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| I'm a heart and lungs kind of a guy myself. Lots of guys are into head shots, but if it's a good trophy boar, I don't wnat to damage the head.
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If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming.
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| Heart-lungs also. I don't much trust head or neck shots as it is too easy to miss the central nervous system. I've seen a couple hogs running around with a lower jaw flapping from poorly-placed head shots...not a pretty sight. |
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| Go to African big game hunting and do a search for shot placement pictures they could be helpful
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| I'm a head shooter. Most of what I hunt is for meat anyway. Anyone who blows the jaw off a pig can just as easily blow the front legs off, that's a red herring in my opinion. Not a shot at those who feel differently, just an observsation.
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| Head and Neck.
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| That's way cool! I guess I should confess that when in a really bad mood I name a boar after my boss right before shooting it in the balls. Great stress reliever!
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| I must say, that is one nasty slob you got there baboon! (I was talking about the warthog, not the shooter...) Makes you wonder how they eat with all those teeth in the way. |
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| A while back somebody posted some really good anatomy photos on this forum. There was a really good diagram and there was a cutaway of a wild hog. Do a search for it.
"Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP
If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming.
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| Most of the one's I've shot have been running, so through the side of the chest of fair up the arse!
Fast hairy dogs ROOL!
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| myself, i have a habit of front shoulder/neck.. and if that's not available, anywhere i know i can kill them!! Baboon, nice betty page pic and nice hog!! where you at in houston? jeffe |
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| It has been my experience that a heart/lung shot doesn't always provide a good blood trail especially if the hog has a lot of hair. I usually try a shoulder shot and break them down so I don't have to trail them. the last thing you want is a wounded, pissed off Hog.
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| quote: Originally posted by jeffeosso:
myself, i have a habit of front shoulder/neck.. and if that's not available, anywhere i know i can kill them!!
Baboon,
nice betty page pic and nice hog!!
where you at in houston?
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Real close to the medical center.South Main & Buffalo Speedway.
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| quote: Originally posted by hikerbum:
probably outside. Someplace in the woods.
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| The best place is just behind the ear. It won't matter what you shoot him with, he'll drop. It's also pretty easy to hit, no guessing where the ear is. |
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| heart/lung, which is farther forward than with deer, so I break the front leg and clean out the boiler room in one shot. |
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| I shoot them in the Heart. Right behind the front leg. |
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| Pork eater that I am, I like head shots. It's so bad that the first two warthogs I killed, I did the same thing to. Makes a mess for the taxidermist, let me tell you!
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| I am defiantely not a head shooter on deer, but pigs are different. The head of a pig is attached to the body(duh)and doesn't move as it would if the neck was long. A pig's H/L are pretty much behind the shoulders. It's hard to take them out without destroying a good part of the meat. Therefore if I'm hunting meat pigs I try first for a ear/eye shot on an undisturbed hog. If disturbed or a trophy shoot for the front part of the shoulder. capt david
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| I try to hit the point of the shoulder if using my 300 wweatherby. If I have the 270 I put it behind the shoulder and want the bullet to try to break the far shoulder.
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| i am a head shooter,,if you hit them in the head it usually breaks their neck if you miss the brain... |
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| I normally take my warthog at day (culling, sitting in waiting for them) in the brain with 22 Hornet 35 gr GS custum HV bullets. Bushpig at night with 338 heart lung shots.
But that is in Africa, I have no experience with your hogs.
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| Broadside, one-third up back line of front leg, approximately. Angles designed to penetrate to same place. 375AI got in first with some great pics. |
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