It's one thing to get on a hog that's calm and feeding, it's another trying to get on a hog that's either on the trail of a hot sow or just flat out cruisin. Such was the case of this boar. Hunting a stretch of the Colorado River in west Texas, I spotted him 260+ yards down river cruisin the banks. As I got setup the pig stopped very infrequently, only for a brief moment, and usually was behind cover. I felt the effects of a dump of adrenaline as I watched this boar close the distance to approx. 160-175 yards and make a momentary pause. I lined up on his shoulder and knowingly jerked the trigger . I shot under the pig!
He ran into cover but stopped and began blowing, trying to load his senses with information about what to do next as the suppressed shot wasn't likely what he was accustomed to hearing. He instantly broke cover and was speeding flat out down a trail. I had a small window and made a shot I don't typically recommend, but with the penetration I've seen from Barnes bullets, I took a "texas heart shot". I heard a hard "THUMP" as the bullet impacted just beside the testicles. The 120 TTSX buried itself deep into the boar and he instantly collapsed on the spot.
He taped out to 200lbs, had a respectable cutter on one side, but surprisingly never grew a cutter on the other side. I've seen plenty of broken cutters, but this one was never there (as pictured).
He ran into cover but stopped and began blowing, trying to load his senses with information about what to do next as the suppressed shot wasn't likely what he was accustomed to hearing. He instantly broke cover and was speeding flat out down a trail. I had a small window and made a shot I don't typically recommend, but with the penetration I've seen from Barnes bullets, I took a "texas heart shot". I heard a hard "THUMP" as the bullet impacted just beside the testicles. The 120 TTSX buried itself deep into the boar and he instantly collapsed on the spot.
He taped out to 200lbs, had a respectable cutter on one side, but surprisingly never grew a cutter on the other side. I've seen plenty of broken cutters, but this one was never there (as pictured).
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