Got Another "Shed Dweller"

[1shotwonder]

Chest shots work good with rimfires... on little G-hog lol!! Last year i put a HP into a little G-hog at about 25yards... I ment to do that Truth was, i couldnt hold it steady enough, or a yanked down to see where i hit... Hey he keeled over and never moved... Alot of people say that a 22LR isn't 'powerful enough' for a G-hog... Truth is thats my main G-hog gun... Last year i had one get away from me.. Huge G-hog, it was at the edge of woodsline.. it's hole was in the woods about 5 yards, and there was a monkey vine that was hanging down... The G-hog came outa the hole, but it's head was behind the monkey vine...All i had was a chest shot.. I thought "heck i should be able to drop this, as i have a 1500fps+ 30grain HP with little cuts i made on the top, so it would expand faster, and expand into peddals insead of a mushroom" And i was only 20 yards away..So i shot, seen the dirt fly up behind him... and he lumbered down his hole again.... Than i backed that shot up with a 75 yard shot.. and that hog never moved

[preez]

Harry, about closing the burrows - for some reason the hogs that come to my yard strike from the land and not from underground, so if I catch them early enough, they don't have a chance to dig. I used to have a few frequently reopened burrows in my yard, now I only have that one under the shed that I can't get to and fill. My yard is hole free for the second season now.

BTW are you still working crazy hours??? I am still in N'burgh, care for lunch someday?

[only1harry]

You are on my side of the river in Newburgh now?  Cool.  Yes I am still working crazy hours.  Sometimes I am posting here while I am on conference calls   I should be able to get out for 45min. on a light day and meet you for lunch.  I am on-call this week and I can't even think about stepping away from a computer that long, so most likely next week.  I am working from home 3 days/wk now so that sounds good. 

[preez]

Sounds good! PM me what day is good for you. I'm here 5 days a week.

Chris

[snookman]

 Hey Jeff, I just got finished filling a gopher tortoise hole, and it was a deep one.

 Put in 2 or 3 shovels full of soil, and then use your garden hose at full pressure to wash the fill down the hole. and keep doin' it till you got it filled.

It took me about 1/2 an hour to get all the sand from the mound at the entrance back in, but it worked.

 It might take longer if your soil drains poorly.

 snookman