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10 feet to 300 yds
No
When I shoot once they are gone, to much cover to spray and pray.
I consider them pests, but don’t gut shoot them to run off and suffer
I gotta have a scope or I would be spraying and praying
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No
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Yes I do like trapping them, shooting cshit out of them. That’s why I’m thinking 22-250 for off season when I go to fill feeders-fool around. It may give a bit more reach than my 223 AR’s. I have one stand I can see out to 300 yds.

Let the air out of one this evening with my 7TCU M700 and a 120 Sierra ProHunter. It died.

Pretty much satisfied that most of it boils down to the setting one hunts in, and how good the shooter is. Most any gun will kill a pig if judiciously employed. Figure your collective limitations and choose the gun/load and hunting style.

That would be my last my version of "It's not the tool that matters."

Feeling you there Dan. Hence my love for the 22cal Stoner in my relatively open setting. When you’ve got 30 pigs squealing and running in all directions in grass pasture and mixed low brush, light recoil and self loading makes it easier to run up the tally. One can always wander the battlefield polishing off wounded after the dust settles.

I could have probably killed all 5 we saw tonight with an AR or even my 336 when we hemmed them up in the switchgrass were it not for having my favorite 3 year old protege in tow. He got a kick out of the dozen or so babies about the size of rabbits that we caught after the big ones bailed.

Full auto would be nice!

BTW, Hanco, I wasn't messing with you or trying to offend. I just don't think there is a "best" anything until you consider a lot more things about the use. It is true for rifles, carry guns, lawnmowers, trucks, boats (especially boats!), you name it.
I think the better question is "Hey guys, I've got the itch for a Ruger American, .22-250 with a 1/8 twist. With the right bullet, do you think it would be an adequate pig rifle?"

Sounds like it would, so if I were you I'd go forth and buy one, then go shoot up a bunch of pigs. I'd also be thankful every day that I had a piece of land to hunt and trap pigs, not to mention all the other things you can do on that land.

If I ever get a chance to do a lot of longer range shooting, I'm thinking of a Ruger American Predator in 6.5 Creedmoor. The main reason would be to save wear and tear on my more expensive rifles.

With all of the pigs that you kill, you should be telling us what to use.

I don’t mean to kill so many! I enjoy other pig hunters opinions.

I slapped a 458 SOCOM upper on my AR and went hunting. As expected, the 300gr TTSX proved very effective at dispatching hogs.

We shoot them with .22s in the trap, and in the field I've killed them with everything form a .223 AR-15 up to my .325 WSM. My favorite for walking around is my 6.8SPC. It is just a good balance between being light, easy to hand;e and killing power.

It make you feel good to kill one of the bastards, no matter what you use.

not hanco,

but my take.

My original response was "the one I have in my hand at the time."

Chances are the one I will have in my hand at the time will depend on the circumstances of what are my methods.

If I am snaring or trapping,

then



a shotgun with buckshot



an AR in 223/5.56



a pistola






ya!


GWB

If I am stand hunting,

then is it a cartridge that is capable of firing a projectile of suffiient diameter and weight to result in two leaky holes in case the critter is not DRT and I have to track. In that case I want a blood trail that a blind man can wade in!






even if it is in the mud!

Also, as I eat most of what I shoot, with big heavy slow bullets, one can eat right up to the bullet hole!




unlike this one that was shot with a 6.5 Leopard (6.5 x 300 WSM), at 120 yds with 140 gr Sierra Spitzers at a MV of 3,200 fps plus!






ya!

GWB

I’ve never tried to snare pigs, afraid deer will get caught.

I understand, and that is a possibility.

what I typically do is to place my snares at holes in the game wire mesh/barbed wire fence where the hogs and coyotes cross under. I do not put corn out as bait, as I want them to be at full speed when they cross under. If there is not corn, deer are not attracted as they will either jump over the fencing or go under if it is solely barbed wire. At places where the brush is so thick and there is a 18" to 2' tunnel, that hogs use as a transit area. I will place a snare there. Deer do not use those "tunnels". Its much easier to walk the road or unobstructed trails.

ya!

GWB

I see does going under fences where the pigs go. They go under in places that look impossible to me. Looks like a cool idea, 1/8 cable???

all things are possible.


http://boarmasters.com/shop/hogs/boarmasters-hog-neck-snare/


https://www.minntrapprod.com/MBS-17-Cam-Lock-Wolf-Hog-Per-Dozen/productinfo/MBS17/


For me, it adds another avenue of enjoyment. I can do a set for hogs in the AM, come in around 10 to 10: 30, grab a snack, take one or more of my buds



and a ditty bag with a couple brewskis,( its always beer-thirty at my "beer lease") then run the snares.

Perforate what ever is at the end of the cable,



load em' up,



go to where I get signal, see if I have any emergencies. Make a couple calls, check out what's happening on the "innanet", then head back to camp. Skin if I got hoglets, take a nap if I don't and get up and head out for the evening hunt!


ya!

GWB

Great photos and a great life!!! Enjoy!!

I’m gonna try a couple in the small holes under the fence. Ever catch a coyote??

If you want to bait soak the corn in diesel fuel. Deer won't touch it but hogs love it for some reason. Maybe it helps get rid of parasites. I have seen coyotes snared but they can get out about half the time. Have also seen a foot left behind which turned me against snaring. I leave that to the government trapper guys.