Originally Posted by
Topgun 3006
***Very simple explanation! You don't shoot them high like that behind the ear. You shoot them and inch or two BELOW the ear on about the level that their eye is. You shocked and knocked him down with that first shot, but it was too high and not where it would kill him, thus leading to all the other shots after you pissed him off with that first one, LOL!
***"Right near the ear with any centerfre and a good bullet and they'll go down for the count."***
That happens to be the statement (your statement) I took exception to. If you're wanting to change it now, might as well just say to
shoot them in the ear, I reckon. Of course sitting at the edge of a swamp, 20+ minutes after SS and shooting a large boar who's walking by at 45 yards does make the "perfect"
ear shot a bit more difficult."LOL". I'm not hunting a preserve nor shooting small hogs already trapped in a pen as so many expert "hog hunting" opinions arise from.
As with my very first statement in this thread, I simply believe that a lot of opinions on what cartridge is useful & effective on hogs varies considerably when one talks an "eater" of 20-100 pounds a big sow of 250 pounds+ (which is still pretty easy to kill) or a very large boar that has a significant shield. If someone has never seen the shield that's present on a 400+ pound boar, it's difficult to explain what it's like.