rost,
A good friend, this past week, killed three hogs with his Marlin 39. He killed two DRT, a third ran into the woods squeeling, probably gut or lung shot. Dead hogs are good hogs.
This guy head shoots squirrels with this gun, knows how to shoot. So, a good shooter with a .22 LR can do damage to hogs.
jaguartx,
The round isn't nearly as important as hitting CNS for a DRT. How far they run, etc., who knows. The chest shot hog I posted earlier, hit with a Cutting Edge Raptor out of a .308, killed the hog DRT. Shrapnel (petals) hit the spine, so a chest shot was actually a CNS shot. Most bullets, round/caliber notwithstanding, won't do that without a direct spine or CNS hit.
DF
VERY rare is the hit that does not hit CNS but drops a deer... CNS is the only way to have DRT every last time....
