Recent content by North Texan

A 9mm will work fine for hogs. Like anything else, you just have to know where the vitals are and be able to hit the vitals. Shots in or just behind the ear from nearly anything kills them graveyard dead. I've been using my Glock 17 a bunch lately just because I can move quicker, especially...

If a person can't kill a hog reliably with a .223, they aren't shooting well enough to be hunting. I've killed hundreds of them with my .223 A-bolt, and I've never had a problem dropping them at any angle. If they are running straight away, I may have to use a disabling shot before I can...

Really any centerfire rifle cartridge will work for hogs, so long as its in a rifle that you shoot accurately and well. I shoot most of mine with my .223. I reload, and use 55 gr. Sierra Gamekings and have had very good luck with them. They penetrate and kill reliably. Hogs have a great...

I have a CETME and it is a very nice rifle. The wild hogs probably haven't enjoyed it near as much as I have.

I do most of my hunting with a .223. I handload for it, and use 55 gr. Sierra Gamekings. Never shot a deer with it (don't hunt them much), but have shot many, many hogs with it. Very seldom did they ever do anything other than fall over dead. Some have been larger than the average whitetail...

I've not had a lot of trouble with mine. I put a good bit of green slime in them. I use my ATV more for IPT cactus and mesquite than hunting, and to do so I run over a lot of stuff I would normally prefer not to. The slime works pretty good, although I have to put a little air in them...

I do the majority of my hunting at night, mainly for feral hogs. I have been thinking about purchasing a semi-auto and a nightvision scope. The terrain I am hunting in would be a mix of wheat fields and fairly heavy cover. Rifle I have been considering is an FNAR. Scope is an ATN Aries...

Hollywood has been one of the biggest advocates for gun restrictions and gun laws. The laws they want passed should apply to them like they do everyone else.

Yes. Probably the largest dozen or so hogs I have killed have been with my .223, using 55 grain Sierra Gamekings. Last year, I killed over 75 hogs, and all but maybe a dozen or so were with the .223.

Good luck! If the hogs are moving there like they are moving here, you should have no trouble getting one.

I try to set up where I can see as far downwind as possible. Most of the ones I've called in don't come close enough for me to see them until they are downwind. This isn't always the case, but it is more times than not. When using coyote vocalizations, howling is good for locating them, but...

I have owned and had trouble with every brand of low-end optics I have purchased: Bushnell, Tasco, Simmons, and BSA. My minimum now is a Nikon or Leupold. Haven't had problems with either, and both are worlds ahead as far as light transmission. Theory might work O.K. if you shoot...

I would actually like to serve on a jury, but I can't seem to survive the selection process.:banghead: I think sometimes the attorneys see me and think "Something's wrong. This guy WANTS to serve." Then I get voted off the island.

If you were carrying, at what point do you draw and fire?

Looks to me like that shows voting for a 3rd Party does make a difference. All the loser had to do was pick up a few more issues that matter to independents instead of catering to the party line, and he could have won.