Hogs Gone Wild

[308Mike]

If you hunt them at night with firearms, I'd think that would be a great incentive for MANY hunters to be using suppressors. Not a lot of people like to hear firearms going off at night unless they KNOW there's a hunt going on nearby. Suppressors would make a HUGE difference!

A nightvision scoped MP-5 w/suppressor shooting Fiocchi 158FMJ subsonic would be the cat's pajamas...

But what caliber? Certainly NOT 9mm?????????? I would think 10mm at minimum, but I doubt they make those in 158gr FMJ sub rounds. I think you'd want something with a lot more umph for killing hogs, especially if you might be at 50 yds or so.

[skb12172]

I would recommend an AR15 chambered in .223 and fired from a 10" barrel with a suppressor. It really is is the ultimate weapon and is useful up to 300yds...provided you also remember your Assault Wheelbarrow.

[Termite]

If you hunt them at night with firearms, I'd think that would be a great incentive for MANY hunters to be using suppressors. Not a lot of people like to hear firearms going off at night unless they KNOW there's a hunt going on nearby. Suppressors would make a HUGE difference!

A nightvision scoped MP-5 w/suppressor shooting Fiocchi 158FMJ subsonic would be the cat's pajamas...

But what caliber? Certainly NOT 9mm?????????? I would think 10mm at minimum, but I doubt they make those in 158gr FMJ sub rounds. I think you'd want something with a lot more umph for killing hogs, especially if you might be at 50 yds or so.

A 9mm is fine for head shots. A 10mm would be better, but subsonic is needed to prevent the supersonic "crack" of the bullet. So yeah, a suppressed 10mm carbine shooting 250-260 gr subsonics.
Or you could REALLY go all out and use HTRN's 458 SOCOM suppressed with 500gr subsonics........

[Langenator]

See, I was thinking a suppressed Remington 700 with a PVS-10 (8x night vision scope), especially if you've got a buddy/spotter with NVGs and one of those 10^6 candlepower lights converted to IR...

And WA doesn't even really have a big problem, and they declared them a non-native invasive species. Open season, no bag limit. They've apparently driven them pretty deep into rough country.

[308Mike]

Personally, I really like the idea of using HTRN's 458 SOCOM using subsonic 500 gr rounds. You should be able to get close enough and not spook them, and then that big, slow, round and suppressed gun shouldn't spook the rest of them while the one you shot immediately drops from the massive hit. Follow-up shots to the others shouldn't be too hard until they catch on and scatter.

[Darrell]

Wild hogs are shoot on sight in Colorado, IIRC. Used to be there supposedly were none, but they're showing up a few places. Some have supposedly been smuggled in and released to provide sport for those who want to hunt them in state. Some Texans have been caught trying to smuggle them in. Bastards.

As for the show, I watched a bit the other night, and was surprised to see them hauled away. I wondered if Discovery Channel didn't want to offend the tender sensibilities of its viewers by showing them being shot. History Channel doesn't seem to have that problem, showing gators being shot on Swamp People.

[308Mike]

I wondered if Discovery Channel didn't want to offend the tender sensibilities of its viewers by showing them being shot. History Channel doesn't seem to have that problem, showing gators being shot on Swamp People.

I doubt it 'cause they showed them knifing one of the big hogs when they couldn't get it under control and they were afraid it was going to hurt or kill one of the dogs. I heard one of the guys yelling, "KILL IT, KILL IT!!" ALL of them were wearing very large fixed-blade knives, and I thought the one woman's knife sheath was cute in bright pink.

I have a feeling one of the big reasons they aren't shooting them is because of the close proximity of the dogs and just how fast all of them are moving. They don't want to miss and/or hit one of their dogs.

They also went over just how much they can screw up produce by spreading disease, microbes, and other nasty bugs which can lead to outbreaks of sickness in humans.

[Evyl Robot]

A nightvision scoped MP-5 w/suppressor shooting Fiocchi 158FMJ subsonic would be the cat's pajamas...

But what caliber? Certainly NOT 9mm?????????? I would think 10mm at minimum, but I doubt they make those in 158gr FMJ sub rounds. I think you'd want something with a lot more umph for killing hogs, especially if you might be at 50 yds or so.

A 9mm is fine for head shots. A 10mm would be better, but subsonic is needed to prevent the supersonic "crack" of the bullet. So yeah, a suppressed 10mm carbine shooting 250-260 gr subsonics.
Or you could REALLY go all out and use HTRN's 458 SOCOM suppressed with 500gr subsonics........

That's what I'm talking about. If you're going to the trouble of using subsonic ammo through a suppressor, you may as well max out the grain count to make it worthwhile.

[Termite]

I have a feeling one of the big reasons they aren't shooting them is because of the close proximity of the dogs and just how fast all of them are moving. They don't want to miss and/or hit one of their dogs.

That is correct. When hunting hogs with dogs, many hunters insist on open sights on rifles, for visibility reasons. However, if a hunter has good "catch" dogs, a big knife or spear works fine.......unless it's a really big hog.
Sometimes only one hunter carries a rifle, and he's the designated shooter. Everyone else carries a big knife and/or pistol....... to "scrape" a hog off one's self if it throws off the catch dogs and charges.

[rightisright]

This thread is making me hungry for my North Carolina pulled pork....