Wild Boar Hunting In Central Texas
BY Herschel Smith
3 years, 7 months ago
I cannot embed the video. Go to reddit/Hunting to check it out.
That boar was intent on an attack. The notion that wild pigs are all “runners” now and won’t charge is clearly false. A pig tusk can cut a femoral artery and cause death in minutes.
He had an AR pattern rifle shooting 300 BO, with a standard capacity magazine.
But hey, who needs standard capacity magazines anyway? He could have just let the pig kill him. PETA would have loved that. Maybe not so much though when they invade their yards and kill their pets and tear up their lawns and gore their children.
You do the math. They reach maturity in several years, have three or four litters every year, 12 pigs per litter.
Even if you’re not intent on hunting, carry a large bore handgun when in the bush.
On April 1, 2021 at 10:06 pm, Ozark Redneck said:
Good video, and good advice ‘carry a large bore handgun when in the bush’.
On April 1, 2021 at 11:04 pm, 41mag said:
Magnum revolver on his person next time.
On April 2, 2021 at 11:01 am, xtphreak said:
and even though it’s fiscally painful, we still need to practice (especially magnum revolvers) to maintain a perishable skill
On April 2, 2021 at 11:53 am, Brad said:
Wow, it says he just built that gun. This was the first time he even cycled the weapon.
On April 2, 2021 at 7:42 pm, Elmo said:
That video is pretty spooky.
My cousin and his 13 year old daughter were charged by a good sized boar at our family ranch a few years ago. Fortunately he had a .45 Colt with him and was able to take it down with the first shot. Lucky.
As a practice all of our walks at the ranch are armed, usually with a caliber capable of firing snake shot. That video taught me to put the pig rounds ahead of the snake shot in the rotation.
On April 2, 2021 at 9:09 pm, Georgiaboy61 said:
Out in Arizona and the desert SW, they have what are called javelina, which resemble feral pigs, but unlike pigs, are native to the “new world” and not the old. They are also known as the collared peccary. Standing roughly two feet tall, four feet long, weighing from 35-55lbs., javelina are extremely tough, aggressive and territorial. They also tend to live in groups of up to ten animals, and herds of up to fifty. Despite their size, they are given a wide berth by people who know wildlife, and they are notoriously tough to bring down when they charge, hence the proper medicine is a large caliber handgun or high-powered rifle or carbine.
On April 3, 2021 at 12:11 pm, =TW= said:
I knew a man who hunted wild pigs in CA, armed with a 1911 in .45ACP. He said he liked the challenge and reported numerous successful hunts.
Haven’t heard from him in many years.
Hope he’s still okay…
On April 4, 2021 at 2:15 pm, Chad C. Mulligan said:
WHAT was he thinking, hunting wild pigs with that pipsqueak round?