What gun for feral hogs?

[Art Eatman]

H&H, you get down in that southeast corner of Texas and you find an average annual rainfall of four to six feet...

 

[alsaqr]

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

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.

Many of the wild hogs in this area have Eurasian boar blood. They are fully capable of killing a man. I hunt hogs at least two days every week and have had hogs come after me several times. A friend was knocked down and injured by sow he never saw before it hit him. That sow weighed less than 130 pounds on the hoof.

This German hunter was killed by a wild boar.

http://www.thelocal.de/society/20081010-14803.html

But old Jürgen – a hunter for over 45 years – refused to give up, according to the paper. “It was getting dark and we at first didn’t even notice Jürgen had gone into the field,” said Ehrhard. “Suddenly he called for help.”

The hunters found him on the ground bleeding heavily from the leg after the boar had slashed a main artery near the knee with its tusks. “I wrapped his wound but he passed out,” said Ehrhard. “It was terrible.”

Hunter injured by wounded feral hog:

http://forums.bowsite.com/TF/bgforums/thread.cfm?threadid=379647&messages=53&forum=17

The hog hit Jim full force and knocked him down onto his back, and then instead of running off, the hog continued to fight and bite at Jim as he kicked and fought the hog off while lying on his back. Using his bow as leverage to keep the hog off him, he was able to keep the hog’s chomping teeth from sinking in to him. As soon as the hog was off of him, Jim got to his feet and made it out to the road where we found him. He never got a second arrow into the hog, but said that the hog wasn’t able to run very fast when it took off, so hopefully it was wounded severely enough that it would die.

 

[kyle1974]

jfruser,

the guys in one of the videos actually said it was the only cold weather clothing they had. I would imagine that if it's cool at all outside, crusing in a helicopter with no doors would get a little chilly.

I know I don't have very many "cold weather" clothes other than hunting clothes... my wife would probably kill me if I ruined a leather jacket hog hunting.

 

[dovedescending]

My oh my these hogs are getting more dangerous and viscous all the time. Next thing you know they'll be stalking and killing men for sport.

I suggest .338 Lapua. Also, make sure to tape extra body armor plates to your back, groin, and any other area you want to stand up to repeated attacks by skateboarding ecotangohogs.

 

[H&Hhunter]

H&H, you get down in that southeast corner of Texas and you find an average annual rainfall of four to six feet...

Art,

Welcome to the jungle I guess! I am looking out m my office window at blowing snow right now. I could use some green and warm and blue sky.

 

[Art Eatman]

Aw, just bring your cut-offs and tee-shirts on down to Terlingua. We're short on hogs, but there are plenty of feral aoudad...

I recall seeing a cloud, one time, so I sorta recollect what they look like...

 

[earlthegoat2]

I guess I like using MilSurps mostly. Used a Springfield 03A3 on my first one. A Mosin on my second. I will be using a Lee Enfield when I can get around to my third.

 

[Silly Rabbit]

I use a cz bolt action 7.62x39 soft tip ammo

if on a budjet you might try an SKS

though any rifle of 30-30 ballistics+ will suffice, I would avoid using less power

my $.02

 

[CollegeStation]

I use a Romanian Wasr AK-47 and 2 30 rnd. magazines, we have a big problem in hearne and go about 1-3 times a week and havent ever come back with less than 3.

 

[roo_ster]

CollegeStation:

Dang, you are downright infested. My wife went to A&M,but was not a hunter and did not recall seeing much of that sort of wild critters.

Good luck with your varmint control.

 

[saturno_v]

I posted this video before (a couple of times) but I think is worth posting it again!

Nothing says I love you.....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rNAIvEaOwo

A guy at the range did quite a bit of boar slaughtering using Hornady 170 gr. flat point...he says that "they drop like a sack of potatoes"....

 

[BigMustard]

I've killed several hogs with 00-000 buck 3'' shell. It's a little more exciting. The last one I shot I was roughly 15' away from. I was going to take a wack at it with my Ka-Bar, but I got a little scared. Maybe next time :-D