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Double Naught Spy
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While I arrived on property at my first location nearly an hour ahead of schedule to scout out some new areas to hunt on the high fence exotics ranch, a looming storm drove me to seek shelter down in one of the lower areas I had hunted previously. After a couple of hours sitting in the truck, the rain and lightning passed and I commenced to watching critters. While this is a high fence ranch, the hogs are not part of the fauna they want to have. Hogs managed to breech the fence several months ago and the owner has not been able to get them under control. Trappers managed to catch ZERO hogs but caught numerous fallow deer. Hog doggers with whom he consulted could not say for sure that the dogs would not chase the exotic game, so they were out. Until now, he has been shooting hogs when he sees them and letting clients shoot hogs for free, but the problem persists. So I am trying to shoot some of the hogs during the evening and night hours before the fall hunting season gets underway.
The red deer doe and her older offspring took notice of something behind the dam. The way they were staring down, I thought maybe there was a snake or something, but then a hog came up the back side of the dam. The bullet obliterated the axis vertebra (C2), nearly severing the spine completely.
When I finished there, I started making a circuit to my other properties in the area. I was driving in to check the newly cleared 'back 40' when I spied this hog off in the distance. He was in a low spot and moving very quickly. As far out and low as he was, I thought he was a coyote, but as I headed to intercept, it became apparent it was a hog and that is about where the video starts. The necropsy here turned out really well. The bullet did not exit and I was able to successfully track it through the hog and find the copper jacket in the liver. Examination of the intestines revealed that no part of the bullet made it that far, so from entry to liver location, I measured 19" of penetration.
So not a bad night. A bit of a technical glitch that I am hoping is a battery issue, but otherwise two good boars down with no tracking and easy to find - my kind of hunts.
The red deer doe and her older offspring took notice of something behind the dam. The way they were staring down, I thought maybe there was a snake or something, but then a hog came up the back side of the dam. The bullet obliterated the axis vertebra (C2), nearly severing the spine completely.
When I finished there, I started making a circuit to my other properties in the area. I was driving in to check the newly cleared 'back 40' when I spied this hog off in the distance. He was in a low spot and moving very quickly. As far out and low as he was, I thought he was a coyote, but as I headed to intercept, it became apparent it was a hog and that is about where the video starts. The necropsy here turned out really well. The bullet did not exit and I was able to successfully track it through the hog and find the copper jacket in the liver. Examination of the intestines revealed that no part of the bullet made it that far, so from entry to liver location, I measured 19" of penetration.
So not a bad night. A bit of a technical glitch that I am hoping is a battery issue, but otherwise two good boars down with no tracking and easy to find - my kind of hunts.
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