RE: Favorite Caliber for Hogs and Why?
 

My favorite, 100 grain sonic broadhead or muzzy three blade. Lol. I have not shot a hog with a gun in over 2 years.


Ive taken hogs with everything from 38 special pistols to 300 wby mags. My choice of guns is;

Hand guns: 454 casull or 44 mag. but I tend to take the most with a good old 45 acp. with my special loads.


Rifles: i like my 300 wby or 30-06. 308 calibers do a good job coming from just about any gun.

Caliber is simply what you like and can shoot well. Ive taken tons with 243, 223, 308, 22-250, 30-06, 25-06, 300 wby, 7mm rum, 270, 44 mag, 454 casull, 38 special, 357, and 45 acp. i think that sums up most of the long gun calibers and pistols Ive used though the years.

RE: Favorite Caliber for Hogs and Why?
 

Been using a 20 gauge with slugs and buckshotlately. I haven't seen a whole lot of animals shot with other calibers but the shotguns seem to put a big hole with little bruising around it. They knock the pig down real good too but thats mostly just shot placement talking. Doesn't matter what caliber you use (I'm talking about the big stuff, not 22s), you hit the pig in the spine or vertebrae, it's not going anywhere. Those hit in the vitals didn't go far either. Actually I don't think anything has made it 20 yards yet.

RE: Favorite Caliber for Hogs and Why?
 

i've killed hogs with 22LR, 12 gauge buckshot, .30-06 and Wby .300 mag. i'm hope'n to get one soon with my .25-06. my favorite way of taking them is either with buckshot or shoot them right behind the ear with a .22LR

RE: Favorite Caliber for Hogs and Why?
 

Hey NT, i'm curious to know what gr ammo you're using for the 223 & are you taking head shots?

RE: Favorite Caliber for Hogs and Why?
 

When I hunt hogs with a .223, I use FMJ ammo, and for a gun I use a Ruger Min-14.

RE: Favorite Caliber for Hogs and Why?
 

Using handloaded 55 gr. Sierra Gamekings pushed by Win. 748. Most shots were head shots, but one (the boar)was a heart shot because he wasrunning and that was the best shot I had at the time.

RE: Favorite Caliber for Hogs and Why?
 

Cool, Thanks.

RE: Favorite Caliber for Hogs and Why?
 

Wow no one said 25-06 or 7mm-08???

RE: Favorite Caliber for Hogs and Why?
 

My uncle uses a Remington auto-loader in 30-06, not sure if it was a model 7400 or model 7600, 'cause I think one of those is a pump-action.

He likes that gun, cause he can hit the hog again in case it charges him.

RE: Favorite Caliber for Hogs and Why?
 

I've shot a few with a .25-06 this year.