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RE: best gun for hogs
ORIGINAL: Rebel Hog ORIGINAL: Branson What're your thoughts on shotguns? I have a lottery hunt coming up and was planning on using my 12 gauge with 00 buckshot. Shots will probably be under 30 yards because of the brush, and I'd bet they're gonna be running everywhere. -- B |
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Well I sure wish I'd asked y'all sooner. The hunt is tomorrow and it's too late to pick up and shoot a few slugs now. Should I get a shot tomorrow, should I go for the vitals or the neck/head area?
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RE: best gun for hogs
Did a canned hunt last year in NY State. All I had then was a 20 gauge Red Label. Used a one oz slug Buckhammer, and got a shot through the lungs on a nice 140 lb hog that was running. It went down and didn't move or make a sound. From 120 feet away in a treestand.
Just got a Rem 700 SPS in 300wsm. Would use that now, cause I got it! But that ounce of lead did the job last year. Use what you got, and place the shot! |
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 Just a suggestion;) |
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A 10/22? Ruger 10/22? dang...never thought about such a small cal. for hogs....always thought a bit bigger is better. Think ill give this a try! My Ruger is deadly accurate too:D...(crazy is a man who hunts a large sometimes angry animal such as a hog with a small bullet! guess im going to be crazy;)))))
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RE: best gun for hogs
One you can shoot the best. Id stay above a 243. 243 and large 22sand up are ok. Shot placement is probably more important.
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RE: best gun for hogs
Shot placement is critical when hunting hogs. i have killed a few hogs with a .22 rimfire at close range and a lot of them with a .22 Hornet: However, most have been killed with a .50 M/L and the .430 240 grain XTP bullet.Just aim for the area between the eye and the ear. If you can put a bulletthere ear you got him.
Do not think deer anatomy when shooting hogs: They ain't the same. Hogs can be very hard to kill if the shot is not placed right: i,ve seen them run away after being shot with a .300 Weatherby Magnum and a 180 grain bullet. Here is a good thing on hog anatomy: http://www.hunting-in-texas.com/learnhogs.htm#anatomy |
RE: best gun for hogs
ORIGINAL: Planter I do believe a .22 would do the job but what possible reason would there be for that choice. Unlessyou were a "really" great shot and that was all you had with you. It just seems a little on the light side especially if you were to try for a lung shot. I guess I'm missing something. 
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Ok well I shot a 290lb russian boar with my 8mm mauser with 200gr. nosler part. and it went down fast, my dad shot a 260 pounder with his 243, as with anything bullet placement is what counts.
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