Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Long Range Hunting Having fun killing wild pigs

Wasn't sure where to post this, so I put it here, since I post here more than anywhere else;
I had the most fun hunting a couple of weeks ago over a 3-day period than I can remember for at least 3 years.
Met up with a good friend, and the two us took 12 pigs all together. Some are not pictured here.
All were spot and stalk.
Some were from standing positions off of fence post, or off of Bog-Gear, sitting, and prone.
Shots ranged from 50 yards to far away.
There was a lot of synchronized shooting on the same pig (for the fun of it) to synchronized shooting on individual animals (some were moving).
I shot right handed on one pig (I am a lefty).
Farmer was very happy as they have been destroying his crops (corn and wheat).
Look forward to making this a regular trip.

Since this is the Long Range Forum, edit your post and only show pics of the pigs taken at over 600 yds, otherwise how are we to know?

Looks like a good time...congrats!

wow you are definitely my favorite guy here from now on. those things can rip you apart of some had gone wrong like you rifle got jammed up or something like that. where you all alone hunting???and what did you do with them afterwards.

Cool, great fun they are and some are good eats.

mgg... rip you apart? Really? I've hunted them for 30 plus years now, and I've never had a single bad incident. I've had a few you had to watch, one I had to move out of the way of, after a bow shot, and one I had to kick in teh snout. But they are no more dangerous than a deer really. As long as you pay attention. At least ours around here aren't.

In fact I have more injuries from releasing deer caught in a fence than I've had with pigs.

Although one we caught live did manage to bite my thumbnail a bit when he chewed through the light rope we had the snout tied shut with while waiting on bigger rope....gnawer we called him...

What rifle/load?

Remington 700 Action
16.25" Krieger Barrel (threaded)
Timney Trigger
AICS
MARS Rail
Leupold 3-9 TS-30 A2
Hornady TAP / 168 A-Max
We were in Texas.
No spotlights, flashlights or IR's were used in killing the pigs and it was all done at night.
All the toys were taken off for pics.
Just me and my buddy were hunting.
Maybe I should say we did some distance shooting for it being at night.
I never shot this time beyond 600 yards at night.

Looks like an awesome time! 600 or not, I would take this trip anytime. Thanks for the share!

Looks like great time. How were you able to see them without the aid of spotlights or IR? Moonlight?

We had moon some of the time for sure, that is why both of our rifles had MARS rails on them...helpful enhancement of available light.
Everything we did was with the use of technology, whether we were spotting, walking or jogging, or shooting.
My friend was shooting a very similar rig but in 243 Win/105 A-Max

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmoooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhh Bacon

That's the kind of hogs you find when an area hasn't been hunted much .

Ernie -you should stuff that little pig -make a pillow out of it -real conversation piece you'd have.

And/or no trapping.

Looks like LOTS of fun!!!

Looks like a great time. Thanks for posting.

Wish i could kill some pigs. They haven't made to public land in Colorado yet. Not that anyone really wants them on their land.

Looks like a nice time was had.

Congratulations.

Love the pig pics..... but is there a video?

Sorry but there is no video.
There was only two of us, and all of our hunting spot and stalk.
We didn't even take pictures of every pig we killed.

Who ate the pigs?