WE actually switched from AR's to shotguns with buckshot too many richocetts and it was faster, as the whole point was to get as much lead into the pen, in the shortest amount of time anyway, esp if there were 12 or 15 in there!!
I've posted this before.
My hunting buddy has a unique method for killing penned hogs.
He walks up on the trap, stops before they start running around, usually 15 yds or so. He uses a scoped .17 HMR with FMJ's (cheap plastic Salvage). He visualized a line between their eyes, aims 1" above midline, lines up the target to miss the pen wire and fires. Pig hits the ground, eyes poked out on stems, weird looking. No squeeling, little or no blood. He waits for the next opportunity, takes his time, kills them all.
All the blood, squeeling, shooting, running, confusion is avoided. And, he doesn't mess up the trap with gore and blood everywhere such that they won't come back. His killing trap is still pretty neat and tidy.
DF
