Quoted: What's a javelina? I can shoot 'em, eh?
I've read of guys (Chuck Taylor & Jeff Cooper) shooting pigs, deer and even goats with 45's and 40's; but I've never used a handgun to hunt.
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the javelina or Collared Peccary is a native of the Chihuahuan and Sonoran Deserts of southwestern Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, southward through Central America to northern Argentina.
Weight: 35-60 lbs
Collared Peccary is the only wild, native, pig-like animal found in the United States.
The Collared Peccary, also known as the Javelina, Tayaussa or the Musk Hog.
They are called Javelina because of their razor-sharp tusks, Spanish for javelin or spear.
You may smell a peccary before you see it.
The prickly pear is ideal food for the Collared Peccary due to its high water content.
Collared Peccary have poor eyesight and good hearing.