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.223 is not an ethical hog caliber. I don't consider anything less than a .308 to be ethical for hog hunting. Sure, lesser calibers will work if shot placement is correct. Pigs have a lot of armor and fat around their chest. If you are going to take the time to hunt them, then use a caliber that will put them down for sure. .308 is not a heavy recoiling cartridge. It is manageable for smaller hunters, and it can punch through armor for a clean kill with one shot.

Buckle up...

They're very large rats, not deer, or any other game animal. I trap them...and I don't eat a single one. I believe Aldo Leopold would say to eradicate them off the range by any way possible.

I prefer a blow gun.

Welp, I just found out I’m unethical. Learn something new everyday.

Love me some 77 TMK, lot easier on bear/lion hides also

I’m taking the 22-250 tonight, it needed some dusting off and it’s one of my favorites (caliber and rifle)

Killed many with it

If I was 30 years younger, I'd love to try that running up along side and spearing them.

I have one of those big Cold Steel hunting boomerangs, should try giving that a go sometime.

It's weird because I've killed countless hogs, dead in their tracks, with .223 Rem., .243 Win., and even a .22LR, usually with shots straight to the ear hole. Most were dead before they hit the dirt. I never thought I was doing anything unethical, but now I'm starting to question myself.

Or not.

>>Tracers (and full auto)

If you go the .250 savage route, go ahead and ackley improve it. My 11 year old daughter has gotten pretty dang good with it and a 100 grain ballistic tip. Nipping on the heels of a 25-06 with less powder and recoil.

I've been wanting to give this a tryout....

For my experience so far I'd recommend the .300 HMR. With a suppressor and adjustable gas block I get no recoil using 130 gr. loads. The hogs just die and even on running shots where shot placement isn't ideal they go down....can't be said for the .223 from my experience with them....

Many with 22-250 and old faithful 243.

223 in 1-8 twist uses same bullets as 22 CM, what the 223 and 77TMK does at 200, CM does at 400+-

223 is too fast and small. Goes through them but doesn't drop them unless ear shot. If that is all you have then go for it! My buddy that kills like 75+ a year switched from 300BO. too many ran away and couldn't find. He switched to 308 or 7.62. I like the 6.5 Grendal. larger than 223 but similar recoil for running shots...etc. But majority of my hog hunting is with my Trad bows or compound

Well, that's a start I guess.

Another advocate of the 6.8spc here. My daughter started out hunting with one at 11yrs old and never complained about recoil. She's moved up to a 708 now and the 6.8 has become my truck gun when at the property. When used within its limits it works well.

Ok….

Both my Gboys have taken hogs with 223 but it took a close-up second shot to finish.

6.5 Grendel. Is my go to. It is an awesome round

I've been putting them down for years with a .257 Roberts which is similar in performance to a 250 Savage but I use 117 grain SSTs at ~ 2750 fps. They drop in their tracks if you put the bullet half way between the shoulder and the ear with them broadside to you - similar to what someone else said. That shot placement has a decent amount of room for error. I get the same results with my .243 Win, 100 grain pro-hunters running at 2950-ish fps. Even with a bigger round like a .308 they are going to run a ways if you don't hit them along that line from the shoulder to the neck or behind the ear.

I use what ever I have. I do stress bullet placement with the Grandsons. They have done well with the .223/556. Shot placement is the key.

It ain't the headstamp that kills 'em, it's the right bullet (and there are MANY) moving within the correct velocity range taking the right path through the critter that kills 'em .

I guess not everyone got the memo.

I like the .260 myself. I have yet to kill anything too dead with it.