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What cartridge/bullet for hog hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="esshup" data-source="post: 2242884" data-attributes="member: 11101"><p>Neal:</p><p></p><p>I've shot a few, not recovered one. Personal choice here, but I would use a mono bullet no matter what caliber (I want as much penetration as I can), and I wouldn't use anything smaller than the 6.5. The one that I didn't recover was a large (300# or so) sow that was @ 300 yds with a .243 using an 85g Barnes TSX. She was moving and I couldn't head shoot her. I heard the bullet hit then I watched her travel 1/2 mile and then lost her when she went into the brush.</p><p></p><p>Shoot them either right below the ear or 1/3 the way down from the top of their body, in the crease that forms right in <strong>front</strong> of their shoulder when they turn their head side to side. Putting a bullet in those places will drop them in their tracks. Their heart/lung area is further forward than a deer, and the big boars have that tough shield. If you shoot them behind the shoulder like a deer (depending on the angle of the shot) you might miss the lungs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="esshup, post: 2242884, member: 11101"] Neal: I've shot a few, not recovered one. Personal choice here, but I would use a mono bullet no matter what caliber (I want as much penetration as I can), and I wouldn't use anything smaller than the 6.5. The one that I didn't recover was a large (300# or so) sow that was @ 300 yds with a .243 using an 85g Barnes TSX. She was moving and I couldn't head shoot her. I heard the bullet hit then I watched her travel 1/2 mile and then lost her when she went into the brush. Shoot them either right below the ear or 1/3 the way down from the top of their body, in the crease that forms right in [B]front[/B] of their shoulder when they turn their head side to side. Putting a bullet in those places will drop them in their tracks. Their heart/lung area is further forward than a deer, and the big boars have that tough shield. If you shoot them behind the shoulder like a deer (depending on the angle of the shot) you might miss the lungs. [/QUOTE]
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