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My two day guided hunt lasted 15 minutes
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<blockquote data-quote="brcfo_outdoors" data-source="post: 2526563" data-attributes="member: 113623"><p>Thank you!</p><p></p><p>Ft. Hunter-Liggett still holds a reputation for holding pigs, I would like to get out there some time and check it out for myself.</p><p></p><p>I have heard similar stories about .223 but most of the guide operations I looked into said to bring a .243 caliber at the minimum. In this instance I took two shots, both of which were clean pass throughs. The first was from 130 yards at a downward angle with the pig quartering slightly towards me. Placement was right behind the shoulder, but it exited a bit low and back. He shuffled off maybe 30 yards and laid down but was still upright and his ears were moving pretty good. The second shot I took was mostly to finish him off, I was probably 35 yards and this time he was quartered away. I was aiming for his brain and the bullet entered just at the top of the shoulder (you can see it in the picture) and exited below his left ear. At that point he flopped over and did the TBI leg flail.</p><p></p><p>If I were to do it all over again I would probably bring my 300WSM shooting 190's (which I had in the truck as back up). My coyote hunting experiences tell me that bigger calibers result in less tracking, especially when the brush is thick and nasty. I wasn't underwhelmed by its performance by any means, but this was about as big/tough of an animal as I would feel comfortable and ethical about taking with the lighter lead free load.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brcfo_outdoors, post: 2526563, member: 113623"] Thank you! Ft. Hunter-Liggett still holds a reputation for holding pigs, I would like to get out there some time and check it out for myself. I have heard similar stories about .223 but most of the guide operations I looked into said to bring a .243 caliber at the minimum. In this instance I took two shots, both of which were clean pass throughs. The first was from 130 yards at a downward angle with the pig quartering slightly towards me. Placement was right behind the shoulder, but it exited a bit low and back. He shuffled off maybe 30 yards and laid down but was still upright and his ears were moving pretty good. The second shot I took was mostly to finish him off, I was probably 35 yards and this time he was quartered away. I was aiming for his brain and the bullet entered just at the top of the shoulder (you can see it in the picture) and exited below his left ear. At that point he flopped over and did the TBI leg flail. If I were to do it all over again I would probably bring my 300WSM shooting 190's (which I had in the truck as back up). My coyote hunting experiences tell me that bigger calibers result in less tracking, especially when the brush is thick and nasty. I wasn't underwhelmed by its performance by any means, but this was about as big/tough of an animal as I would feel comfortable and ethical about taking with the lighter lead free load. [/QUOTE]
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