Originally Posted by
Tnhunter444
To be under-gunned when pursuing big hogs seems silly to me. The owner of the place where we hunt in Georgia agrees, especially when he shows you the collection of skulls from hogs ultimately found dead, that ran off after a shot that took too long to take effect.
The above demonstrates a very common issue with many hunters. Anytime an animal doesn't go down immediately, the blame is usually placed on the bullet or the caliber and not on the shooter. To look at a pile of skulls from animals that were lost actually proves the caliber was adequate to kill the animal. If it wasn't the skull would still be attached to the beast! I'm willing to bet that more than 98% of the game that is lost is lost simply because the shooter didn't do their job right and put the bullet in the right place.
Modern bullets, for the most part, are very well made and if they are placed in the vitals the result will be a dead animal in short order. A properly placed small caliber bullet will kill an animal better than a poorly placed large caliber bullet. It is the placement of the hole that is important and not the size of the hole. Always has been, always will be.