Best Hog Hunting Guns

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I target sows specifically,
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I really urge you to look up research on this being contraproductive

it is a general rule in pretty much all of Europe that you never shoot a sow with piglets, I can't speak for Eatern europe (they are gungho and shot everything including other hunters and dogs)

but populations in Germany and so on are relativly controlled and yet they shoot a million of pigs a year in Germany alone, probalby as many in France/Poland

and I would reckon that pigs are more a problem in farming areas then Texas? (I just get the impression that Texas is more cattlecountry)

I so would want to see Franz Albrecht go helihunting in Texas thou
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b43aF4R0h40
that man can shoot!:eek:
 
Huskvarna....I can appreciate the fact that you folks can take a systematic approach to the hog problems you have there. I hope you don't judge all hunters in this country by the same standards some post here. There are actually ethical hunters here in Texas that take an intelligent approach to the problems and try to harvest hogs in a manner that will help control the population as well as make use of the meat.
I kill a lot of hogs and try my best to distribute meat to folks that will use it and I, as well as others do it in a sporting manner.
 
There is no magic bullet or mandatory caliber. Within 100 yards, generally any centerfire catridge from .223 Rem and up will do the job effectively. Up to 200 yards, all of the traditional centerfires work: .243, .270, .308, .30-06, anything magnum, plus all sorts of cartridges like 7mm-08, .257 Roberts, .260 Rem., .280 Rem, 300 Savage, etc. Beyond 200 yards, you face the same ballistics question as any other - is there enough heat and mass in the bullet to do the job on the size of the intended target, but most hog hunting does not take place at those distances. The big hog killer debates all center around the various cartridges that will fit inside an AR15 .223 magazine, i.e. various sized bullets with relatively little powder. Other than that, there really is no true question about what will do the job.
 
Husqvarna - In the US, each state manages their wildlife independantly with the exception of migratory game birds which are managed by our federal government.

The European methods of wild hog management is certainly much different than what is done in most places here. It does seem that the state of New York is doing closer to what you describe.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/70843.html

While this method has total erradication as its goal, and would seem to have merit in that regard, I think that in truth, a lot of people enjoy hunting them, and in reality, would not really want ALL of them gone if it were possible to keep their population controlled.

Most states treat them as an invasive species to be eliminated.
Some places, like Califorina where they've been roaming for 500 years, have given up on that, and just manage them like any other game animal.
 
I wouldn't mind hunting hogs with a Barrett, but my problem is my ammo bearer/A-gunner (little sister) probably weighs less than two fully loaded mags for it. :D

Sort eliminates the problem of a human kill, doesn't it?

Everyone around here that hunts hogs has eradication as a goal. But generally, in this area, everyone who hunts hogs also raises cattle or grows soybeans for a living, so yeah...
 
Having cattle around actually removes careless shots as an option... Also a running hog can injure other animals.

My recommendation is allways the weapon that "YOU" are most accurate with in the conditions in which you will be working
 
While this method has total erradication as its goal
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is that even possible? I mean you guys been trying for quite a while right and has it made a dent?

maybe just maybe the practise that ricky describes has been counterproductive?

what is it Goldblum says in Jurassic park says? Life finds a way

is there ANY case of an invasive species being succesfully eradicted? there should be because we as humans have "succesfully" eradicated other species in modern times

Here in Sweden we had shootmoney on wolfes until the 1950s and for 30 years after no wolves were reported, now they are back, in the thousends ):
and bear in mind Sweden is practically endemic(right word?)
 
No, eradication isn't really possible...
What happens; you create deterrence for a period of time... You apply hunting pressure for a while, the surviving pigs shift their pattern and move on to the next place.

Traps do the same thing... Trap a few and the rest learn to avoid traps... Then the presence of a trap can keep them away from your place lol
 
@husqvarna, so if total eradication is counterproductive, then what do you suggest would be a good way to put a dent in the population?
 
Boar Hunting (in Europe)

Huskvarna. You are on the money about the pig/boar hunting rules in Germany. When I'm not working as a DAC, I'm in the woods hunting Wildschwein. It's about population control. You don't shoot sows (bachen) with piglets (frischlinge). You shoot first the piglets, then sows w/o young. You also don't shoot the lead sow (leitbache), that leads to chaos. Organized professional hunting in the Czech Republic and Hungary are pretty much the same rules but if you are on privately owned land... wear lots of orange :eek:

Rifles I use are all bolt action. 30.06s (Weatherby Vanguard, Mossberg 4x4); .308s (Tika, Blaser R93), .270win (Remington 700) matched with Zeiss, Leupold and Bushnell optics

And I love watching Franz Albrecht but Kristoffer Clausen is also pretty good :D
 
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so if total eradication is counterproductive
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that wasn't my argument
eradication isn't counterproductive, shooting sows is because that creates more problems

and then I widened the argument and posted the question if eradication is even possible...

What happens; you create deterrence for a period of time... You apply hunting pressure for a while, the surviving pigs shift their pattern and move on to the next place.

Traps do the same thing... Trap a few and the rest learn to avoid traps... Then the presence of a trap can keep them away from your place lol
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Yes very much so! and it is the sows that leads the packs so you need them to learn the behaviour to stay away from certain areas, they will in turn pas that knowledge on to their piglets (their piglets follow them so...)
 
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