is my .22 enough?
11-23-2005, 08:26 PM
#31
Join Date: Nov 2005
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RE: is my .22 enough?
ORIGINAL: salty
you will be surprised what a 22 can do when placed properly..
you will be surprised what a 22 can do when placed properly..
11-27-2005, 10:12 AM
#32
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Bossier City LA United States
Posts: 2,425
RE: is my .22 enough?
A 22LR is fine for shooting domestic hogs in the head at close range while they are standing at the feed bucket, but I wouldn't use one to shoot something that can eat you if you piss it off.
11-27-2005, 01:33 PM
#33
Typical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Georgia
Posts: 882
RE: is my .22 enough?
grizzly 190,
As you can see, there's a lot of opinions on the 22 LR for hogs, pro and con. I'll say this, I've killed a number of hogs over the years with the lowly 22 LR. All my shots are behind the ear as others said, I don't care if it's 50 lbs or 400. However, I'm close when I make that shot or I pass.
Heck, I didn't know there was anything else to hunt them with when I grew up. All I had was a 22 or my fathers' old 16 ga 1148 and 00 buck shot. The butcher I take my deer to, to be processed, kills all the hogs brought to himforbutchering with a 22 short, placed behind the ear, and the barrel nearly touching the hog.
So yes, the 22 will kill any hog, but you need to be close and know what you're doing.
dog1
As you can see, there's a lot of opinions on the 22 LR for hogs, pro and con. I'll say this, I've killed a number of hogs over the years with the lowly 22 LR. All my shots are behind the ear as others said, I don't care if it's 50 lbs or 400. However, I'm close when I make that shot or I pass.
Heck, I didn't know there was anything else to hunt them with when I grew up. All I had was a 22 or my fathers' old 16 ga 1148 and 00 buck shot. The butcher I take my deer to, to be processed, kills all the hogs brought to himforbutchering with a 22 short, placed behind the ear, and the barrel nearly touching the hog.
So yes, the 22 will kill any hog, but you need to be close and know what you're doing.
dog1
