Is that a rubber fish on the floor behind the dead bear?
I moved to a 10MM double stack as my outdoors and nightstand pistol a few years back, mainly due to run ins with our bears and hogs.
Tell us more about your run-ins with hogs.
Like many from TX, FL, LA, and other southern states, there are times of year where we are prone to bumping in to them at handgun range. I can think of half a dozen times I've either fired or at least drew a handgun on pigs inside of 50 yards. Three were rather serious incidents with angry/upset boars in pine plantation thickets. I've also bumped into black bears at fairly close range, one being a big boar in the dark that was not pleased to be startled and another being a sow with two cubs.
I live on my hunting property, so I'm out and about fairly frequently. A couple years ago I ordered a 10mm XDM and that's pretty much what I have on me all the time when I'm on my place, generally along with some sort of rifle carbine. It's been used on hogs, several snakes, and the occasional other random varmint, while being relatively light and low-maintenance. It's far easier to carry a handgun on my belt than a rifle in hand when blood trailing a deer or hog. As a plus, it's not a bad place to be for defense against two-legged predators and a 40S&W shotshell makes it into a decent snake killer. I'm planning to shoot some 220gr Underwood cast loads this year and see if I can't put one through a big pig.