Got a piggy with Benjamin Bulldog

[Willie14228]

Actually I got three but only got two pics for some reason my camera quit working

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Some notes about the JSB exact.
While they might be ok for smaller game like coons and yotes they are not heavy enough for hogs.
And as far as the benjamin bulldog is concerned I cannot get a good enough accuracy for clean headshots.
I ran out of my Nosslers unfortunately
The JSB will not penetrate the shield and a rib my second pig I hit the shield and hurt the pig enough that it didn't know which way to turn and my second shot was a spine shot that let me finish off with a head shot. For whatever reason the second pig didn't squeel and after all of them darted back into the woods they came back about 10 minutes.
The third one I hit in front of ear but it glanced off the skull.

 

[Smaug]

A tough hunt. I'm sure you'll bring more of the fancy bullets next time.

Maybe consider casting your own in the future?

Thanks for sharing, how about a little more of the story?

 

[X27]

Nice, so did the third pig die with the glancing shot?

 

[Willie14228]

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I did kill the third one but it took a second shot
Here's the start of the aftermath

 

[Willie14228]

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Basting sauce best if simmer overnight
Gallon of water
4 pounds brown sugar
4 apples
Bushel of green onions
1 orange
1 lemon
4 table spoons garlic
One bottle of Emerals special seasoning
Chop onions and apples
I like to put everything together and let simmer overnight
A 40 to 50 pound pig
I started fire about 10 am baste at least every 30 minutes turning ever 15

 

[JohnL57]

On my way, bringing cold beer! Looks delicious.
John

 

[ajshoots]

I can smell pork all the way in Ohio!!

 

[Guest]

I got some home brewed German mumme that'd go well with that! That'd just fit in my bbq pit! Gotta get a lil pick up & head down around Dayton. Maybe a Memphis rub?

 

[Willie14228]

Nothing but bones left, that is the biggest complement a cook can have.
Sorry for the short answers today folks I was cooking most of today and didn't have a lot of time to do much else.
The pig turned out really well, glazed just right.
We had potatoes mixed with onions, purple hull peas with mixed bell peppers n onions, corn on cob and french bread and of course a byb inventation. I love to cook almost more than I do to hunt.
I was afraid that only being able to soak the pig over night in salt and ice water wouldn't have been enough but as he was only about 60 pounds dressed it worked out ok

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[Willie14228]

I do need to pass a special thanks out to AJ as it was his old bulldog that did the deal.
I guess I need to talk to MR Hollowpoint and see if I can get a sample pack of his .357 and see if I can get some better knockdown power.
Still all in all I had a lot of fun and exciting hunt

Now to be bluntly honest I am pretty snookered as everyone made sure the cook didn't dehydrate... (French benifits ) so I'm going to bed

 

[Guest]

I've been wanting to get a Carnivore in .357 to do just this! And I really wanna put a whole piggy in the bbq pit with some pin oak & cottonwood.

 

[Willie14228]

Got a easy day at work today I think the boss felt a little sorry for me as he was one of the ones that ahhh pigged out...
I used maple and blackjack along with natural charcoal started cooking right at ten am and according to meat thermometer my hams shoulder and deep meats didn't reach above 160 until after 4 P.M a lot of that was by choice as I have said before if you cook a wild pig to fast it can get a strong game smell and taste.
My only real issue was the spitting. We used rebar three pieces tied together with one longer than the others so we could bend a handle in it then I took two short pieces that we sharpened and threaded it through the rib cage and bar and hams and bar. Problem was as the wire we used to tie everything together got hot it stretched and all of a sudden my handle slipped and wouldn't turn the pig a quick treasure hunt in the shed turned up some hose clamps and after some burned fingers and a few choice words about bailing wire and it's properties the piggy was once more cooking evenly.
Showing burned fingers did earn me a couple of extra ahhhhhh shall we say pain killers out of a shot glass and nursing from all the ladies so no harm done.
I will say this, a spitt BBQ is probably one of the hardest working BBQs you will have. I busted my tail between keeping the pig cooking evenly and getting the sides done and keeping the fire temp just right
But man the results are incredible the work really paid off with a thick sweet glaze and moist seasoned meat.
Next time though I will tell everyone invited to bring a side and not just booze

 

[Willie14228]

SmaugA tough hunt. I'm sure you'll bring more of the fancy bullets next time.

Maybe consider casting your own in the future?

Thanks for sharing, how about a little more of the story?

To be honest there wasn't a lot to tell I actually had planned to use my scope cam but I wasn't in my blind 10 minutes when the pigs came out I hadn't even really gotten settled in. It deer bow season here so I was getting my bow set up just in case and had the Bulldog sitting off to the side.
This group of pigs has been tearing up the hay field near me and the farmer let's me hunt deer for free as long as I keep the hog population down, so I couldn't risk moving around much trying to get the camera going.
I was sitting on a rise about 15 feet above the basin and about 50 yards from the creek bed that they like to come out of.
They know the sound of a gun and when they here one they scramble but they didn't reconize the sound of the airgun as a danger so while they did dart back to tree cover it didn't take long for them to come back out to eat the corn.
There wasn't any alpha leader in the sounder all of the pigs was about the same size within 50 60 pounds anyway...

The Nosslers I can get a good 2 inch groups but the JSB are a little wider and I think I might have jarred my scope because I was shooting high and left so after the first shot I was shooting holding under and right which kind of messed me up too

 

[Smaug]

Thanks for the background. We can always learn from that info.

I was wondering why you didn't just use the bow, and not spook them at all, but 50 yards is pushing it quite a bit for bow, right?

I should make a little rotisserie for squirrels, and Put a crab apple in his mouth; wouldn't that be a hoot?

 

[Willie14228]

You know I've never had squirrel so don't know but I bet a good apple Basting sauce would go well with squirrel.

 

[Guest]

Apple cider or juice, Worcestershire sauce, onion & garlic powder, maybe a little chili powder & red & black pepper. Make & fridge the night before use. Use as a mop sauce while cooking.