Anyone dropping hoggs?

My buddy has his farm and some property up by the Red River and he had a sounder of pigs get into his corn field, tore up a good 20 acres. I can only imagine how many pigs it took to tear up 20 acres in less than 8 hours.

I have been down near his deer feeder after the pigs have come through, nothing but torn up land. It seems that everytime I go over for a visit he's complaining about something being torn up. Plus they have been suspected for killing cattle as well...

As for when I go hunting, usually the .308 Win (wished I had a lever action though) and I carry my G21 loaded with XTPs as a BUG.
 
I am new to this forum but not hogs. Don't underestamate them. A 22 behind the ear will stop them but a badly placed 223 BT can get you killed. I have shot several with a barnes x bullet.Devistateing rounds. In a rifle of most any kind that is the best bullet for the job. I have used a 357 more than anything else and allways shot 180 grain hard cast and it will take out both shoudlers with no problem and from it will go thru the chest plate in the front on it will come out the rear or low thru the chest. DON'T take them for granted. Don't shot most hollow points out of a pistol. Dpx at the higest +p in 40,45 or 10mm 357, 45lc,44, or bigger. If a shot gun ,make it a heavy slug. If a rifle most any controlled expantion rounds,X, trophy bonded, that type of round. All this is for up close and personal shooting. Nothing is better than slow cook sow.
 
I shoot 'em every chance i get with whatever I have. I really enjoy shooting my .45 Colt. Wild hogs are very destructive, and many people don't know it but also predatory. They will eat newborn fawns, turkey eggs. etc. The nasty things even eat their own dead. Not to mention they are hell on crops. They did an estimated 1 billion worth of crop damage in Texas this past year. Part of the new stimulus plan should be supplying me with ammo to help TX farmers. :D
 
I've just gotten into the hogs . I use the .308 or .223. Ive also gone with a friend with dogs and no guns. The dogs are pretty cool infact very cool but Im a gun guy. Id just a soon shoot em at 100 yds as get in a wrestlin match with em and try to tie em up. And as said above that is exactly what they do . The other day a friend of mine caught one about 250, hobbled her, as their headed thru town she gets loose and jumps out of the back of the truck . Sounds like it was quite a show gettin her back in the truck. I told him today see my way you dont have that problem.:D
 
Anyone with that many hogs to be a problem should think about a bbq as a side business. If the helth deptment could be delt with. Or like some in florida run a add post it ever where for fresh hog> as you get orders yo can fill them. The boys around perry florida use to do that. Died, fresh and dressed with ice in the belly.
 
Ben: getting back to your Q; hogs can tear up crops but even most Wildlife Departments don't like them and if the local hunters can't clear them out the Wildlife Dept. may contract out trappers to reduce hog populations. In any event once hogs get established in an area it becomes almost impossible to eliminate them.
You're up in Atlanta but there ought to be plenty down on the Savanna River near Savanna proper. I'm in Florida and hogs can become a problem tearing up the ground, etc.
I think the ultimate "hog experience" is with the knife. You need dogs to catch the critter and then you slip in quick and finish him off. I'm still working up some nerve before trying that one. Up to your elbows in pig blood. Way cool. :cool:
 
I try to keep or "give away" all high quality pork pig. It is a fine line ;tween sale and buchering the swine. The "buyer" or gatherer will assist in my free service.
Brent
 
I use my .270 or .308. I carry a Ruger Security Six in .357 Magnum for my side arm...

A small group of pigs can make a barley field look like it was disced an a night or two...
 
the only hunting i have ever done is hog hunting thus far:D i have seen a lot of things, my families.. hell bound way of hunting at times results in a good laugh, if we get bored, we hunt with no catch dogs, and no firearms.. just big sharp knives and beer :D seems to work if you don't mind a few cuts and bruises every now and then.. but thats part of being young and dumb, the smart people find a tree when you see the palmettos rustling and hear that screaming thing coming towards you, or at least pull out a gun and start shooting

as for what gun i would want, Ruger Alaskan.454 casull, i love the round.. but i don't like the gun its chambered in for that type of work, i want a semi-auto .454.. though i have never seen nor heard of such a thing in the real world anyway, so what can you do...

my advice.. be a man and bring a sword :D or bring the biggest gun you can carry in one hand and squeeze the trigger on

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28" 3.2lbs razor blade, perfect for the hog on the go
 
Are you sure you only want to bring sidearms for hog hunting?

Are you sure you only want to bring sidearms for hog hunting? Are we talking sus scrofa here? It's already hard to stop a (weak!) huma in his tracks with any handgun. I don't know what hogs you are expecting, but the ones we have rip daredevil hunters to pieces:

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I'd pick a medium to stout caliber rifle (7x57, .308, .270 up tp 300 WinMag, 8x68S) and as a backup for pure survival (or controlled suiciede) a handgung I can handle very well with deeply penetrating ammo (in my case Glock 19 with Hirtenberger FL).
 
I always carry my Dan Wesson Razorback (10mm) loaded with some nice DoubleTap 200 grain 8eartooth flat nose loads running about 1300+ fps and a few extra mags. I also carry a flashlight since we do some night hunting too.
 
Not me or my hunt in that pic, but bigs in my area are ususally between 80 and 200 Kg (88 - 440#). Sus scrofa in Europe....
tough beasts, I'd never thing of tracking them with only a handgun.

There are mich bigger ones then the one posted above...

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That one's exceptional: 285kg (627 [corrected, typo]):

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SilentSoul said:
as for what gun i would want, Ruger Alaskan.454 casull, i love the round.. but i don't like the gun its chambered in for that type of work, i want a semi-auto .454.. though i have never seen nor heard of such a thing in the real world anyway, so what can you do...

my advice.. be a man and bring a sword
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Congratulations.

In just over one paragraph you have ensured that everyone here who is familiar with the topic will ignore any post you make from this point forward.
 
In just over one paragraph you have ensured that everyone here who is familiar with the topic will ignore any post you make from this point forward.
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How so? i will assume its because no one has a sense of humor... or maybe mine is just too different

is the "mall ninja" stigma really that bad? just because i mention a sword in a post... means everyone will ignore me? guess we can ignore the fact that i have had martial arts training since i was 9, actually know how to use many different weapons, and have experience with the "real world" so im not some deluded wanna be "operator", but i suppose the "be a man, bring a sword" comment was much to vague.. because of course, i have actually carried a sword out into the bush and dispatched a hog with it, and would suggest everyone try it at least once, you know.. to "be a man"

as for the other part.. a .454 casull, i fail to see whats wrong with this, except for the fact that i made mention of the round being used in a traditional auto loading form factor, i wont bother touching on that, im sure its been done


I do thank you for the "heads up" its nice to know the type of community im really dealing with

/sigh

PS. no, that is not a fake sword.. if anyone is wondering -.- 9260 silicon alloy carbon steel, my tatami omote blade in shirasaya, waiting to be redressed
 
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While I did see the humor attempt and Tamara's point as well...
Be a real man and use this...
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I have used smaller but find under the 3.75 inch blade of the Buck 110 it takes too much work...:D
And you gotta draw and open it one handed as you try to hold the hog's tail to keep it off you...:eek:
Brent
 
I understood as well, which is why i decided to explain myself somewhat, i don't want anyone to get the wrong idea about me, i have issues with getting the "emotion" across in my posts, while i may be sitting here laughing.. it comes across more.. serious:eek:


that aside, i dont carry folding knives anymore, for that very reason.. i didn't get one locked open once, cut my finger to the bone when it shut back.. but thats ok, i usually don't hunt with dogs anymore, more fun to do it the "hard" way, not to mention all the work involved, pain and suffering to the dogs, and in my opinion.. the meat tastes a lot better when the hog wasn't killed in such a manner, not sure why.. everyone says its because of all the stress, but they can't explain why

I have dropped, and will keep dropping hogs with my 870 12g +slugs, worked flawlessly so far
 
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