What gun for feral hogs?

Wild pigs represent a huge threat to native wildlife species, they destroy habitat and double thier population every ten years, they have begun attacking humans and will continue to do so. It is only a matter of time untill a child is killed by a pig. When I lived in Australia pigs were just barely controled by sport hunters but the feral animals in the rainforest are almost imposible to hunt and are destroying vast areas including large bananna plantations every year. Killing these pigs is no longer a sport, it is a battle to save the wildlands of our nation, sporting rules do not apply in a war.

Just remember, a feral hog is just that , a wild hog, they can, and have killed hunters before

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Can anybody verify this? I know they can be dangerous but I can't say I've ever actually seen, in writing, a hog killing a hunter.

HB

Mosin is my Hog gun.

Any caliber capable of taking deer humanely is good enough for hogs.
Have killed them in droves with a 6mm,243,270,308,30-06.
Head shots rule.

Can anybody verify this? I know they can be dangerous but I can't say I've ever actually seen, in writing, a hog killing a hunter.

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I don't know about "killed". But I know a fellow co-worker that was severely mauled in the upper leg and groin area a few years ago. By a hog that he thought was "dead". The lacerations narrowly missed his femoral artery. He spent days in the hospital and was off work for several weeks. Had he not had a companion there with him he could have surely been killed. As you said,they can be dangerous.

eh every hog ive seen will just run away when approached...the aggressive ones are the ones that get cornered by dogs...hogs that are stalk hunted are almost never aggressive

on the gun note...the most fun hog gun i have is my 10/22....shot placement shot placement shot placement

talking about hand gun hunting for hog's. I would not recommend using a 9mm. Once we i went out my buddy and we happened apon a guy waiting for the truck to pick him up stading next to a 150 pound hog that had an entire clip unloaded in it and the guy sweating like a pig! he told us his story and we both just looked at him. Words just could not be be spoken. Glad I have a .45 colt backup with the .44 mag rifle. (hard too shot or even hold a rifle while climbing up a tree)

talking about hand gun hunting for hog's. I would not recommend using a 9mm. Once we i went out my buddy and we happened apon a guy waiting for the truck to pick him up stading next to a 150 pound hog that had an entire clip unloaded in it and the guy sweating like a pig! he told us his story and we both just looked at him. Words just could not be be spoken. Glad I have a .45 colt backup with the .44 mag rifle. (hard too shot or even hold a rifle while climbing up a tree)

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We use the 41 mag to put them down in the live trap. I aim to hit the head and heart. We used a Bersa 380 and it took a lot longer. 41 put him down with authority. They are pretty enraged when they are in the trap.

we got so many hogs, dont care if they drop on the spot or run a mile, I use my .17hmr and have dropped them on the spot, when checking cows I always have either a mini 14 or 30, AR15 or AR 10, favorite deer caliber rifles are 7-08, .308 and 6.5 Swede. favorite pistol .45 colt with 300 grain Grizzly or Buffalo Bore, we are overrun with them, in my county right now we have contract hunters shooting them out of helicopters funded by a gov't grant. we have an infestation of them a good hog is a dead hog, I think only the illegals are multiplying faster.

Sounds like we all need to take a vacation and go to Texas for a little hunting trip!!

I dont think any auto pistol is a good hunting caliber. the .45 acp and 10mm I read about all the time, but even the 10mm is less efficient than the .357 mag. and the lightest caliber I would carry would be a .41 mag.

Back to the OP, I think a .44 mag lever gun is a perfect pig gun. Loaded with heavy, hardcast, big meplat rounds.

Use Big Buckshot.

My favorite heavy cover hog gun is a full choked Remington 870 loaded with big factory loaded buckshot loads from Dixie Slugs company: The three inch 12 gauge Tri-Ball round has three .60 caliber hard cast 3/4th ounce pellets at 1050 fps. Patterns run 3 to 5 inches at 40 yards and shoot to the bead with a vent rib barrel. Yes, these will bust through the gristle shield of a boar hog.

chase it down on a 4 wheeler with a 9millimeter and shoot it right in the ass 15 times

+1 on the puma 92

I've got one in 454, and it does the job very well.

I once shot a 300 live weight dry sow from a ground blind with my ROA loaded to max with a 220gr cast slug - too far back and high it was trotting by - shot completely through it catching both lung tips and breaking ribs but it still ran off over 1/4 mile before we found it nearly bled out. years before this I had a 10/22 w/me and shot a smaller one running at me I had just answered a call of nature and kicked leaves over the evidence and down the hill it came, a boar. I hit it with all shots, 10 times SuperX's before it went down for good. one round left in my rifle.
2 others I drilled with head shots one with a .45acp Camp Carbine with jhp(took a chunk of skull off) the other shot it with a Rem '58 loaded with a slug shot it base of skull/neck juncture and it kicked for a couple minutes. they are tough animals. my .02 should use at least a .22mag. a lever .357 or bigger is better.

H&H, as near as I can tell, most of these "attacks" occur when a hunter is standing in what the hog perceives as its escape route. Happens mostly in tight quarters in brush. It happens fairly often with a spooked bunch of javelinas.

So, if you're in the "path to freedom", hey, "Company's coming!"

Up close and personal with a wounded animal? No telling. I once crippled a buck, hiting back on the spine. When I went up to end it, he rose on his front legs, made threatening motions with his antlers and actually made a sort of roaring sound at me. He was certainly willing to do Bad Things.

Art:

Gotta give the critter credit for not giving up.

kyle1974:

Can you or anyone else clue me in to why the guys in the helo shooting pigs are wearing camo?

MCGunner said:

Yep, you were in Texas, where the women are 10 times more dangerous than the hogs.

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Don't I know it, as I married one. (Texas woman, to be clear!)

Got a buddy from Okeechobee, Fl was attacked by a hog. Of course it was bayed up with dogs and he was tryiing to catch it, but an attack none the less. Nice long course of antibiotics and many stitches later and he's good.
I personally think people being stalked by hogs is hogwash.

Just to be safe don't hunt 'em with anything less than .375 H&H, a semi auto if you can find it, GOOD HUNTING!

eh every hog ive seen will just run away when approached...the aggressive ones are the ones that get cornered by dogs...hogs that are stalk hunted are almost never aggressive

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I've been charged twice.

The first time I put a .308 into it's head at about five feet, the second time a .45-70 at about twelve.

On the second one I had spook it up from where it was sleeping under a cedar, but couldn't get a clean shot since it went out the other side. I kept moving down the deer trail I was using figuring I was busted good and wasn't going to get him. Guess who made a U-turn and came back from me?

Anywho, both pigs that have charged me were 300lb+ boars. Must have figured they could win the fight.

We just killed 6 of them this past saturday. I used my 30-30. I did shoot one of them at about 15 yards with my Glock 27 . A friend of mine shot a couple with his AR-15 (.223/.556). I wouldn't use any less than a .223. Be careful they can get mean.

I wouldn't use any less than a .223.

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I got one last night with a .222. That is 1 less than a .223 and it still worked.
~z

NW of Houston area (unfortunately) for now. On the flip side I have gotten in good with many of the farmers and Nature Conservancies and provide a bit of a 'service'.

Yes, greening up nicely around here now.

~z