Kachok
Member
I never said the 17 HMR was not enough gun for any species, if you got little 70-120lbs eater hogs running around and you get a clean CNS shot on one he will drop without a doubt, if you were hunting a world record class anamal I for one would grab something much bigger. To be fair the world record hog was killed with a 7-08, but that was a perfect shot behing the ear. I did say to take into account less then ideal shooting angles, like we often run into in the real world where brush blocks shots, and where anamals just won't do what we want them too (raking shots, walking shots, and head on shots). I have known guys to take deer and hogs with a 22LR but they have to hope for an ideal shot to do so. I don't know about you but I have seen many an deer that never gave me an ideal broadside or quartering away shot.