Just got back from our annual southeast Texas hogfest. Had a great time. Thought I'd share some pics and videos of some misses, some kills, and some collateral damage. Our biggest hogs were 248 lbs, 232 lbs, and 218 lbs. Our group of 5 shot 13 total over 3 nights of hunting. I've come to the conclusion that a 5.56 and 6.8 spc are effective rounds if shot behind the ear, but don't have the energy to knock them off their feet if hit anywhere else. I'm sure others will disagree. You'll see in the videos several that were head and neck shot that ended up running off. We recovered most of them. I think next year I'll bring a .308 in an AR platform.

I made a post a few weeks back about a budget thermal/night vision setup. It worked better than I thought and I stand by that its a great alternative to higher priced thermals. The thermal monocular attached to my phone and mounted to a tripod clamped to a window sill worked awesome. It was nice to be able to sit back in the stand and have a wide field of view in thermal image. I was able to pick up deer and hogs with it at 500 yards. For $350 it was worth the risk. The budget night vision scoped work just as well. I viewed some deer at 500 yards with it. Zoomed in to 20 power and with the IR light focused, I wouldn't have hesitated to take a shot. Unfortunately, the recoil activated recording didn't work for the big boar I shot at night so I don't have night video with it.

Here was our biggest boar.







Here was my budget thermal/night vision setup



daytime shot through scope 5.56 to ear


thermal video of above shot with monocular (the quality is better than this but I was taking a video of a video)


video of a 218 lber that i missed.


Pic of the 218lber that made a mistake coming back after dark


a runoff with a 6.8 spc


another 6.8 spc runoff


first nights damage


dinner


ol dad

Way to go.Congrats

Good deal partner

Congrats on some successful hog killin'!

We always enjoy our trip to the south. Yall got plenty of fine hogs and feral women!

ol dad