Yup, those big old solitary boars that go over 250 or so get some really thick, substantial shields. I've been lucky enough to kill three over 300 and the shields are(were) unbelievable. One shield stopped a .44mag 270gr JFN out of a Marlin Carbine and that shot never even bled (45 yards). He did succumb finally to 4 more 270s, the last at 10'. He is seen on these pages often in a sidebar ad from Woods N Water.
This is the smallest of the 3, killed in Johnson County in 2015. His shield kept a 200gr XP3 out of a .325WSM from exiting, the bullet dropped him but was stuck in the offside shield; shot was about 75-80 yards. The black one in the pic is the hog seen here in the ad run by Woods N Water.
You boar is a stud! And I enjoyed your report on the light and your plan in taking that smart old stud boar!
I agree 100%. I've seen a lot of bears people claimed to be 200 or 300 pounds and the actual weight is usually about 60% of their estimate. LOL. I didn't want to be that guy claiming this was a 300 pounder and it be more like 200. I know that I'm a 200 pounder and that thing was much bigger than me.
Do what?!?! Where you hiding it?
The Realtree Camo has a slimming effect!
