Nice score for the larder, Dave, regardless of who the lucky recipient is! The scope cap issue likely kept you from becoming too cold. Ha! We are all human; stuff happens; some are willing to admit being less than immaculate, mostly those of a better calibre.

Speaking of which, the .300 Blackout is used here quite a bit for taking feral hogs up to several hundred pounds w/good success. Night vision optics are popular for that use as well. Methinks you are underrating the cartridge's capability by a bit, but not the range it is most effectively used in.

Neat photograph!