Can't really call myself a full time boar hunter as I have only 1 kill right now and it was on a game preserve. They are slowly working their way up to my neck of the woods though! Here's a picture of my 250 lber, popped it in the left orbital and the bullet exited the right side neck behind the jowel (he dropped right there and didn't move a muscle):


This is the rifle I used (i know it's not an AR, but that'll be next:


Ammunition, handrolled and smokin':


Next rig that will be putting 'em down!:


Good luck all and enjoy!

Just for S+G this is what a 95 gr .270 TTSX bullet moving at 3700 fps does to a 80# pig.

Shot it quartering towards me at about 75 yards. Blew out his entire ass end and other ham was pretty much gone.
I looked around for the missing ass and ham parts but never found them. Its like they vaporized.
His guts were all hanging out his ass end and the freekin thing was still trying to get up and go.

That is just a regular 270 Winchester loaded up with a 95 gr TTSX over a case full of RL17.
Savage with a 21" stainless steel barrel I got for free - LOL.

We have a 270 Weatherby too but whats the point of loading that thing up.

That load Ruins meat though, but I hate the Rat Bastards so I wanted to try it out.
I was trying to develop a load that would shoot within 4" out to 300 yards and this will do it.

That said I also shoot 160 gr Partitions out of it, and the POI was way off to the side like 6-7"
between the two at 100 yds so I backed off to a more civil 130 grainer at 3000.

That action/rifle is going to end up as a 338-06 in a few days but I will keep the 270 barrel.
Free stainless barrel - how many of those do you get in a lifetime.
Just snagged that 338-06 barrel for $100.

+1 for me too.

I have run into a number of people that intentionally shoot pigs or other pest animals in the gut so they drag of into the woods to die.
To each his own I guess.

+1 for me too. Nothing but respect and reverence for my prey. I've hunted and fished my entire life, and believe it or not I still have a bad day when something goes wrong and I have to kill a fish becuase he's all bloodied up at the gills or something, or lose a deer and have to abandon the search. Heck I even hate to run over a squirrel!

I have a Rock River Arms Lar-8. It is a 308. You would not be able to take a lower from another gun, but going 308 gives a nice balance of power, range, and affordability. Plus the Ammo is easy to get and cheap enough (kinda) to shoot recreationally compared to the Socom or Beowulf. The other reason I went 308 was because I wanted a matching bolt gun with me on hunts as a back up to my Ar in 308 both of which can use the same ammo.

Thats a big one.

Before you all go and get all judgmental, think of this.

How much do you think a piece of farm equipment (let cost's say a combine) costs?

About $250,000 and up.

What do you think would happen to the equipment if it ran into a carcass of a large animal and how much would it cost to fix it? Also as a consumer, would you like bits of animal carcass mixed with the harvest? Like that would improve the quality of the crop that is how much you will get paid for it!

So you are a rancher/farmer and you have Depredation Permit(s) to get rid of some pests.

You shoot the animal and it is DRT. Now you have to; A) find the carcass in the middle of a field with 20 to 30 inch high crop and B) not trash the crop(s) dragging a 100 lbs + carcass out of the field and then you have to dispose of the carcass*. Now, don't forget the other chores that you have to do.

*Note: Depredation Permit(s) often have restrictions on how/what you can do with the carcass).


Solution, shoot the f––-ing pest in the paunch and hope it makes it out of the field and into the woods so you do not have to deal with all of the s––t above.

You have to remember that the Depredation Permits are for animals that are STEALING the rancher's/farmer's livelihood. Hence, no mercy!

Finally, if you want to have continued access to hunt the property, you do what the property owner asks of you within reason. If you do not like it… Do not hunt there!

Awesome piggy.

I have all of the above twists. The rifle I was shooting was actually the wife's and it was 1/9. I built it for her for plinking and to go shoot some hogs. The plan was for her to shoot a hog but when we went out with her we didn't see any piggys! I'm gonna get some of those 62gr TTSX's and see how they perform. I was actually checking the 70gr semi spitzers out on Midway last night. I have started a .308 build specifically for hog hunting now though!

No shit! I ran over a chipmunk on my way to work yesterday, and it made me sick to my stomach a little. I DO feel that all life is sacred. Sad that I thought of that chipmunk on my way home from work. I must be going nuts or turning soft or channeling Ghandi or something. Thing is, I will kill the shit out of bugs, though. Fuck 'em.

Yeah it was a hair shy of 300! I'm sure before it ran it was 300!