What caliber for hog hunt?

[elind]

22lr! Check it out go about 2:50 into video:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NWZIFEMZamk

 

[Doobie]

One of my Sgts I worked for at MD DOC used a S&W M&P 40 to kill a hog one year. He had shoulder surgery and couldn't use a rifle.

 

[Mike3888]

The 6.8 would be your best bet in the ar 15 platform. Go over to the 6.8 forums, lots of hog killers there.

 

[Alea Jacta Est]

For the record, you can kill one with your grandma's hat pin if you have major league clappers, no fear and a little good luck.

I'll stick with a large caliber. Maybe a bow one day.

 

[rob257]

Dog Hunting Hogs & a Rifle

Remington 760 pump in 35 Remington or Rem 870 12 Ga with "00". No scope. Field hunting from a blind any caliber .25 and above...Scoped. Dog Hunting for 'Hogs' in the Carolina's ain't for the 'faint of heart' or old fat guys.

 

[Klunatic]

I have hunted hogs with 12 gauge, .308 and 300blk. All of them kill hogs just fine. My go to gun is the 300blk, with 110gr or 115gr Lehigh Defense Controlled Chaos. Other guys I hint with had their doubts about .300blk until they saw how effective the Lehigh round was. I have had a few of them switch to 300blk. Its light, accurate and deadly out to 300 yards. The .308 is overkill and a bitch to lug around. The 12 gauge is light but recoil was awful and you can't easily mount accessories like lights/nightvison etc.

 

[akalma]

Used AR15 in 6.8SPC multiple times in Georgia and wasn't disappointed.

 

[tdt91]

How about a 1903-A1 with Iron sites

 

[John from MD]

How about a 1903-A1 with Iron sites

If that's what you have that will work just fine for you.

 

[Sewer Rat]

Lets see... I have killed pigs with...

longbow, compound bow, spear, knife, 41mag, 45lc, 7mmTCU, 35rem, .270, .308, 30-30, 12ga.... and watched the neighbor's cousin kill one with .17hmr... Its all dependent on shot placement really.

If its with dogs, use a handgun. On a stand/blind use your deer hunting rifle. Just remember, vitals are lower then deer AND on boars there is a "shield" of fat/scar-tissue there.

Use what you are comfortable with, and have fun.

 

[chesapeakeIRON]

Back in 2013 we went on a hunt in Georgia...Each of the 5 of us that all used .300blk, which worked well when one guy took out two pigs from about 60 yards. As others have stated there are alot of hog hunters out there who swear by the 300Blk caliber

One night the guide took two of us out on a night hunt with two AR's set up with Nightvision scopes. We didnt get to take any shots with those but he mentioned that those two guns had killed alot of hogs. They were 5.56/.223 caliber

 

[LONGSHOT]

lever action 35 rem.

 

[F2S]

I used a 300 Blk when I went on a hog hunt in Georgia. I was please by the results, 2 hogs with one shot. They were not anything to brag about but they sure were tasty. I tried to look for the pics of the bullet wounds but I must have deleted them.

 

[campns]

35 Remington, lever, pump, or semi auto... will all get the job done in 300 yards or less in heavy brush I gauron tee!!!

 

[GunnerGunz]

Tannerite works pretty good and the animal is instantly quartered for ya...

 

[Mtwoodson]

I've had good luck with 30-30, .308, 30-06, 375H&H and 45-70. My preference is either 375H&H or 45-70, just because of FUN.

 

[44man]

i have killed hogs with a 22 but I don't recommend it and now at my age I wouldn't dare. a 44 mag will take any hog with correct shot placement. I now prefer my old 30 30, but that's just me.

 

[j_h_smith]

Some will say that the 50 Beowulf was made for Hog Hunting.

 

[bigdv]

If and when i go...... i will use my 308.

 

[Speed3]

I used a 300 Blk when I went on a hog hunt in Georgia. I was please by the results, 2 hogs with one shot. They were not anything to brag about but they sure were tasty. I tried to look for the pics of the bullet wounds but I must have deleted them.

Weird, I shot a deer with factory Barnes 110 gr @ 75 yards and didn't get a pass through. This was out of a 10.5" barrel.