Shawn Carlock
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Sorry I didn't get this posted sooner (been busy), but on Janurary 18th I loaded the family on a plane bound for Texas to visit my friend Chase Stroud and do some hog hunting. Chase owns and runs Doe Creek Run Inn a very nice bed and breakfast in the country out side of Houston a couple of hours. The acomodations and food were top drawer in terms of a bed and breakfast. Whi;e we were there Chase had offered to take my dad and I hog hunting to film some footage for Send It Volume 4. Long story short the weather and poachers conspired to do in our hunting plans but we got squared away on a hog at 953 yards. We spotted the hog lying in a dirt patch at the base of a hump (they call these hills but it is hard for me to call a topographical feature 8 feet high more than a hump). The sun was perfect coming from behind us quartering. The wind was clipping right along at around 16 mph. I got prone with my faithfull old Canyon Rifle ( #0051 ) and spread my pile of LRH gear out quickly. Chase jumped behid the spotting scope with a Kestrel in hand. I loaded a round in the rifle, a 300 gr Berger Hybrid backed by 92.0 gr H1000. Chase called out 953 yards and I entered it in the Recon along with the conditions he called out. I dailed up the 21.75 moa elevation and asked for a wind call. Chase called out 16 mph wind from just less than half value, we agreed on 2.75 moa left for wind adjustment. By the time we got all of this done the hog had moved (wiggled) into a quartering to position. I felt good about our shooting solution and called a head shot as this was the largest and best shot profile. Chase went into standard spotter / shooter comunication with "spotter up", I said "I'm on it". Chase made a quick last minute wind check and called out "send it". I applied pressure to the tuned Remington trigger until it broke at 2.25 lbs sendint the 300 gr Berger on it's way. It dropped the calculated 213 inches and drifted the 27 inches we estimated the wind to be and impacted rigth behind the hogs ear exiting out the other side just behind the jaw. It was a nearly perfect shot and I was excited to make such a shot on film in those windy conditions. My many thanks go out to Chase for dragging us around Texas in persuit of hogs and being the ultimate host.
