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chuck375
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500 Jeffery goes hog hunting
      #186584 - 26/07/11 09:56 AM

My youngest son and I went hog hunting today. Eric took our vintage Rem 700 270 shooting 150g Partitions, I took the 500 Jeffery shooting 570g TSX's. Of course my son got the biggest boar at about 12 feet coming for him in deep thickets. His first shot put him down, right through the eye but he was squealing tryin to get up. It took two more shots from the 270 to quiet him down. I got mine at 8 feet, he looked at me, I looked at him and then a second later I fired. My 500 Jeffery, hit him like a tank was dropped on him, went through the skull between the eyes, ripped out a foot of his spine and exited after about 6 feet of penetration. We hunted with dogs, it was a blast!

Some pics of me and my son, his great big boar the guide estimated at 550 lbs undressed, mine was about 100 lbs lighter.

Little Creek Ranch, Collbran Colorado



Eric's Hog





My little piggie





A great time!

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Edited by CptCurl (01/08/11 09:12 PM)

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CHAPUISARMES
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Re: 500 Jeffery goes hog hunting [Re: chuck375]
      #186593 - 26/07/11 12:49 PM

They breed them big down your way..... congratulations to you both on a very successful hunt, well done and nice photos.


Cheers,

Jeff Gray

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Re: 500 Jeffery goes hog hunting [Re: CHAPUISARMES]
      #186599 - 26/07/11 02:51 PM

Can you add more information about the outfit?
Are they a "raise and release" type ranch?
I would happily take the drive out for a pig like that!

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Re: 500 Jeffery goes hog hunting [Re: Huvius]
      #186606 - 26/07/11 04:38 PM

That is a good calibre for pigs.

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Re: 500 Jeffery goes hog hunting [Re: Ben]
      #186607 - 26/07/11 05:02 PM

^ With an added bonus of bled out and gutted on the way through...

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Re: 500 Jeffery goes hog hunting [Re: kamilaroi]
      #186612 - 26/07/11 07:24 PM

Big pigs and a lot of pork. Well done.

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chuck375
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Re: 500 Jeffery goes hog hunting [Re: Huvius]
      #186657 - 27/07/11 11:10 AM

Quote:

Can you add more information about the outfit?
Are they a "raise and release" type ranch?
I would happily take the drive out for a pig like that!



The ranch we hunted on was the "Little Creek Ranch" in Collbran, CO.

http://www.coloradowildelk.com/

It is a high fenced 1000 acre ranch. The hogs were spread over a 300 or so acre thicket crossed with small creeks. Our guide, Pete (who I highly recommend and would ask for) said without dogs you can walk the thickets all day and not see a hog. They let the dogs loose and when they start baying you start walking in the thicket. It took us about 30 minutes to walk through the thick stuff and get close enough to the dogs that you can hear the hog (he's within 10 yards at that point but you can't see him), when the big one broke out next to us he was 12 feet away and none too pleased. Mine I didn't see until he was 8 feet away, but he wasn't coming just yet. The hunt cost $750 including two nights stay at very rustic cabins and home cooked food. There's a $200 deposit and if you don't get a hog you don't pay the balance unless you wound one. Gun safety's an absolute must since you're in the thick stuff and you don't want to be shooting your guide or his dogs and you don't want to wound the animal. Practice shooting offhand up close and personal. If I went again, I'd have open sights, but my 1.5-5x Leupold was just fine.

Hope that helps

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Michael Douglas "The Ghost And The Darkness"

Edited by chuck375 (27/07/11 11:13 AM)

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