My whole reason for this post was due to the fact that there was little to now respect shown for the animal. Yes, this guy(we'll call him Steve Scott) was using a gamo .177 and .22 caliber air rifles to do the job. I'm sitting there watching and thinking "if one of those hogs turns around then its gonna be bad day for this guy". I've never hunted hogs, although I've wanted to for awhile now, but I just don't see how trying to use a pellet gun (and thats all it is) to shoot an animal of this size leaves any dignity for the animal. If you miss, you've got a brain damaged and ticked off animal on your hands.