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Sidarm while hunting hog? #4092493 03/01/13 07:46 PM
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About to schedule my first hog hunt in the next couple of months and I was wondering if I should take a sidearm with me or if my Savage Axis would be enough? I will also be by myself on this hunt from the looks of it.


Originally Posted By: M Bennet
Iv got hogs an can show you a good time.


Re: Sidarm while hunting hog? [Re: Humannpower] #4092504 03/01/13 07:49 PM
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Id take it. Better to have and not need than need and not have.

Re: Sidarm while hunting hog? [Re: Ryan81] #4092526 03/01/13 08:00 PM
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I always have mine when we are at our ranch.. you never know what is out there..

Re: Sidarm while hunting hog? [Re: mikefinchmp] #4092542 03/01/13 08:09 PM
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Here's my story from January. I WILL NOT go out without a sidearm!!

http://www.texashuntingforum.com/forum/u..._me#Post3929510

Thanks!!
Matt


The psycho nut bags have always been there. They just get better press now.
Take away their guns, they'll use knives. Take away their knives and they'll use sticks!!
Re: Sidarm while hunting hog? [Re: Matt] #4092548 03/01/13 08:15 PM
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Just kik um in tha face

Re: Sidarm while hunting hog? [Re: Navasot] #4092574 03/01/13 08:25 PM
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Nah, just your knife should be sufficient. But don't forget your camera because everyone will want to see photos.


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Re: Sidarm while hunting hog? [Re: Navasot] #4092576 03/01/13 08:25 PM
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"Wow! I sure am glad I didn't bring my sidearm on this hog hunt!"

Said no one ever...

Re: Sidarm while hunting hog? [Re: Navasot] #4092579 03/01/13 08:26 PM
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Definitely take one. Two weeks ago we were hunting hogs in Ganado, TX and I walked up on a sow I had shot over an hour earlier. I reached down to grab her legs and she jumped up and started at me. Grab my S&W 9mm with jacketed hollow point and shot her right between the eyes.


"I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it."
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Re: Sidarm while hunting hog? [Re: Houston Wildcat] #4092594 03/01/13 08:33 PM
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Like Navasot said, kick 'em in the face before you grab their legs. banana


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it is the illusion of knowledge.--Stephen Hawking
Re: Sidarm while hunting hog? [Re: GriffGruff78] #4092701 03/01/13 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted By: GriffGruff78
"Wow! I sure am glad I didn't bring my sidearm on this hog hunt!"

Said no one ever...


^ This

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Originally Posted By: WBYHunter
Originally Posted By: GriffGruff78
"Wow! I sure am glad I didn't bring my sidearm on this hog hunt!"

Said no one ever...


^ This

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Take it with you. If you kill enough hogs sooner or later you will approach one that aint quite dead and will need to be finished off. Even with great shot placement they dont die as quick as a deer.

Last year I shot one with a 6.8 and he dropped right in his tracks. I walked up to him and he was still kickin but I knew he was pretty much down for the count so I grabbed him by the rear legs to drag him off but he had a bit more life left in him than I though. Had he not had a busted snare around his snout he probably would have left a pretty nasty bite on my hand. One shot to the head from my side arm ended his life.

And when it comes to blood trailing hogs in dense cover a hand gun is the only way I roll.

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^^^^^^^^^^^ all of above. I will add I NEVER go to the field without my sidearm....or anywhere else


"A good life is never too short"
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Whenever I hike at Crockett I take my S&W 629 Mountain Gun. It's a 4 inch .44 magnum loaded with 240gr SWHPs at 950 fps. Not particularly for hogs but I feel naked without a good sidearm.

But I have no doubt a good .357 would do fine.

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Originally Posted By: GriffGruff78
"Wow! I sure am glad I didn't bring my sidearm on this hog hunt!"

Said no one ever...




^Beautiful. So true.

Re: Sidarm while hunting hog? [Re: Tim9880] #4093679 03/02/13 04:14 AM
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So, .44 and .357 over a .45? In that order? For sidearm carrying in the field.


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I carry a Taurus Judge which is 410/45 Colt. My .44 Special is for the pigs I run into on the streets being stupid. Either way they are loaded with hollow points. If you can get past the #4 shot coming out first in the Judge, God help you when the 250gr HP's start flying.


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Originally Posted By: FLParish
So, .44 and .357 over a .45? In that order? For sidearm carrying in the field.


Depends on which 45 you are talking about. I would take the 45 long colt over the 357sig or magnum any day. If you are talking about the 45 ACP then I would probably take them in the order you have listed.

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Originally Posted By: mikefinchmp
I always have mine when we are at our ranch.. you never know what is out there..


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Re: Sidarm while hunting hog? [Re: Texsun] #4094108 03/02/13 02:08 PM
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Good point about .45 long colt vs ACP. I was referring to the ACP.....

Judge....good idea as well...


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Originally Posted By: FLParish
So, .44 and .357 over a .45? In that order? For sidearm carrying in the field.


I'll take my 10mm Glock 20SF over each of those any day. I like having 16 230gr. WFNGC on call without reloading.

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i try to never walk through brush without a sidearm on my hip. and anything is better than nothing. I carry a snubby .38 on my hip when im in the woods.


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Originally Posted By: Humannpower
should take a sidearm with me or if my Savage Axis would be enough?


It can never hurt to bring another gun. However, I never really feel the need to have one. What caliber is your Savage?

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Originally Posted By: M Bennet
Iv got hogs an can show you a good time.


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Originally Posted By: Savage 250
i try to never walk through brush without a sidearm on my hip. and anything is better than nothing. I carry a snubby .38 on my hip when im in the woods.


For many years all I've carried is a 22 cal 9 round revolver on my hip. This last year I started carrying a snub nose 38 instead. Still light weight but carries a weee bigger punch.

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