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The .17 surprises me, I guess it works.
^x2 I've shot a dozen of them, and the only two that dropped on the spot were between the eye and the ear.
What did you shoot them with? In particular, what round and what bullet?
I had this happen to me on one occasion. .243 sierra 85 grain bt. It was less than a 100 yards and weighed 125 lbs. After the shot he laid on the ground for 15 minutes and did not move. Then out of the blue his right hand leg started moving. I put the scope on him and before I could shoot he was up and gone. I have been hunting these things all my life and was taught that you draw a line down from the ear hole and another from the eye back. Where these lines intersect is where you want the bullet to go. This works every time. No tracking.
If you are shooting them in the head and they are still getting up you need to get you some less fragile bullets like the hammer.
Hammers are hard to beat, plus you shot him just right!A little hammer goes a long way
Greetings all. I got to try out the 22 cal 52 grain hammer hunter yesterday on a 200 pound razor back and I must say that for that size bullet I am impressed with the damage it did. Impact was just below the right eye and the exit was on the point of the left shoulder, the right side of the...www.longrangehunting.com
The credit goes to stovepipe, not me - but good shot all the same. Those little Hammerburgers definitely do some show and tell.
Can't hurt anything, except the pig
I hunt mostly with my 270 win or my 280 AI, most ranges are under a hundred yards. 130 grain sierras in the 270, 140 grain noslers in the 280. I specialize in 150 to 175lbs hogs, my butcher should have his own TV show with smellavision. He is the best. I live in the south and when the water oak acorns start falling it puts a layer of the sweetest fat on a hog you have ever seen. We have a walk in kooler and I make an effort to get anything I kill in there as soon as possible. Skinned I hang them whole for 5 days minimum and quarter it before taking it home and to my butcher. There he does his magic, sausage, pork chops, butts and hams. Sometimes I grind the whole hog. This is the best of the best properly done. Your wife will fall in love with you all over again!!!! Good thing. Hogs have poor eye sight, great sense of smell, no need to shoot them at 800 yards. Go huntin!
