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Bham Shooter
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I'm going on a hog hunt
Bham Shooter
Posts: 609 Senior Member
And I don't mean I'm gonna bed down cpj's siblings. Any advice for me?
How's everyone been around here? What did I miss?
How's everyone been around here? What did I miss?
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Just an old timer trying to find his way back home.
I inherited some of my grandpas old ones. Nothing fancy. An old 12 gauge and a cheap old 22 revolver. And an authentic red Ryder BB gun.
That's why I was asking. I have no idea where to aim and I don't want to be the doofus that shows up with some experienced hunters and asks a hundred questions.
Things might have changed, but I don't think you are going to dodge that doofus bullet:jester:
Probably true.
I was thinking my shotgun. Should I use slugs or 00 buck? I'll have my trusty XD as a backup on my hip.
Either will work fine if you can get close enough and hit the heart-lung area or the head. Most folks use a center fire rifle.
Talk to Jeff In Texas, he'll tell you where to shoot em. And he uses a lowly .243. Right in the head maybe an inch or two below the ear. They fall in their tracks like you dropped a piano on top of em and it's a big forgiving target. If you see one at a challanging distance shoot about a little above midway in his neck and he'll go down, or in the forward part of the shoulder, he will go down, iffin ya bring enough gun-bullet. But hell around here people kill lots of em with a .223, think Shot placement. I've shot em with everything from a .250 Savage to a 30-06. However I use a substantial bullet no matter the cartridge. That .250 Savage sports a 115 grain Combined Technologies Ballistic Tip which is lots of Bullet for a Quarter Bore. My 06 uses a 200 Grain SGK bullet. When you hit em in those areas (Head-Neck) they fall dead like DRT. Shoulder shots work too, but don't shoot to the rear of the shoulder like you would a deer. A hog's anatomy is furthur to the front. I shot one about four years back at about 320 yards right into the shoulder with a woman's gun (Ala cpj), .270 130 grain SGK bullet and he ran a long way, a whole 15-20 yards and expired just inside a brush line. They aren't armored but I do like a substantial cartridge for longer range shots like that, just for insurance and piece of mind, but about any rifle from .243-to .30-06 will work, Again think Shot placement . I shot one once at about 120 yards facing directly away from me with my .30-06 right in the bung hole (Texas Heart Shot) and the bullet stopped about an inch from coming out the center of the chest. It was grave yard dead on the spot. Shot placement + well made bullet =Dead Hog. I think I'd rather shoot hogs than deer. Enjoy.
PS-If you take a hand gun make it a 41-44 mag. A .357 will work well too for shorter range shots. Now I'm talking on average here. Some on here might try it with a lesser cartridge, but though they aren't armored they are a substantial animal. Also, for under a hundred yards a shotgun with slugs will work. But whatever you have, no matter how big the projectile it shoots, shot placement is still very important.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
I don't know what you have available to you as far as firearms to hunt with, but a slug will assuredly do the job, though limited in distance and sometimes accuracy.
Basically, anything you'd shoot a deer with will work.
Hope it helps!
John 3: 1-21
are destructive creatures and land owners want them killed, but they often want money to do so. I wouldn't mind paying a guy a couple hundred a year to shoot some hogs, but some of these clowns want ungodly amounts of money for you to do them a favor. So anytime you get the opportunity to shoot Porky for free, do it, don't miss out. They eat better than deer and they make great sausage. And they're fun to shoot. How many people I know around here that never hunted because deer hunting was too boring they always said. But after killing a hog they got addicted. Go for it.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
-Mikhail Kalashnikov
Yep.
Read this.......................
http://forums.gunsandammo.com/showthread.php?1890-Hunting-reports-minimum-requirements
AND DONT FORGET THE PICS ................. :tooth:
Good to see you posting up again.
Yeah, I recommend borrowing the rifle. Or bite the bullet and get your own. You'll be happy you did. Then the next thing you'll be doing is dropping a few coins on reloading equipment and you'll be in like Flynn. And, you will have experienced one of the greatest hunting experiences I've ever had, shooting hogs. Not only is it fun, they need shooting and generally they're good to eat.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
Edited to Add:
Well hell, never made it last night. The girl friend text and wanted to chat on Messenger, so I blew it off. Got to keep your priorities straight, ya know! Oh well, tonight's another night.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
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Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.... now who's bringing the hot wings? :jester:
Lemme see.....chatting on line with a female or going hunting.......Dude..you have GOT to get your priorities straight....
.308 is not my favorite, but just for hogs it's hard to beat. With a 150 grain SGK at 2900 FPS MV it's a pig gitter from HELL!!!
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
Hey man, you're an old married dude, you should know by now with women it's not about what YOU want, it's what they deem necessary at the moment!
:silly:.....:worthy:.....:roll:.....
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
Yeah it was either that or a .223. I figured bigger is always better.
In the case of hogs, yes bigger is probably better, especially for your first hunt. There's a lot of hogs killed with a .223, but it can be iffy and requires more exact shot placement in a more or less immediately fatal spot. The .308 won't kill them any deader, but it will kill them easier. With a 150 or 165 grain bullet it's quite deadly.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.