Posted: 8/22/2008 8:21:23 PM EDT
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The subject askes it all. I am here in NC and before I leave back to my Arab vacation spot I am going hunting with some friends. I have hunted whitetails and mulies, but never pigs/hogs. I will be using my Ar15 with a 5 rd mag. The load I am making will be a Hornday 68g BTHP sitting on 24g of Accurate 2520. I have seen you all talking about neck shots, but what is the standurd? Do you have any pics/diagrams. Thanks, Doc |
Im reading up too. Might be going tomorrow with my new build . www.texasboars.com/anatomy.html
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Just not behind the shoulder, a hogs lungs are further forward than a whitetails. The neck, in the middle between the head and the shoulder is very lethal. Also in the shoulder. Lots of people say shoot them in the head, very tough shot as the head on a feeding hog seldom stays still very long. Personally I like a high shoulder shot on everything. If you divide the body into thirds; upper, middle and lower third. Come straight up the front leg, between the upper and middle third is the point of the shoulder. Takes out the shoulders, spine and lungs. That's if he's broadside, if he's quartered aim at the opposite shoulder. Drops them on the spot. I've shot 12 elk with that shot and never had one take a step. With the load you're shooting, middle of the neck... |
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Yep, anywhere in that area is going to stop them right there. It doesn't take a direct hit on the spinal column with a rifle to cause instant death, so you've got a little play there. |
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I followed the rule to always put one in the earhole most of the time. I have done shots at their vitals, but was never impressed with the results. The CNS shots dropped them in their tracks and eliminated the dangerous/scary problem of going on your hands and knees with a pistol and flashlight in your hands like a sapper after one in the dark scrub. Anywhere between the earhole and the shoulder should be money. 
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That is exactly where I aim for, and often that is the exact rig I drop them with. 170gr Sierra Prohunter over 33.9gr of R15 drops 'em every time. |
| The problem with pigs is that they are nearly always in motion. Especially the head. They come running in to a feeder and rapidly try and eat all the feed on the ground before another pig gets any. Shooting for the middle of the neck gives you the highest percentage chance of getting a fatal hit if the pig moves while you are squeezing off the shot. |