Shot Placement,...More Skulls, More Pictures

[Nomadic Pirate]

Lets start with a saw I took last year with my AR6 .22




Best case scenario would be to wait for a hog to lower the head to the ground and place the shot at the intersection of an X drawn from the hears to the eyes.

But this saw was coming towards me and I was standing leaning on a tree shooting offhand so I had to place the shot a little lower.



Next is the Boar I took a few weeks back with my Stormpup .25

I was up the mountain hunting last week and took the skull back.





This time the shot was equidistant between the eye and ear






I tried to reproduce the shot on my training skull to see exactly what part of the brain was impacted







In the next future I want to go and retrive the 2 Skulls of those Boars I shot with my .357

[K.O.]

This is exactly the kind of info that I feel should be shared in an air rifle hunting gate for critters taken at 12 fpe on up...

the more you know about the anatomy of your prey the better.

these are great for showing brain case thickness and angles for those that have never seen them... a very good guide  for go no go shot choices IMO...

Thanks, educated hunters is what will do the most to advance Air rifle Hunting...

[amb5500c]

Good post Manny.
Richard

[Mod90]

Thanks for this very helpful & educational post Manny.
But I have a couple questions.
What's the muzzle energy on that evanix?
What was the approximate range at which this boar was taken, & what's the furthest distance you have taken hogs with this AG?
Thanks again for the info.

Very nice entry & exit holes BTW

[Nomadic Pirate]

Well, the exit hole is only there because that is my training dry Skull, there's no exit hole in the Boar skull from the video.

I try to keep my shots in the -/+ 30 yards and the Boar was about 28 ?

the Saw I think was about 25 ?

The .25 is a 55-60 FPE gun

[Mod90]

Thanks for the feedback Manny. Very much appreciated.

Somehow I feel as though you might still be able to stretch the range out by quite a bit more. Assuming H&N 31 grains at approximately 940 fps, I would think with 55-60 fpe at the muzzle you'd be able to stretch it to 50 yards for 45fpe at POI or up to 70 yards for 40 fpe at POI if you so desired. Providing that BC for those pellets is at least 75% accurate that is.

I'm looking forward to more of your postings.

[dcorvino]

Thank you for the info Manny
Very informative and always great to see your hunts.

Dave

[Nomadic Pirate]

When I started down this avenue of Hunting Wild Hogs with airguns there wasn't really any Info on Headshots, it was all big Bore Heart and Lungs shots, my experiance was in Bow Hunting and that was all body shots too.

I did a lot of testing and anatomical research before even trying my fist boar, and still after 6 years continue to try learn as much as I can on those subjects,.....we never know enough

[Nomadic Pirate]

Thanks for the feedback Manny. Very much appreciated.

Somehow I feel as though you might still be able to stretch the range out by quite a bit more. Assuming H&N 31 grains at approximately 940 fps, I would think with 55-60 fpe at the muzzle you'd be able to stretch it to 50 yards for 45fpe at POI or up to 70 yards for 40 fpe at POI if you so desired. Providing that BC for those pellets is at least 75% accurate that is.

I'm looking forward to more of your postings.

50-70 yards would not be a Problem at all with this power IMO, that king of distance for a shot practically never presents itself here so I focus and have my guns ready to take the -/+ 30 yards shot because in reality that is all I get,
easier to have a 10 yard shot than a 40 here

[Mod90]

Yeah I figured as much Manny. As hunters we only get to take the shots that we are presented with.
Long distance shots are more fun tho. It takes a lot more focus & skill to make a clean kill past 60 yards with an AG. And that's exactly why I personally prefer the longer shots when I'm hunting. I usually let game go if it's anything closer than 20 yards.
But still, meat on the table is meat on the table, & I doubt the critters care about how far away we are when we pull the trigger.

[kabukicrack]

Amazing...

[yak]

Excellent, VERY informative !!

[454 Big Block Chevy]

This has to be one of the best real shot placement pictures i've seen.  now can you super impose red or green  crosshairs on a picture of a hog in different positions to show where "you" would aim?

[Nomadic Pirate]

well...thanks everyone

[Nomadic Pirate]

This has to be one of the best real shot placement pictures i've seen.  now can you super impose red or green  crosshairs on a picture of a hog in different positions to show where "you" would aim?

That would be a good Idea, but I have not the Know how to do it,

Maybe I need to find someone that could do that for me

[Gertrude]

Thanks Manny,
  for taking the time to share your hunts, and even more for sharing your knowledge.
 It would be a great honor to someday share a hunt with you... though I know I would never be able to measure up.

Keep up the good work, and keep doing what you do so well.
 I for one, have benefited greatly from your insights and experiences.

[Oni]

That's awesome Manny!

[Geoff]

This has to be one of the best real shot placement pictures i've seen.  now can you super impose red or green  crosshairs on a picture of a hog in different positions to show where "you" would aim?

That would be a good Idea, but I have not the Know how to do it,

Maybe I need to find someone that could do that for me

if you have mspaint on your system you could put a red dot on the pigs head where you could shoot using the paintbrush tool.  not quite what he asked for but who really needs to see the cross hairs  as long as they have a dot where to shoot ?

[grobe1458]

excellent shooting skills. that temple shot was picture perfect.

[454 Big Block Chevy]

let me try this... Manny how does this jive with your thoughts?