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Hog hunting newb seeking opinions
Posted on 3/25/14 at 2:30 pm
Posted on 3/25/14 at 2:30 pm
Got invited to go on a hog hunt this weekend.Only other hog hunt was a canned hunt in an 80 acre pen with catch dogs at boar busters. Question is on shot placement. Where do you swine slaying bastards prefer to place your shot?
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Posted on 3/25/14 at 2:32 pm to bayoudude
twixt the eyes
Posted on 3/25/14 at 2:34 pm to bayoudude
In the guts, and let the coyotes and vultures take care of them
Posted on 3/25/14 at 2:35 pm to Anton7
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Message Posted by Anton7 twixt the eyes
ditto, or in the head
Posted on 3/25/14 at 2:35 pm to MillerMan
Both of these answers are correct.
If you want the meat: between the eyes
If you just want to get them off the land: gut shoot them so they run off before they die
If you want the meat: between the eyes
If you just want to get them off the land: gut shoot them so they run off before they die
Posted on 3/25/14 at 2:37 pm to bayoudude
Ear or back/front of the head or if motivating, heart/lung......or anything else offered.
Posted on 3/25/14 at 2:40 pm to bayoudude
Definitely want the meat as i don't normally have access to wild hog. How viable is the neck shot on these bastards or is it too easy to just hit the jowls and not kill em. Will be slinging lead from a 7mm mag. Looks like between the ears and shoulder should be lights out.
Posted on 3/25/14 at 2:41 pm to bayoudude
go for the old texas brain shot and make it messy when gutting said animal
Posted on 3/25/14 at 2:51 pm to bayoudude
quote:Just shoot for the vitals
7mm mag.
Posted on 3/25/14 at 2:51 pm to bayoudude
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Will be slinging lead from a 7mm mag.
I hit one with a 270 in the neck at about 30 yards and it blew out the front shoulder and damn near took the head off. Never did find the leg she had. So I would say a neck shot with that rifle would work.
Posted on 3/25/14 at 2:56 pm to bayoudude
Posted on 3/25/14 at 3:09 pm to bayoudude
The ole ear hole shot never fails.
Posted on 3/25/14 at 3:22 pm to 4WHLN
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I hit one with a 270 in the neck at about 30 yards and it blew out the front shoulder and damn near took the head off. Never did find the leg she had. So I would say a neck shot with that rifle would work.
Totally depends on the bullet used and contact with bone in the neck/rib/shoulder. 7mm mag has so much velocity that with a FMJ bullet, or even a poorly constructed hunting round, it is very possible to get a complete pass through without mushrooming the round if no bone is hit. Hogs have big necks and hitting the bone is not always as easy as it appears.
Although base of the ear is the connection of the neck to skull and thus brainstem to spinal cord.
This post was edited on 3/25/14 at 3:42 pm
Posted on 3/25/14 at 3:28 pm to Bleeding purple
i'm supprised the tanerite-solution hasnt been sugested yet
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