It has been 3 weeks since I had been to the lease, but I was seeing some hogs on cell cams on 2 feeders at 2 locations. One spot they had some late evening visits from a group and the other a big boar just after dark.
I headed over a little early to do a couple of chores, and got to the evening spot to find that one of the 2 feeders at location had been knocked down (no cell cam on that one). Timer was knocked off and bent a little but solar charger was destroyed. The lid was still one, so I still had corn.
Nothing I could immediately, so I climbed in the stand to see what showed. Just before dark a big black hog steeped out at the knocked down figure. I assumed it was a boar, and the 80 grain eldx from the 22 Creedmoor was center shoulder. Not sure why I did thst sense I usually go for the neck. I guess I wanted to see what it would do. It rain straight towards me down the lane about 50 yards and ducked into the young pines.
I got to go look it it was laying right on the edge of the lane where I saw it go in.
I loaded up what turned out to be a big pregnant sow. I took a heart girth measurement of 38 inches (181 pounds) and loaded it on the receiver hitch hauler, and collected my timer and battery and headed to the other stand to check on the big boar I had been seeing.
It was completely dark when I got there and slipped in with the thermal and 300 Black Out.
When I got where I could see down the lane, I turned on the thermal saw a coon, and then I saw the boar. I got ready for the shot, and had a misfire. I have been having problems with some reloads in this gun not going off. I bought the brass in the classifieds either here or AR15 can’t remember which that had been deprimed, sized and cleaned (I was told), but I’m guessing maybe they were resized a little long or something. Bottom line out of 200 loads about 10% or so don’t go off.
Anyway, after the misfire, I try to eject the shell quietly (although it does not sound like it on the video) I line uo again and click! Another misfire. Here we go again. Line uo the 3rd time, and the third time is the charm.
This one was a boar with a 42 inch heart girth for 221 pounds.
now came the hard part, load in the sucker on the hitch hauler one top of the sow already one there. I hooked up my Glenn’s deer handle and climbed into the back of the truck to hopefully get enough upward lift to get him pulled up over the top. No go! So I stand on top of the closed tail gate to gain more height and give a heave.
Maybe not the best idea, since the tail gate came open and dumped me into the bed pod the truck on top of some stuff and banged my arm pretty good. Better then going out the back I guess.
Got the tail gate closed back and some how managed to muscle it up there and strapped it down. By the time I got out the gate it was 9:30. I would be way to much trouble to unload and reload for a picture so I I only got a this picture.
Today I went straightened out my feeder box and eliminator plate, bought a new solar charger and went back to put the feeder back up and get it staked down good. I think I must have not put a too pin in one leg or it cam out and caused it to collapse because the legs were still staked. Hopefully it will stay uo this time.
I headed over a little early to do a couple of chores, and got to the evening spot to find that one of the 2 feeders at location had been knocked down (no cell cam on that one). Timer was knocked off and bent a little but solar charger was destroyed. The lid was still one, so I still had corn.
Nothing I could immediately, so I climbed in the stand to see what showed. Just before dark a big black hog steeped out at the knocked down figure. I assumed it was a boar, and the 80 grain eldx from the 22 Creedmoor was center shoulder. Not sure why I did thst sense I usually go for the neck. I guess I wanted to see what it would do. It rain straight towards me down the lane about 50 yards and ducked into the young pines.
I got to go look it it was laying right on the edge of the lane where I saw it go in.
I loaded up what turned out to be a big pregnant sow. I took a heart girth measurement of 38 inches (181 pounds) and loaded it on the receiver hitch hauler, and collected my timer and battery and headed to the other stand to check on the big boar I had been seeing.
It was completely dark when I got there and slipped in with the thermal and 300 Black Out.
When I got where I could see down the lane, I turned on the thermal saw a coon, and then I saw the boar. I got ready for the shot, and had a misfire. I have been having problems with some reloads in this gun not going off. I bought the brass in the classifieds either here or AR15 can’t remember which that had been deprimed, sized and cleaned (I was told), but I’m guessing maybe they were resized a little long or something. Bottom line out of 200 loads about 10% or so don’t go off.
Anyway, after the misfire, I try to eject the shell quietly (although it does not sound like it on the video) I line uo again and click! Another misfire. Here we go again. Line uo the 3rd time, and the third time is the charm.
This one was a boar with a 42 inch heart girth for 221 pounds.
now came the hard part, load in the sucker on the hitch hauler one top of the sow already one there. I hooked up my Glenn’s deer handle and climbed into the back of the truck to hopefully get enough upward lift to get him pulled up over the top. No go! So I stand on top of the closed tail gate to gain more height and give a heave.
Maybe not the best idea, since the tail gate came open and dumped me into the bed pod the truck on top of some stuff and banged my arm pretty good. Better then going out the back I guess.
Got the tail gate closed back and some how managed to muscle it up there and strapped it down. By the time I got out the gate it was 9:30. I would be way to much trouble to unload and reload for a picture so I I only got a this picture.
Today I went straightened out my feeder box and eliminator plate, bought a new solar charger and went back to put the feeder back up and get it staked down good. I think I must have not put a too pin in one leg or it cam out and caused it to collapse because the legs were still staked. Hopefully it will stay uo this time.
