Feral Animals

glocklvr · Post by **glocklvr** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 7:44 am

sounds like yall are having way too much fun with those hogs but I must admit fresh pork in the freezer would make it worth while. I am currently trying to find a place near here where I can do some hog hunting myself I have 2 new rifles that I have yet to hunt with.

Venus Pax · Post by **Venus Pax** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:26 pm

I don't know much about big guns, but I sure have learned a lot about killing hogs on this thread.

KD5NRH · Post by **KD5NRH** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:38 pm

Ranger+P+ wrote:A .243 in any form is an awful round, I stay away from it like the plague.

Huh? Seemed to do just fine on the last pig I used it on...of course, there was an exit wound I could have gutted the pig though without a knife, but better shot placement on my part would have put that somewhere I hadn't planned on using, anyway.

For anything I don't plan to use at all, .243 WinCXP or any cheap .30-06 with 185gr JSP drops them where they stand.

zigzag · Post by **zigzag** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:16 am

Ranger. I was just imagining how would this event transpire, the main purpose is to promote ARs as a utility rifle , for combat and hunting, now in this case as the latter. With all the people around is this mainly to familiarize with the AR at the range ? As for the hog hunting part these critters most of the time come out at night from my experience . Also silence is golden in hog hunting as they are very smart .Do you got feeders they constantly visit?

Ranger+P+ · Post by **Ranger+P+** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 3:09 pm

I am planning a couple of night hunts for critters.

austin · Post by **austin** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 4:03 pm

"As far as the .45 not being a knockdown round????, I will let history speak for that-"

I catch possums and raccoons in my barn all the time and its the same story:

I go in locked and cocked with my 45.

Varmint runs for the back.

I get sight picture and fire:

bang. hay.

bang. varmint is knocked a foot or so. Gets up and runs.

Bang. Hay.

Bang. Varmint is knocked down again.

Sometimes varmint collapses.

Sometimes varmint gets up and runs to the hole at the back of the barn and dies there.

If a 45 cannot stop a big raccoon or even a possum, then it is not a knockdown round. Sure, they will die, but they did run away.

My .243 magnum or the 22 wmr with tnt+jhp tears the varmint in half at the same distance.

If you are going to use a handgun, you must be prepared to fire several shots to stop what you are aiming at.

The 45 is a nice round, but I have seen it bounce off the skull of a buffalo and a cow. It might do the same on a large sow or boar. A 9mm is even worse and have a skull with 9 dents in it to prove it.

KBCraig · Post by **KBCraig** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:03 pm

austin wrote:A 9mm is even worse and have a skull with 9 dents in it to prove it.

You must have a hard head.

flintknapper · Post by **flintknapper** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:25 pm

KBCraig wrote:
austin wrote:A 9mm is even worse and have a skull with 9 dents in it to prove it.
You must have a hard head.

And a high threshold for pain.

Man!!!

zigzag · Post by **zigzag** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 8:01 pm

The best is the good ole CZ 52 in 7.62 x 25 tokarev round. Tested on kevlar helmet an d it penetrated thru and thru.