End of July Boar
We are halfway through the hottest time of the year and the hog hunting is still hot here in South Carolina. Hogs are on the corn mostly as fields are high and the ground is hard from lack of rain. Bait spots near water are producing this time of year as these are the areas that give the hogs access to the things they want most now, water,mud and food.
My first set was on another stand that we had just taken a double off of and I really was just testing that area and checking the cameras to see how soon the hogs returned after a harvest. After a short set I pulled the card and saw 6AM was the hot time there so I went to plan B.
Shamrock stand is a stand located in a wooded bottom just next to a creek that runs even at this time of year and the bait was placed in holes dug two foot deep and filled with sour corn. The holes make the hogs work for their meal and keep the hogs there a long time for us to catch them. Ditches running off the main creek hold rain water and are perfect wallows spots for the swine.
Trail camera footage showed a large boar, huge sow and two black and white, small spotted boars were using the area. The multi-colors are off limits until they get bigger so I was targeting the two larger hogs. I slipped into Shamrock a little after midnight for a short sit. I turned the corner to get to the blind and this 186 # boar was already digging at the holes.
Tonight I had the 300 Blackout on top of the tripod with an ATN X-sight 4k 3-14 for optics. Predator Tactics Coyote Reaper XXL was mounted on the front of my AR to light up the target and the Night Ops LLC 300 Blackout 110 grain Controlled Chaos in the chamber.
The steep incline called for a slightly lower aiming point and the equipment did it's job dropping the large boar in the hole it was eating from......
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