"I'm with FDF. A mistake with a .357 on a hog of modest size can get you seriously injured or dead."
Several years ago I shot a very large hog for our area. It was shot a near dark while deer hunting and ran off. My wife was with me and we waited a few minutes and went to find it. While looking for it, I heard it go between us. It woofed as it passed me. I told the wife, it's too dark and we need to go, she did not hear it pass.
I went back the next morning at daylight and found the hog, it crossed very close to me.
Later I told her what I knew and where I found the hog. Her response was you shoot them at dark, you trail them in the dark, by yourself.
Lessons learned:
1. Black hogs in the dark are hard to see even with a Mag-light..
2. Use enough gun, I have killed a lot of hogs with a .357, but under the right
conditions.
We are in the woods with hogs all the time and I really do not worry about my safety. Folks dream about a hog running at them.
This year I had a hog about 200 pounds or so with an attitude. Each time I would see him he would change his body posture and walk towards me. He seemed to know that I did not have a gun at the time. This happened 4 or 5 times and I decided he had to go.
I hunt hogs with a T/C Contender 30-30, it changes the rules.
A .357 will kill hogs, I just think it's on the light side and most folks are not pistol shots.
Several years ago I shot a very large hog for our area. It was shot a near dark while deer hunting and ran off. My wife was with me and we waited a few minutes and went to find it. While looking for it, I heard it go between us. It woofed as it passed me. I told the wife, it's too dark and we need to go, she did not hear it pass.
I went back the next morning at daylight and found the hog, it crossed very close to me.
Later I told her what I knew and where I found the hog. Her response was you shoot them at dark, you trail them in the dark, by yourself.
Lessons learned:
1. Black hogs in the dark are hard to see even with a Mag-light..
2. Use enough gun, I have killed a lot of hogs with a .357, but under the right
conditions.
We are in the woods with hogs all the time and I really do not worry about my safety. Folks dream about a hog running at them.
This year I had a hog about 200 pounds or so with an attitude. Each time I would see him he would change his body posture and walk towards me. He seemed to know that I did not have a gun at the time. This happened 4 or 5 times and I decided he had to go.
I hunt hogs with a T/C Contender 30-30, it changes the rules.
A .357 will kill hogs, I just think it's on the light side and most folks are not pistol shots.