We eat’em - young ones mostly.
Lost count this year somewhere in the 50’s - suspect we whacked 100+.
If I remember correctly we’ve used a compound, a crossbow, 12ga #6 turkey loads, 223, 243, 260, 250-3000, 308, 300H&H, 338 Fed, 7mm STW, 45LC, 45ACP, 44 mag and 9mm. They don’t seem to know much difference, stick a bullet in the boiler room and they die.
Biggest boar was killed with a 223 - good old Texas heart shot slowed him down and the neck shot killed him. Most dramatic was 45LC at about 15 paces.....shot the 308 to empty and a big sounder in thick Blackjack oaks was running everywhere. Large sow went running by and I plugged her with the blackhawk. Not quite hollywood action but she plowed some ground with that snout.
Interesting that sometimes they shrug off a big bullet, I’ve had them hit the ground with an arrow behind the shoulder and tracked one that a boy hit solid in the kill zone with a 308. Confounding critters.
Last edited by Achigan1; 03/07/21.
