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Lloyd Smale
01-29-2006, 08:40 PM
shot a 1100lb cow buffalo with a 500 linebaugh 480 lfngc at about 1100fps shot it at about 30 yards. Bullet blew right through it went about 50 yards and piled up. Neat thing was that i shot it with my buddy Als newest aquisition. I .500 that used to belong to hank williams jr.

Gunload Master
01-29-2006, 08:45 PM
Wow! Now that is great to hear. Should be enough meat there to last a year :)

versifier
01-29-2006, 10:50 PM
So where's the photos?

RugerFan
01-29-2006, 11:09 PM
Good job Lloyd! And yes, we sure would like to see a pic.

MTWeatherman
02-01-2006, 05:34 PM
Congratulations Lloyd. Not many get to take a buffalo.

Now that's penetration!..lends creedence to the statement that with a heavy bullet, you don't need more than 1200 fps to get all you need. Although you used a handgun, that load you used would be a pretty good approximation of some of the ballistics used by the old-time buffalo hunters. It still works pretty well!

Four Fingers of Death
02-11-2006, 02:42 AM
Hank'd be proud of youall' Shame I don't live close, I'd come around with a slab (aussie for box of 24 cans of beer) and you could cook up a barbie and tell us all about it.

felix
03-10-2006, 11:04 AM
Think we're worried about just gators in Florida ???

The fellow in the pictures is Larry Earley. He lives about 30 miles from
Orlando, in the very rural community of Okahumpka, just off the Florida
turnpike in Lake County, Florida. He has 20 acres of land and on it, a
few cows and horses. Mostly it's pasture land that is fenced with woods
surrounding him.

He is neighbored by a larger cattle ranch.

His neighbor has complained for several years that wild hogs had been
raiding his cattle feeders and salt licks.

Last month he saw what he thought was a cow in his pond and went to see if
it was stuck in the mud and would have to be pulled out. When he got
close enough to realize it was a hog, the thing made a charge at him. He
had driven his truck down to the pond and carries a pistol in it (as any
Florida redneck would, and I say that with genuine affection). He got his
handgun and when it came at him again, he shot it twice and killed it.

Wild hogs in Florida usually run from 100-400 pounds with a 400 pounder
being a monster. Because this one had been feasting on grain for several
years it had grown to mammoth size. When Larry took it to the processor it
weighed in at over 1100 pounds! The meat has no wild taste, as it was grain
fed; and Larry is quite the hero. He has fed many fireman and provided
the homeless shelter in downtown Orlando with a couple of meals.

wills
03-10-2006, 11:16 AM
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/bighog.asp

swheeler
03-10-2006, 11:48 AM
There's more Chops there than in a Chinese phone book!
Scooter

PatMarlin
03-11-2006, 12:44 AM
My lord.. :shock:

Doughty
03-11-2006, 01:32 PM
I have seen some wild hogs in my time, but nothin like that. Do you have any more details on the handgun and load used. Say it was a cast bullet.

swheeler
03-11-2006, 05:43 PM
I grew up on a hog farm in the other end of the state, and am amazed at the size of that hog! 600 lbs is about as big as the boars got-yorkshires, that's kinda what this bad boy looks like. Every so often one of the big boars would break his tooling, then of couse he was done breeding, we'd cut him, let him heal up for a month while throwing the barley to him, then a 22 short or CB cap behind the ear would always end the same- a twitch and a couple quivers- it's over. I still love fresh side pork to this day!

robertbank
03-16-2006, 01:25 AM
I swear to God that is the biggest pig I have ever seen. That is HUGE!

Thanks for sharing the photo.

Take Care

JSH
03-16-2006, 08:24 AM
The meat has no wild taste, as it was grain
fed

I have been around a hog or two. A boar that big may not taste "wild", but never the less will still taste and smell like a boar.................................
They can have my share of it.
Jeff