Recent content by Brett Bracken

I would only take these kind of shots at hogs, albeit I feel like we owe it to any animal, whether it’s a hog or not, to dispatch them as quickly as possible; but apparently, as has been confirmed in this thread, there is a magical spot on a hog’s neck that can withstand a hit from a 220 gr...

As a matter of fact…. I am or head shots when the wind isn’t too bad. I’m going for immediate neurological damage to plant them where they stand. Lung/heart shots do not immediately put them down….in general. As with anything…there are exceptions and occasionally a lung/heart shot will put...

Just had it happen to me again the night before last. 454 yd shot with a 300 WM ....shot just behind the head (I think).....hog dropped like a sack of potatoes.......then begins kicking and twitching violently and disappears into the brush before I can get another shot into him. Gone

Actually I am shooting them at night. My bait holes have lights on them so I can see the hogs through my NF 5-25 X 56 ATACR scope. albeit it is not easy. It's some getting used to. And I tried to avoid hitting them in the boiler room as you suggested because I rarely get any blodd trail and...

Actually....hogs can live just about anywhere.....from crop and farm land to rocky dry mountainous terrain; Texas is a perfect example. Texas has just about every type of environment you can imagine from the East Texas piney woods to the dry desert mountains of West Texas. From the Gulf Coast...

scazasm, I understand your desire for good table fare and some hog hunting fun, but quite truthfully….you don’t want them in your state if you value your native wildlife and the habitat they live in. Hogs are extremely prolific creatures, intelligent and amazingly adaptable. With all that...

CBH Australia, I appreciate your comment about the Berger Hybrid Target bullets. However, I have found them to be extremely effective......especially the 215 and 220 gr Hybrid target. I shoot hogs out to 850 yds on my ranch and I need extreme accuracy which both these bullets provide. I...

Good job!!!

Brydawg512......you should take a look at the following link. I think you will find it very informative and useful. Personally I am shooting 220 gr Berger Hybrids. I've killed hogs all the way out to 830 yds with this bullet with my 300 WM...

I hear ya. You just mainly have to use common sense and you'll be alright. **** near every one I shoot is covered in mud from wallowing. Their wallows reek as I am sure you well know. Therefore I just can't bring myself to mess with them.

Yes sir....I am very familiar with what you are talking about. We raised show cattle for 20 years and the same thing is true. So now all we eat is grass fed beef and very little pork.

Revolting Peasant, My ranch is just north of Coleman, TX and is where I do all my hog killing. A couple years ago I was getting my horses teeth floated and was visiting with the local vet about the hogs. I asked him what his opinion was regarding eating them and he strongly advised not to...

Jtlee, Please don't take offense but I will not let anyone on my ranch hunt hogs with a 300 BO. Unless you can place your shots in the ear or just behind the ear every time that cartridge is unreliable in my experience. In fact, not one hog has ever been recovered on my place from friends and...

I try to get as close to the back of the ear as possible but at 11:00 o'clock at night, black or mud covered hogs that won't stand still and 450 yds or more....it's little tough sometimes....even with a 25X scope. Sometimes the illuminated reticle blinds me to where I can barely make out the...

Tim Sharp, I think that you are probably correct since I am shooting the 220 gr Berger Long Range Hybrid Target bullets which, technically, are TARGET bullets and not for hunting; hence the reason for neck and head shots. Shots through the shoulders or just behind the shoulder rarely produce a...