Big bore for a big boar!

Yellowhammer

Yellowhammer

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Went this fill feeders on Friday and then when I checked my cell camera Tuesday afternoon I see this:

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Had these feeders in the same spot for over 10 years and never had a problem. Then this boar learned how to take down feeders. This one is pretty heady duty and didn’t think it could be messed. He took down my other one on the other side of the stand the week before, but it was empty and didn’t take it all the way to the ground. This one I just filled up Friday and took it down a few nights later.

So, this morning I went to settle the score since I see they have set up camp on my downed feeder. I cared the Bergara B-14 wildnerness ridge in 300 WM to womp him.

I checked my cell camera at 4:30 this morning and he was there. When I got to the lease I had no signal so didn’t know if he was still around. As it was getting light I studied the down feeder with the binos, but the feeder was laying in a low spot and tall grass was blocking my view, but thought I saw a dark shape that looked like a hog, but after 5 minutes it didn’t seem to move. As it got more I light I kept looking with scope and binos. Liked like a hog, thought I could make out an ear, but no movement.

I kept watching with the binoculars, and then I saw the barrel move! Then I saw him some ever so slightly. I could only see the top of his back down about 6 inches and the ear. I but the crosshairs below the ear and Womp!

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I weighed him on my didgital scales at 221 point something, and then I took a heart girth measurement- 42 inches, 41 1/2 if I really pulled it tight. Then I checked the heart girth chart on my phone. 42 inches on the chart is 221 pounds. I couldn’t believe it was that close. I have found the method to be pretty close in the past, but it was spot on for this one.

Brought the barrel home to get in back in shape, reattach solar charger, adjust timer box and dropped the top piece off at the welding shop to get it straightened and beefed up a little. All the feeder legs will be staked with t posts from now on!
 
Revenge is sweet! :ROFLMAO:

Yellowhammer said:
I weighed him on my didgital scales at 221 point something, and then I took a heart girth measurement- 42 inches, 41 1/2 if I really pulled it tight. Then I checked the heart girth chart on my phone. 42 inches on the chart is 221 pounds. I couldn’t believe it was that close. I have found the method to be pretty close in the past, but it was spot on for this one.
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I sure would have guessed heavier from the pics, Sean. Is there any way you can post that chart or link? Would be a great sticky for this thread.
 
Way to put the hurt on him. I should just mail you my 450bm upper and some ammo. You could slap it on one of your lowers. At least it would get used that way.
 
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Same one, Lance. This goes along with it.
I have checked it against the scales on a good many hogs and it is usually within 10 pounds or so plus or minus. The key is pulling the tape snug. The scale I am using is the mini crane scale that goes to 660 pounds to the nearest pound and ounce. Got it on Amazon.
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Yes. There is a lot of literature on google about the method which was mainly developed by the pork industry.

Lance, do you have a link to where the chart I am using. Some from? I can’t find it.
 
I found that one but I thought that chart and the other picture I posted of how to measure came from the same site. Couldn’t find that one. I could not remember if it included more iinfo on the technique and possible reasons for error. I went back to a couple of old posts where I used it and it was off by about 30 one time.

Still better than most people can guess, especially if they have no experience with actually weighing hogs. They are usually over estimated. Almost as many people claim to have killed a 300 pound hog as claim to have seen a black panther.
 
Haha, you are correct!! I’ll show pics and people are always like that’s a 250lb pig, lol. I estimate everything big at 100. I’m definitely buying a tape measure and will be using this method now.
 
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