Another Boar Meets Mr Grendel

[jackthemundy]

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Here's another boar that showed up last night. Nailed this one in the head but was surprised to see that he still flopped around after getting hit. The bottom photo shows the exit wound.
- 20" Grendel
- factory Hornady 123gr SST ammo
- Pulsar Trail XQ38 thermal
- hit him on the left side of the head a couple of inches below the left ear
- 95 yards
- guessing I'd say 200 pounds
This boy stunk like the dog. I have no idea what the sows see in these guys. If I smelled that bad I'd be living here in the woods all by myself !

[beastep]

Cool stuff.

[Double Naught Spy]

Good Kill!

There is an easy way to come up with very good weight estimates without a scale. You can use a measuring tape and take a heart-girth measurement. You simply get the smallest circumference of the chest behind, but as close to the front legs as possible, making sure the tape is pulled taut. The field estimate is number of inches times 10 and you subtract 200 from that. For example, if your measurement (best to try taking more than once to find the smallest circumference) is 41" and you multiply that by 10, you get 410. Subtract 200 and your weight in lbs is 210s. I have probably double checked 30 hogs using this method and it is usually within 10 lbs and often is spot on. I think the most I have been off is 20 lbs on a boar that was 230 lbs. You can do the math real math and get a slightly more precise estimate, but the difference is tiny. 41" would be 211 lbs if you use the full math.

http://www.thepigsite.com/articles/1106/use-heart-girth-to-estimate-the-weight-of-finishing-pigs/

Anyway, it is more accurate than eyeballing or lifting to assess weight. Results are repeatable.

[Bowhntr6pt]

Excellent... these videoing of kills is great.

[6.8 klr]

Good Stuff there Jack.........!

[Les]

Very nice. BTW thanks for the handy method of judging weight DNS.

[NightFisher]

You guys are killing me.... No hogs here in Virginia, I guess that is a good thing but I would sure like to hunt them. Looking into a Guided Hunt down in North Carolina, If anyone knows a good bunch to go with let me know.

[sierracharlie338]

Nice job! Adios Porker!! I love it

[jackthemundy]

Thanks, guys! DNS I really appreciate the tip on how to determine weight. I drove the tractor out to porky this afternoon to haul him off. Figured I try out your procedure when I lifted him up. Bad idea, unfortunately he was too ripe to try it, I had to fight the buzzards off to get to him. I'll carry a measuring tape with me next I go out. Thanks again.

[LRRPF52]

He did the dying cockroach right after the shot.

Nice clean kill.

I miss it when you say, "Adios muchacho!"

[Klem]

Yes, the 'Adios Muchachos' has a certain unique panache to it. But, there was no doubting the sincerity of the 'Adios Porky!'

Nice shot.