Kentucky flint boar

[Kapow]

 

[Patocazador]

That picture makes my neck hurt. Nice hog.

 

[Supercracker]

Very nice. Love the toothy black ones.

How did you get him to stay put on that steep of an incline?

 

[Silky921]

Nice looking boar. Shot a few down here, but wasn't brave enough to use my smoke pole.

 

[robinsroost]

Nicely done! Robin :bow:

 

[James Stella]

Very Nice

Could you share the load you used with us.

 

[Spikebuck]

That picture makes my neck hurt.

Lucky he turned it a bit...being from Australia, I would think the picture for us would rightly be upside-down! :wink: :grin:

Kapow: Nice hog and glad to see that the Africa hunt didn't take too much out of you to slow down the hunting back home!

 

[wattlebuster]

Good hog :thumbsup:

 

[ny griz]

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: Congrats on a fine hog :hatsoff: Griz

 

[Rifleman1776]

Lucky he turned it a bit...being from Australia, I would think the picture for us would rightly be upside-down!

Later tonight it will circle back upright. :grin:
Hey! Nice hunt and bag there. :thumbsup:

 

[satx78247]

I would guess that someone imported some Russians to Aus. = NICE PIG, too.

yours, satx

 

[Kapow]

Sorry for the flipped pick. I'm in camp still and on the thmart phone with minimal reception. Load was 75gn fffg. Shot was 60 yards hard quartering away. Placement was perfect. He died on the spot. Tried to recover ball but one of those mystery ones that I couldn't find.

 

[MattC]

.50? .54?

 

[Kapow]

Rifle is Pedersoli Kentucky flint. I kept walking over a few gullies and came onto a mob of feral goats and shot a young billy at 60 yds also. I am really enjoying my flinters. Not enjoying photo bucket by phone though.

I have a primitive camp set up where I can blaze away all day getting everything shooting sweet. Got my 40 cal sth Mt rifle on the bull. Now looking to shoot something bigger than a rabbit! Middle of winter in one of the coldest spots in the state and I'm in shorts & t shirt! Can't beat good weather.

 

[Kapow]

Well I got my wish. Snuck in on two young boars feeding near a dam right on dark. Struggling to see the freshly filed front sight I waited until he was broadside and drilled him through the heart. He started crabbing and fell over in about 20 yards.

I didn't have a camera so bled gutted and hung him for some camp meat. Not that I'm starving. Can hear pigs fighting in the dark now as I cook tea. Will see if I can recover 40 cal ball tomorrow. Be interested to see what it did. No exit wound that I could see.

 

[Kapow]

The 25kg or so young boar I shot with the 40 right on dark. Shot was as 30 yards and he ran maybe 10 yards.



I had a look at the carcass the next afternoon and there were 3 foxes on it. Two were so full they could hardly move and another one tugging at the pig. I slowly snuck into 40 yards and gave a few mouse squeaks with my hand and the closest one came running towards me. At five yards in can only imagine what he was thinking as he looked down my barrel! One less lamb killer.

 

[Kapow]

Yesterday I had the farmers kids come stay at camp. We went back to the carcass which had been demolished bones and all. They were mesmerised as I called in a fox to twenty five yards.

We spent the the afternoon sitting on a pig trail then saw a group of pigs on the next ridge. We got to within 40 yds of a nice young boar which then smelt us. He trotted off to 80 yards and stopped to give me a quick shot


He was hit hard but ran off a few hundred yards. I shot twice more than lost him in the long grass and darkness. We got a shock when he stood up at five yards clacking his tusks. Lucky it was a full moon and as he charged I shot him down through the eye.

 

[Ben K]

Awesome!

 

[Robert Scheffler]

I for one really enjoy reading your hunting stories. Especially hunting pigs! Thank you for sharing and keep them coming. I never get bored of them. Hunsfoot

 

[Avancarguero]

Congratulation for all yours trophies. Great mode of hunting. I feel envy because I haven't got my Hawken yet.

Regards and good hunting,


Avan.