Boar Down!
BY Herschel Smith
1 year, 1 month 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.
On June 26, 2023 at 10:04 am, Faramir said:
With apologies for the necropost, I wanted to ask this: Do you know the distance (approximate) at which you shot that fine hog? Just curious, after going on my first hog hunt over the weekend with some church friends.
On June 26, 2023 at 10:07 am, Herschel Smith said:
Somewhere on the order of 60-70 yards. Estimation.