Big Bore Hunting

[JonnyReb]

 I started this thread to see what BigBore kills might get posted but it seems their is only a few and NOMADIC Pirate has stolen the show! Check out his kills, read his stories, this man is a Professional BigBore hunter in my book!! thanks to all who posted and to all bigbore hunters who have shared!

[Nomadic Pirate]

O.K. lets start with a Mongoose, 50 yards with the 909s

[longislandhunter]

Well that's one heck of a hole  !!

Jeff

[JonnyReb]

 lol yup that .45 did the trick    NP, you are in the pest hunting capital of the world must be, Hawaiian mongoose/pig hunting seems like it would be one heck of a lot of fun. Too bad they don't pay a bounty on them.

  Hopefully there will be a notice about possible graphic pics up by the morning, thanks for mentioning it. And thanks for posting.

[goodland]

What is the cutoff for bigbore is .25 too small?

[JonnyReb]

 The textbook definition of Bigbore is anything over .30 cal, but i think it would be a shame to exclude the .25's, they are bigbores compared to any common airgun and if you'd like to post about them you'll catch no flack from me.    Jeff

[Nomadic Pirate]

This time I was at the bottom of a narrow gulch, I just finished taking pictures of a hog I shot 20 minutes earlier when I spot a group coming my way, so I sit on the ground and put the scope on a nice red one, I was waiting for the right shot opportunity when I hear a noise above me to the right, I peeked up and a real good boar is coming strait down towards me, instinctivly I swang at took a shot for the head at about 10 yards, the boar tryed to lunge at me but his legs when off under him and he tumbled down, has he got to the bottom he tryed to stand up and was grouling like crazy but his back legs where not working (The first shot when in the left Nasal cavity and continued to hit the spine) so I took a second shot at him glancing the right brow, so Than I immediatly  took a heart shot, I couldn't stop shaking for a long time, several years of bowhunting with primitive equipment at close ranges but this was by far the most exciting hunt I ever had.

I was shooting the untuned 707 Ultra with .360 Roundballs

[JonnyReb]

 lol heheh 

[tworr]

Here's a picture of my big boar right after I killed it.


And how the mount turned out.





Here's a doe I took this year.

[DaveShooter]

Very nice tworr. Good look'in critters!

[longislandhunter]

I agree, very nice indeed. 

Jeff

[tworr]

Thank you!!

The boar was taken with a 265 BHD wide flat nose and the doe was taken with a 405 grain BHD bullet. The higher foot pounds of energy is nice from the 405 grain, but I prefer the something a little lighter now. I'm sticking to 250s-330s grain bullets for a flatter trajectory.

[ezman604]

Gray area here. We have discussed this topic and we need ALL hunting in the Hunting Gate. The Big Bore Gate is for discussion of big bore airguns. Please lets leave hunting and pictures to the appropriate gate, Hunting Gate.
Thanks all.
And I'm impressed with your success so PLEASE post more!!!! 
Happy Shooting!!!!
Dave
 

[patton1]

Nice photo's guys !!  Can't wait to get my 308

[Mebits]

Looks more like a Big Boar Air Gun!

So cool...

[Nomadic Pirate]

I got in early afternoon, I wanted to be in place and hidden for when they woke up.

as I found i place I liked I hid in the thick brush under a Java plum tree, put my pack down layed my head on it and started the wait.

The booming sound of a big male peakcock not far beind me was a rude awakening, I must have jumped 2 feet in the air.

I eased myself in sitting position and started monitoring the now in full swing calling male, it sounded like he was slowly coming my way, and than all of a sudden over the tall grass I see a flicker of the tail feathers, and than he moved a bit forward exposing himself over the next rise, he was strutting so intermittently I would see the tail and the head/upper neck, By now I was shaking like crazy, sitting on the groundwith the rifle rested on my left knee, took a deep breath as I timed the head to show, exhaled, aimed for an immaginary spoy that would be the base of the neck thru the grass once the head appeared and Squezed, heard a bunch of birds scattering in the bush, I had no wisual so I didn't know if I hit, trying to reload the 909s was difficult since I was shacking like a Leaf but as I rounded the rise i found the Peakcock dead exactly in the spot he was hit, the 909s did a great job

[Mebits]

That's just crazy. What a hunting life!

[jonny.177.22]

geez, what are you, a exotic small game hunter?

[Nomadic Pirate]

As I was slipping around deep gulches I heard the unmistacable sound of hogs crushing Kukui nuts just over in the next gulch, I made my way around the finger and stalked 4 nice hogs to about 22 yards, I set my sight on the biggest saw but i was shaking so hard that couldn't keep a stady aim with my DAQ .50 pistol, I slowly repositioned so I was able to rest the pistol on a Limb, I was aiming at the top of the spine just behind the scull, once I sqezed the trigger hogs whent crazy and started climbing out of the narrow gulch, but the big saw was there, just doing a huge death dance, the 222gr Hollowpoint was just devastating.



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[dk1677]

Great shooting Manny!