Father and Son Bag 700 Pound Boar in North Carolina

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Carolina Sportsman Jonathan Florence admitted that it was “pure luck”, but neither he nor his father, Bruce, is about to downplay the hunt last Friday in Transylvania County that ended with Bruce Florence killing a 707 ½-pound wild hog he said could be best described with one word: buffalo.

The Florences, who live in southern Caswell County, travelled to North Carolina’s mountains last week because one of Bruce Florence’s friends told him they had on some property plenty of wild hogs and some big ones . . .

“I was probably about 20 yards from getting through the laurel thicket when the big boy blasted out of there,” Jonathan Florence said. “When I ran him out, he headed straight for my dad.”

Bruce Florence was sitting down, holding a single-shot .25-06 rifle, when the hogs started to emerge from the laurel thicket. Florence, a serious wild hog hunter who has killed porkers up to 150 pounds, admitted he wasn’t quite ready for what was heading in his direction . . .

The hog broke cover about 90 yards from Florence and was bearing down on him at around 30 yards when it angled off to one side, giving Florence a broadside shot. He squeezed off his only round, aiming behind the hog’s shoulder. At the shot, the hog started to stumble; Jonathan Florence, who broke out of the laurel in time to witness the shot, said the hog “went digging another 15 to 20 yards” before it went down for good. (Read more about the 700 pound boar HERE)

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