Going to Texas for hogs?

[rickyrick]

Anything .223 and above will take them down. Take the one that you can shoot the best.

 

[Sgt Pepper]

I have killed hogs here in Texas with .223 Rem, .243 Win, .30-30 Win, .308 Win, 7mm Rem Mag, .270 Win, .30-06, and 12 gauge slugs.

I have killed the most with .223. I hit them and they go down. No, I am not William Tell with a rifle. Don't believe all of the board chatter. It doesn't have to be a perfect shot. An imperfect shot with a small caliber generally leads to a more perfect follow up with hogs unless you are talking about really large ones (i.e. > 200 lbs).

A 45-70 will take them down with extreme ease. Happy hunting! Post pics when you get back home.

 

[BuckRub]

I killed them with every caliber almost myself. I like a 223 or 22-250 because they do the job with little recoil. Shoot them in the ear and they drop if far off or they're moving take a front shoulder shot. Have fun on your trip!

 

[justplainpossum]

Here is a video of some of the feral hogs on my ranch in Texas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FydsNaBlGyM&list=FLSPoP-2fcByuFzbMxkYvdrQ&index=15

 

[justplainpossum]

For all you hog hunters, can you tell me about how big our boar is? I'm sorry the beginning part is so jerky, it was really windy that day, and after that I was scanning to try and see where he got to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM-KE6o9wKo&list=FLSPoP-2fcByuFzbMxkYvdrQ&index=5

 

[hornetguy]

I'm not an expert, but trying to judge him from the size of the shoats and sows, I'd guess him to be between 175 and 225 or so. I really don't think he'd go over 200, but again, I'm not an expert.

 

[justplainpossum]

I didn't know the little ones were called shoats, so you're more of an expert than I am!