Would you use a 9mm to hunt hogs?

Unless you are a routine hog hunter and willing to admit the differences I listed, please don't advise folks on the right gun for hog huntin'..

I never had any trouble making a lung shot on a hog with a rifle, and every time, the hog dropped within 50 yards.
If you don't like my advice, then don't take it, and you can keep the condescending remarks to yourself.

You are the "expert" who was saying how good the meat is on a 400 pound boar.
 
If you are a very experienced hunter and are very familiar with the anatomy of a hog you could do it with well placed shots from a tree stand. Certainly not ut thmy choice of weapon, but then I have shot them with some weird calibers (6.5 JAP., .22LR pistol.)
 
You are the "expert" who was saying how good the meat is on a 400 pound boar.
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I may have to look for that... I may have said would be edible or even said it would make sausage... I have never seen a 400 pound feral hog.
From this link...
http://www.ventanawild.org/news/se02/pigs.html
This is written...
The biggest boar we ever killed on the ranch, when hung, measured 9 ft. from tip to tip. The skin on his neck was three inches thick; eleven bullets were found which over the years had been embedded in the fat.
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I have seen a broadhead embedded in the shield similar to this one...
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Brent
 
9mm, ah, no. For you lucky guys who get to go hog hunting, be humane and use enough gun, please.
 
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I hit the forehead of the pig that charged me, and it was looking at me. Not my legs, but me.
I literally removed flesh from face and head, and the strip remains ended up in the tree behind it.
I simply hit it at a bad angle.
I also didn't think that the 30-30 could hit at that range from a bad angle.
It had the same effect as slanted armor on a tank. Energy deflection.

We stalked up on a large sound of who knows how many. ATTT saw them first 15 yards on our left, and opened fire. All I saw was the backs of ten or twelve adults, like whale's in the ocean, scatter in all directions. Thru the tall grass, one sow found me and charged me. I waited for the shot until it got in the open onto my path. I was afraid the LeveRevolution would splinter on the grass if I shot earlier.
Boom! She screamed and turned off to my right, and ran a hundred yards before she stopped screaming. Then just kept running.

A 9mm pistol round of any size less than 357Mag or 38+P is not something I would take on a pig hunt.
The opening shot isn't the worry (a 22LR will kill an adult pig). It is the actions of any pigs afterwards that scares me.
 
Coming from a guy who's not yet shot a hog:

IF I had a 9mm, and someday probably will. And IF I was far enough into my hog hunting career to want to wait for a proper size hog at proper 9mm distances then - Heck ya I would!

Sounds like a cool challenge.
 
And Treg makes a valid point!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVX0y2Pcj_s
This vid requires sign in for some reason... Likely cuz the guy say "adult" airifle?
But nothin sneaky I assure you.
This is a .177 PBA (Performance Ballistic Alloy) pellet from a gamo at 1,600+/- fps on this hog. Just shows that, as Treg notes, given the right distance and circumstance in proficient hands, pert near any device is lethal and humane.
Brent
 
no

That is kinda like fishing for 25 lb grouper with 4 pound line.
you could do it but there has got to be a better rig.
 
you could do it, but you need to be close... like 20-30 yards, and limit your shots to head shots.. or primarily, ear shots.

I've killed a few hogs with head shots from a .22

they're not bulletproof...:rolleyes:

I wouldn't try to shoot one with that 9mm at 75 yards in the shoulder, I would bet unless it was a little pig (30-50 lbs), you wouldn't kill it.
 
But bubba, That limits a 7 round rifle to a 2 shot...
Yithian hunts a method requiring higher capacity... Sneaking up on a herd of hogs and lettin' it rip and slinging lead at as many bodies as is possible.
Brent
 
No they are not bullet proof, but the bigger ones can be very determained to stay alive. I shot one at 70 steps with a 30-06. First in the neck broad side and 2nd in the head. The neck shot didn't go thru. His shield was very thick. That was in the mid 80's. Still have his big ole tusk. 100 lb and under the 9mm should be ok at best at close range but you might get lucky and get in tight with a 200 lb boar and visions of a 270 will be dancing in your head.
 
I have never hunted hogs... We call 'em wild boars around here...

Would a 7.62x54r Romak3 with 180gr soft points be a good choice for a first time hog hunt?
 
no I wouldn't use a 9mm as a back up while hunting unless I was carrying a ccw to protect myself from 2 legged predators
 
Willie Lowman said:
I have never hunted hogs... We call 'em wild boars around here...
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Technically, a wild boar is a feral pig (aka swine, or hog) that is a MALE.
A wild Sow would then be its counterpart. LOL

And yes, That 7.62x54R would do just fine, ...if you had only one to shoot at.

Just for opinions sake, the sows taste, and smell, much better.
The tiny little piglets are much more tender.
 
And yes, That 7.62x54R would do just fine, ...if you had only one to shoot at.
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A ten shot semi auto that has the same recoil as an SKS would only allow me to shoot at one? I am thinking that you don't know what a Romak3 is...

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/\ Romak3 /\ I admit, they are kinda long compared to the leverguns most seem to prefer. Unless you were implying something that I completely missed...

Thanks for the reply on the ammo.
 
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