Alabama elk....

[Handsome Rob]

So far the little .223's paying off....



Will update soon....

[Handsome Rob]

Check out the cutters....

[Handsome Rob]

135yds, neck shot.

[sybo]

LOVE THIS!!!!!!!

[Fourtyfive]

BACON !

[bigtruuck]

Nice pork

[BigK]

I'm SO jealous...would love to go do that.

[whiskey]

Nice!

[Erik88]

Is that a Mossberg MVP?

[Handsome Rob]

Nossir.
Ruger Gunsite Scout .223

[KahrMan]

Nice pigs!

[Handsome Rob]

Thanks!
They're a lot prettier as a freezer full of sausages! :D

Unfortunately I only managed the 2 over the weekend (both on Friday night & only 10 minutes apart) but both ran well north of 150 pounds. I'm not sure exactly their weights, but I do know that boning them both out & packing the meat 2 miles back to the truck in one go, left me wobbly kneed & took 4½ hours!
Damn fine pack training for later in the year though!

The little 65gn Sierra Gameking that I recovered from the larger pig performed awesomely. 95% weight retention with total jacket separation.
Both were neck shots, 1 at 135yds (measured) & the other at 90 paces (80 ish yds) & both hogs dropped on the spot.

[SupaRice]

Did you take a pic of that bullet? Would be very interested in seeing it.

Nice shootin!

[Handsome Rob]

Not the best photo, but you can see that the core had fully mushroomed & shed the jacket. Jacket shedding isn't considered to be a desirable trait, but Sierras are known to be prone to it & they're still super popular hunting bullets.
I found both fragments within a couple of inches of each other, so it looks like the round penetrated ¼" of hide, 6" of muscle, the spine & then a further 9-15" of muscle (I found the bullet along the offside scapula) in an internal ricochet before coming apart.

[SupaRice]

Thanks for posting that... That's a whole lot of hateful bullet expansion!