So, I took my brother out hunting this week around Lake O. We went with a few friends and each came away with a kill.
To start off the morning I forgot my trigger lock key....busted the lock so we were good to go. My bro had his 30-30 and I my .270. I found his hog and he stalk shot it. I gutted his kill.
Next, we flushed a bunch of hogs from the brush with the buggie. I aimed and fired on a large sow. Unfortunately my first shot was a gut shot and I was so excited that I pulled back the bolt on my .270 and jammed it and could not load another shot.
My bro gave me his 30-30. The sow could not have presented me with a better shot..she just stood there and let me sight in my shot with the open sights (the scope malfunctioned). Placed a perfect heart/lung shot and she walked about 20 yards and dropped dead.
We gutted her, threw her on ice and quartered her. By 11pm that night I had her butchered and placed on ice over night to drain.
Yesterday I made and ate the best damned pork roast I have ever tasted.
Talk about the extreme satisfaction about providing for your family. Even my girls loved the roast.
Check out the pic below.
good deal!
Congrats! Sounds like y'all had a blast, but might need a little help with your weapons!
congrats, great start. a couple minor hiccups are just learning opportunities. it's been my exp that bolts eject and feed a new round better when done so harder and roughly then gently/slowly, no need to baby them or pussyfoot around. as soon as you fire a round re-chamber the next fast so by the time you recover from the recoil and regain sight picture a new round should be in place and waiting. with a little skill and practice a bolt can function ( realistically/accurately ) as fast as any other action, due to recoil recovery time, IMO.
Nice one, way to get it done. I always learn more from my mistakes than any success I have. From this point forward you will never forget a trigger lock key again I bet!
