.22mag I had a cool vid a few yrs ago on youtube dropping 8 of them bastards with it but the tree huggers had it pulled.

You know, i've never shot a trapped pig before, but i've shot em from blinds. I usually aim for the ear because they don't know I am there.

In this case, initially, I started to do that, but every time I would get to the side of the hog, she would turn directly toward me.

So I just thought, hell, shoot it in the top of the head, that's gonna do it.

It doesn't... it was painful to watch. I hate pigs, but next time I will be sure to take my time and pop it directly in the side/ear. I can't stand watching animals suffer, creeps me out.

I've always been fond of my .44 magnum with a shot behind their ear. Of course, our traps are more like corrals (about 25 ft in diameter) so you can't put the gun 2 ft behind the ear since they always run to the other side of the trap, lol.. It's also a little different when you catch 5-8 at a time and they get a little excited and want to run around or try to jump out.

If you were trying to tap the right eye as noted in the video, you very easily could have missed the brain from those angles, either passing through the sinuses or passing between the inner and outer tables. The round may have passed laterally as well.