OP, well done.

They are good trackers !

How much damage to hogs do to your land? if you still want to be "ethical" about shooting hogs that's good for you.

But, for most everyone else a pig is a nuisance that need to be dealt with as such. So if i happen to shoot a hog in the gut and he runs off so be it one less porker to destroy crops, feeders, and the land.

and until you start making your living off the crops and the land that these pests destroy. You can be as ethical as you want, until they start taking money out of your pocket they all need to die any way possible.

Also, a quick death would be a head shot everytime. Not drowning in their own blood as their lungs collapse. JMO

I agree that if it were all I had I would try to kill the hog. And I understand the arguments about hogs being destructive and killing as many off as possible. They deserve as quick and humane a death as we can give them regardless. They aren't evil, they are animals doing what God created them to do. And in taking them on the hunt we are doing what He created us to do. But there is and ethical standard by which we all should hold and that is a quick and humane kill whatever our quarry. There is no honor in intentionally wounding an animal and letting it die a slow death just so you don't have to remove the carcass from a field. And I agree with Chupa on that. I find that happening at my place you will be shown the way out and not be invited back.

when the oporkalips comes ant these zombie pigs come looking for you, you will wish you made a clean ethical head shot. I for one bow down to my pig zombie masters...

It comes down to other people's opinions and some trying to force theirs on the rest of us with a guilt trip. The fact that the pig is dirt is hard to deny. So the facts prove beyond any doubt it was an ethical shot. End of story. When I come on here to read about hunts and hunting, I really don't want to be preached to and I don't think I'm alone. Please try to keep your feelings and opinions to yourself so we all can enjoy OP's story without being hassled.

My signature says it all and I live by that rule with whatever rifle I may have in my hand at the time.

I killed my biggest hog ever with a .17HMR. Just like the OP I was varmint hunting
(squirrel) and came upon a group of pigs out in the middle of a field on a fall day. I had plenty of time to pick the one that I wanted to shoot and found the cross-hairs settling on the brain-case of a sow that was 350+. She was quartering away at about 70 yards. I made a "smmcchhh" sound just like you do for coyotes and she turned her head just right, and I let her have it right behind her right ear. She dropped on the spot like a safe had fallen on her. I have her skull with the bullet hole in it, and no exit hole. It penetrated the skull just fine leaving a dime size entrance hole. Now the other shots on the other pigs that were running away.. I got some squeals, but nothing like that first shot.

OP, you did a great job. Keep killing them with whatever you have on hand at the time.

He wasn't hog hunting. It just happened to show up. I would have done the same thing, it's a feral hog. They can cause so many problems if you let them get over populated. I'm not surprised the .17 did that to him. You put a great shot and the .17 is a bad dude.

You still have no idea what it is I'm saying. Truly hilarious. If eradication is the goal, a rifle is a poor way of doing it. Still just self justification to do what you know is wrong.


Chupa

I tried the new red mountain dew one time... I thought it was wrong.... but it wasnt

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I tried the new red mountain dew one time... I thought it was wrong.... but it wasnt [/quote]

quit feeding him

Tx Hunter, you are way off trying to take a hog with that little ol 17gr bullet!







You definitely should have stepped up to the 20gr xtp

i have dropped hundreds of pigs with a 22lr..they are a invasive species and should be eradicated as such
my bullet of choice is the 60 grain aguila subsonic..though i dont hunt anymore unless i am very hungry

I'm 2 for 2 with the 17hmr myself. They were just as dead as the ones I shot with a 270.

The .17HMR isn't in question, stop bringing it up. I never said that an HMR for pigs was wrong, that's what is so damn funny here is that ya'll get butt hurt and think that someone is out to get you. I never said that he shouldn't shoot the pig with an HMR. Funny as hell that ya'll can't see the point, very myopic.


Chupa

Nice shot

Didn't think you started this thread. Congrats to the OP.

shot one about have again bigger then that with a hmr he was looking at me and wouldnt let me at the ear so i tried for the eye, sound like a golf ball on a hardwood floor he sat down on his but and shook his head then took off. scope was shooting 1.5" high guess to many miles bouncing around in the jeep. couple 45 in the starfish slowed him down permanently.

Good lord, some people.......to the OP, good shot. Yes the HMR gets the job done, been shooting pigs & yotes up to 100 yrds for years now with no issues. That fast little bullet turns the brain into mush in a millisecond.

well said. i dont even know what a 17hmr is let alone what it can do at 90yrds ta a hog lerned something bout shot placement. am sure tx hunter can take some kidding

It is all I can do to keep the feral hogs under control on my ranch in central Texas, and that's using two large pen traps, hunting them off off stands and hunting them at night. When there are periods of time that I can't get out there very often, they tend to get out of control again and will destroy my pastures that I depend on to feed my cattle. Now if I know I'm going hog hunting, I will take my 300 BLK, my AR-10 or my 6.8 SPC, BUT if I'm riding around and see a hog, and the only thing I have with me is a 22 rifle, there will be lead headed towards that hog, and while I hope the hog has a quick death, if he doesn't then so be it. If you want to know what will get any of my guests uninvited back to my ranch, it is them passing on a safe shot at any hog that shows up regardless of what firearm they are carrying. When it comes to feral hogs, I don't have a lot of hunting ethic. My 2 cents!

Those ARE your hunting ethics! Damn good ones at that

Thanks adam...since the feral hogs have become such a huge problem on my ranch and all over central Texas, I don't look at them any different than I do fire ants, mice/rats or scorpions....death to them all in any manner possible!

The 'ol behind the ear shot is deadly! Watched a buddy of mine drop a hog with a .22 at 50 yards with a shot behind the ear.