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Headed out Tuesday evening to try getting on the hogs - and recover from not seeing any hogs the previous night.
The weatherman says we have a storm coming, and radar on my phone confirms the inbound weather,
eta 12mn-1230am... Plenty of time - I hope.
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My feeder is set to run at 930 & 11pm - so I am in place to watch for critters.
930pm feeding goes off, and in walks a single hog.
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It is dead dark out, no moon until about 1220am, cloudy, and wind is favorable in my face - 20-24mph.
Close the distance to approx. 45-50 yards, and get set up.
The boar was broadside, but behind the feeder ladder. Beautiful neck shot opportunity, but I wanted to test the Cavity Back MKZ with a frontal chest shot and recover the bullet.
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I have nearly 14 minutes of video on the SD card - nothing frontal for the test.
Finally gave up and took a quartering away shot, recovering the rear of the bullet and a single petal from the opposite front quarter. The MKZ shed all three petals...But, dead is dead.
Dennis
The weatherman says we have a storm coming, and radar on my phone confirms the inbound weather,
eta 12mn-1230am... Plenty of time - I hope.
-
My feeder is set to run at 930 & 11pm - so I am in place to watch for critters.
930pm feeding goes off, and in walks a single hog.
-
It is dead dark out, no moon until about 1220am, cloudy, and wind is favorable in my face - 20-24mph.
Close the distance to approx. 45-50 yards, and get set up.
The boar was broadside, but behind the feeder ladder. Beautiful neck shot opportunity, but I wanted to test the Cavity Back MKZ with a frontal chest shot and recover the bullet.
-
I have nearly 14 minutes of video on the SD card - nothing frontal for the test.
Finally gave up and took a quartering away shot, recovering the rear of the bullet and a single petal from the opposite front quarter. The MKZ shed all three petals...But, dead is dead.
Dennis