Wife's Monster Hog-Texas

[Cutter]

Congratulations, nice hog! And your a lucky man to have a wife whose onboard with hunting. It will never happen in my house, but she loves the meat off those critters. Good thing you've got a big freezer.
Once again, congradulations to your wife. She's a real trooper.

Cutter

[Captn C]

Originally Posted by redbone

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What kind of upper do have on your AR-15 in 7.62X39 ?


Redbone

I got though Gunbroker from Blackthorne Products. I have bough several 223 upper from them, but they no longer carried the 20" 7.62X39...I just happened to catch one on Gunbroker. Glad I did, we did some shooting this past weekend at just under 700 yards with it. It shot better than I wold have guessed. The wife was doing the shooting and hit a 20"X30" 3 out of 5 shots once we got the wind factored in...about a 15 knot cross wind.

Any way they still carry the 16" M4 barrels in 7.62.

BTW-IMO-don't listen to all the "elitist" who say to only buy the top shelf brands. Blackthorne is using all the same stuff they are at a better price.

[41mag]

Way to go Capt, congrats to your wife. I know how it feels to be in her position right up to the point of being rooted around. I shot this one a while back with my Contender and when I recovered from the recoil it had already covered half the distance between us and was serious about sharing the pain.



Needless to say sometimes one shot isn't always enough, and in certian situations a Contender isn't a speed loading option. Luckily I had my rifle against a tree a few yard back and got to it as the hog got to me and made a literal point blank shot on it as I rolled out of it's path. I don't think I would have faired as well as your wife had it got hold of me.

Glad you have a parfner who can share in your adventures. Mine loves to fish but leaves the hunting to me, my daughter and grandson. She does know just how to cook it up though.

[Captn C]

Good lookin "rooter" you got there Mike!

I was just glad the hog that got the wife was young enough to not have any tusks yet. If it had she would have been in trouble.

She is a real trooper! I know am very lucky to have her share my passion for the outdoors! OH-check out her fishing photos down in the fishing forum...she can fish too!

[wm5l]

Originally Posted by Captn C

Yes they are very good on the table. The only exception is actively breeding boars. They taste like boar hogs smell. As long as they are loners and not with a heard they are fine. I was still a little concerned about this one, but he will be fine.

BTW-she was attacked by a boar hog I bow shot during bow season. I got the liver and one lung. The hog still lived almost an hour. I was doing the tracking while she kept the last spot...when she seen him ahead of us. It had circled around...I'm guessing to watch his back trail. When she called out that it was still alive it charged her. My wife normally carries a XD tactical in 45GAP, but forgot it and was carrying her 44mag. She couldn't break leather in time and he knocked her down and rooting her around...then climbed up on her thigh. She was able to hit in the nose to stop the attack. I was yelling for her to shoot it, but she was lying on her gun side . Anyway when she got up she one handed a shot at him, which ended up breaking a bone in her hand.

She really enjoyed eating that rack of ribs!

My wife likes to hunt with me but if that happend to her I would be dead not the hog LMAO!!!! You got a good woman there. You better take care of her if she puts up with kind of stuff HA HA....

[NM_Varminter]

Kudos to Mrs. Captn!

Jim Zumbo has since changed his attitude after actually using the "evil black gun" LOL Although I haven't had the chance to drop a hog, I have a RRA .223 that is pure death on prarie rats and coyotes. Of the 11 dogs I've taken in the last 2 years only one had 2 bullets in her... I accidently double-tapped her. =) OOPS!

What scope do you have on the AR-15?

[ceylonc]

Awesome hog! Sounds like your lady is quite a trooper.

I also had a nasty run-in with a wounded hog. I was riding a 4-wheeler on a small levee when I saw a group of hogs in the woods about 30yds away. I was able to shoulder my 30/30 & got a shot at a nice boar. The impact knocked him down but he got right back up & charged in my direction as the other hogs in the groups scattered. He covered the distance between us in a blink and rammed the front right tire of the 4-wheeler! By now I'm on the other side of the ATV, keeping it between me the the pissed off beast. I was able to cycle the lever action & chamber a fresh 180gr round nose Winchester Power Point. As soon as he turned to head back for the brush I got another shot off at about 10 yds. This time the bullet hit in the neck & broke his spine, killing the animal instantly.

After about 2 minutes of my heart pratically blowing out of my chest, I went to move the ATV over to the hog in order to take it back to camp. I looked down where the boar had rammed the tire and there was a 2 inch gash in the side wall where he slashed with one of his tusks. Needless to say the tire was pratically flat.

Those suckers are a force to be reckoned with if they get an opportunity to charge. I have a lot of respect for the kind of damage they can inflict...