Hog Hunting Help

[Riverpigusmc]

I wanna go, I wanna go

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I go hog hunting every year. Been going about 7 years now. I can tell you from experience that unless you sneak up on a sleeping hog with the wind just perfect, the chances of you slipping up on one within 20 yards is VERY slim. And from my experience, the big hogs that you'd have to worry about shot placement on do not move in the heat of the day. They lay up somewhere cool and come out mostly at night. The ones I see and shot during the day were all under 200lbs. 10mm will easily get the job done on that size and smaller. It's a lot of fun, but prepare to spend a lot of tine walking.

[NAMVET72]

Originally Posted by Riverpigusmc

I wanna go, I wanna go

Pig you know better, no state would let you hunt in it.

[sdmc530]

Thanks for all the posts. the more I read the less I want my pistol and more I want a canon! Should be a riot....need to practice though!

[Olympus]

You don't need a cannon. I've shot several with a muzzle loader. A lot of guys use 223 and put shots right in their ears. My last trip was in April of this year and I head shot one. It's not that hard to do.

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Here are some of mine from the last few years.

[milkmanjoe]

Originally Posted by USPSA Shooter

if you really want to hog hunt leave the guns at home get a few good dogs.


Let the dog's pin it down and you go in there with just a knife and finish the hog off.


I've done it ONCE and let me tell you........You have to be a absolute IDIOT to do this, But I was goated into it as my manhood was questioned and Y'all know me. I had to be THAT IDIOT.


I prefer my 30-06 and shoot them at 50 yrds or better, they can and will turn and try to eat your lunch, A buddy shot one at 30yrds and got a 10" scar and 25 stitches to show for it.

Nothing idiotic about it at all, if done right. We use pit bulls in Hawaii, they corner the hog and the kill is easy. However, on the Big Island of Hawaii, 1984-85, I was hunting with locals, and we decided that the guy using the smallest blade to take a hog was top dog. I pulled my Buck 110. Dogs cornered a hog, in the scrub. I went balls to the wall and hit my belly to crawl in right when the hog broke past the dogs and came right at me. While I was on my belly slashing at it the damn thing removed my left bicep. That happened cause I was young and stupid. Done correctly there is very little risk, the pits have hold of the hog and all you do is slit its throat, it goes down almost immediately. Her is my scar today, it has healed over by 2X what it was...

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[sdmc530]

Damn, that black pick looks BA.....

Hey Joe....are you still allowed to play with knives?

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I think I might have a few more photos.

[sdmc530]

Nice....so hungry for bacon!!!