Not too long after getting in the stand, I spotted a single hog under the feeder with my thermal spotting scope. By the time the rifle was up and running, there were several small hogs under the feeder and a couple of more trotting in to feed.
This feeder does not spit much corn and I figured the hogs would not be under the feeder long, so despite having some trouble getting situated for the shot, I took the earliest shot I thought I would make well. I didn't shoot very much too soon as most of the corn was gone by the time of the shot.
I hit the boar broadside behind the shoulder and the sow was just a bonus hog, the bullet hitting her straight on at the top of the back and along the side (fragmented bullet).
The Nosler Accubond 129 gr. bullet performed well. It was fragmented as it exited the boar, peppering the sow with pieces, but still had plenty of punch to blast through her thoracic hump, breaking the spines (spinous processes) off of at least 3 thoracic vertebrate before entering the body cavity and traveling down into the abdomen, apparently rupturing the intestines.
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