Another awesome trip hog hunting down in Georgia! Once again, a great group of guys, great experiences, and lots of lessons learned! Hopefully y'all will enjoy reading about it.
(If you are interested in reading about years 1-2, here are the write-ups, although the pics probably no longer work.)
https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/great-outdoors/449903-georgia-hog-hunt-write-up.html
https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...eorgia-hog-hunt-round-2-write-up-finally.html
We headed down on a Wednesday to a 1,000 acre property back in the swamp near Americus, GA. We are fortunate enough to have a friend that has access to the property, and we are able to come hunt all the hogs we like, provided we don't touch the deer.
6.5 Grendel has taken the cake as our preferred hog caliber. We all used exclusively Grendels, with the exception of the reappearance of my 8.5" Blackout pistol from year 1. From top to bottom:
Clay's 16" Ballistic Advantage barreled 6.5 Grendel with an Aimpoint red dot and a YHM Resonator can.
Nate's 16" Odin barreled 6.5 Grendel with an Aimpoint and YHM Resonator can.
Reid's 12.5" Ballistic Advantage barreled 6.5 Grendel with Leupold 2-7x33 VXR and SIG can.
Bob's 12" PSA 6.5 Grendel with Primary Arms 1-6x24 and YHM Resonator can.
Jeff's 8.5" PSA 300BLK with Burris 1-4x24 and YHM Resonator can.
It would really pay off having everyone shooting suppressed guns, and we were all very pleased with the Grendel's performance on hogs.
We arrived after dark, but hustled to get out to our predetermined spots. Finally getting familiar with the property is starting to pay off, and we were able to decide on hunting spots before we arrived.
We didn't see much the first night, although Nate had a Pulsar Thermal scope which he used to scan an open field in front of him. Nothing but deer and raccoons showed up, until the very end of the night when he turned and saw a big bobcat looking right at him from 20 yards away! He swung and fired, dropping the cat. He was very excited, as he lives in a part of Illinois that has plenty of bobcats but practically no bobcat hunting permits. He was thrilled to finally shoot one, and had it caped by a nearby processor with the intention of having a full body mount done when he got back to Illinois.
That was the end of day one. We hadn't seen any pigs yet, but the fun had already started and we were excited to be back in the morning!
(If you are interested in reading about years 1-2, here are the write-ups, although the pics probably no longer work.)
https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/great-outdoors/449903-georgia-hog-hunt-write-up.html
https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...eorgia-hog-hunt-round-2-write-up-finally.html
We headed down on a Wednesday to a 1,000 acre property back in the swamp near Americus, GA. We are fortunate enough to have a friend that has access to the property, and we are able to come hunt all the hogs we like, provided we don't touch the deer.
6.5 Grendel has taken the cake as our preferred hog caliber. We all used exclusively Grendels, with the exception of the reappearance of my 8.5" Blackout pistol from year 1. From top to bottom:
Clay's 16" Ballistic Advantage barreled 6.5 Grendel with an Aimpoint red dot and a YHM Resonator can.
Nate's 16" Odin barreled 6.5 Grendel with an Aimpoint and YHM Resonator can.
Reid's 12.5" Ballistic Advantage barreled 6.5 Grendel with Leupold 2-7x33 VXR and SIG can.
Bob's 12" PSA 6.5 Grendel with Primary Arms 1-6x24 and YHM Resonator can.
Jeff's 8.5" PSA 300BLK with Burris 1-4x24 and YHM Resonator can.
It would really pay off having everyone shooting suppressed guns, and we were all very pleased with the Grendel's performance on hogs.
We arrived after dark, but hustled to get out to our predetermined spots. Finally getting familiar with the property is starting to pay off, and we were able to decide on hunting spots before we arrived.
We didn't see much the first night, although Nate had a Pulsar Thermal scope which he used to scan an open field in front of him. Nothing but deer and raccoons showed up, until the very end of the night when he turned and saw a big bobcat looking right at him from 20 yards away! He swung and fired, dropping the cat. He was very excited, as he lives in a part of Illinois that has plenty of bobcats but practically no bobcat hunting permits. He was thrilled to finally shoot one, and had it caped by a nearby processor with the intention of having a full body mount done when he got back to Illinois.
That was the end of day one. We hadn't seen any pigs yet, but the fun had already started and we were excited to be back in the morning!