Javelina hunting success!

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My Saiga .223 scored her first kill. Noon on the first day of the general season in Arizona. Took my first shot at 100 yards with a scope. Either the shot flew low or the javelina stepped just then and it hit her leg. I hit her twice more trying to finish her. After the second shot, though, I fell and broke my scope. I quickly released my leverlock mount and removed it, and switched to irons. First shot with irons went high, then I corrected on the fly and drilled her directly through both shoulders. Hit the heart and both lungs. Dropped her right there. I managed to avoid gutshotting her, or damaging the meat too seriously.

Who said AK iron sights were terrible?

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I like your dragunov stock. what country of origin is that dragunov ? Do you have to move the trigger guard forward ? ANy other modifications aside from changing the stock to dragunov ?
 
The stock is from a Romanian PSL (also incorrectly called a Dragunov). I had to move the trigger assembly forward, and also relieve a little bit of wood from the tang of the stock to get it to clear the triggerguard screw. Once I'd done the conversion, though, it was fairly drop-in.
 
Thanks, folks. I was around 30-40 yards by the time I used the irons, I'd estimate. Was a good shot, but I'd never try a 100 yard shot with irons. My eyes aren't that good.
 
You can get close enough to Javelina, even in open country, to pistol hunt 'em. That's the kinda cool thing about 'em. So long as you're quiet and the wind is in your face, they don't see real well and like to hang out in draws and washes which allows for a good stalk usually.

Hope the scope can be fixed.
 
Yeah. Those things are really dumb. Only scattered about 50 yards when I shot mine, then went back to feeding. The hilarious thing is that almost the entire herd was concealed from us when I took my shot. After that, they all scattered into the open. It would have been a field day if there'd been a group of us.

The scope's toast. Tube is bent just in front of the zoom adjuster, which means it won't hold zero when it zooms ever again. I'll probably get the same scope again, as it was rather good. Only cost me $60, and had crystal clear optics and 3-9 power variable zoom.
 
Are you planning on eating that

I had heard that they don't taste very good. Something about some gland that they have that makes the meat taste real bad. If they are etible I would be much more interested in hunting them.
 
The scent gland is on the back. As long as you don't hit it, it won't taint the meat. It comes off when you skin the animal. They're edible. I know a few ways to cook them. Some people barbeque them. Others cook them in a crock pot. Still others make javelina burgers and steaks.

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Well, just got my meat back. 5 pounds of cooked summer sausage and 2 1-pound backstrap steaks that we'll most likely barbeque. I've got to say this: javelina sausage is TASTY.

If anyone is in Arizona and looking for a good game processing place, check out 4 Peaks Game Processing at 17th Avenue and Bell Road in Phoenix. It's in the shopping center on the northeast corner of 19th Avenue and Bell, all the way in the back right corner.
 
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