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Oh yeah, use whatever, was just thinking in a pen or trap all I've ever used is a 10-22. Even in bigger pens. Pigs do'nt bother me much, they ain't gonna do nothing, they might jump out, but thats about it. its not like they are gonna come after you generally speaking. I have kicked one in the snout once when it got an attitude though.

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I knew a big Swede that raised hogs. He used to butcher my dad's deer. He was crippled by a huge hog that got him by the thigh; saved himself by sticking his sheath knife in the hog's neck.

I wouldn't want to be in a pen with them!

About the early 90's there was a politician (a county supervisor, IIRC) bowhunting pigs in California. He arrowed a boar, and it charged him and chewed up his legs. He was lucky to have a pistol with him and was finally able to finish it. He needed 80-odd stitches to repair the damage.

Except at close range, with a pig feeding undisturbed, I'm pretty uneasy taking a headshot. Usually they are constantly darting around, and to me it's too easy to miss the brain and wound it.

The last three I dropped all fell to shoulder shots. One a 7.62x39 that broke a shoulder and did not exit on a ~80 lb sow. A 190 lb boar caught a 120gr Ballsitic Tip from a 7mm-08, breaking his shoulder, but not exiting. Last was a ~60lb boar that got hit with a 200gr Hornady FTX out of a .35 Rem. That one hit a couples inches behind the shoulder, exited, and bled like crazy. All three pigs dropped right there, but only the one hit with the .35 Rem bled much. Think I like bigger bore, moderate power rounds more than the speedsters.

Knowing they have smaller vitals than a deer, I want the bullet to go directly between the front shoulders. If broadside, break a shoulder, if quartering, aim so it just misses the near shoulder but goes toward the off shoulder, ruining everything in-between.

I've often wondered about why pigs don't bleed out as much, I guess the tougher hide doesn't allow for as large exit holes... at least with 223, 308 and 338 federal sized rounds.

Where I hunt the landowner will only allow me use rimfire rifles. I hunt from a blind that 75 yards from a feeder. A FMJ 17hmr round to the head makes quick work of them. I aim for the spot between the eye and the ear and that FMJ rounds puts them to sleep. I wish they made a FMJ round in a 17wsm. Head shooting them a FMJ round is like sticking them in the head with a ice pick. When I had more access to land I would take my trusty 30-30 with me every time.

This is the most my boy and I have gotten I one day. We had pigs in all three feeder pens that morning. Several got away while we were shooting.

This pig caught her legs going over the trap gate.

This is a pig we caught in a trap I built. It has a feeder on top. It goes off once every day. We set when we go up there. That pig weighed an even 200lbs on scale.

This pig pegged 600lb scale, Centerville Texas 2 yrs ago

This pig a couple months ago, 450 lbs. Centerville

Wow! How would you like one of those coming after you?

Looks like you guys are into some serious pigs...

DF

These SOB's are worse than pigs. I can block gate closed on trap gates to keep pigs out. Aoudads can jump in, eat all your corn.

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A few more pig adventures, granddaughter likes AR's too

I didn't do so hot with the head and neck shots on our trip a couple of weeks ago. The first three I shot at, I missed. The basrds don't stop moving. Actually, the second one, I hit, but ran off. A few minutes later, they showed up again. I noticed one of them had blood in it's mouth, so I said the hell with it and took shoulder shots from there on out with success.

This was my biggest, 169 lb. sow.

Not mine.

You could have borrowed my Tikka.