Texas Hill Country Deer and Hog

[segner05]

It's been a great Christmas break for putting some meat in the freezer.
Christmas Eve is when this fair doe presented a shot.

She stood broadside at about 60 yards when I pulled the trigger. The ball passed through just behind the shoulder. She ran some 50-60 yards before she expired. She dressed out about 80 pounds.
Last night presented me with this...

She ran up to the feeder (yes these animals where both shot under a deer feeder and I ask that this not turn into a discussion on rather or not that is "hunting". It's how the majority of hunting is done here.) with nine others in the sounder. She was broadside at about 40 yards when I took the shot. To my suprise she dropped in her tracks. The round ball entered behind the shoulder and exited through the shoulder blade on the other side.
Both animals where taken with my .54 GPR. The load was 80 grains of 3F, a .015" pillow ticking patch, and a .530" round ball.

I hope that everyone had a very Merry Christmas and hope for a great 2016 for all of y'all!

 

[Drago]

Nice shooting, looks like a nice pig too.

 

[wattlebuster]

Good eats you got there :thumbsup: Congrats :hatsoff:

 

[Silky921]

Good for you man. You'll be eating well this winter.

 

[ny griz]

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: Congrats. :hatsoff: Griz

 

[Patocazador]

Nice looking gilt there with a full belly. She should be good, same as the doe. :thumbsup:

 

[will5a1]

Good shooting, congrats.

 

[BillinOregon]

Perfect harvests for the table. I surely do not begrudge Texans using deer feeders. Things are just plain different there than they are here, and anything that helps in the general "swine jihad" is just the ticket.

 

[Spikebuck]

Those will be some good eatin'. Congrats!

 

[daniel collums]

nice kills!

 

[Boomerang]

Way to go! I love that rifle! :grin:

 

[robinsroost]

Congratulations for making meat. That is a nice fat doe and the piney rooter is the size I like........robin :bow:

 

[Grumpa]

Congratulations! You did well. :thumbsup: Enjoy the good eatin'.

As for the pigs, if you hunt them from a stealth fighter plane with an M61 Vulcan, you'd still get my vote. (We just couldn't talk about it here. :grin: )

 

[FishDFly]

And is that PC, you just did?

 

[Bob J]

Congrats on getting some good hunting in over the holidays! :hatsoff:

 

[Britsmoothy]

Neat :hatsoff:

Your short sleeve shirt leave me feeling cold :thumbsup:

B.

 

[BradCayton]

Congratulations! Nothing wrong in my book. I've taken some FL hogs with a longbow over feeders myself. :hatsoff:

 

[ron wehmeyer]

Good on Ya! Very good shooting and gonna be fine eating. ,,,DT

 

[Billnpatti]

And is that PC, you just did?

PC? No, but expeditious? You bet your booties, Bucko. When it comes to feral hogs, they can.....uh.....reproduce faster than you can shoot.

 

[Patocazador]

Any way that you can kill a hog is PC in my book. They are are pest to be reckoned with.