Whitworth
07-31-2008, 08:16 AM
jwp475 and I went to Shady Grove, Florida three weeks ago to hunt piggies with an outfit called Florida Slam Outfitters. This was a free-ranging, fair chase boar hunt. It proved to be a tough hunt but well worth the effort. As some of you know, I have been itching to blood my .475 SRH and I finally got the opportunity. Took a 180-pounder with a shoulder shot at 80 yards after a long stalk. The hog went down like it had been hit with a ton of bricks.
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/MarkoR/DSC03088.jpg
Shot another one that we never recovered as it went into the really thick stuff and it was after 9:00 and nearly dark. It was mortally wonded and the offside shoulder was badly damaged. Bummer to lose the animal, but it happens unfortunately........
Here are some necropsy photos to illustrate the heavy damaged delivered by hardcast flat-nosed bullets. I shoot a 420 grain WFN that was designed by bfrshooter, that flies straight even at distance. I am very happy with the resuilts!
Here is the offside shoulder:
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/MarkoR/DSC03115.jpg
These are the two shoulders where you can clearly see the hole the WFN punched through.
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/MarkoR/DSC03116.jpg
And for more perspective as to the size of the hole, here is the shoulder with a .500 JRH round held up to it for comparison.
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/MarkoR/HuntingPigsWithMarco039.jpg
The two pistoleros........(but jwp cheated and used a rifle on the two hogs he shot! :D)
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/MarkoR/DSC03075.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/MarkoR/DSC03088.jpg
Shot another one that we never recovered as it went into the really thick stuff and it was after 9:00 and nearly dark. It was mortally wonded and the offside shoulder was badly damaged. Bummer to lose the animal, but it happens unfortunately........
Here are some necropsy photos to illustrate the heavy damaged delivered by hardcast flat-nosed bullets. I shoot a 420 grain WFN that was designed by bfrshooter, that flies straight even at distance. I am very happy with the resuilts!
Here is the offside shoulder:
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/MarkoR/DSC03115.jpg
These are the two shoulders where you can clearly see the hole the WFN punched through.
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/MarkoR/DSC03116.jpg
And for more perspective as to the size of the hole, here is the shoulder with a .500 JRH round held up to it for comparison.
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/MarkoR/HuntingPigsWithMarco039.jpg
The two pistoleros........(but jwp cheated and used a rifle on the two hogs he shot! :D)
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/MarkoR/DSC03075.jpg