Shot distance was 95 meters. The bullet entered behind the shoulder blade on the left side and went out through the shoulder on the other side, hitting the lungs and liver.
It appeared in a group of maybe six boars. Following the shot, the boar turned around on the spot and disappeared into the brush. I had just created the most dangerous situation in German hunting.
After 15 minutes, I inspected the blood trail and was relieved to find lots of both dark and light red blood. It shouldn't have gone too far.
Cautious still, I drove home and got my dad to help me search and, if necessary, dispatch it. In moments like these I'm always thankful, that I own a HART thorn-and-boar-proof jacket and pair of pants.
Also took my Parforce Boar Dagger (just in case ) and so we got into the brush, sometimes having to resort to crawling. After a while, there was tons of blood, light red, too.
We found the animal a good 100 meters into the bushes (felt like a kilometre, though). It was much bigger than I had originally thought, but thankfully the shot brought it down quickly.
I had to drag it out of the brush since I had not hit it far enough in front and I dearly regretted putting that Geco Plus bonded bullet a little farther back.
After I got out of there huffing and puffing, we estimated it to weigh right around 120lbs field dressed. We did get a surprise today, though. Upon weighing the animal, the scale showed a hefty 156lbs.
Anyways, I'm happy to have finally shot a decent boar with the Heym. This might have been the only chance to get a shot in the last 2 weeks.