Author Topic: going on my first hog hunt, need advice. (Read 2802 times)

Dee · « **Reply #30 on:** October 31, 2009, 02:22:27 AM »

Ok, Mine's an automatic

drdougrx · « **Reply #31 on:** October 31, 2009, 05:30:29 AM »

If I bring the beer....can I come???

jmayton · « **Reply #32 on:** October 31, 2009, 05:19:23 PM »

C'mon, the more the merrier!

Graybeard · « **Reply #33 on:** October 31, 2009, 05:29:08 PM »

Yew guys have really taken the OP's thread far far afield.

Dee · « **Reply #34 on:** November 01, 2009, 02:07:39 AM »

Sorry.

mcwoodduck · « **Reply #35 on:** November 01, 2009, 03:24:37 AM »

I'll take the blame for suggesting Dee and Jamayton going with Doesniper.
But if it gets GBO members together to go hunting or shooting, how is that a bad thing?
A Dee/ Jamayton annual Invite pig hunt may have just been born.

drdougrx · « **Reply #36 on:** November 01, 2009, 03:26:49 AM »

Me too...so..back to the issue at hand...I'd like to shoot my CAR with 60gr Nosler Partitions...I'd also try those if you reload (can't remember if you do or not).

Dee · « **Reply #37 on:** November 01, 2009, 05:03:07 AM »

I've been reloadin since 1971. Oops! I'm off topic again.

jmayton · « **Reply #38 on:** November 01, 2009, 05:32:34 AM »

Graybeard, I don't know, I see a logical progression from: question on hog hunting advice to suggestion of taking Dee/jmayton with said questioner to ensure a successful hunt to planning of said hunt

Seriously, you're right, we strayed and I apologize.

As for AR's (.223) and hogs, I think they only work at their best when you do reload. FMJ seem to punch right through and varmint bullets get almost no penetration, unless you place them in the ear. Federal loads the 60gr Partition in one of their .223 loads. Those would work fine. I run 55gr Sierra GameKings in mine and they are astoundingly good.

So all that to say, back to Doesniper, if you don't have the right bullet, the AR would be less than optimal. Though Monarch makes a 55gr softpoint load, but I don't know how it performs on hogs. I'll try some and let you know.

elmer · « **Reply #39 on:** November 01, 2009, 09:50:53 AM »

I hunt about 2 hours southeast of Dallas and it is thick brush river bottom (part of the river mostly lately). I normally hunt with 30-06 or 7mm-08. Of your choices I would go with the 30-30 in that area. Some of the land around there is agricultural so you will want to ask before going about the type of terrain you will be hunting.

Doesniper · « **Reply #40 on:** November 02, 2009, 03:56:58 PM »

Thanks for the info and advice. We go in over newyears. I'll post how our trip goes when we get back.

mcwoodduck · « **Reply #41 on:** November 03, 2009, 05:34:39 AM »

Good luck.
Have fun.

swordfish · « **Reply #42 on:** November 04, 2009, 08:51:07 AM »

Quote from: Doesniper on October 28, 2009, 05:39:39 PM

Do you have any other tips or secrets?

Be very quiet, stay down wind, and you don't really need camo. They have bad eye sight, but great hearing and sence of smell.

dougk · « **Reply #43 on:** December 10, 2009, 02:43:15 PM »

The wind is your worst enemy when hog hunting.

Also during day light they have decent visability.

Now the real question is how hard have they been hunted? If not hard then you should be able to easily get close. If they have been hunted hard then you will have very skittish hogs and you should use everything (camo, scent blocker etc.) available.

Good luck...

jmayton · « **Reply #44 on:** December 10, 2009, 03:23:48 PM »

I love the wind. It takes away their hearing and if you approach down wind, they only have their eyesight to rely on which really isn't better than ours. But if the wind is out of the wrong direction, then you definitely have issues.

dougk · « **Reply #45 on:** December 10, 2009, 04:17:36 PM »

Or if the wind changes direction or is changing direction... Busted

jmayton · « **Reply #46 on:** December 10, 2009, 05:40:39 PM »

yep. But I still like hunting hogs when it's windy.

ironglowjr · « **Reply #47 on:** December 19, 2009, 04:33:26 AM »

I have taken hog with both rifle and and knife method and prefer the knife method better but i like to get the old adrenalin pumping...( check out the story where i took a deer with a knife under the deer hunting category , then the "unbelievable hunting stories" section, there is a pic to).
i also took 2 hogs with 1 shot with a .270 awsome shot went right through them both at 65 yrds. below is the 350 lb monster i took with my Marine Corps. bayonet....

qajaq59 · « **Reply #48 on:** December 23, 2009, 02:02:53 AM »

Don't rush your shot. Then put it right behind his ear. He'll drop right there.

Q · « **Reply #49 on:** January 10, 2010, 05:03:15 PM »

If on foot carry a hand gun worth it's salt. A friend of mine hit a 150+ Hog with a 223 and it was on him before he could say S^%T. I got in a luck shot with my 45-70 on it's second pass. My friend traded his 223 barrel in for a 308 on his G2 for his next hunt and I got a free meal out of it.