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Nice boar, impressive teeth! Being edible is a nice bonus as well. Worked out quite well indeed. 

Mike

rwsem said
Very nice.  Glad there wasn’t a sounder out there. My neighbors have both had damage, but my parcel remains clean.  

It’s been my observation that a boar of this size is generally alone or maybe with another boar. A sounder is generally sows and juveniles. Glad you haven’t had any damage, they can make a real mess of things.

Mike

Michael –

Very cool!  Many here know how elated I am to see that you used a .32 Special.  

I think as far as the 1894 calibers are concerned, the 32 WS outperforms all the rest in field performance.  I gave a hunting buddy of mine a carbine in 32ws a few years ago and load for him using the Speer hot core bullets.  He said he couldnt count how many deer, hogs, and coyotes shot with it.  One of its most redeeming traits (at least to him anyway) is the ability to shoot through the brush–they get hunters from time to time that will wound a deer, the 32WS finishes them off. 

Weve had an influx of hogs the last month or so.  My son and I took out a couple sows and a few piglets with the 38-55 and a few blasts of 12 ga buckshot at high speed in the Ranger the other day.   Their mistake for getting caught in an open pasture during the daytime.  They will do some destruction to improved pastures and it doesnt take long, just a couple of nights and they can decimate some acreage.  I try not to shoot too many of them these days, hogs and deer may be the only economical source for groceries should things get any worse. 

That old boar you got had some decent sized cutters. 

twobit said

mike webb said

In a practical sense not a great deal of difference in killing power with the .30/30 in my experience. I have shot stuff with both and both work well as long as you don’t try to stretch the range. Also in my experience NOTHING is reliable shooting through brush.  

I highly agree with you Mike with regard to bullet performance comparison.  There is ONLY a 4.4% difference in energy at 100 yards between the two rounds.  If someone thinks that is going to make a difference they are fooling themselves.  Ad anyone who “shoots through brush” is a person sho is willing to end up with a high chance of poor shot placement and the likelihood of a lost animal.  Not someone I would hunt with.  Be patient and be willing to let it walk if you can’t do it right.

Here is the comparison between the two cartridges using identical bullet weight and types.  Zeroed in at 100yards and target distance the same.  https://ballisticscalculator.winchester.com/#!/

Michael  

The above comparison is relevant to current times.  I think it is important to remember that during the initial years of the .32 Special, there was a wider spread in performance between it and the .30 WCF.  

mike webb said

 Also in my experience NOTHING is reliable shooting through brush.  

I should have better clarified in the comments above.  From time to time either a paid hunter or a hunter on the ranch in general may wound a deer.  When tracking a wounded deer through the brush and cactus your only shot oftentimes is through some brush so to speak.  And apparently over the years there have been a number of instances where the 32 WS has been successful and fit the bill for that task.  Didnt mean to represent anything different, only to point out that its been an effective tool in dispatching wounded deer in less than optimal conditions.  I dont think anyone here, anyone I know, or any hunter in general, would necessarily take that chance under normal conditions.