Home Forums Hunting & Shooting General Big Game Best place (anatomically) to shoot a wild hog?

I may be hunting some hogs at night and don't want to have to track them. Where do you recommend I shoot them.

In the trap is best.

right behind the ear

in the head. bang flop. unless your shooting at one with good cutters then the usual shot like a deer

right in the ass

Surely you jest???

In or behind the earhole, if you have the time. If not, use a tough bullet and shoot for bone.

Brett (Mac)

On our last hunt, I asked my buddy why all of his hogs had pierced ears. Apparently, he'd nailed all of them when their heads were down, & their ears were drooped over their ear holes!

None of 'em went anywhere but down, & we got all the meat to bring back. We leave in 2 weeks for our next hunt - I can't wait!

FC

thru the guts.
let the nasty bastard run off to someone elses property and rot.

As most have said head shots if you can do them are best.
If you have to go somewhere else remember that a hogs heart and lungs are located just a tad futher forward than a deers are.

If I want the hog to eat I hate to shoot through the shoulders because after the loins shoulders are the best eating IMO.

BCR

Close to the truck if it is a big one.

Make sure the bullet is up to the task. On shoulder shots you might have a layer of mud and an inch of gristle. Just about anything will work on a head shot but the shoulder demands more of the bullet than a shooting a deer would.

Behind the ear or in the neck. DOA! I shot two with my .243, 65gr. Vmax, behind the ear. Both dropped like a stone. Shot three others with my 260AI, 120gr. BT, ran off and died not far from where they nwere shot. These shots were long and thru the lungs. BIG HOLES in their chest cavities. But, dead none the less.

Another +1 for the ear hole.

Behind the ear or through the lower front shoulder.

Pigs can bite off fingers, so keep your hands away from his mouth.

JM

++ on the ear. That will put them down right there. Besides that it won't mess up any barbecue.

Ready on the Right and I shot two nice hogs simultaneously through the shoulders and both dropped right there. Coincidence? I think not.
He was shooting some factory 30 30 ammunition, I had a 270 with 130 BT's in the pipe. Hogs can take a bunch except when it's in the right place.

When would shoot them with a .22 Mag, I'd aim in between the ear and eye hole. Only once did it not drop a pig. And that one fell back on his haunces for some reson and screamed bloody murder. But if you're using a centerfire rifle, shoot em in the shoulders. They won't go far.

If you can, head shot. Hunting with spotlight or at a lighted feeder. Shot one recently behind the shoulder with a nice exit wound and she went about 20 yards. A black hog at night is hard to find though.


Good luck.

haha...I saw the topic and that's the first thing that came to my mind.

2-3 inches above the elbow or in the neck between the shoulder and ear. Neck shots are best.