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This week my oldest son Bobby, and I had a chance to try out the 6.5 Grendel loaded with Hornady 123 grain SST and 28.5 grains of IMR8208XBR on some pinney wood rooters on a spot and stalk hunt in Central Florida. There were plenty of hogs, so we had our choice of any we wanted to take. We both used my ultraight 14.5" with a Nightforce 2.5-10X scope. We were after good eating sows or bars, passing several boars along the way.
The first opportunity came when we tracked a 150 lb class sow after a fresh rain. We caught up to her in clearing at about 130 yards. My son, Bobby had first shot so he set up using my Outdoorsman optics pack for a rest with instructions to shoot her through the shoulders broad side. At the shot she went down and kicked never moving from the spot.
Upon cleaning her we found the shot was indeed through both shoulders with a quarter sized exit hole. The bullet destroyed both lungs on it's path through. I would call this exellent performance. Unfuortunately the bullet passed through so no recovery of the bullet for examiniation was possible.
The second opportunity came when my son was stalking another 150 lb class sow that was feeding in a grass pond, he intended to take her with my mathews Helim bow, we both closed to within 20 yards looking for an unobstructed path for his arrow. Suddnley the wind swirled and I knew she was going to bust out of there so I put down the video camera and mounted my rifle. Sure enough, she detected our sent and busted through the pond and into a palm hammock. I got the cross hairs on her at about 75 yards as she entered the hammock and broke the trigger. She dissappered at the shot but I heard a death moan from the point she entered the hammock.
As we approached, we found her about ten feet inside the hammock so she only made it about what the momentum of her run would have taken her. The bullet entered her right flank and exited through the left shoulder, destroying the liver and both lungs along it's path. Again, bullet performance seemed to be near perfect.
After four more stalk attempts failed by swirling winds, my son Bobby was able to make a pefect double lung shot with the bow late in the evening. Not a Grendel kill but I thought some of you might find it interesting that he was using my Mathews Helim bow set at 60 lbs draw weight and 29" draw length to propell an easton Axis carbon arrow tipped with a 2" wide Rage two blade broad head and fitted with a lighted knock. The shot was at forty hards and from my view through binoculars I couln't tell the arrow even slowed down after passing through the chest of the hog. The pig traveled about 75 yards and piled up with an easy to follow blood trail.
All in all we had a great hunt, three shots, three clean kills, and an ice chest full of fresh pork and a good time shared with father and son.
I'll post pics later when I get a chance.
Bob
The first opportunity came when we tracked a 150 lb class sow after a fresh rain. We caught up to her in clearing at about 130 yards. My son, Bobby had first shot so he set up using my Outdoorsman optics pack for a rest with instructions to shoot her through the shoulders broad side. At the shot she went down and kicked never moving from the spot.
Upon cleaning her we found the shot was indeed through both shoulders with a quarter sized exit hole. The bullet destroyed both lungs on it's path through. I would call this exellent performance. Unfuortunately the bullet passed through so no recovery of the bullet for examiniation was possible.
The second opportunity came when my son was stalking another 150 lb class sow that was feeding in a grass pond, he intended to take her with my mathews Helim bow, we both closed to within 20 yards looking for an unobstructed path for his arrow. Suddnley the wind swirled and I knew she was going to bust out of there so I put down the video camera and mounted my rifle. Sure enough, she detected our sent and busted through the pond and into a palm hammock. I got the cross hairs on her at about 75 yards as she entered the hammock and broke the trigger. She dissappered at the shot but I heard a death moan from the point she entered the hammock.
As we approached, we found her about ten feet inside the hammock so she only made it about what the momentum of her run would have taken her. The bullet entered her right flank and exited through the left shoulder, destroying the liver and both lungs along it's path. Again, bullet performance seemed to be near perfect.
After four more stalk attempts failed by swirling winds, my son Bobby was able to make a pefect double lung shot with the bow late in the evening. Not a Grendel kill but I thought some of you might find it interesting that he was using my Mathews Helim bow set at 60 lbs draw weight and 29" draw length to propell an easton Axis carbon arrow tipped with a 2" wide Rage two blade broad head and fitted with a lighted knock. The shot was at forty hards and from my view through binoculars I couln't tell the arrow even slowed down after passing through the chest of the hog. The pig traveled about 75 yards and piled up with an easy to follow blood trail.
All in all we had a great hunt, three shots, three clean kills, and an ice chest full of fresh pork and a good time shared with father and son.
I'll post pics later when I get a chance.
Bob
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