Hog hunting bullets and shot placement.

Getting back to the shot placement, this is a 13yo picture, I took pictures for the land owner for a bit.
Anyway, it illustrates my favorite location, the neck. This one happened to be with a .223 varmint bullet because I was actually coyote hunting when this youngster showed up. Dropped in place. You can deviate some when you have a bigger bullet


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Shame that some threads degenerate into "measuring contests". Folks have different opinions, which does not make them wrong. After shooting a 357#(scale weighed) Boar 7 times with a 6.5 Grendel at 60 yards, I don't go without a 450 Bushmaster.
 
Want to make a dent in the feral hog population? Set up a feeder and kill little pigs with # 4 buck shot.

Dead pigs don't become hogs.
 
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Double Naught Spy said:
So no photo "proof," LOL.

thallub never made such claims about 0.01 groups or weight over 400, but it is good you know these and apply them so appropriately.

That is amazing that you have the ability to know hog weights based on a single linear metric. That method works so well that it is not used in the swine industry. There are various formulas, some of which use length and some of which don't, but they all use heart girth, which you don't have in the image, plain and simple.

https://www.redwattle.com/docs/tutorial/How-to-calculate-pig-wt.pdf
https://www.thepigsite.com/articles/weighing-a-pig-without-a-scale
https://www.montana.edu/extension/sanders/pig taping.pdf
https://www.theseasonalhomestead.co...weights-plus-what-to-expect-from-the-butcher/
https://www.phinhall.net/online-pig-weight-calculator/
https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/2051/2016/07/Cover-Letter-1.pdf
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No offense but ferral hogs have a much leaner body mass than any domestic hog.
Not sure if weight calculations would be accurate for both. A scale would be the best.
 
There’s actually some unscrupulous hog hunters, (some farmers actually pay for hog removal) they re-release the hogs nearby to perpetuate the problem. Many farmers would love to have people eliminate the hogs free of charge, but free hunters bring problems in some cases. The farms that I worked had a strict no hog leaves the property alive policy."
IN okk.
Releasing wild hogs to populate new land is a felony in OK:

The OK Department of Agriculture enforces wild hog law
https://ag.ok.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Feral-Swine-Rules-Regulations.pdf
 
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I use either a 7x30 Waters or a 357 Maximum.
The 7x30 uses a 139gr jacketed Hornady TTSX and the maximum uses a 180 hard cast lead flat point.

Shot placement is the key to success. A shoulder shot will bring the pig down with little meat destruction.
 
IMO: It ain't about snipinig the hog from afar. i prefer patched round balls. i like to sneak up and put the ball in the hogs ear. s

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No, the hogs were never in the trap. There are hog traps all over my hunting property. Yep. i do shoot hogs in traps and drag them out. Otherwise, the coyotes can't get at the carcasses.
 
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