I spent some time at the deer lease the first 3 weeks of Nov. and I carried my 3" Nickle Mod 34, and my 4" Mountain Gun in 44 Mag, and had a chance to use them both on the same day.
I shot 2 pigs one evening with a Heym Mod 26B O/U rifle in 30/30. Both with Federal 170gr SP.
The first at @80 yards, about a 125/135 pound boar, was hit in the top of the heart, and ran about 50 yards or so. When I got to him he was still alive so I shot him in the head with the Mod 34, 22LR with a CCI 40gr Solid. Worked great.
The second shot a couple of hours later again at around 80 yards was a 225 to 235 pound boar. He went right down, but was still alive when I got to him so I let him have a 240gr cast over 21 gr of 2400 from the 44 Mag.
Of course it worked great. I did not weigh these 2 pigs, but I have weighed seveal in the past, so my weight estimates are pretty close.
I managed to get them both loaded on my ATV, using it to pull them up on a tree limb, tying them off and then after backing the ATV under them lowering them down on the ATV. I have some parrelling experience, and since I hunt by myself a lot I have figured out how to "get it done". The hard part is finding a tree limb strong enough, I have had a few break on me...
When I got back to camp I gutted them, and one of my buddies asked me to pull out the "pig oysters" and we would cook them up the nect night.
So we froze them a little to make them easy to slice, covered them in corn meal and fried them up.
A couple of guys in camp, and one of their young sons were not too keen on them, but that was OK, as it left more for my buddy and I, we really like them, they taste great.
I shot 2 pigs one evening with a Heym Mod 26B O/U rifle in 30/30. Both with Federal 170gr SP.
The first at @80 yards, about a 125/135 pound boar, was hit in the top of the heart, and ran about 50 yards or so. When I got to him he was still alive so I shot him in the head with the Mod 34, 22LR with a CCI 40gr Solid. Worked great.
The second shot a couple of hours later again at around 80 yards was a 225 to 235 pound boar. He went right down, but was still alive when I got to him so I let him have a 240gr cast over 21 gr of 2400 from the 44 Mag.
Of course it worked great. I did not weigh these 2 pigs, but I have weighed seveal in the past, so my weight estimates are pretty close.
I managed to get them both loaded on my ATV, using it to pull them up on a tree limb, tying them off and then after backing the ATV under them lowering them down on the ATV. I have some parrelling experience, and since I hunt by myself a lot I have figured out how to "get it done". The hard part is finding a tree limb strong enough, I have had a few break on me...
When I got back to camp I gutted them, and one of my buddies asked me to pull out the "pig oysters" and we would cook them up the nect night.
So we froze them a little to make them easy to slice, covered them in corn meal and fried them up.
A couple of guys in camp, and one of their young sons were not too keen on them, but that was OK, as it left more for my buddy and I, we really like them, they taste great.
