pig rifles

21 March 2007, 07:02

packrattusnongratus

pig rifles

577? Was that a broadside shot? What did it mess up inside? Heart, lungs, or liver? I just wondered. Thanks Packy

21 March 2007, 07:04

Whitworth

Excellent, 577!! It's fun hammering 'em with a big-bore!! Where did you shoot that hog? I'm still searching for somewhere to hunt up here (Alexandria -- we're neighbors!).......

21 March 2007, 18:46

Tx6BR

Hmmm, after seeing everyones BIG pig guns, I feel kind of under gunned. The last two hogs I killed were with a 220 Swift. By far not the most recommended hog gun but while out calling you use what you have in hand. Head shot or heart shot the oinkers know no difference.

21 March 2007, 21:43

577NitroExpress

We were hunting at the 4K Ranch in Brady, Texas. Texas, you say? But there is snow on the ground!

Yeah, when the DRSS had it's hunt the Monday following the DSC convention, Texas got hit with ice and snow - but we still went hunting!

I was hunting in a ground blind and took the shot at him from about 40 yards. It was cold and I was on my knees when I fired the first barrel. I wanted to aim low into the front of the pig so as not to blow out the hams. Well, in the photo you can see that I aimed a bit too low and literally blew his front legs off.

The pig hit the ground and started to get up when I said "F--- it" and put the 750 grain Woodleigh soft point right behind the front shoulder (as shown in the photo). The hog was quartering away from me when I shot him so the bullet went right into the chest cavity and exited right on the shoulder. I couldn't find the bullet - it was too cold and I was not prepared for the cold temps when I arrived in DFW.

Regarding the damage to the offal, I don't know; the guides did the cleaning and I was too focused on getting warmed up and drinking whiskey.

We are heading back to 4K in June if anyone is interested - info about the hunt is in the Double Rifle forum. I think in total we got 22 hogs that trip (I think - it may have been more).

26 March 2007, 01:15

Brian T

for a place near Va try Black River Plantation in SC

http://www.southernoutdoorexperience.com/hunting_lodge/index.asp

26 March 2007, 04:24

butchlambert

Where are 4Houtfitters photos?
Butch

26 March 2007, 04:54

Whitworth

Brian T., have you hunted there?

29 March 2007, 01:59

N E 450 No2

Jeff Sullivan
Your 308 Tracker and the 165 TB's will be perfect for pigs, and most other game for that matter.

We have taken several pigs with it.

My wife used that bullet to take a zebra and a wildebeast in Zim.

Another plus to that bullet is that it does not "blow up" small game. 2 bobcats, a honeybadger, a heyena, all taken under 50 yards and various coyotes, were taken with very small exit wounds and no hide damage.

29 March 2007, 07:44

Jeff Sullivan

NE 450 No2
I like the "tracker" set up so well that I also bought a 375 H&H "tracker" barrel from Aleko too. Thanks for your advise on the Trackers.

29 March 2007, 12:34

N E 450 No2

Jeff I like my Trackers, they are my favorite Blaser bbls for general use.
As we have discussed I can tell no loss of accuracy between them and the regular bbls to 200 yards on paper and to 300 yds on steel.

29 March 2007, 21:57

temmi

I have hunted Texas Hogs for years... My sons use a
30-06 or 450 marlin or 480 Ruger
I use a 338WM unless we are "walking them up" and then I use my 450 Marlin, but at the short East Texas distances a 30-30 would be fine.

30 March 2007, 08:58

tysue

Mention was made of Hogzilla and there was a recent write up in F&S, I believe, on this hog and a newer, bigger one. Seems both were pen raised and had gotten out, and folks shot them. The new pig was over a 1,000 lbs. Guy said he shot him under the ear with a 7mm08, at about 40 yards or so. Might want to check out the F&S or ODL on line to see the story.

I'd like to get in some pig hunting myself, if someone can tell me of some where to go, that needs pigs shot. I am retired, so have a lot of time, just need somewhere to go. Anyone wanting to get a hunt up, let me know.

30 March 2007, 10:00

N E 450 No2

tysue
Check into going on a DRSS pig hunt.
What part of the US are you in?

31 March 2007, 02:26

Mke / Tx

Well I can say that I have taken them using a varied arsonal, but the primiary rifle has been my Ruger Compact in .308. It has done it's work flawlessly when applied to the task at hand. Here are a few of the biggest,

Definatley not the biggest but probably the best of them all was this one, my grandson took with the .308 with a 125gr reduced load, right before his 5th birthday.

31 March 2007, 11:55

N E 450 No2

Mike/Tx
Nice Pigs.

Way to go teaching the "little one" to hunt. He is the future of our sport.

31 March 2007, 19:03

Whitworth

Great pigs, Mike/TX!!

01 April 2007, 19:11

Mississippian

.308 win works great

02 April 2007, 17:06

packrattusnongratus

Cool pig gun. I'm jealous. In the state of Misery I can't own one of those, even though I've been in L E for over ten years. Then I also can't hunt with a suppressor in the state of Misery either.

Packy

02 April 2007, 21:43

Jarrod

quote:
Originally posted by RH outfitter:
I think the 270 would be fine but a couple of the folks who stated in the above postings that hogs are easy to kill must have never got on a big hog. i belive in good shot placement and a hog weighing less than 300lbs are not to hard to drob with an average deer rifle, i have shot a couple over 550 lbs the only reasion i know they were over 550 is my scale stops at 550 and they were bending the needle. i will share one story with yall i was hunting with a friend in the brazos bottom area of brazos co it was about 8:00 p.m. and two hogs came over the railroad tracks that border my friends place my buddy was running the spot light and i was shooting he flipped the light on and i shot the first hog which was a 550 plus hog at 80 yds broad side with a 375 h&h with 300 grain swift aframes he did not evan move he started running towards the truck out of confusion i am sure i put another one in his chest coming head on he turned i put a third in his rear end i put the fourth in the second hog he weighed 485 a bad shot through the hind end i realoaded and put the fith round in the second hog i put the 6th round in the first hog through the head and i put the 7th round in the second hog and droped him. now the point of my story when i cleaned the 550+ hog i had to use a hatchet to bust the cape and in the cape was all these little nots i cut one out it was a bullet there was probley a hundred bullets of all size from .22 rim fire to what looked like 30 cal bullets fired at 30-06 velocitysand every cal in between parden the spelling. but this story gets me going every time i share it. like i said earler i was shooting a 375 H&H with 300grain swift in the big hog i recovered 3 out of 4 bullets. I dont feel that hogs are easy to kill but ones under 300 lbs usualy go down with a good shot or two. the head shot is my first choice but it is not all ways feasable. i run a guide service and see all kinds of crazy shots and shot placement.

This is one of the stupidest post I have read so far on AR. Next we will be reading about elk getting hit with 155mm HE rounds and just walking off like nothing ever happened.

03 April 2007, 22:47

Hunt-ducks

This is one of the stupidest post I have read so far on AR. Next we will be reading about elk getting hit with 155mm HE rounds and just walking off like nothing ever happened.[/QUOTE]

AGREE

04 April 2007, 06:09

Whitworth

You know, I like hunting hogs with my big-bore rifles, but not because I have to, but because I like to. They certainly aren't armored plated, but they are tough critters.

07 April 2007, 04:50

Rodney H.{500Jeffery}

Last hog I took was with a 243win during a deer hunt. It was a head shot behind the eye and at about the base of the ear with an ugly exit. Pig was pork! Have not taken any with a big bore but hoping too soon---just for fun of course. R.

07 April 2007, 05:52

Whitworth

Rodney -- there's no better big-bore (or any bore for that matter) practice than on a live target!