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Long, long day for us, starting with Ben helping me mow my range so that we could get our initial function and ammo testing done on the Lone Star Armory TX15. Initial results are good. We then headed out to hunt and, and things were not as expected, but turned out pretty well.
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Thanks for sharing the hunt.
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Great video and hunt , thanks .
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Good job! Can you pass on your inches = pounds? I'd like to make up a tape myself to get an idea of the weight of hogs I shoot.
Thanks
Jay
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The simple version for the heart-girth weight estimate is to find the SMALLEST circumference around the hog behind and touching the arm pits with the tape snug around the hog.
Take that number in inches and multiply by 10 and subtract 200 from the result.
So a 38" circumference would be 180 lbs. A 42.5" circumference would be 225 lbs.
The actual formula involves multiplying by 10.xxxx and subtracting 205.xxxx and gives you nearly the same result with a pound or two until you get way up there with really large hogs.
It does not work on piglets.
I suggest checking against a scaled hog to be sure you are doing it correctly.
