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BOWTEC PATRIOT,CX 3D SELECT SLICKTRICKS,WINCHESTER 30-30,RUGER P95DC IN 40 CAL.AND AN OLD TIMER RAZOR SHARP

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I have a buddy who only uses these arrowheads on hogs,

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wow that's one viscious looking head. i wonder how much they are and where to get them... i'ld love to try them just for the heck of it.

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Hunt, look right above your post.;)

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How about a .54 caliber, 425 gr hollow point conical bullet with 90 gr. ffg black powder? I worked great last year . I took a 100 # sow off of her feet, and rolled her.

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Yep! .45 cal, 300 XTP with 95gr ffg black powder will do it also.;)

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yeah i just realized that. :D

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Heres my two, just no pic of a hog yet...[8D]

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i've killed them with my shotgun, slug and 00 buck(the one charged me, i just freaked and jumped out of the way, lol)...killed em with the dogs and a good ol knife....also with my bow(which was totally cool)....i really want to take one with my muzzleloader.....i prefer the bow and the dogs and sticking it.

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Do you think a 7 mm mag would do it?

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Ive seen guys shoot them with ARs, of course dogs had the hog also. I think Hawaii is the only state Ive seen that will let you hunt with a .223, not counting varmints and coyotes. Biggest thing we have here is feral goats and pigs, not much chance of ruining natural wildlife by clipping a deer with a small caliber, cause there are no native deer.

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I happen to be partial to pistols, My best hog YET, was a 315 lb boar taken with a 10mm wyoming, and I was actually just fishing the 10 was my ccw but that little Hydra-Shock dropped that lil ol piggy like a ton of bricks. When Im actually looking for hogs I like a 7mm-08 lone eagle although I have used a 375 H&H ruger #1once or twice just out of spite

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You can hunt with .223 here in FL as long as you are using a magazine in the rifle that holds 5 or less rounds.

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Only restrictions we have are for pistols, and it depends if you use dogs or not. Without dogs, the case has to be longer that 1.25", 10mm and .45 win mag are only exceptions. With dogs, a derringer .22 would be legal if you wanted to. That said, most people use dogs and knives here anyways, Im the oddball.

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the only hog ive ever shot I got with a Marlin 30-30 loaded with 150ish grain softpoints it was about a 175lb hog and he dropped in his tracks, this year ill be going after them with a Remington 7400 30-06 loaded with 150gr winchester silver balistic tips

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Hey Rusty, funny you mention the 7400. I've been a die hard bolt action man for years. Now I'm seriously considering the 7400. I didn't know anyone who had one. Are there any regrets or downsides to it that you see?

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Ive had mine for around 3 years now, Ive taken 3 deer with it and fired a couple hundred rounds(30-06)through it and I dont have a single complaint! When I first got it I looked around on here and several other sites to see what people said about them and found lots of negative information, some said it jammed all the time, some said it was inaccurate, and a few other things but mine has yet to jam it shoots straighter then I ever could and im extremly happy with it so I highly reccomend it! I think most of the people who complained about it have probably never owned one and are just going on the what they herd from a friend of a friends cousins uncles brother type deal.

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Used a 270wsm and barnes TSX,shot in the throat at 150 yds to take my first one with a gun.

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Custom Argentine Mauser model 1909 in .300 win mag
Docter optic (german) 3-9x40 scope
or Savage 110 w/ acutrigger in 30'06
Bushnell Sportview 3-9x40
Remington Corelokt 180 grain
Optolyth Alpin 10x40 binocs
okcmco

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I had a 7400 for about three days. It jammed a few times on me, and I took it to a gun smith and he said that the action was pitted. If I were to buy a semi now I think it would be a Browning, but I really like those new Benellis.

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Good Job! Thanks for the Pic's!

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I have not yet been out for hogs but one of my buddies went up to a hunt camp in Tioga county last year. He was using a Hoyt Raider bow and Beman ICS style carbons tipped with Wasp SSTs. He achieved a complete pass through. I would probably opt to hunt them with my bow as that is my preferred method. I would love to see if I could get full penetration with my Rocket Steelhead 100s as I hear that hogs are tough.

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10 ga.slug gun

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If I can find a hog hunt here in Utah it would be this that I use......

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For up close and personal encounters in thick marsh scrub, I favour my Marlin 1895SS 45-70 and handloaded Remington 300gn HPs doing 2140ft/s ("The One Hit Wonder"). Since this photo was taken, I havemounted a 1.5-5x20mm Leupold (matte) on the Marlin.




For more open areas, like the western plains of NSW, I can't fault my Ruger M77 30-06 and Speer 165gn SPHotCors doing 2780ft/s.

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nice hogs drew. nice guns also.

ps drew i like your sig. i completely agree. i use an 06.

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Thanks mate.

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Mini 14
muzzlebrake
iron sights
30rd PMI mag

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killed my first hog and i am hooked. killed with .30-.30 at 30 yds.

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Archery stalk at night is definately the best way to go. But, the rifleI now use is the Marlin Cowboy in 45/70 pushing a 405 gr. Idaho Territory hardcast at 1900 fps. Really drops 'em. Backup is, of course, Ruger Vaquero in .45 LC, loaded hot. Course, I hunt in heavy brush (East Texas' big thicket).

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Gosh partner, a 30-30 is more than enough!

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You know, I am told that all the time. And, I agree for the most part. I was raised on a hog farm (600 hogs, plus dairy and beef cattle, chickens, sheep, goats, 30 horses, ducks, geese, rabbits, ect...), and have killed a lot more of them then I care to think about. Smaller pigs we just stuck, but larger hogs were shot in the head at close range with a .22 LR. 95% of the time, drops them where they stand. The other 5%, may take 3 or even 4 shots to bring them down. Split them afterward, and it is apparent that the first shot or two scrambled the brain. How the heck were they still going?

Hogs have some tough protection from a front shot. Even from the side, a hog bone is a lot of protection from a 30-30 bullet. My 45/70 will, I feel, drop the stubborn 5%. In the event that I stumble into a mess of pissed off porkers on some moonless night in the backwater swamp, I want a weapon that will afford me a margin of error, and still yield a happy ending.

Strangely, I really do prefer hunting them with a bow. But, I like to tote along a little back-up (.45 LC).

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I agree with Susquatch. Most of the time you can drop them if you hit them right with a .22, but I"ve had too many get up and run off when we shot them with a small caliber gun. We hunt them at night a lot and when you flip the light on you don't have a lot of time to shot so you don't always have time to take careful aim and try to shot them in the head. We end up shooting a lot of ours behind the shoulder and I've seen several of them we shot that had several scars from being shot in the shoulder where it didn't kill them. Now I shoot them with a .450 Marlin. I've crawled through the brush too many times after shooting one before and having it get up and run off. We can normally find them but it is not much fun crawling through brush on your hands and knees after a pissed off boar. We've had them run after being shot with everything from a .223 to a .300 WM. If you shot them with a small caliber bullet in the shoulder the shield on a large boar can stop the bullet or have the wound close over making it hard to track. When we shot one with my .450 there is a large hole and plenty of blood to follow though we've never had any run more than a few yards after shooting one with it.

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Jeffs, I have been hunting hogs with dogs for over50yrs and have never had to use guns that big. The biggest I have used is 1911 .45, but 95% of the time I use a .357.
I have never hunted hogs at long range. We don't like running after the dogs with loaded long guns, cause someone can trip and the guns can go off and hit the person in front. Side arms only!!

I have lost count years ago, but I quess I have killed atleast 4 or 5 semi truck loads.

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There is a big difference between hunting them with dogs and shooting them in a pasture. With dogs you don't want a large gun because you don't want to shoot through them and hit a dog, also you have the dogs holding them or having them bayed where you can get in close. When we hunt with dogs we don't even use a gun we tie their legs and take them live.

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I see you are from my neck of the woods, Jeff. Do you hunt WMA's or private? I would LOVE to find a private day-lease for hogs where the action was fairly steady. Just have to be a good rate for me to be able to afford it.

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Hey guys, I'm not trying toput down the way others hunt, every one knows what and how they like to hunt.
We have Zerexpilot on this forum from Texas, that is telling us he puts them all down with a .243 and he does'nt hunt with dogs. There are others on here from Texas also with other opinions on shooting hogs.
That's what I like about this forum, it shows me what and how others are using thier skills on hunting. Jeffs mentioned about tieing thier legs and bringing them back alive. I just bought a scanner for all the pictures I want to post onhog hunting and truck loads of live hogs we brought back alive over the years.

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I feel the same, Rebel. My way isn't right for everyone. But it is for me. At least right now. I used to hunt hogs at night, alone, with a bow, and no back-up weapon. Several other hunters had mentioned to me that it would be a good idea to gat a hunting pardner, and to carry as handgun for backup. These are not domestic pigs. Wound one, and he might prove hard to stop. When I kill one, it is usually at night, and alone. But, now, I like to make sure I can put BIG holes all the way through 'em, if need be,

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I know what you mean partner! I have seen many guys over the years cut-up by boss hogs and alot of good dogs killed.
When I started hunting hogs back in the early 50'swithoutdogs,Iwas using a Rem .35cal "Woods Master" Mod 81 which I still have in the safe.
I'm to old and heavy these days to chase them dogs,so 5yrs ago I started hunting deer and if I see a good 60 to 75lb porker, I'll pop him for the pit.:DGood eating!!