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Ok, not exactly "big" game, but don't know where else to ask. For those of you that hunt javelina, what are your chosen weapons? My niece married a Texan who runs a guide service in West Texas. She's getting ready to spit out their first youngin' soon and the wife and I are thinking about finally going out to visit them later this year. Her husband said to come on and we'd find something to hunt, depending on the season. I told him I'd be happy hunting javelina and he said that's an easy one. I figure that would be a good opportunity to carry something that I don't get much use for around here. Assuming you can get pretty close, I might carry a Contender pistol in .256 Win Mag. Or, if I carry a rifle, a Marlin .25-20 or Marlin 62 .30 Carbine. Or I could carry a Ruger 77/357 or a .25-35. A .22 centerfire would reach out better if needed, in which case I'd likely take a 722 in .222 Rem Mag. I know it doesn't take much, but basically I'm bored. What do you guys that shoot them on purpose use?

I am usually hunting hogs or deer.

Javelina for me are targets of opportunity.

Consequently the ones `I've killed have either been with 12 ga. buckshot, 7mm-08, 308 Win. 30-06 Springfield, 325 WSM and 8mm Mauser.

ya!

GWB

I've shot them with a .222 ( ideal) and a .223AI. My next one is going to get the .17 Remington.

I killed two when I lived in West Texas near 30 years ago. A 222 Rem M700 ADL and 50 gr Speers worked.

I used a 300WM. Would not recommend.

All I had after a nilgai hunt when the opportunity presented itself.

anything you mentioned would work. depends on the terrain too I guess. they aren't hard to get close to they can't see for [bleep].

I really like the Winchester 9422M. That 22 mag has killed a lot of pigs for me.

223

Anything you listed will work well enough . I'd likely use the 25-35 or the Marlin 25-20 of what you list. Using my guns it would no doubt be the '92 Winchester in 38-40 , great little brush gun for Texas and I love the 21 Lyman sight it's wearing for snap shooting .

.22magnum, .223 Remington. Whichever one is lighter, you'll do more carrying than shooting.

I've killed one with a .223 Remington. Almost anything will do.


Okie John

I have killed them with 22 lr pistol up 7mm rem mag. Basically, what ever I had in hand when I saw them. Took two with one shot from 100 grain ballistic tip in 25-06, both head shot. Approach from down wind, they don't see well, but their sense of smell is good. Javelina is my favorite game meat.

Only two I ever killed were with a 221fb and the 40g NBT.

If I were to do it again. Probably go 221 again. Maybe even 22WMR with a 50g federal.

My oldest son and 2 of his boys from yesterday. They used a 243 with 95 SST's and my second oldest grandson used my deceased dads Springfield 30-338. Both a bit much for the task but effective.

I'm over gunned with a .22 Ruger Mark -2 Javy's aren't hard to kill. Rio7

I see them often when hunting quail.

If I knew they were good eating I would harvest one.

Please tell more about eating them???

I have killed them with 30-30 and 243. You can walk right up on them so you don't need a long range rifle.

I used to make jerky out of them. Teriyaki the heck out of them.

My dedicated rifle is a 1955 model 70 in 243 which i actually filled my Az tag with yesterday.

A good AR in 223 is hard to beat.