I would use your pics if your hogs were bigger .

We've got a way to go if this is going to make 7 pages. Perhaps it would be better to let it die before Killer returns and punches me in the throat.

Fork,
After weighing in on all the evidence, I now believe you may be the more dangerous pig hunter.

On a different note...Killer just checked in with this pov pic while vacationing at a friend's beach house.

I might have to use that picture for my Facebook profile!

I have been piling the hogs up for years with my .223! I have even shot doe.. So from my past 20+ hog experiances i would definitley say a 223 is a good hunting dog. Anyone who says any different is probably just not a good enough shot!

This will add another page!

I have shot them with everything from a 450 Marlin down to a 22lr, and with hogs there is no given. In 2001 I was charged by a 275lb boar, he made 2 passes at me, I side stepped both only because he had been ventilated by a 350gr chunk of lead, I shot him incoming between the eyes only to have a round rated at 3400 ft lbs of energy make a trough in his hide and crack his skull, luckily I got off one more good shot and he went down. I wasn't scared until it was all over and it sat in. Now I choose my shots wisely, and if I hunt them at night, I use the 450, only now it is loaded with a 450gr Barnes Solid FB. I don't try to kill them all, just the breeders that hit the feeder and pecan orchard on a regular basis.

I will shoot one with a .223 and a 55gr TSX, if the opportunity presents itself while predator hunting, but I am not going looking for that fight anytime soon.

it's true though. You can kill a hog consistently with a .22. It is all about where you put the shot. Hogs with my 17 would agree with me.

djones your freakin hillarious

...updated pov from Killer...

Well.... At least someone has a good view of the beach?

Greetings,


If'n I wuz a hog and saw that, I would just lay down and give up....even if he was packin a BB gun!

well????

I am in the blind right now with the Pulsar atop my FN-AR 308, I am capturing video tonight to demonstrate what poor shot placement with a larger bullet can do.

Just awaiting moving targets!

BTW DJ, I almost stayed in tonight for fear that Killer's buddy is on the prowl for new friends, I do believe the images you posted have effected me ...

If you do your part with a 223 round you will have a dead piggy.

You get any video yet? I'm still getting mine all setup.

The .308 is for old men who cant shoot accurately so they have to use a bigger bullet to increase their chances. A .223 is a mans gun! Hey DJ how long have you a Richard Simmons been "hunting" together ??

Courtesy of a 223ai and 75gr SS2's @3k. Perfect rotisserie size.

As soon as I find a pic of you I'm gonna get you for that!

I figured that would get you all worked up !!! Anytime we all get the chance to poke at a legend like yourself we have to jump on it.

Talk about a hog not wanting to go to the light... I've never killed a hog, so i'm no expert. But it sure seems like it took this guy a long time to get him to quit kicking

@ shattered - you will have some say that the hog was dead but that the nerves were still firing. Its hard to tell in the video if the animal was still breathing or grunting.

A clean kill is always the goal but every hog is different.

The only exact science would be to have Richard Simmons perform an autopsy using candles and lotions.

Ewwwwwwww

@ West Fork -

I got video, unfortunately the hogs are not in it as they decided to roam elsewhere, I am super bummed but hey that's hunting.

I plan to post a vid apart from this thread sometime this week, I learned a lot about the scopes capability and function.

BB

So if thats the case, why is it that "real men" must use a 300 mag to shoot little bitty deer and some states don't allow anything less than a 243 for legal game?

My friend has kills lot's of hogs with a .22 Mag.