It just so happened that yet another Groundhog decided to waddle 300 yards across the field, across the street, past the garden and under the trailer, almost exactly where the Cuz sat eating the same clover!
I came home from getting momma some cattle panels for her garden and an expensive stop at the Harbor Freight Parking Lot Sale and when I pulled into the yard, Mr. Pig was hightailing it to the pole barn. I unloaded the truck and grabbed the AEA Carbine and as I came around the wood boiler, I saw Mr. Pig sitting up and munching some yummy clover. I lined him up and decided to go back to the shop and grab the AEA Varmint as it is all set up for this.
The pig had moved and it took me a good couple of minutes to locate him as his nose and eyes came into profile in the grass. I had to hold off until I had confirmation and aimed for that spot between his ear and his eye.
POP!
The slug (NSA .25 36.2gr HP) traveling at 962fps, made a "POP" sound as it hit right where I was hoping it would land, about 53ish yards, off hand (I have been practicing a LOT!).
The slug entered, blew a large hole in the entrance (overpressure) and exited out the back, no slug was found.
Back story: I have been tracking this Piggy for the last week since I had friends over and we saw him waddling to the woods some 400 yards away. I took 3 offhand shots at him (100y, 175y & 225y) with the Varmint but the 15-20mph winds put the slugs 3-4 feet to the right and I DOPE'd the wind on the fourth shot but it passed cleanly under his belly. He jumped up like I had gut shot him then rolled over and trucked it for the woods!
I rolled him over after I got him and there is NO damage to his pelt at all! If I had tanning supplies, I would have saved this pelt, it's really gorgeous!
He sits on the Raven Alter now and I think I'll put the trail camera on it to see what takes it for a meal tonight.
I came home from getting momma some cattle panels for her garden and an expensive stop at the Harbor Freight Parking Lot Sale and when I pulled into the yard, Mr. Pig was hightailing it to the pole barn. I unloaded the truck and grabbed the AEA Carbine and as I came around the wood boiler, I saw Mr. Pig sitting up and munching some yummy clover. I lined him up and decided to go back to the shop and grab the AEA Varmint as it is all set up for this.
The pig had moved and it took me a good couple of minutes to locate him as his nose and eyes came into profile in the grass. I had to hold off until I had confirmation and aimed for that spot between his ear and his eye.
POP!
The slug (NSA .25 36.2gr HP) traveling at 962fps, made a "POP" sound as it hit right where I was hoping it would land, about 53ish yards, off hand (I have been practicing a LOT!).
The slug entered, blew a large hole in the entrance (overpressure) and exited out the back, no slug was found.
Back story: I have been tracking this Piggy for the last week since I had friends over and we saw him waddling to the woods some 400 yards away. I took 3 offhand shots at him (100y, 175y & 225y) with the Varmint but the 15-20mph winds put the slugs 3-4 feet to the right and I DOPE'd the wind on the fourth shot but it passed cleanly under his belly. He jumped up like I had gut shot him then rolled over and trucked it for the woods!
I rolled him over after I got him and there is NO damage to his pelt at all! If I had tanning supplies, I would have saved this pelt, it's really gorgeous!
He sits on the Raven Alter now and I think I'll put the trail camera on it to see what takes it for a meal tonight.
