first buddy, i wasn't putting down the .243. its a excellent round but not for hogs. second, no i dont eat them, you dont eat a rat when you kill it in a trap do you? these hogs here are a pest. when the game wardens are using helicopters with spotlights to hunt them with fully automatic weapons and leaving the carcasses there due to the hogs being a pest to farmers and ranchers in the area why cant i use a FMJ to kill them. the wardens leave them laying there to rot. a lot of farmers and ranchers are trying to trap them but the hogs are very smart. you might catch them once in a trap but they get wise to it and wont go in. thanks for the reply.