Hogs slayed by my 2 daughters.

[jdam777]

Both my girls hunt deer and Hogs. Just thought I would post pictures of hogs they each took last winter:
- Daughter #1 took a sow. The sow was taken North of Redding Ca, on a cold winter morning. Spot and stalk method. She drilled it with a heart shot using a 300 Mag.
- Daughter #2 took a boar. The Boar was taken near Sacramento using a 25-06. She was "still hunting" over a well traveled canyon funnel leading out to a distant water hole. We are guessing he weighed around 250 Lbs, His tusks were just a hair under 3 inches. This hog took 4 killing shots with the 25-06 and just kept coming. Very tough Hog !

 

[HOGHUNTER714]

Great story and great pics. Way to pass down the sport to your kids....Thanks for sharing...

 

[One Track]

That's outstanding. Great hogs. Great huntresses. You're a lucky man to have two daughters that hunt with you.

 

[easymoney]

Fantastic job and always great seeing beautiful women in the outdoors...

 

[JNDEER]

congrats to your girls...

if you don't mind my asking where in Sacramento are there hogs??? I am sure it is on private land, but the closest hog I have ever seen around sac was in the cache creek area.

 

[jdam777]

good guess. There are pigs around there although it is extremely hard hunting. We hunted five seperate trips before scoring on the Boar.

 

[Speckmisser]

JN, I saw a dead hog on I80 just east of Sac. ull-shades:

Congrats, Jdam... on the great daughters and the great hunts! Sounds like you guys were all over it this winter.

 

[Mel Carter]

Your a luck dad, congrats!

 

[larrysogla]

Congratulations!!! Job well done!!! Success!!! Beautiful family................'Nuff said
God Bless, always
larrysogla

 

[snoopdogg]

Congrats on the girls and their piggies. As you always say, "'Nuff said!"

 

[hunterintn]

Thanks for sharing both the great pictures and great stories! It's amazing, isn't it, the difference between a big boar and sow, with that tough protective shield the males have. I once saw a very big boar that soaked up five 270gr JSPs from a .44 Mag carbine at close range before he thought it was time to check out. The protective shield on this boar was thick and tough enough that a shot directly to the center of his shoulder didn't even draw blood.

 

[84toyota]

The sow was taken North of Redding Ca, on a cold winter morning.

Was the sow taken off of the JS Ranch (MacArthur Ranch)?

Ken

 

[larrysogla]

hunterintn,
The 300 lb. boar my buddy harvested in Houston had a shoulder armour plate(gristle plate) of about 2-3 inches thick. It is in appearance like a solid mass of cartilage but very, very tough. I took my 4 inch blade Schrade hunting knife which is very sharp and stabbed the gristle plate as hard as I could trying to penetrate the gristle plate.............but as hard as I could, the blade will will NOT penetrate all the way through. We were amazed at the toughness of this "natural armour plate".........some hunting stories claim of .44 magnum bullets(probably hollow points of 240 grains or less) from revolvers as not being able to penetrate this armoured plate. For the big boars, probably a 265+ grain hard cast, hot load .44 Magnum bullet fired from a revolver will do the job. 'Nuff said
larrysogla

 

[Huntr Pat]

Congrats, to you and your daugthers. Family that hunts together stays together.

 

[sancho]

nice! livin the dream!

 

[jdam777]

LarrySogla,
Thanks for sharing Larry. Yes it is amazing how different the Boars are from the Sows . I was amazed at how armoured these boars are. I agree that If you hit a boar anywhere near the cartilage plate it wont even slow them down.
Let me re-count the last few piggies that my daughters and I have put in the cross-hairs:
- Sow, shot at with 25-06 at 150 yrds. Pig ran into deep cover and could not be found
- Boar, shot 4 times with 25-06 at 100 yrds. 1 neck, 2 lungs, 1 shot broke pelvis bone in half, Boar traveled 200 yards accross field before dropping
-- No longer using 25-06 for pigs..........
- Sow shot a 100 yrds with 300 Mag, heart shot she dropped in her tracks.
- Boar shot at VAFB, used 12 guage scoped shotgun with 400 grain sabot. Single heart shot at 150 yrds. Pig traveled 25 yrds and dropped.

Based on our experience, We found the 25-06 caliber too small for these animals and have upgunned since then. We now take the field with a 30-06 or if we are after a big boar, 300 Mag. I know people have all kinds of opinions about the correct caliber, I just thought I would relate our experience with the topic. But whatever your choice never under-estimate how tough to kill these (Boars) can be.

 

[larrysogla]

jdam777,
Personally............my philosophy in a big game firearm is beyond just merely killing the animal...............it is to drop the animal close by so it can be recovered. With some calibers and fragile bullet jacket construction..........the animal can escape over the next hill out of sight and then change direction and hide under thick brush and expire............with the hunter unable to locate the dead animal. Complete penetration whether bone hit or no bone hit is what I look for in hunting ammo. If possible......tail to throat penetration in a 200 lb. pig certainly helps when the pig turns and runs after the first hit. It is confidence building when you have in hand such powerful penetrating ammo. Nobody wants to waste time looking and looking for a runaway pig that has been shot. 'Nuff said
larrysogla