ORIGINAL: falcon
Yes your right a 22 mag will kill a hog (on a good day) but why have to go chasing after one after you have shot it..min round .243
Yep, iwould prefer to hunt hogs with with amore powerfulgun. Actually i have killed many dozens with a muzzleloader. Like the original poster i often hunt in an area where center fire rifles and muzzleloaders are banned.
Never chased after any hog that i shot with a .22 magnum. Chased after one that i shot with a.22 LR and got it. Pick your shots carefully and they bang flop.
Actually I hunt most of them with my bow these days...years ago when I did use my .22, I just never missed, never had to chase one more than 10 feet.