140gr accubond 7mag for hogs?
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Regardless of what you shoot them with, always take head/neck shots on hogs. I have shot several with my 7Mag and blew out their hearts and they still ran a good distance. With head or neck shots, they are usually DRT and you don't have to track them. Where I hunt hogs you can often shoot one and let them lay, and the others will come back out in a few minutes allowing another shot. If you don't drop them where they are standing though, you have to get out of your stand to go and find them and you scare the rest of them off.. This has been my experience. I guess the most important thing is to practice a lot and be certain of your shooting abilities.
Once you reach a point where you are a decent shot, you can head/neck shoot them with a .223 and they will fall right there.
Once you reach a point where you are a decent shot, you can head/neck shoot them with a .223 and they will fall right there.
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True with the pigs. My mate and i claimed a couple of pigs last hunting trip, two of which were taken with a .300wm. The biggest boar was shot clean through the chest at about 150yrds with a 180gr Accubond. The pig dropped on the spot, as we were spotting the other pig the first one got up and ran about 100yds to the edge of the wheat field, then dropped dead. I couldnt believe my eyes, after claiming the second pig we took a look at the bullet destruction.
First pig had an exit hole the size of a tennis ball on far shoulder, how it got up and did a 100yd bolt had me stumped. Pure adrenelin i guess, if pig had of got to cover it would have been hard to track at night.
I have a photo of them in hunt forums under Outback Australia, its the brindle one. Not the biggest pig in the world about 85kg/ 170lb but a tough bugger.
One thing though you can hear an almighty slap when the projectile hits its game, and your loads will take pigs and other out to 400yds or as far as you can shoot true to yourself.
True with the pigs. My mate and i claimed a couple of pigs last hunting trip, two of which were taken with a .300wm. The biggest boar was shot clean through the chest at about 150yrds with a 180gr Accubond. The pig dropped on the spot, as we were spotting the other pig the first one got up and ran about 100yds to the edge of the wheat field, then dropped dead. I couldnt believe my eyes, after claiming the second pig we took a look at the bullet destruction. First pig had an exit hole the size of a tennis ball on far shoulder, how it got up and did a 100yd bolt had me stumped. Pure adrenelin i guess, if pig had of got to cover it would have been hard to track at night.
I have a photo of them in hunt forums under Outback Australia, its the brindle one. Not the biggest pig in the world about 85kg/ 170lb but a tough bugger.
One thing though you can hear an almighty slap when the projectile hits its game, and your loads will take pigs and other out to 400yds or as far as you can shoot true to yourself.
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I have killed pigs with all kinds of firearms, bows, and even a few knives. everyone talks about "How hard it is to take down a wild boar". I have never experience this situation. A shot placed in the boiler room with either a decent sized bullet or an arrow (or even a knife) will almost always ground a hog within 30-40yds even on the biggest. Have even dropped them with a .22-250. Coyotes are harder imo to bring down than a hog. My primary hog setup is a Marlin 336 with 150gr handloads, and haven't lost one yet (and that a LOT of hogs). Yeah, your 7mag is MORE gun than you need if anything.
