Good info and it makes sense. That explains why the 2 hogs my son and I harvested did not stink. Both were hit in the neck behind the ears...they never had a chance to react. They were taken with a 6mm Rem and a 30.06. But I believe it is time use my GPR in 54 for the next harvest. Thanks for including your load data, I'll try that in practice sessions. TR
nice shooting. now for the eating part, yum
yes sir, i will go on to say this ive guided free range hog hunts and have done my own night guided hunts on private property ive also managed several high fenced ranches in the past. so ive skinned alot of hogs, plus i a on a pro staff that deals with hog urine and such. at this ranch we had pipes we layed the pigs on backs fit into the wedge where we take box cutters starting at the chest and skin down about 3 inches from the penis we would make a v and cut the skin from the v to the inside of leg down to feet.if you got anywhere near the penis and hit that gland that nasty junk would come out and ruin the pig. same nasty rank boar smell some smell on a big hog. we got a bright idea that we put on rubber gloves skinned down around the penis too a zip tie and cosed off the tube that leads into the manhood from that gland. we had a freezer out side we collected them in mind you every smell is unique to a certain boar alls humanscan smell is rank nastiness but each scent has that hogs DNA. once frozen we would go hunt tie up that frozen gland which holds several ounces of the nastiness we would hang up wind and take a for andpoke holes in it. as the heat warms the gland the frozen nastyness would drip like a dripper for deer. hogs would come in fighting mad with there hair raised up. alot of peopl are doubters until i show them
We are in the same boat here no laws on shoot and leave them, i do try to make an honest effort to at least find someone who wants them, i used to skin and quarter them for people, then they wanted them delivered and on ice i decided that was the end of all that, I know alot of people who are killing and trapping alot more than i am, im selective now. Im getting older wear and tear on my body the last 37 years of hunting them. 5 years ago i was having a hard time stalking them within bow range that is what got me back into traditional muzzleloading. before that i didnt shoot or own a muzzleloader since i was around 15 or so and that was a 50 in 1983 a mentor always talked about a .54 the power etc i was a kid so all those years i thought of a .54 now i have more .54s than any other caliber i am gaining some ground with my .58s
Yes sir
