The Big Game Hunter
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Last week I went on a deer hunting trip in East Texas with my cousin and my father. My family owns 160 acres of land out to the East of Nacogdoches where we have hunted deer and hogs for years. My cousin has been hunting several times before, but had never killed a big game animal before this hunt.
On the second evening, he noticed a very large feral hog moving from some thick brush almost directly towards the stand that he was hunting from. He managed to get his rifle up without the hog seeing him and shot the hog at less than 10 yards. He was using a Ruger M77 in .30-06 with 180gr Remington Core Lokt bullets.
While no giant hog by any means, he weighed an honest 163 pounds live and was a true "wild boar." As you can imagine, my cousin Ted was pretty excited about how the hunt turned out. There is no experience quite like the first time.
You can read the full story at the link below with all the details if you're interested.
http://www.thebiggamehuntingblog.com/2013/12/teds-first-hog.html
On the second evening, he noticed a very large feral hog moving from some thick brush almost directly towards the stand that he was hunting from. He managed to get his rifle up without the hog seeing him and shot the hog at less than 10 yards. He was using a Ruger M77 in .30-06 with 180gr Remington Core Lokt bullets.
While no giant hog by any means, he weighed an honest 163 pounds live and was a true "wild boar." As you can imagine, my cousin Ted was pretty excited about how the hunt turned out. There is no experience quite like the first time.
You can read the full story at the link below with all the details if you're interested.
http://www.thebiggamehuntingblog.com/2013/12/teds-first-hog.html
