It is ALL MARKETING to the less informed. You can kill a hog with ANYTHING if you hit him in the right spot. .
Shot placement is key.
Hogs, unlike WT's, generally run when chest shot. I once chest shot a good sized hog with a .257 Wby, knocked him flat. After a bit, he let out a loud roar, jumped up and ran off into the woods. I know he eventually died, but what a deal. That's a lot of power and wallop for a runner.
A good bud who's killed a bunch, says a high shoulder, neck or head shot is the way to go. He comes up the front leg, 2/3rds up the body and hits that spot, which gets the spine. Works for him. I've chest shot hogs with Cutting Edge Raptors, DRT. The petals tear up the spine, which guarantees a DRT hog. Just a powerful expanding bullet, not always producing the DRT trick. Need to wipe out the CNS. Hogs are easy to kill, can be hard to kill.
It's not the head stamp, not even the bullet. It's placement. How many times have we heard that...
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