Feral Hog Hunting with an Air Rifle
07-26-2006, 08:26 AM
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RE: Feral Hog Hunting with an Air Rifle
I am going over to the video editor after work to get the video teaser of hog hunt and air gun. I will post again once I get it up on his site for viewing. Hopefully then all of our questions will be answered.
07-28-2006, 09:57 AM
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RE: Feral Hog Hunting with an Air Rifle
I just uploadedthe TV show teaser up on Steve's site. You can viewit under "Outdoor Guide>Schedule" on www.stevescott.tv or you can go straight to the page using this link: http://www.stevescott.tv/node/95
Enjoy!!!
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07-28-2006, 10:42 AM
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RE: Feral Hog Hunting with an Air Rifle
07-30-2006, 10:54 AM
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RE: Feral Hog Hunting with an Air Rifle
While I am skeptical of this entire notion...I am still curious. Now with that said, we kill a dozen or so hogs here per week. Most (with some type of .30 caliber rifle or larger.....some with bow) drop in their tracks with proper shot placement.
However, I have shot hogs with a .308 and had them run for a half mile before bleeding enough to slow them down. I have also seen LARGE feral hogs stop a .308 in their shoulder. That is damned near like an armor plate.
Still curious, but I would consider engaging a hog with any type of "air rifle" to be unethical. UNLESS THE SHOW PROVES TO ME OTHERWISE LOL .
good luck
However, I have shot hogs with a .308 and had them run for a half mile before bleeding enough to slow them down. I have also seen LARGE feral hogs stop a .308 in their shoulder. That is damned near like an armor plate.
Still curious, but I would consider engaging a hog with any type of "air rifle" to be unethical. UNLESS THE SHOW PROVES TO ME OTHERWISE LOL .
good luck
07-31-2006, 06:07 AM
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RE: Feral Hog Hunting with an Air Rifle
I have also seen LARGE feral hogs stop a .308 in their shoulder. That is damned near like an armor plate.
On the video I uploaded to his site, it appears he shot the hog in the eye and it scrambled up his brain. The clip then shows Steve and the guide dragging the hog out from where he shot it, so it must not have run but died right there?
Video of hog being shot in eye (You Call This an Airgun)
http://www.stevescott.tv/node/95
Enjoy!!
07-31-2006, 07:17 AM
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RE: Feral Hog Hunting with an Air Rifle
Interesting video you linked to above. Maybe...maybe not. No impact shot, no walkup/recovery? It goes from the shot....to dragging him out of the woods.
Now I have to wonder, how many people out there are going to get hurt after seeing this and figuring they can do the same. Shooting a hog in the eye with a "gamo air-rifle", on the ground, in their immediate vicinity is dangerous at best. Just my opinion though.
good luck
Now I have to wonder, how many people out there are going to get hurt after seeing this and figuring they can do the same. Shooting a hog in the eye with a "gamo air-rifle", on the ground, in their immediate vicinity is dangerous at best. Just my opinion though.
good luck
07-31-2006, 12:51 PM
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RE: Feral Hog Hunting with an Air Rifle
1000 FPS Air rifle with ballistic point pellets is more then efficient for killing larger game. I've taken plenty of coyotes and coy dogs with them in Indiana. Its all about shot placement. I take raccoons all the time with them. I'm a Wildlife Control Technician and I use an RWS Diana Model 36 to shoot raccoons in attics. Thats the same gun that I hunt coyotes and coy dogs with. I don't know how tough hogs are compared to domestic pigs but I know the pigs I've bought I could have easily killed with my pellet rifle.