Thread: Pig medicine

Big is good

You can still cut down a little tree with a big chainsaw

Originally Posted by 1 DEER 1

Big is good

You can still cut down a little tree with a big chainsaw

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Exactly. Something cant be too dead! Although I dont want to have to sweep up what Ive shot...

308 or bigger

Yep, sure you can kill them with a 223, 243, but get a few running around, your shot placement will start to suffer & then you will be chasing wounded pigs around, if you don't have a dog it will take you a while to find them, if you manage too at all

Pigs leave bugger all of a blood trail, they can take a hiding & disappear real quick, never to be seen again....

Yeah thats exactly what I dont want. Ive seen pigs shot with a 308 over here and they still manage to run 80yds and the shot placement was spot on, thats why I was thinking 300/wsm, I just like the idea of being able to chuck a big lump of lead even at distance.

Picture of a few bowled over with the trusty 300wm, one on the right copped one right between the eyes but had a little dirt applied to hide the hole to avoid pissing of the PC brigade.
180 grain Accubonds.
Shot a few pigs a few days after these with the 308, same result using 168 grainers, pigs were dead, very dead.

Originally Posted by hawkfish

Yeah thats exactly what I dont want. Ive seen pigs shot with a 308 over here and they still manage to run 80yds and the shot placement was spot on, thats why I was thinking 300/wsm, I just like the idea of being able to chuck a big lump of lead even at distance.

Reminds me of the saying "overkill is under rated"

Just about filled the freezer,was going to shift heifers at run off but FARRRRRRRRRRRKK

Originally Posted by Dundee

Just about filled the freezer,was going to shift heifers at run off but FARRRRRRRRRRRKK
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i almost had a black pig just like that last week, the cows in the paddock next to my house were running around and i looked out to see a black pig chasing/playing with them and my eyes lit up. In the commotion the kids came out to see what was going on and i now know that the neighbour (that only has a small amount of land and they aren't her cows) has a pet pig "Wilson". He had got out and went to play with his cow mates, i guess it was lucky the kids were here as the neighbour would have been well upset if Wilson had of received a .223 hole through the vitals.

Originally Posted by smidey

i almost had a black pig just like that last week, the cows in the paddock next to my house were running around and i looked out to see a black pig chasing/playing with them and my eyes lit up. In the commotion the kids came out to see what was going on and i now know that the neighbour (that only has a small amount of land and they aren't her cows) has a pet pig "Wilson". He had got out and went to play with his cow mates, i guess it was lucky the kids were here as the neighbour would have been well upset if Wilson had of received a .223 hole through the vitals.

Wilson into Wilnomore.....