best gun for hogs
10-09-2007 | 02:10 PM
#31
Dominant Buck
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 26,274
Likes: 0
From: land of the Lilliputians, In the state of insanity
RE: best gun for hogs
ORIGINAL: Rebel Hog
I used 00 buck years ago, but went with the Sabots back in the 70's whenstalking them and that wasn't to often cause I ran dogs for 45+ years and just carried side arm.
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
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
10-09-2007 | 05:06 PM
#32
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 206
Likes: 0
From: Maryland but stuck in VA
RE: best gun for hogs
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?
11-01-2007 | 09:33 PM
#33
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 27
Likes: 0
From:
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!
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!
11-26-2007 | 12:55 PM
#35
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 128
Likes: 0
From:
RE: best gun for hogs
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
...(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
))))
...(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))))
11-27-2007 | 06:40 AM
#37
Boone & Crockett
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 11,410
Likes: 1
From: Comance county, OK
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
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
11-27-2007 | 07:43 AM
#38
Dominant Buck
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 26,274
Likes: 0
From: land of the Lilliputians, In the state of insanity
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.
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.
11-27-2007 | 08:59 AM
#39
Dominant Buck
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 26,323
Likes: 0
From: WC FL