For weeks, there has been no sign of hog activity on our farm. But today, the wind was right for a little "baiting" as it was carrying towards a known bedding area. So I drove out into the pasture around 4:30 this afternoon and activated a can of Hog Bomb (sow in estrous) aerosol .

Sure enough, a boar showed up not long after dark. He was working a small grove of huisaches where the spray originated from and then turned right and headed towards a clearing. He was about 170 yards out when he stopped and gave me a strong, frontal quartering presentation. That's exactly what I had been hoping for as I have been wanting to recover a Hornady .30 caliber 110 grain CX from game. Yes, I've recovered them from hogs before as I used that bullet (and its predecessor GMX) in a 24" 30-30 barrel. But now I was pushing them 400 fps faster in a mid-range load from my Savage .308 WCF, so my interest in a recovery was high. So as soon as the crosshair from the SightMark Wraith Mini thermal settled onto the prescribed spot, I touched off a round.

With the bull barrel and the weighted B&C stock, recoil with the 110 grain load is minimal, so I was able to recover quickly and was rewarded to see the hog on its side and unmoving. After watching for a couple of minutes, I decided all was well and drove down to retrieve the hog.

The bullet entered the front of the shoulder and wound up under the hide near the hip. It damaged the plumbing above the heart and wrecked the bottom of one lung before continuing through the liver and edge of stomach en route to the hip. There was an exit mid-body from one of the bullet's petals. It was nearly large enough for me to think this was the exit of the full bullet, but a cheap, hand-held metal detector that I treated myself to recently told me otherwise and alerted at the hip.

The bullet, launched at 3217 fps MV, nearly turned itself inside out and created quite the impressive wound channel. It was intended for Blackout speeds but has proven to me to be quite the impressive performer when launched from my 20"-barreled .308 WCF.

I know that technically this is not the correct forum for this post, but the 110 grain CX is something I've been promoting for use in Contender rifles and pistols as it opens nicely at low velocities. It along with the Barnes 110 and 120 grain Tac-Tx breathes new life into old timers like the Herrett and 30-30.

Also, please pardon the poor quality phone pictures. My live-in photographer (our son Andy) wasn't home tonight to pose and photograph the hog. And the pose I had to use did not do justice to the size of this boar. I did not get to weigh him, either, but would estimate he was pushing 235 pounds as he had serious girth through the shoulders.