crtbc
10-30-2009, 02:03 PM
I got a wild boar hunt scheduled for next week.... speaking with the guide, shots will be inside of 150 yds typically <100yds
Im planning on bringing a savage 7mm rem mag... I have 140gr winchester ballistic silvertips that work great in my gun...(the one with the deer pictured on it (meaning medium game) hearing so much about the shielding of a wild boar, do I need to step up in size for the 7mm... meat pigs I might take head shots, trophy pigs (large large bastids) I will try for heart lungs to preserve skull
muddawg95yj
10-30-2009, 02:05 PM
I got a wild boar hunt scheduled for next week.... speaking with the guide, shots will be inside of 150 yds typically <100yds
Im planning on bringing a savage 7mm rem mag... I have 140gr winchester ballistic silvertips that work great in my gun...(the one with the deer pictured on it (meaning medium game) hearing so much about the shielding of a wild boar, do I need to step up in size for the 7mm... meat pigs I might take head shots, trophy pigs (large large bastids) I will try for heart lungs to preserve skull
You will be fine. Just know where the vitals are.
you should be good to go...just make a good shot. in hawaii we use dogs and a knife....
mrtwstr
10-30-2009, 02:52 PM
7mm Is a big gun!
That'll kill the shit outa a Pig.
Just like any other animal, it's all about shot placement.
I've shot lots of HUGE boars, with fukn narly thick armor plate and a 7mm will punch right through it!
I mostly hunt with a 300 Win Mag now, but not because the 7mm was too small.
pipehitter155
10-30-2009, 03:35 PM
i knew a few guys who used 7mm to take down moose up in the AK. I think you'll be fine. like the others said hit the vitals.
catatonic
10-30-2009, 05:09 PM
I take pigs down with 5.56, 7mm is plenty enough.
Halogrinder
10-30-2009, 07:32 PM
if he is feeding, try a about an inch behind the ear.
if he is standing (or available shot) i shoot right at his elbow in the front. his heart is right behind that.
you guys and your fancy shmancy shooting in the daylight pig hunting :laughing:
night time?
shoot as fast as possible (no bolts allowed :flipoff2:) in the group of pigs and hope you wing em enough to dispatch :laughing:
BigGreenMonster
10-30-2009, 09:54 PM
you can kill them with a .17hmr if you shoot them in the ear. i have killed 3 pigs with 1 shot out of my 7mag. take a lot of bullets and kill them all.
sawzallsammy
10-31-2009, 08:37 PM
inside 100 yds go for a head shot. That will frop them for sure. I killed 2 hogs last year wit a .270 with no problems.