Follow up to water jug test. Successful Hunt!

[Hawken1980]

Made it out for some hog hunting. this morning.
Nailed a decent boar at 20 yards in a full run through the neck. With the 50 caliber Kibler Colonial.

Buddy put a second round in him.
before I could get to him.
90 grains of fffg went right through his neck.
I think I’m done with modern hunting for now and sticking to flintlocks.

my two boys got a hog each.
(modern guns).
My youngest got his first.

 

[deermanok]

Congrats on a good hunt. I can smell the bacon cooking already.

 

[Hawken1980]

Congrats on a good hunt. I can smell the bacon cooking already.

Yes the have been quartered out and I’m going to a buddies to start grinding sausage and vacuums sealing.

 

[andy52]

We don't have any feral hogs around where I live. I wouldn't mind hunting them but I wouldn't want to drive 200 miles to do it. There are feral hogs in the southern part of the state and they are legal to hunt year-round but the Conservation Dept. frowns on it because they have a trapping program they say works better to get rid of them.

 

[SDSmlf]

Yes the have been quartered out and I’m going to a buddies to start grinding sausage and vacuums sealing.

Always found that if you can get the blood out of wild hog meat before processing, it will be a much more pleasurable dining experience when prepared for the table. Basically meat is placed in a cooler and covered with ice. The drain plug is left open and ice is added until clear water runs from the drain. Check out posts by @Howie1968, you will find that is what he does, and he kills a bunch more hogs than I do or ever will.

 

[Hawken1980]

I also agree we’ve been bleeding it out all morning and I used to flush it for three days, it seems that less than a day has been good enough for the last couple of times.

also whoever says lock time is slow, I hit that hog on a dead run. They are fast.

 

[EC121]

The sense of accomplishment of hunting with a flintlock far outweighs automatic kill and distance advantage of a centerfire.

 

[Hawken1980]

The sense of accomplishment of hunting with a flintlock far outweighs automatic kill and distance advantage of a centerfire.

Yes it does,
ITs funny I got some criticism when I showed up to hunt with the gun, by the end of the hunt they changed their mind.

 

[Pa-brushbuster71]

Great job and story!

 

[Idaho Ron]

Always found that if you can get the blood out of wild hog meat before processing, it will be a much more pleasurable dining experience when prepared for the table. Basically meat is placed in a cooler and covered with ice. The drain plug is left open and ice is added until clear water runs from the drain. Check out posts by @Howie1968, you will find that is what he does, and he kills a bunch more hogs than I do or ever will.

I use this method my self on all game meat. This picture is of deer meat. The animal was not blood shot at all no damage to the meat. This was just the hamburger meat. I started doing this with Antelope and now I do it with all wild game. I soak 24 hours in Ice and salt water. Then I rinse and hang in pillow cases for 24 hours to drain.

 

[Hawken1980]

That is a good idea.

 

[Hawken1980]

Question, how often do y’all freshen pan powder during a hunt?

 

[Britsmoothy]

Made it out for some hog hunting. this morning.
Nailed a decent boar at 20 yards in a full run through the neck. With the 50 caliber Kibler Colonial.

Buddy put a second round in him.
before I could get to him.
90 grains of fffg went right through his neck.
I think I’m done with modern hunting for now and sticking to flintlocks.

my two boys got a hog each.
(modern guns).
My youngest got his first.

Next you'll be dumping the cammo.
Good for you sir.

 

[Pa-brushbuster71]

Question, how often do y’all freshen pan powder during a hunt?

Every hour or two depending on the weather and humidity . On Dry, cold days my gun goes off like a rifle

 

[Spikebuck]

Question, how often do y’all freshen pan powder during a hunt?

Just open the pan cover and bump the lock a bit with your hand. You will see if the powder is still loose or starting to clump. If it's clumping, brush it out and refresh. If its all dry and loose, leave it.

As stated, can vary a lot depending on humidity.

 

[Hawken1980]

Just open the pan cover and bump the lock a bit with your hand. You will see if the powder is still loose or starting to clump. If it's clumping, brush it out and refresh. If its all dry and loose, leave it.

As stated, can vary a lot depending on humidity.

Yesterday thankfully was a very low humidity day.

im thinking about doing another Kibler.

58 caliber colonial, plain walnut no patch box. Simple mans pig slayer.