Boar Down!
BY Herschel Smith
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Readers may have noticed I was absent the last several days. It was a good time away. A very good buddy and neighbor of mine, Robert, and I went hunting courtesy of the fine folks with Williams Hunting in South Carolina.
I was shooting a 6mm ARC rifle with a Grendel Hunter upper, Aero Precision lower, Amend2 magazines, Brownells scope mount, Radian Raptor charging handle, Nikon Black scope, and a Viking Tactics sling. I have no complaints about the gun. It’s at least a 1 MOA gun all day long, and it can shoot better than I can.
I managed to tag him right behind the ear, with followup shot to the head. Meat saved.
We then went quail hunting with Jackson Walling Quail Hunt. I took half my bag limit in a morning hunt. I do love quail hunting and shooting 12 gauge shotguns. It was also a pleasure to meet Jackson and his son. Jackson is very friendly, an outstanding guide and quail hunter, and makes the experience wonderful. I did enjoy watching his dog work. What a pleasure to see such a well-trained dog work so hard! I hope he was fed well that night.
A special thanks to our fine guides at Williams Hunting, John and Richard. You couldn’t ask to meet two better guides, nicer men or harder workers.
I’ll go back to do a two or three day deer hunt with these guys and also for a quail hunt with Jackson. Next time it’ll be an all day quail hunt, or maybe two days.
Oh, and the low country boil was great.
On October 30, 2022 at 9:29 pm, Frank Clarke said:
Whoo-ee! That bad boy looks like he’s closing on 200#! I took one at 129# and it was a puny fraction of that one. Do you keep the pork or donate it?
On October 30, 2022 at 9:31 pm, Herschel Smith said:
I kept it all. It’s vacuum sealed and frozen. I’m willing to donate some of it.
On October 30, 2022 at 9:58 pm, PGF said:
That hog looks delicious. And a low country boil? Not too shabby of a way to eat for a good hunt.
On October 31, 2022 at 12:27 am, George 1 said:
Nice!!
On October 31, 2022 at 6:41 am, Wes said:
Well done. Glad you got what sounds like a fine respite from the grind. And there is…
BACON! Properly in the top of the periodic table of essential elements.
On October 31, 2022 at 9:48 am, Levi Garrett said:
Nice work, sir!
On October 31, 2022 at 10:12 am, Paul B said:
Good shooting. Not a bad size.
On October 31, 2022 at 3:57 pm, Ozark Redneck said:
Nice Hog! Congrats!
On November 6, 2022 at 7:12 am, Latigo Morgan said:
Very nice hog! My cousin in Texas keeps bugging me to come and hunt/cull hogs on his farm. I just haven’t had the time to get over there, lately. I should probably make the effort, though.