Pat Riot
Contributing Member
Notably, Houston, being mostly in Harris County, is just one county west of a notorious incident in which feral hogs killed and partially consumed a woman,
We heard grunts and loud noises and saw a feral hog desperately kicking aside rocks larger than softballs to find water.
Like I had said before it depends on the woods or what one “might” encounter, but I must say I forgot about wild pigs. I am thinking if I were in an area where pigs or Razorbacks were a concern I am pretty sure I would be packing a Glock 20 in 10mm…and an extra magazine or two.
When I was a kid we lived in Rogers Arkansas for a year when I was in 7th grade. The first time I saw Razorbacks was at the city dump. I was fascinated until the caretaker showed up with a 30-30, fired two rounds into the dirt to run them off. Then I got a lecture from him on “staying the hell away from hogs! Run Boy! That’s what you do. Get to a tree and climb. Pigs can’t climb.”
A few days later my brother and I were in some woods nearby home looking for Ginseng plants when we heard pigs. We took the dump caretaker’s advice and scooted up a tree as about a dozen pigs came down the hill towards where we were. They had heard us, I guess. As they came down the hill I guess they either saw us or smelled us. Either way they hung around at the base of that tree for nearly an hour. We know it was about an hour because we were a half hour late getting home for lunch and my Mom was angry until we told her why we were late. When the pigs trotted off we waited a while before climbing down snd beatin’ feet home.
If pigs are a concern I would go with fire power and more than a revolver holds and I want fast reloads. I love my revolvers, but…