Hog Hunting Weapons
 

There are as many good rifles, shotguns, and bows to hunt hogs as there are to hunt deer. I just wanted to know what everyones' favorite hog medicine is. Mine, as with most other North American game is in my signature and my avatar.

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Rem. .35cal Woods Master.
For years I used a .45 1911 as my main weapon!
Ihave always hunted hogs with dogs, never without dogs.

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Browing Avalance 11, 72 pound drawweight, 30 inch draw length fires a 125 grain Grim Reaper broadhead, with carbon express 300 arrows at 275 foot a second... or sometimes for old times sake I take the old Jennings Buckmaster same set up, just a little slower, but hits the mark.
You got to get up close and personal.... Dead hog walking!

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I have used my Mathews Outback for a while have had no problem putting many pigs down for the big dirt nap... I use some ole trusty Montec broadheads and blackhawk arrows to do the deed with.....the one in my avatar went right at 300lbs, he is -was the biggest wild hog I have ever seen, he now graces my wall in my trophy room...

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Tuff your from Weatheford. Did you know sheriff Brown, you the one that got busted for taking funds form auto auctions. I used to sit with him at Rotary.

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Here is a popular one from Southwest FL

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Remington 742 Woodsmaster, .30-06, Leupold Vari-X II.
(Pawn shop special.)

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A good pack of dogs and my hands are the preferred way here. Catch and tie about 90% of them and stick a few.

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A man with a Plan! Been doingit for most of myhog hunting days.
Hunted with dogs for 25yrs, always had6 hog dogs ready to go.

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my hog gun is a Win. 94 Trapper in 44mag with a 2-7 simmons with see through rings. it's great for close up hogs and others out to 100 or so yards. it holds 11 and has plenty of power for em.

i'm planning on trying to hunt them with my bow but haven't gotten around to it yet.

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rebel hog................35 remington woodsmaster...........as in model 81?

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oh and to answer this post..........remington model 8 auto in 35 rem....or marlin 45-70 guide gun.....or a ruger 45 colt b hawk

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YEP! Mod 81 w/hunting scene engraving, I think they made about fifty some
thousand or so, right after the Mod 8. Still in the safe!

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where in fl are ya.....we ought to turn the dogs loose sometime and give the old remingtons a run for it.......most guys round here think im carrying a shotgun when ive got mine out....got model 8's in 25,30 and 35....missing that damned 32. got a model 81 in 300 savage

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winchester 300wsm. watch them ROLL when you hit them from about 80yards. love the drop where you hitem shots

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flcracker, wish I had met you 15-20yrs ago! Good buddy, I'm a hasbeen to hog
hunting. I gave my dogs to my hunting partner 5yrs ago. We hunted together and
ran dogs all over FL. for around 50yrs. I'm 65 and he is 73 now, but he still has
the dogs, last time I seen him he had 26 hog dogs. We use to breed, train and sell
the pups. Our cross was Calahoula, Pit Bull and Rhodisian Ridge Back.
I always had 2 Trail, 2 Bay and 2 Catch dogs. Have killed and trapped many hogs!
The biggest one I killed was in Lake Wales,FL. 375lbsin 1963 and the biggest he killed
was in Fort Lonesome, 465lbs in 1989. He has the head mounted, hes jet black!

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I've only taken one hog, and I used a Remington 1100 12 ga. with rifled catilever barrel and 1oz Barnes expander sabot slugs. Shot a 250 pound hog at ten yards, and he was down for the count. Slug stopped in the fat on the far side. Worked great.

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Hey Long, it will do it every time!;)

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It sure did. I used that because that was what I had to use. All my rifles are for varmint hunting. I was very impress with how it performed, and shocked that I did not get complete penetration. Those are definitely some tough critters. I will post a pic later of the slug. It is quite impressive, mushroomed perfectly.

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Going out Thursday afternoon with a 20 bore flint fowler. Anxious to see what a .60 caliber ball will do.

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my weapon of choice for hogs is my browning 22-250 works great ive killed many hogs up to 250lbs great gun

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30-30 Marlin

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A 22-250? That doesn't seem like much of a hog gun to me. What type of bullets are you using? I would be afraid that little 22 caliber bullet would just blow up on impact. I just picked up some Winchester platinum tip slugs, and some partition gold slugs today. I might be testing them on hogs soon. I'm trying to get a good idea of how they perform before I let them fly after black bear.

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Tom, I know what you mean. My minimum choice for big hogsis .357 P+mag with
the best bullets Fed. makes. Now, forsmall Piney rooters, 22-250 will do.

Heck, a .22 long will killany hog if shot in the forehead, butmost of the time you don't
have that chance, onlywhen the dogs havehim held down and then you run the risk of hitting one of the dogs.

The problem is that most hog hunters have notencountered a charge from a Boss Hog.

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I like to shoot them with my bow. Ill aslo use my 300 wby, 30-06, 44 mag, or 45 acp. In my youth we would knife them. I now enjoy just shooting them.

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I haven't ever been charged, but I still think that any 22 is too small. My minimum would be a .243 in a rifle, or 20 ga slugs with the shotgun. I'm guessing that a semi auto 20 ga shotgun with high quality sabot slugs and a low power scope...maybe even a red dot scope, would be ideal. Either way, my 357 stays on my hip during all hog hunts.

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Was planning on a worked over Delta Elite (10mm) but it was sold before I had the cash. Will either be my .45 or my Springfield M1A until I can get a M1A with a shorter barrel, right now Im using a "loaded" model with 22 in barrel.

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I have never had one charge that I couldnt simple step out of the way of. Ive only had them come at me in a mood when I had them cornered or injured. Most of the time the blind things are just running and I happen to be in their way. I step to the side, they run by, get out in the field and stop, and when they look back I shoot them. I have only had one run at me and keep coming at me, and it wasnt a hog but a pickery (javalina).;) Good thing, Id hate to have one of those 400+ lb boars get me down.

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Either my SKS or my bow with a HAWGLITE and a lumenok. That nightime hog hunting is addictive!

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Ive shot them with my m4, assorted deer and varmintrifles, a bow, and my trusty pig sticker.

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Here are the pics of the 1oz Barnes Xpander slug that was recovered from my hog.

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well maybe a 22-250 might be a little small but also shooting 60 boat tails have never failed as long as you can hit the dang thing right you should be fine

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The picture of that slug should be in the Barnes catalog! That peformance was awesome, and the only way it could've been any better is if the slug had 1 more fps in it to barely squeeze out of the off side of the pig to leave you a better blood trail! My guess is with a mushroom like that the blood trail probably wasn't too much of a factor.

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The hog dropped right on the spot. I think it would have had complete penetration, but I hit the spine. It is 100% because of me. He came out on my left side and was looking at me. I didn't have a shot, and as I was trying to figure out what to do, he started to walk briskly right in front of me. I justshot a bit high, and clipped the spine.

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We should all be so lucky with shots that go "a little high". I have never complained about accidentally hitting the spine. Even if they need a finisher you know that they aren't going anywhere!

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10-4 Tom. Dead is dead!!! No matter were you hit it,i f it is not breathing,
it's dead!;)

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I certainly am not complaining. It worked rather well. It just was not what Iintended to do. It didn't expire immediately, but it couldn't go anywhere either. But I am sure that is why I didn't get complete penetration.But, it didn't matter anyways.

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We use everything from a 25/06, .308, .300 WM, to my .450 Marlin. I like the .450 though because when you hit one with it they don't go anywhere.

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I use my 223,with a custom reloaded 70gr bullet.Killed 40hogs and 5 deer in the last 3 yrs with it.They(either one) don,t go anywhere!! Dead in there tracks and no blood shot either. vangunsmith

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:D:D:DVan, you don't want to get close and personal?:D:D:D