Reccomend a good .22lr load for wild hogs

[mikle76]

First, see if you can get your hands on a 22 magnum. Second to that,
the two deepest penetrating 22 Long Rifle rounds available are the CCI Velocitor (40 gr HP @ 1435fps per CCI) and the much newer Aquila Interceptor (40 gr Solid at something like 1480 fps) I would go with the most accurate of the two and leave the lightwieght hyper velocity stuff at home. The 40 grainers might give you a little room for error in case you nick a skull bone. The super fragile LW's will likely just come apart and deeply anger the beast IMO, when it comes to headshots only (and this is such a case) I want the heaviest bullet I can get for penetrations sake.

 

[jmorris]

Just about any .22lr should do fine, just be carefull not to hit the wires on the trap.

 

[Barny]

If I were in your shoes, I'd use my 10/22 with a 25 mag loaded with CCI hollow points and just keep shooting till it stops squirming.

 

[Shawnee]

Anyone have an AMT semi-auto pistol in .22 mag. ???

That ought to "git 'er done".

 

[TheTriggerHappyIrishman]

in my wild days, i had a .22 at my side cause ya never know... the dogs might run and you might drop your knife. not fun. using windchester loads i shot one bout 200lb in the head at 20... dropped. also had to use it to put down a dog that got really torn up and was bleeding out...

 

[Cocked & Locked]

.22lr for a hog in the wild? You better go squirrel hunting instead.

 

[sanerkeki]

I have been hunting hog for a while now, and I can tell you it is more dangerous then bear. I usually use SVD Druganov, FN, HK or RPK, and sometimes it takes few shots to finish the job. Hunting with a 22 is not that safe unless you can hit that hog right above the ear, but if you graze it, it will charge towards were the shot came. The good thing about them they taste really good

 

[MarkChiarello]

I am sure that a .22 can stop a hog with a good brain shot at close range.
But if your shot is less that perfect a .22 will not even slow down a charge. This may sound silly, but you should seriously consider a bayonet.

Better yet, can you use dogs and a knife. It would seem that the regulations allow it. In heavy cover I feel much safer with good dogs than with any firearm.

 

[Sagetown]

use any .22 lr w/ 40grain round nose bullet. The shot has to be perfect.

By placing the bullet where the lines cross in an imaginary 'X' drawn between the ears and eyes. They'll drop straight down every time.

But gettin a wild hog to stop and look at you long enough for you to get that perfect shot may not be good for your health.

 

[Big Bill]

Use a .22 Hornet or .204 Ruger. I don't see them specifying only .22 LR... You could also use a .17 HMR or a .220 Swift - right?

 

[qajaq59]

I'm a cautious guy at heart and I've shot a few wild hogs. Consequently if I were you I would wait until the season opened and get one with a 30-30, .308 or some other center fire. That way you'll have some idea of what a hog can really do when startled or wounded.

Then..... If you feel confident that you can shoot well enough to try it with a .22, you can hunt them off season. They really can be a dangerous animal under the right circumstances. If he moves just as you fire and then charges, you are not likely to stop him with the .22. It really isn't worth getting hurt just to get a hog. They may taste good, but nothing tastes good enough to spend a few weeks in a hospital!!

 

[Ed4032]

I use 12ga slugs. Often it takes a couple of well placed shots to slow them down.

 

[Kilgor]

If you have a concealed weapons license in Arkansas, you can carry your pistol while hunting. You DO conceal a .44 magnum don't you? I'm not saying use it if it's illegal to use, but I'd feel a lot better having it to defend yourself with (from both 2 and 4 legged critters)

 

[MCgunner]

A bayonet for a charging hog? NOT ME, BUDDY! I suppose Darwin will rule over this one. Big animals take big guns, period. I have a .308 and it's proven on hogs. .243 would work fine with a proper bullet. Anything that I'd use on a deer will stop a hog. Big ones can take a bit of penetration, proper bullet like a Barnes will solve that. I hunt squirrels with .22s. I don't hunt ANYthing with a bayonet. I cut the bayonet lug off my SKS. All it was good for is grabbing every piece of brush I walked past. The SKS is my truck gun, sort of a semi auto .30-30.

I kill hogs year around down here. I do pick on the 200 lbers or less and my trap's size is small enough to discourage the monsters from going in. A 30 cal 140 Barnes X at 2800 fps will stop the biggest hog, though, if you put the bullet in the right place. Hog anatomy differs considerably from a deer, too. You have to know where to put the bullet.

I've never even thought about having to "defend myself" from a hog unless I shot it and had to blood trail it. A hog is NOT as dangerous as a bear, sorry, but it don't go around eating humans for food. A hog sees a human, he runs the other way. Oh, I had a sow charge me once when 4 of her piglets were in my trap and she was hanging around it. That was fun. LOL And, I blood trailed one once that was a poor hit and took it out in heavy cover with a .357 to the head. You ain't gonna get attacked just walking through the woods, though. Even Timothy Treadwell would be safe around 'em.

It always amazes me how some of these hog legends spread....

 

[gregormeister]

Take your CCW just in case the 22. don't work and the hog threatens your life.....well...

In all honesty, growing up in a poor family I saw a variety of animals taken down with a 22. and though some of those were technically illegal hunts, the 22. will work when used with effective round placement.

Now that I'm older and a little better off then my folks were, I hunt mainly on my own, I use the legal firearms and walk a straight line, but if you do hunt hogs make sure the eye or ear is utilized as a target because a hogs skull is as thick as concrete.

 

[Clark]

I used to raise hogs in Snohomish WA in the 1980s and 1990s and pay someone to slaughter them.

Different guys would come around, but they almost all shot 22LR rifles square into the 250 pound pig's fore head.

A brain shot puts them down instantly. They may flop around, but they are down.

10% of the time, the bullet would glance off the skull, instead of penetrating.

Once a pig has had a 22LR glance off his head, he is much harder to get another shot at him.

When my mother was a girl in the 1920 and 1930s in Bristol VA, they had a guy come around with a 22LR and shoot the pigs at slaughter time. They were still raising pigs when we visited my grandparents in 1956.

 

[Titan6]

I would switch to spear and use the .22 only for backup and mercy kills. For loadings use some round nose match ammo that penetrates well such as CCI.

 

[wrxguyusa]

Carry a 10mm handgun.

After you piss of the hog with the .22, yell, "It's comin right for us" and break out the 10mm.

 

[rhoggman]

Aguilla

SuperMaximumHighVelocity

1740 ft/sec

That = Hot Ham sandwiches

 

[hfsjr358]

Read through the regulations carefully. Here in Georgia we have the same type of thing. The regulations state that you can only use the weapons (for hogs since they are non game) that are legal for that particular season. Deer legal during deer season and small game weapons during small game season. The loophole that I found is that it states that all muzzle loaders are legal for small game. So I just carry my .54 cal muzzle loader.

 

[MCgunner]