One of my hunters killed a large boar yesterday about 30 minutes after sunset. You can see the tusks in the photo below. That is my Dad in the picture, not the hunter.
He called me on the phone, he was about a mile from the house, wanting to know what to do with him. There was a pretty good lightning storm in progress so I told him I would haul him off in the morning. He shot him with a bolt-gun chambered in 308 Win using a 180-grain round nose bullet with a lot of lead on the front of it. It is through the heart but it did not take a step. Died right where it was standing.
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Holy cow! Look at the size of that thing. It looks like a good sized calf lying there.
Your dad looks like he took his gloves off, slapped the hog across the face with them, and it dropped dead.
Your dad looks like he took his gloves off, slapped the hog across the face with them, and it dropped dead.
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That's a nice boar. I've never been hog hunting and it's really something that I need to do. I will be retiring next fall at age 62. The wife and I will be getting out of Conecticut and retreating to our place in the Northern Adirondacks full time. Once retired, I'll have the time to go South and get me a hog.
Think a .432"-290g, MV = 2200 fps do the job?
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Think a .432"-290g, MV = 2200 fps do the job?
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Re: Large Boar Hog
Probably one of those 180 grain Remington RN Core-Lokts..........cheaper than dirt ($14-$16 per box of 20 loaded cartridges) & absolutely lethal on hogs at the speed the .308 Win moves them out.Ranch Dog wrote:One of my hunters killed a large boar yesterday about 30 minutes after sunset. You can see the tusks in the photo below. That is my Dad in the picture, not the hunter.
He called me on the phone, he was about a mile from the house, wanting to know what to do with him. There was a pretty good lightning storm in progress so I told him I would haul him off in the morning. He shot him with a bolt-gun chambered in 308 Win using a 180-grain round nose bullet with a lot of lead on the front of it. It is through the heart but it did not take a step. Died right where it was standing.
You don't need the pricey premium super bullets to kill a hog.......but you gotta hit them in the right place.
Shot a couple of hogs with the 180 grain RN Core-Lokts and the drop was instantaneous & vertical to the ground.
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