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kilowatt3
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May 19, 2024 - 5:48 pm
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Around Christmas, I posted about my new DW Bruin 10mm. It was kind of an impulse buy - just wanted to see what the 10mm fuss is all about.

Well, I've long wanted to try taking a hog with a handgun, and this afternoon the opportunity presented itself:

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Took this 140 lb sow. Not a long shot, at only a little over 20 yards, but she was running, so I was pleased with the head shot. First time I've hunted with a pistol.

There's a lot of good pork there, and the Bruin was certainly up to the task!  I fully intend to hunt pigs with it again.

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I may have to try a Bruin!   Been hunting hogs with the SuperMag for 2-3 years now

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Pork, it’s what’s for dinner!  Looks delicious!  Nice shooting for sure.

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Technically, the glass is always full; half liquid, half air....

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Scout728 said
I may have to try a Bruin!   Been hunting hogs with the SuperMag for 2-3 years now

  

I've been intending for about 40 years to hunt pigs with my 8" M44, but just never did get around to it.  I've taken plenty of hogs with a .30-30, but this one is the first with a handgun.  I've had the Bruin for 4 months, and it's already bagged me a pig!  It is one fine pistol!

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kilowatt3 said
Around Christmas, I posted about my new DW Bruin 10mm. It was kind of an impulse buy - just wanted to see what the 10mm fuss is all about.

Well, I've long wanted to try taking a hog with a handgun, and this afternoon the opportunity presented itself:

Sow.jpgImage Enlarger

Took this 140 lb sow. Not a long shot, at only a little over 20 yards, but she was running, so I was pleased with the head shot. First time I've hunted with a pistol.

There's a lot of good pork there, and the Bruin was certainly up to the task!  I fully intend to hunt pigs with it again.

  

As I type this, the backstrap is cooking.  "Range" report to follow! wink

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Jim

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kilowatt3 said 

As I type this, the backstrap is cooking.  "Range" report to follow! wink

  

Well, I misspoke!  Mrs. kW3 decided not to cook the pork on Friday after all.  She baked the backstrap with some light seasoning for dinner yesterday. 

I figured that the sow would be good eating, due to the (relatively) small size, and the time of year. I was right! It was outstanding! No trace of "gamey" smell or taste at all.

BIL and I are planning our next hunt, but it probably won't be until Fall.

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Jim

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One of my range technicians collected a 150# sow on post last week with a work truck....  gonna be a good bbq soon....

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Never been wild hog hunting.  My parents butchered many hogs on our farm years ago, but they were not wild hogs.  I’ll have to plan a wild hog hunt within next couple years.  I retire end of this year.  

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