best gun for hogs
 

what is the best gun for hog hunting?

RE: best gun for hogs
 

You're sure to get a lot of responses on this one!

I prefer to use a large caliber rifle, because you never know if you'll be shooting at a dinner-size hog or one the size of a bulldozer, so I feel it's better to be over-gunned than under-gunned.

I have a Savage 110 in .30-06, and I shoot 180-grain soft-point ammunition. It's a combo I've used a lot, I'm comfortable with it,it is accurate for me, and...itknocks 'em down just fine.

RE: best gun for hogs
 

Any large caliber. I use a .308, but 7-08, through 300 mags are my recomendation. Mostly because large boars have a think pad protecting their shoulders and smaller caliber bullets won't make it through if you take a broadside shot. Personally, I am not much of a hog hunter, but rather a hog shooter (which means, I have access to a property with very large populations, so I pretty much harvest one, as opposed to hunting them), so I head shoot everything. If this is your situation, anything from 223 up will do. I usethe .308 because that is my carry gun on the ranch.

RE: best gun for hogs
 

Anyone from .243 (100gr) to .30-30 (150gr)......Gosh guys, if you ever hunted Hogs you will know you don't need a Bazooka to hunt Hogs!:eek::)

30-30 vs Boar

RE: best gun for hogs
 

The one that you can shoot accurately.

RE: best gun for hogs
 

45-70, why not it,s fun to shoot:D

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Second that. I use a .223 because it is the gun I shoot all the time, so I shoot it accurately.

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I hope a 7mm-08 will due. That's what I plan on using next month when I go.

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Ditto, I love using my 45-70 on hogs and watching them cut a flip when hit in the shoulder with a 405 grain flatnose softpoint.

But most recently I've been using my AR-15 in .223 to bust 'em at night with my nightvision.

RE: best gun for hogs
 

I use a .22, and that's not a typo. If I was going to be shooting a big boar I might use a .223 or .243 but a .22 right behind the ear on a smaller hog will do the trick. I friend of mine has killed a few 150-200 lb. hogs with his .22 (lung shot)and his little sister using a .243 killed 300+lb. gilt. I wouldn't use a .22 if I was trophy hunting for boars but for sals and population control, it works fine. If I was hunting for trophy boars at a place I've never been, I would probably use my 7-08