by Jonathan Owen | Special Hunting Weapons & Tactics™ - The Center of Gravity for Tactical and Long Range Hunting
Imagine you were invited on a SHWAT™ tactical hog hunt with the founders. Our guide is Bill Wilson at his Circle WC Ranch, and since he’s supplying the guns they are going to be equipped with suppressors. Yes, this is going to be a good time! Before the evening...
by Jonathan Owen | Special Hunting Weapons & Tactics™ - The Center of Gravity for Tactical and Long Range Hunting
With today’s technology, those of us interested in gear for the tactical and hunting worlds have an endless assortment of tools or toys use and enjoy. Some of the coolest such gear is getting more and more affordable, and that includes Night Vision (NV) gear. It...
by Jonathan Owen | Special Hunting Weapons & Tactics™ - The Center of Gravity for Tactical and Long Range Hunting
Now this is funny, picture it your own mind… Five guys, stalking a group of eight or ten hogs. It’s around midnight, and with clear skies the three quarter moon is providing great light for this night vision tactical hog hunt. You almost don’t need night vision, a...
by Jonathan Owen | Special Hunting Weapons & Tactics™ - The Center of Gravity for Tactical and Long Range Hunting
Once again, it’s way past midnight, probably between two and three a.m., and I’m kneeling in dirt, scanning a group of hogs though night vision. This is our third night out on hog patrol. I have half a magazine of .223 DRT penetrating frangible ammo in...
by Jonathan Owen | Special Hunting Weapons & Tactics™ - The Center of Gravity for Tactical and Long Range Hunting
What makes a Wilson Combat a Wilson Combat? It’s more than just another roll mark. Many people know Bill Wilson for setting highest standards in the 1911 pistol genre, fewer know much about their rifles. SHWAT™ Founders Stephen and Jonathan were invited to hog hunt...
by Jonathan Owen | Special Hunting Weapons & Tactics™ - The Center of Gravity for Tactical and Long Range Hunting
“You wouldn’t believe how this went down…” Famous words from training days and tactical hog hunts, but usually lacking the supporting evidence. Who hasn’t wanted to mount a camera on their gun and capture the intensity of training or the drama of a hunt gone right? ...
by Jonathan Owen | Special Hunting Weapons & Tactics™ - The Center of Gravity for Tactical and Long Range Hunting
Part 2: Two good friends are drafted to deal with a hog problem on a 2000 acre working Texas cattle ranch. No vehicular access is allowed. The brush is knee high, the terrain uneven, and the thorny mesquite trees break up the view of the rolling landscape....
by Jonathan Owen | Special Hunting Weapons & Tactics™ - The Center of Gravity for Tactical and Long Range Hunting
Tactical hog hunting covers a really wide set of circumstances. It includes the one shot one kill precision shot over distance, the spot and stalk, bolt guns, AR-15s, silencers and night vision. Ultimately, tactical hog hunting brings together shooters of all...
by Jonathan Owen | Special Hunting Weapons & Tactics™ - The Center of Gravity for Tactical and Long Range Hunting
Whether you are going to be outdoors in Texas in the summer or camping and rock climbing at 12,500 feet of elevation in the Rocky Mountains, it pays to be dressed right. Of course, dressing right is important to tactical hog hunters, too, who take on feral hogs in...
by Jonathan Owen | Special Hunting Weapons & Tactics™ - The Center of Gravity for Tactical and Long Range Hunting
Night vision. It may be the holy grail of tactical hog hunting. Ask anyone who has used it extensively though, and they’ll tell you there’s more to it than meets the eye. Tactical Night Vision Company (TNVC) and Wild River Ranch (WRR) recently teamed up to...
