A good gun for hogs?
#7
Join Date: May 2004
Location: SW Virginia
Posts: 776
RE: A good gun for hogs?
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I'm going hog hunting for the first time. Just wondering what gun to use.
I'm going hog hunting for the first time. Just wondering what gun to use.
better constructed bullets. I'd want 140gr. bullets or heavier.
Depending on the ranges involved a good Marlin 45-70 or 450 would do nicely, as could
a 12ga shotgun with slugs.
#9
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Southern California
Posts: 323
RE: A good gun for hogs?
It's hard to go wrong with a .30-06. The best gun to use on hogs is the one that you can place your shots with. Hogs are tough animals, and a wounded hog can run a long way. I had this happen last week when my first shot didn't go where I wanted it to.[:@] Could've been the brush, could've been the high winds, could've been the poor light, could've been me shivering, could've just been piss poor shooting on my part. Took awhile to find the hog, but thank God we did. I used a Remington 700 BDL with 165 grain handloads.
Under ideal conditions, even a small caliber bullet behind the ear will work, but I have yet to experience ideal conditions, so I leave my .243 at home when I hog hunt and take my ought six.
Next time, though, I'm going to try my 8x57 Remington Classic, and after that I'm gonna try my CZ 550 6.5x55 with 140 grain bullets. Both rifles are very accurate and have the power and penetration to do the job (assuming I do my part.)
Whichever caliber you choose, just make sure you can hit with it, and you'll do fine.
Under ideal conditions, even a small caliber bullet behind the ear will work, but I have yet to experience ideal conditions, so I leave my .243 at home when I hog hunt and take my ought six.
Next time, though, I'm going to try my 8x57 Remington Classic, and after that I'm gonna try my CZ 550 6.5x55 with 140 grain bullets. Both rifles are very accurate and have the power and penetration to do the job (assuming I do my part.)
Whichever caliber you choose, just make sure you can hit with it, and you'll do fine.
#10
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 300
RE: A good gun for hogs?
what guns do you have. I use a black powder rifle in 50 cal. with big bullets or bow or spear or knife with pitt bulls and plotts, i also use a 7mm and a 300 win. The only trick to killing hogs is shot placement, it takes a head,heart,or spine shot to drop them in their tracks,a lung shot will kill them but they will cover a lot of ground.