I’m not sure I want to encounter whatever devoured that monster
probably other hogs
Probably so. Nonetheless, I'm considering upgunning from the HK P7 I usually carry when I'm "out back on the place".
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A couple of years ago, one of the relatives dressed out a buck back on the southeast corner of the place. A week later, while checking the north fence (over a mile from the field-dressing site) we found that deer head hung up in the fence. The ground on the opposite side of the fence was all torn up by something trying to drag the head through the fence.
Whatever carries a deer head (with a sizable rack) for over a mile, jumps a 4' fence, and tears up the ground trying to pull the head through -- is not something I want to meet up with barehanded!