job on that pig!

 

[blackpowderscout]

Ah ha!!!

Great job!!! (again) from a fellow FOHAF member!!!

 

[roundball]

Well that's outstanding...major Kudos sent your way !!
:hatsoff:

 

[BillinOregon]

Relicshunter: Very fine job on a great eating hog! That looks like an early CVA/Jukar .45 percussion rifle you have there. Did I guess right? We had one of those some years back, and by golly it got 'er done.

 

[relicshunter]

I was about 15 yards with a small window that was clear. I hit a little up from the elbow, usually that takes the heart/lungs but it just got the front of the lungs. I am used to using a slug(shotgun).

 

[relicshunter]

Yes it is. It shots good, I am just not sure how much of a hog I can drop with it.

 

[Idaho Ron]

Great job!! Ron

 

[awebbersr]

Great job, fine story, great little gun. :hatsoff: What was the ball size and powder charge?

 

[relicshunter]

I used a .440 ball with .015 patch over 50gr. of fffg 777

 

[Supercracker]

I was about 15 yards with a small window that was clear. I hit a little up from the elbow, usually that takes the heart/lungs but it just got the front of the lungs. I am used to using a slug(shotgun).

Sweet. Well done, There's been some debate in the past about what caliber is "gun enough" for pigs

 

[Renegade Dan]

Congrats on a fine hunt! :thumbsup:

 

[Spikebuck]

Wow...great job. I figure anytime you have to crawl to finish a stalk, you've really earned the game! :hatsoff:

 

[excess650]

Fantastic! It sounds like you got closer than I would even want to. :shocked2:

Have you tried Lee REAL conicals? They might work better on larger hogs.