Three More Hogs Including another Mulefooted Hog

[Double Naught Spy]

well done DNS.

do you prefer 90gr. TNT to limit overpenetration? Looks like 123 SST works reliably, but as you mentioned, they all went in and came out, which, on these depredation shoots, may not always be a good thing.

-tdbru

SSTs are also fairly frangible and this sort of short range and velocity. I really have very little concern that SSTs or TNT are going to harm much down range more than say 50 yards away. TNTs do come apart more than SSTs, but SSTs still deform and come apart quite nicely such that they aren't going to be flying stable or straight for very far, if at all. Such flight bleeds of more velocity and energy in the process.

While all the shots did overpenetrate, I would not have been surprised if I had been shooting TNTs and that they overpenetrated as well. These were not large hogs. Even so, the TNTs would undoubtedly have exited with less bullet or less percentage of the original bullet than SSTs. So TNTs would be safer that SSTs, but with nothing in the immediate area, the SSTs were fine.

Wow that's a lot of pigs. I wouldn't know where to start, you needed more shooters lol.

Not just more shooters, but more shooters who are experienced with night hunting and highly dynamic situations...and who have highly flexible schedules and are generous with their time, LOL.