Tools of the Trade – Nitehunt XLR Tactical Hunting Light
Here in the south where most wild hogs live, it’s getting warmer. The high today at my home is predicted to be 87 degrees. Soon, hunting feral hogs in daylight will be futile in many places. As tactical hog hunters, we will be forced to operate in darkness. We will...
THE CLOSEST YOU CAN GET TO SHOT SHOW – ALL THE LATEST GUNS AND GEAR!
So you couldn’t go the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s SHOT Show because you aren’t an industry insider? Then you should attend the NRA Show! This year it was in Houston, Texas and it was a great experience! More than 550 exhibitors were there, covering 400,000...
World Predator and Wild Hog Expo – Celebrity Hunters and the Coolest Gear
Read this with a big echoing reverberation in your mind: the World Predator and Wild Hog Expo (expo… expo…) Ten days ago, along with fellow SHWAT™ Founder Jonathan Owen, I attended the World Predator and Wild Hog Expo in Waco, Texas. This is not a big show by trade...
Nightforce NXS with MOAR Reticle Brings Tactical Precision to Part 3 of the Grandpa’s Gun Reborn Project
What a difference! If you've been following our Tactical Long Range Precision build - Grandpa's Gun Reborn - you know we've selected the Nightforce 3.5-15×50 NXS with MOAR reticle and Zero Stop as the optic of choice. Why? Well, it was originally designed for military...
Tactical Medicine – An Introduction to Hemostatics
SHWAT™ is about more than just cool guns. We bring you the knowledge you need to be successful in your hunt. In this case we are bringing you information that could potentially save your life or a friend’s. According to data from the National Shooting Sports...
What Would You Do for a Shot at a $28K Hog Hunt Purse?
SHWAT™ arrived at the Wild Hog Roundup in Center, Texas, on Saturday, April 6 in the form of long-time Special Hog Weapons and Tactics™ writer Dr. John Woods and me, Brian McCombie, SHWAT™ contributor and NRA Field Editor. So far, we’ve hunted two solid days, and the...
Top Ten Hog Hunting Optics: Aimpoint Micro T-1 and a Baseball Bat
Smash an Aimpoint T-1 with a Baseball Bat? YES! And Film the Durability Test. In a world where technological advancement is accelerating and pushing new products out faster than you can buy them, is the Micro T-1 still relevant? Since its introduction in 2007, the...
Grandpa’s Gun Reborn Part 2 – Trigger Time with Timney Triggers
An involuntary grin hits me as we're filming the documentary for this Grandpa's Gun Reborn project. No doubt the idea was cool, and the top tier companies that have signed on to be a part of turning a bland bare bones bolt action into a seriously top tier precision...
Top Ten Tactical Hog Hunting Optics Part 1 – The Zeiss Conquest Duralyt 1.2-5 Scope
We spotted the group of hogs from nearly a mile off, eight black figures in our binoculars cutting across the front of a steep hillside in Central Coastal California near Paso Robles. Our guide, Doug Roth, owner of Camp Five Outfitters, loaded us up into his truck...
.458 SOCOM: The Hammer of Death for Hogs!
I’ve been hunting hogs since the early 1980s and it has become a passion. I normally hog hunt approximately 250 evenings a year. I have constantly tried to gain knowledge and improve my hunting skills. Some of the most important knowledge I have learned is what makes...