In the hands of this guy I would say there is a pretty good chance!


Ok... its only about 40 yards.. but its the first time he has shot his b-day present, he turned 7 in December.... but still not bad propped up on a 5 gal bucket with open sights, IMO

yes an so will the gamo

I'm glad he killed that thing. I think it's rabid.

watched a video today of an air rifle taking down a hog

yes. do it all the time. with the price of ammo. i will be doing it more often. lol

I think that feller is ready, open sites, better than me.
No problem .22 on a pig, head shot.
Is he left eyed? Looks like he shoots like me before I figured out I was leaning over the rifle and sighting with my dominant eye.

I shoot them with a .17 regularly. We used to butcher hogs by first shooting them between the eyes with a .22lr. It usually worked instantly. Only had to shoot one more than once. He was nearly 900lbs though!

I bet he has alot of good times with that 22.

.22 Mag is one of the best pig shooting rounds.

I'm not saying it's impossible but i popped one right behind the eye the other day and it just looked at me like i was stupid and ran away.

Oh my GOD!!! It is a dreaded black rifle. Don't let Feinstien see this. That rifle has TWO distinct military type features ..... a butt stock and a muzzle!!

(I was going to say front site and back site, but oh well)

My daughters were about this age when they learned to shoot Wyoming prairie dogs.

A 22 C B Short will kill just about anything that walks in Texas,
though not always legal..Shot placement and range being much in
the recipe..DD

Yep, hes shootin righty, left eye.. I cant break him of it yet.. I am left eye dominant, but right handed.. I shoot lefty.. he says it dosnt feel right if I try to get him to shoot lefty...... I'm gonna let him figure it out

He's a great shot. You've done well teaching him. I say a 22LR can kill anyhthing if properly placed. But, we skinned a hog last year that had a 22LR bullet embedded in it's skin and healed over. The boy might make a great shot, but be dissapointed by a hog that runs away unaffected.

Yep!

Good shooting, lots of fun to come. I'm a righty but I am also left eye dominant. I shoot a rifle fine, but shoot across my side with my left eye with a pistol. He will figure it out.

Good for the young man! Way to go and great shooting. He will figure it out. Congrats on a new hunting partner!!!!

Look close. It's a paper target.

Nice .22. I got one when I turned 10, I still have it.


As far as the question goes. Yes. I've seen my dad his step dad kill many domestic hogs with a .22 short. They would shoot them and then stick them in the heart with a knife. DRT.

Sorry, I thought that the conversation had moved to real hogs - but maybe I missed something. (Kinda slow at times......)

Marc

Kill them all the time in traps with a 22, but use a 17HMR taurus tracker lots of the time just for laziness and not grabbing a rifle.

nice pics, I was about that age when my dad gave me my first .22lr

Great memories

pretty good shooting brings back memories of using my dad's 22 single shot pump, used 22 shorts..

I am the same way, right handed but shoot a gun with my left. My buddies kid is the same way too. He got his kid a pair of glasses and put black tape over the right eye. It helped him get comfortable shooting with his left dominant eye.