12ga for hogs
 

i was planing to hunt at this hog hunting ranch and i was planing on hunting with my 12ga with 12pelit 00buck but the guy at the ranch wold not let me use it ,he said it wont kill a big hog do you think that is true???

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For hogs with a shotgun I would use a slug.

While I am not 100% sure about the effectiveness of 00 buckshot on a bigger hog, you are hunting on somebody elses land so shoot what they say.

It is really not that much different than ranchers requiring fixed blade broadheads and no mechanicals. Normally there is a reason.

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Me also!

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Do yourself a favor and take a bow along with a pistol backup. I think I saw where you are a bow hunter. On the ones I went on, on a ranch, the guys who had guns pretty well walked in, and bam thier hunt was over within an hour and they looked disappointed. As mine and my brothers stretched out for over 5 hours. And if the bow doesn't work out, you always got the pistol

But as far as 00's not killing a hog, I think he is little off his rocker. If you keep your distances under 25 yards, your going to have a dead hog. But there's alot of tasty meat you might destroy. I wouldn't do it myself. You would want to wait until they are quartering away from you.

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You may not be able to get close enough for the buck shot to do it's job proberly. If you take a shotgun, use a slug. Also, keep in mind that if there are dogs involved, buck shot is likely to hit one of them also.
Me personally, I probably wouldn't want a hunter I was guiding using buck shot either, but we use dogs.

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I too use a slug. Usually 3" mags with 1.25 oz slugs.

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i have shot hogs with 00 buck but like everyone else slugs is the way to go .especially on big hogs .the ones i have shot with 00 went down hard and some didnt .so i'd stick with the slugs

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I have never had a problem dropping a pig with a load of Buckshot but I never shoot over dogs and the country I hunt in is quite thick. I would use slugs on large boars in more open country and I just bought 100 Lee key slugs to re-load for that exact purpose.

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I have never hunted hogs before, but i know that they have thick skin. With buckshot you get very little penetration, even at closer ranges. You might be able to do it, but why take the chance.

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A shot at 50yds with Improved Modified and 00 at the head, is a no Brainer! Atleast according to the Hog!:D

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i wouldnt use it on a big hog, but thats just me....i have killed a couple meat hogs with 00 buck, but if were use a shotgun for a larger hog, there'd be a slug in there....

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The first hog I ever shot was a big boar hog. He had just been shot by a guy with 00 Buck and the few pellets that hit were spread across his body. I tracked that hog and caught up to him and he was hurting. Popping teeth and all. I ended the misery with a Rottweiler Magnum slug and it knockedhim stiff legged. The butcher asked me how many times I shot him because he found 3 different types of shot in him plus my slug. He was only shot once before I got to him that day, which means he was running around with 2 other loads of 00 in him from who knows when. The only sure fire bet if you have to use shot is Copper Solid shot to the head or 000. I personally only use 12 guage Rottweiler Magnum Slugs and most drop in their tracks and only a select few have taken it and rolled over within 10 yds. No reason to take the chance unless you have to. They're the toughest things around, but why make them go through it if it can be avoided.

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This is the slug I like best for the Big ones!

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Rebel, would you happen to know how the hog hunting is out in Big Cypress?

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Wet!:D:D:D:D:DWhen they prohibitedswamp buggies from leaving the main roads, I lost interest in Big Cypress. Alot of gators, panthers, bearsandsnakes, not to mention the skeeters!There is plenty of game , but you have to go after it. Watch out for theSW 1/3 ofBig Cypress, that's Monroe, County and hunting is Prohibited in Monroe!
We started to go to Babcock/Webbfor awhile!

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Big Cypress is 565,848 acres and very easy to get lost in the swamp. Most hunters have gone to Air Boats. Have you tried Fish Eating Creek? Plenty hogs there!

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i have used 00 buck and killled a lot of hogs with it but i always wait until they a less than 25 yards but nothing beats a good slug to put them down on the spot its like hitting them with a semi truck

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solid ball ammo works well too, I have used that down here and it drops pigs very well and is cheap to make as well.