If you were setting up a dedicated wild boar rifle, what would it be? How would you set it up? I have three rifles for deer hunting. I could use them, but two of them I'd have to go with heavier bullets and re sight in every time I went back and forth. I want to get away from that. The one rifle I could use for deer and wild boar is my Marlin 336 35 Rem. I'm going to put a Nikon 2-7x32mm Prostaff Shotgun Scope on it. I shoot Remington's 200 Core Lokt in it. It works great on deer! With that said, I'd like to set up a rifle specifically for wild boar hunting and maybe even use it for black bear hunting once in a while too.

We're getting quite a few established wild boar herds in Southern Central New York. They escaped from wildlife preserves in the area. Their starting to get out of control. The DEC and local farmers are on a big push to have people hunt as many of them as possible. There is no season or bag limits on them. We'll hunt them in the warmer months.

I want a quick handling rifle or carbine. I like the 35 Whelen. Remington doesn't chamber their 7600's in 35 Whelen anymore. I'd have to find a used one, or hope that Grice has Remington do another limited run on them soon. I like the look and feel of Remington's new 750 auto, however I don't know if I'm sold on the reliability of them. I've heard some good and a lot of bad about the 7400's. I like the Browning BAR's but they don't make them in 35 Whelen. A BAR in 358 Win. would be nice, that's not available either.

If I could I'd like to set up a Remington 7600 35 Whelen. I'd go with a 2-7x32mm or even a 3-9x32mm Nikon or Leupold scope. I might have to go with a 30-06 instead. I think a 30-06 would work very well too.