Hog Video from Florida

[work2hunt]

I just uploaded a new hog video. Make sure you have your speakers turned on...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_H_Gbbnsng

What do you all think about the camera/editing work?

Not much video to use on this one.

Jamie

[damore81]

Cool video. Sucks that you could not recover. They are very tough animals. Not too mention I would not have gone into that brush with a wounded hog. They are nasty!

[Dave]

I figured a 30-06 would smoke them hogs. Must be some tough animals.

[Pygmy]

A 30-06 WILL smoke a hog with a good hit..

The hog must have been hit in a non vital area not to have been recovered.

Did you notice how much Chris FLINCHED when he dropped the hammer on an empty chamber...?..

That was the cause of the loss. I am not criticizing, because I have done the same thing. It's just that it was a case of poor shot placement, rather than hogs being overly tough or the 30-06 being inadequate.

In my experience, hogs aren't hard to kill, at least no more so than deer. They fold up pretty quick with good shot placement. If you break a leg, gut shoot them or get a hit on only muscle tissue, they'll go quite a distance, and considering the dense cover in most places that hogs exist, there is a good chance you won't recover them.

After studying the video a couple more, I think that the shot may have broken the hog's jaw. It could go a LONG way with a wound like that.

Edited November 5, 2011 by Pygmy