A couple of days ago, it was absolutely beautiful here in S. Central Pennsylvania. The temperature was 83 degrees so I took the day off and went hogging. Armed with my custom varmint rifle (Sako 75 action, Jewell trigger, Hart Barrel, Leupold 6.5-20x50 Vari-X III, Harris bi-pod, 220 swift reloads w/ 50 grain V-Max bullets and IMR 4064) and I setup at a local farm.
I was lying around for roughly 1 hour while peering through my binoculars before I saw my first hog. The safety was flicked off, had the hog in my sights, bang. She did a short flop and fell over. Funny thing about ground hogs, they're very curious animals. Shortly after I bagged the first one, another one popped out of the hole. Again, bang and she dropped.
I had to wait another 45 minutes before another one popped up. This time, I jerked the trigger and missed! About 30 minutes later, the hog came back out and this time, I did not miss!
All in all, it was a great relaxing day. The longest shot was about 475 yards or so. Varminting in Pennsylvania is pure joy and relaxation.
I'd go again tomorrow but it's the another holy day on my calendar... trout fishing!!!!
I was lying around for roughly 1 hour while peering through my binoculars before I saw my first hog. The safety was flicked off, had the hog in my sights, bang. She did a short flop and fell over. Funny thing about ground hogs, they're very curious animals. Shortly after I bagged the first one, another one popped out of the hole. Again, bang and she dropped.
I had to wait another 45 minutes before another one popped up. This time, I jerked the trigger and missed! About 30 minutes later, the hog came back out and this time, I did not miss!
All in all, it was a great relaxing day. The longest shot was about 475 yards or so. Varminting in Pennsylvania is pure joy and relaxation.
I'd go again tomorrow but it's the another holy day on my calendar... trout fishing!!!!