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 22 LR. hog hunters
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10/26/14 12:29 AM
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Bubba270
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I had a teacher back in school that always used a 22LR to hunt hogs with. I thought he was crazy but he showed me proof that thats what he did. He actualy video taped him killin hogs with a 22 all head shots in the ear or eye and brought them up to class that monday (he was a shop teacher) to prove me wrong. Does or has anyone else done that or was he just a one of a kind?
I eat everything I kill and I am to fat to be a bad hunter.
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Re: 22 LR. hog hunters
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10/26/14 03:05 AM
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8pointdrop
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Not my go to round but dang sure effective. God only knows how many deer have been poached with .22's
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Re: 22 LR. hog hunters
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10/26/14 03:46 AM
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Pittstate
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Re: 22 LR. hog hunters
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10/26/14 05:43 PM
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SnakeWrangler
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Not my go to round but dang sure effective. God only knows how many deer have been poached with .22's I've killed several hogs with a .22....like any other round, range & shot placement.
I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: 22 LR. hog hunters
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10/26/14 07:51 PM
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ChadTRG42
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Sure it will work. But not optimal. We have killed a big boar with a 22 mag just by chance, though.
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Re: 22 LR. hog hunters
[Re: Bubba270]
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10/28/14 10:01 PM
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Erich
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usually these are trapped hogs. shot at short distance. not free ranging hogs. under short range circumstances on a trapped pig...there is no hog that a good head shot with a .22lr won't kill.
I've shot some free ranging ones with a .22lr and .22mag both. mostly smaller pigs. and shorter distances.
.22 is a mean little bullet though. not my go to gun of choice, but dont' under-estimate it.
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Re: 22 LR. hog hunters
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10/29/14 02:54 AM
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SakoHunter84
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There are a lot better options for hog hunting than a 22lr.
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Re: 22 LR. hog hunters
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10/29/14 04:28 AM
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Gravytrain
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Just not ethical, but if I was a land owner and they just cost me money (or worse: work  ) , I might not care if 22lr is all I have. I'm confident I could be accurate enough with my 22lr for an ear shot on a slow mover who is not spooked at 50 yards. Not something I would plan to do though, .223 now that's good medicine.
Last edited by Gravytrain; 10/29/14 04:32 AM.
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Re: 22 LR. hog hunters
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11/03/14 02:52 AM
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Byronstuff
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Certainly there are better options to put a pig down with, but yes, a 22 LR in the right spot will put down all the same.
Why would it not be ethical? An immediate drop to it's death seems pretty ethical to me.
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