WILL A 22.250 WORK FOR HOGS?
#1
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Kansas
Posts: 451
WILL A 22.250 WORK FOR HOGS?
I WILL BE HOG HUNTING FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS WEEKEND. I WILL BE USING MY BOW FOR AS MUCH AS I CAN. HOW WOULD A 22.250 DO ON A HOG, IT IS DEATH ON COYOTES BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW WELL IT WILL DO WITH A HOG. THE BULLET MAY PASS THROUGH WITHOUT ANY EXPANSION, I DON'T KNOW. I HAVE HEARD THE HYDE IS PRETTY THICK, MABY THAT WILL HELP THE BULLET FLOWER OUT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW EASY THEY DIE, I HAVE PRINTED OUT THE VITALS OF A HOG AND THE HEART IS SUPPRISINGLY LOW.
I DON'T KNOW HOW EASY THEY DIE, I HAVE PRINTED OUT THE VITALS OF A HOG AND THE HEART IS SUPPRISINGLY LOW.
#3
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
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RE: WILL A 22.250 WORK FOR HOGS?
If you put it in the ear hole and not with a varmint bullet. Do you have 12 gauge with slugs. I have a cousin who uses a .223 and shoots them right behind the ear, but he also guides and hunts several times a week. I wouldn't recommend it for a 1st timer.
#4
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Texas
Posts: 7
RE: WILL A 22.250 WORK FOR HOGS?
Hogs don't die very easy. I have taken several with my 22-250 by shooting them in the head. I have also taken them with a bow. Lots of excitement with a bow.Ifa head shot is not realistic for you then pick out smaller hog like one coyote size and go for the lungs and you will be fine with your rifle. I reload the AMAX bullet in 52 grain and it works great if you know the limitations.Stay with the bow if you can. Nothing like getting close.
#5
RE: WILL A 22.250 WORK FOR HOGS?
Here's one of many that venado has killed with Ear Shots and .17 HMR...
His Web Site..........http://residents.bowhunting.net/awesomehunting
His Web Site..........http://residents.bowhunting.net/awesomehunting
#6
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: land of the Lilliputians, In the state of insanity
Posts: 26,274
RE: WILL A 22.250 WORK FOR HOGS?
22-250 is plenty gun for hogs. Ive got a buddy, who is too old to shoot bows now and all he uses is a 22-250. Ive never seen him lose a single hog. He puts the bullet in the boiler room. His eyes are not what they use to, so he feels a head shot is too small of a mark.
#8
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 4
RE: WILL A 22.250 WORK FOR HOGS?
If I could add a little: the 22.250 will kill a hog, but I wouldn't want to count on it. Yes, if it's place in the ear, but how many guys can guarantee a shot like that when you really need to....? It might be ok if it's for a back-up, but most hog hunters I know will insist on a minimum of a .270 for a single shot kill, and most are using a .308, 30.06, 30.30 (where the vegetation is thick) and so on. Just my two cents. Good luck.
#9
RE: WILL A 22.250 WORK FOR HOGS?
Hogs are still just flesh and blood. Yes they are tough real tough but they are not armour plated. The 22-250 will put a hurtin' on a hog just use a good bonded bullet for deep penetration.
#10
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: land of the Lilliputians, In the state of insanity
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RE: WILL A 22.250 WORK FOR HOGS?
ORIGINAL: adrenaline
If I could add a little: the 22.250 will kill a hog, but I wouldn't want to count on it. Yes, if it's place in the ear, but how many guys can guarantee a shot like that when you really need to....? It might be ok if it's for a back-up, but most hog hunters I know will insist on a minimum of a .270 for a single shot kill, and most are using a .308, 30.06, 30.30 (where the vegetation is thick) and so on. Just my two cents. Good luck.
If I could add a little: the 22.250 will kill a hog, but I wouldn't want to count on it. Yes, if it's place in the ear, but how many guys can guarantee a shot like that when you really need to....? It might be ok if it's for a back-up, but most hog hunters I know will insist on a minimum of a .270 for a single shot kill, and most are using a .308, 30.06, 30.30 (where the vegetation is thick) and so on. Just my two cents. Good luck.