ive killed grounghogs with 22lrs...im shooting my deer rifle...3006 with 150gr bullets.....if i reloaded id load some really light 30cal bullets..but i dont...223, 22-250s ect are more suited for long range hog shooting....but i dont own one....and the 3006 is all i got that will reach out and touch them.....way overkill.....but it works dont it??? that field is the one i missed the big one out of.....theres more field to the left of the pic.....another...200yds or so and 200yds out.....we killed about 10 out of it last year.....thats just ONE of our many fields....more fields above there.....across the road.....down the road....and many many other places....its a blast laying in a field playing sniper.....waiting for the shot opprotunity....and touching off on a hog way out there.....