Originally Posted by RevMike
Originally Posted by Mule Deer
The best way to crumple pigs (aside from a brain shot) is to put a bullet that penetrates OK in the center of the neck, just in front of the shoulders. It will either take out the spine or the mass of blood vessels alongside the spine.


^^^^^This^^^^^


That center-neck is effective, yes. My father shoots for slightly below center-neck when bowhunting and gets really good blood trails. This is when he's deer hunting using expandables and doesn't trust a chest shot on a hog that happens by.


Here's a good 3D image from LoneStarBoars.


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I will say that I've messed up before with a rifle zeroed for 225yds and missed the spine high when shooting a pig at 150 yards or so. Forgot about the mid-range rise in the heat of the moment and hit meat a little too high in the neck. The pig didn't go down. That spine is dang near the center of the neck on a hog while it seems to be higher in the neck on a deer.






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