Quote Originally Posted by Catcher's Mitt View Post
I eased out of the cab and shot the hog. I popped it in the shoulder, i heard the bullet whack it. the hog took off like a bat outta hell. i walked down and didnt see any blood, i walked in a little bit where it had ran..........it was getting a little dark.......i didn't want to find a wounded boar that bad.
I am not surprised you didnt find it. Thats below a marginal round for a pig in the shoulder, (mind you I am not criticizing, just saying) That round is better used in the neck or preferably the head. I use 75 gr bthps from my AR to head shoot pigs. Folds them up right there. I have also used military ball to head shoot them, and it works well. (heck we shoot plenty of them w 22 mags and 22 lr's right behind the ear)

Pigs are not as tough as legends portray, but any decent rifle round (.243 or bigger) to the right spot will drop them efficiently. Smaller than .243 should be head shots. The right spot in the chest area is farther forward than deer, and they are tougher than deer but they aren't invincible like many claim.

I have only done the night hunting a few times. We did it over corn as well. Once we could hear them munching and squealing then lit up the area and let the lead fly. The other time was on a dark moon and we had a "texas creation," a PVC pipe filled w corn wired off to a pole. As they beat the pipe, corn falls out of the holes. Same deal, you hear them, the lights come on and the safeties come off.

I would be interested in trying the Weekender style, but would wait till light before tracking unless I knew it was a good hit and it went into not so narly cover.