Good day, bad day on the damn dam for whistlepigs.

[Stressless]

Got the venerated old .22 Mag out when I saw one out in the far plots.

1. 165yds
2. 155yds
3. 45yrds

1 solid hit he was sitting in his hole, will try body recovery later today. ... as in look ans see if he's not more than a hands lenght in the hole. Found one rotting in the hole keeps other Ghog from using it for awhile.
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[brock ratcliff]

Nice shooting! 22 Mag is a great round. I managed to nail one years ago at 182 with one. Not being much of a rifle guy, it looked like it was a mile away to me.

 

[finelyshedded]

I miss mine I sold.

 

[Stressless]

Thx Brock, I use the small locust stumps in the pond to give me instant feedback on the holdover. The far plot, "Far Corner" is 195yd to two pines, 182 is a poke! My holdover is right about 18" at 195 with the CCI 2200fps 30gr HP.

 

[Bowhunter57]

Nice shooting!
The only good g-hog is a dead g-hog.

I've owned several 22 Mag rifles, over the years and the most accurate one was a Henry. This kinda surprised me after owning a couple of Marlin bolt-actions and a Taurus pump-action. None of them were as accurate as the Henry.

 

[Stressless]

Light drizzel brought them out last week. Saw a pic on my phone today, went and looked at the CampCam card, got it. Groundhog made it about 30'.. leaking good then down. About a .5 sec flight time, Hog is just to the right of the sign on the pine tree. ~ 200 yards. The .22 mag gets another notch.

Left it and a couple days later the feathered clean-up team was on it.