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<blockquote data-quote="Madcat" data-source="post: 677990" data-attributes="member: 51718"><p>I grew up hunting off a boat on the Ocmulgee river in Georgia for hogs. We used to just drift down with the current early in the morning and pop them with a .22 behind the ear or behind and below the shoulder. The biggest Hog I've ever killed with a .22 was about 210 lbs and was shot behind and slightly below the left ear while slightly quartering away.</p><p></p><p>The biggest hog I've ever shot was right around 500 lbs. My uncle was about 1/3 of a mile away and I heard his 30-06 go off. About 2 minutes later this huge boar comes stumbling through the bush leaking like sieve from a gut shot. I took him directly through the ear with a .308 and he stayed put. My uncle had a misfire and the boar took off when he heard the click of the firing pin. He managed to catch him in the belly right below his right lung with a through and through shot. If he'd run a different direction I'm not sure we'd have taken him home that day.</p><p></p><p>We had to field dress him where he was and it took 2 ATV's to pull him the 1/2 mile back to the truck.</p><p></p><p>It's all about shot placement, I've downed hundreds of Hogs with a .22 but it was at less than 65 yards and almost all were well placed shots.</p><p></p><p>I prefer to take smaller 80-140 lb. hogs because they tend to taste better, the 500 lb. hog was pretty much rancid.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Madcat, post: 677990, member: 51718"] I grew up hunting off a boat on the Ocmulgee river in Georgia for hogs. We used to just drift down with the current early in the morning and pop them with a .22 behind the ear or behind and below the shoulder. The biggest Hog I've ever killed with a .22 was about 210 lbs and was shot behind and slightly below the left ear while slightly quartering away. The biggest hog I've ever shot was right around 500 lbs. My uncle was about 1/3 of a mile away and I heard his 30-06 go off. About 2 minutes later this huge boar comes stumbling through the bush leaking like sieve from a gut shot. I took him directly through the ear with a .308 and he stayed put. My uncle had a misfire and the boar took off when he heard the click of the firing pin. He managed to catch him in the belly right below his right lung with a through and through shot. If he'd run a different direction I'm not sure we'd have taken him home that day. We had to field dress him where he was and it took 2 ATV's to pull him the 1/2 mile back to the truck. It's all about shot placement, I've downed hundreds of Hogs with a .22 but it was at less than 65 yards and almost all were well placed shots. I prefer to take smaller 80-140 lb. hogs because they tend to taste better, the 500 lb. hog was pretty much rancid. [/QUOTE]
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