I don't know how it is in the rest of the world, but here in north Texas, the buffalo gnats (AKA black flies) are absolutely terrible out in the wilds. If you are out before dark, they will eat you alive and DEET does not seem to do much to slow them down. I scouted the property and then took pictures later while wearing my shooting muffs, solely for the purpose of keeping those buggers out of my ears! In the stand, however, Thermacell did a good job of keeping them at bay.
So I walked in and headed to check my favorite area at TBR and found very fresh tracks. Checked the camera and turned to go check the rubbing post Mr. TBR had set up and I saw hogs dash into the woods, only about 25 yards from me. They weren't there when I approached the game camera, but apparently showed up while I was checking the card. Wow.
Fortunately, one of the hogs gave me a second chance.
The second part of the video has the necropsy for the terminal ballistics. Pretty cool. The round overpenetrated as usual. I made a quartering away shoulder shot, breaking the shoulder blade at the neck (thick portion) and the bullet traveled between the blade and ribs, into the lower half of the neck, damaging tissue on both sides, but exiting the opposite side from the entry. The hog DDRT.
I think there was a bit less tissue damage than normal, but there was still a lot. Instead of boring a conical hole through the soft tissue, it was more of a skinny oval, maybe as a result the quartering angle of impact on the shoulder blade?
This round will definitely damage the heck out of hogs, overpenetrates consistently (only one exception so far and that was a lengthwise shot into the neck), and performs well in general...unless you are wanting to save the meat. Then you need to be choosy about your shots as the round will damage what it enters and everything beyond in an ever growing pattern of destruction. For hogs, I like it!
Here is the video...
So I walked in and headed to check my favorite area at TBR and found very fresh tracks. Checked the camera and turned to go check the rubbing post Mr. TBR had set up and I saw hogs dash into the woods, only about 25 yards from me. They weren't there when I approached the game camera, but apparently showed up while I was checking the card. Wow.
Fortunately, one of the hogs gave me a second chance.
The second part of the video has the necropsy for the terminal ballistics. Pretty cool. The round overpenetrated as usual. I made a quartering away shoulder shot, breaking the shoulder blade at the neck (thick portion) and the bullet traveled between the blade and ribs, into the lower half of the neck, damaging tissue on both sides, but exiting the opposite side from the entry. The hog DDRT.
I think there was a bit less tissue damage than normal, but there was still a lot. Instead of boring a conical hole through the soft tissue, it was more of a skinny oval, maybe as a result the quartering angle of impact on the shoulder blade?
This round will definitely damage the heck out of hogs, overpenetrates consistently (only one exception so far and that was a lengthwise shot into the neck), and performs well in general...unless you are wanting to save the meat. Then you need to be choosy about your shots as the round will damage what it enters and everything beyond in an ever growing pattern of destruction. For hogs, I like it!
Here is the video...
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