I think the first time ole susieqz walks up on a good sized hog, she'll wish she had a bigger gun. The first hog I ever encountered was about 400-450lbs @ maybe 10 yards. No joke. I had my XD45 with 14rds of 230gr PDX1's and I felt EXTREMELY under gunned. In fact, I never pulled the trigger because of it. Looking back, I probably had enough. But the next day I ordered a Ruger 44mag.
You say you aren't a hunter. And by all accounts, you're right. Which is all the more reason to have enough gun. Can't handle the recoil? You come up on a decent hog that can hurt you and you pull the trigger, you can be shooting a 22, 9mm, 38, 357, 44 or 45. You won't feel the recoil.
Taking a life, even a hog's life should be done cleanly. I know what hogs can do. I've seen them decimate everything from farmland to golf courses. But it's not the hogs fault. They don't wake up each day and think about how much money they can cost a landowner, farmer, or business owner. They are just another animal out there surviving with the resources and tools God gave them. But, they're doing a really good job of it.
I know people in a neighboring state that gut shoot bear because they eat their deer corn and keep the deer away during deer season. Even though they have bear tags and could kill them legally, they'd rather not have to drag a dead bear off to gut it. So they gut shoot them with 22mags and 17hmr's and let the bear carry itself off to die. Shameful.
You say you aren't a hunter. And by all accounts, you're right. Which is all the more reason to have enough gun. Can't handle the recoil? You come up on a decent hog that can hurt you and you pull the trigger, you can be shooting a 22, 9mm, 38, 357, 44 or 45. You won't feel the recoil.
Taking a life, even a hog's life should be done cleanly. I know what hogs can do. I've seen them decimate everything from farmland to golf courses. But it's not the hogs fault. They don't wake up each day and think about how much money they can cost a landowner, farmer, or business owner. They are just another animal out there surviving with the resources and tools God gave them. But, they're doing a really good job of it.
I know people in a neighboring state that gut shoot bear because they eat their deer corn and keep the deer away during deer season. Even though they have bear tags and could kill them legally, they'd rather not have to drag a dead bear off to gut it. So they gut shoot them with 22mags and 17hmr's and let the bear carry itself off to die. Shameful.