No Blood Trail, Rifle Not Powerful Enough - Page 3

TX Hunter · March 6, 2012, 10:47 AM

Well I saw it again, my Son wanted to shoot a Hog so I took him Sunday evening. A big Boar came out and my Son Shot him in the Shoulder at 142 yards (measured with a Bushnell Backtrack) My Sons Rifle is a Savage 110 30 06 his load was Remington Coreloct 180 grain. He hit the Hog , in the shoulder and dust flew from the Hog, and once again no blood trail. I dont understand it because we have had that gun over 20 years and killed several deer and hogs with it and alwayse got a blood trail with it. I saw the impact and know he hit the hog in the shoulder, his 30 06 should have blown chunks at that short distance but it didnt. I wonder if the material in the bullet has changed.

thallub · March 6, 2012, 11:08 AM

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in the shoulder and dust flew from the Hog, and once again no blood trail.

Do not shoot big hogs in the shoulder: Shoot them low just behind the shoulder-heart shot. Hogs usually leave a skimpy blood trail at best.

rickyrick · March 6, 2012, 01:56 PM

As I just posted in the other thread, they can scrunch down real low and become almost invisible maybe it hid real close.

Doyle · March 6, 2012, 02:32 PM

Tallub is right. You are hitting them in the wrong place. Between the thick shield of a boar and the shoulder blades, your bullet is more likely to stick than to pass through. Go for the spot behind the shoulder and you'll get a cleaner kill AND a pass-through.

March 6, 2012, 01:56 PM	#53
rickyrick Senior Member Join Date: March 15, 2010 Location: Mesquite Jungle Desert, West Texas, USA Posts: 2,278	As I just posted in the other thread, they can scrunch down real low and become almost invisible maybe it hid real close. __________________ *Navin R. Johnson*: "He hates these cans!!!! Stay away from the cans!!!!"

March 6, 2012, 10:47 AM	#51
TX Hunter Senior Member Join Date: February 11, 2010 Location: East Texas USA Posts: 1,754	Well I saw it again, my Son wanted to shoot a Hog so I took him Sunday evening. A big Boar came out and my Son Shot him in the Shoulder at 142 yards (measured with a Bushnell Backtrack) My Sons Rifle is a Savage 110 30 06 his load was Remington Coreloct 180 grain. He hit the Hog , in the shoulder and dust flew from the Hog, and once again no blood trail. I dont understand it because we have had that gun over 20 years and killed several deer and hogs with it and alwayse got a blood trail with it. I saw the impact and know he hit the hog in the shoulder, his 30 06 should have blown chunks at that short distance but it didnt. I wonder if the material in the bullet has changed.

March 6, 2012, 02:32 PM	#54
Doyle Senior Member Join Date: June 20, 2007 Location: Bradenton, Fl Posts: 4,128	Tallub is right. You are hitting them in the wrong place. Between the thick shield of a boar and the shoulder blades, your bullet is more likely to stick than to pass through. Go for the spot behind the shoulder and you'll get a cleaner kill AND a pass-through.