When bacon goes bad.

[ProfessorWes]

For all the people who sneer at "high-capacity" firearms for hunting.



Yeah, if I'm going after wild hogs in brush, some sort of thirty-caliber AR platform seems about right.

 

[Wyandot Jim]

Got to look at the bright side, She/He can now shoot around corners with her shotgun.

 

[Colonialgirl]

She was using a SHOTGUN for boar hunting?? Maybe a little target practice would help BEFORE hitting the field.

 

[Jeepnik]

I wouldn’t want to make that woman mad. Boar got off lucky.

 

[T.A. WORKMAN]

That Woman has GRIT!!

 

[Ride1949]

Gives a whole new meaning to Stand Your Ground.

 

[Mike J]

Bet that got her blood flowing.

 

[Bob Wright]

She was using a SHOTGUN for boar hunting?? Maybe a little target practice would help BEFORE hitting the field.

A 12 ga. loaded with a slug is pretty good medicine for boar.

 

[GunnyGene]

I worry about exactly that kind of encounter every time I step outside my house. We have feral pigs all over the county. It's a big county and sparsely populated (mostly farm and forest), so likely several thousand of them live here. I live on 30 acres of ideal pig habitat, but take care to avoid throwing out the welcome mat for them.

 

[Fox Mike]

A 12 ga. loaded with a slug is pretty good medicine for boar.

IF you hit it.

 

[KIR]

Still friends with my 1st GF who lives on a tract of land where a stream goes by in the backyard. There's this cougar/mountain lion who likes to come around and visit, periodically. Luckily she hasn't had to use a firearm on him, but she is always prepared when she steps out of the house.

 

[jkingrph]

She was using a SHOTGUN for boar hunting?? Maybe a little target practice would help BEFORE hitting the field.

I was stationed in Turkey with the USAF back in 1972-1974 and boar hunting was our favorite hunting sport. Rifles were not allowed unless the gun had been in country before a certain date, and there were a very few, usually passed along by service members departing the country. Most of us used shotguns with good effect making sure shots were closer and the shotguns were quite effective with both buckshot and slugs.

 

[Bob Wright]

IF you hit it.

If you don't hit it, it doesn't make much difference what kind of gun you use.

Bob Wright

 

[Snake Pleskin]

IF you hit it.

an AR is a useless firearm for Boar Hunting. Learn to shoot and manage the rifle/shotgun, and you'll be fine. My grandfather was a Ph and hunted all 4 Continents. The local PH would use a 12 gauge with Buckshot when they were walking through Lion country in dense bush or grass. They said it dropped them in their tracks! Of course, you had to have guts, and be able to shoot!

 

[Snake Pleskin]

It helps if you hit the intended target.!!

 

[Colonialgirl]

A 12 ga. loaded with a slug is pretty good medicine for boar.

Maybe a little target practice would help BEFORE hitting the field.

 

[gramps]

an AR is a useless firearm for Boar Hunting. Learn to shoot and manage the rifle/shotgun, and you'll be fine. My grandfather was a Ph and hunted all 4 Continents. The local PH would use a 12 gauge with Buckshot when they were walking through Lion country in dense bush or grass. They said it dropped them in their tracks! Of course, you had to have guts, and be able to shoot!

I agree with the shotgun, but your comment on the AR is BOGUS!!! Caliber counts, .308, .350 Legend, any of the .45’s will do a number on boar in the AR platform.
gramps

 

[Snake Pleskin]

I agree with the shotgun, but your comment on the AR is BOGUS!!! Caliber counts, .308, .350 Legend, any of the .45’s will do a number on boar in the AR platform.
gramps

It isn't needed. People have managed to hunt around the world without one for hundreds of years. Now justify why you need one, with you extended magazine! To do what? Oh, and Yes , I own several. Also, the Boar they are hunting is not the same animal we have here in the USA that we typically find.

 

[Bob Wright]

My late brother's in-laws live up in East Tennessee. Wild boar and blackeyed peas were traditional New Year's Day feast. Winchester Model 94s in .30-30 were their typical arms of chioce, though I believe one did prefer a Winchester Model 97 in 12 guage.

Bob Wright

 

[Snake Pleskin]

My late brother's in-laws live up in East Tennessee. Wild boar and blackeyed peas were traditional New Year's Day feast. Winchester Model 94s in .30-30 were their typical arms of chioce, though I believe one did prefer a Winchester Model 97 in 12 guage.

Bob Wright

Both will work if used properly (IMHO)

 

[Bob Wright]

Incidentally, those wild boar were Russian boar, imported by a wealthy European immigrant for his private hunts. This around 1797 or so, just about the time Tennessee became Tennessee.

Bob Wright

 

[caryc]

For all the people who sneer at "high-capacity" firearms for hunting.



Yeah, if I'm going after wild hogs in brush, some sort of thirty-caliber AR platform seems about right.

She did not almost get mauled because the state only allows 3 shots in a shotgun. She almost got mauled because she was stupid enough to go after wild boar with a shotgun. Lots of states have the 3 round law for shotguns. I guess it's to give the birds a fighting chance. I wonder if her state allows her to remove the plug and load five rounds while hunting wild boar? Anyone know about that?

 

[Snake Pleskin]

She did not almost get mauled because the state only allows 3 shots in a shotgun. She almost got mauled because she was stupid enough to go after wild boar with a shotgun. Lots of states have the 3 round law for shotguns. I guess it's to give the birds a fighting chance. I wonder if her state allows her to remove the plug and load five rounds while hunting wild boar? Anyone know about that?

She could do 3 + 1 more than enough. A shotgun will drop a Boar no Problem, if you look at the video closely, "SHE MISSED"! Nothing works well when you miss! She was too excited and missed the shots as it came right at her. Instead of whacking it in the head with the barrel of the shotgun, had she saved a shot, Boom, dead Boar!

 

[caryc]

She could do 3 + 1 more than enough. A shotgun will drop a Boar no Problem, if you look at the video closely, "SHE MISSED"! Nothing works well when you miss! She was too excited and missed the shots as it came right at her. Instead of whacking it in the head with the barrel of the shotgun, had she saved a shot, Boom, dead Boar!

Thanks for the info Snake. A shotgun could kill a boar but it wouldn't be me behind that shotgun.

 

[Snake Pleskin]

Thanks for the info Snake. A shotgun could kill a boar but it wouldn't be me behind that shotgun.

Yes, people want choices, but a Shotgun has been used to dispense with Dangerous game for many years. Why? Because they work! The ballistics on a shotgun within 20 yds is devastating.(IMHO)

 

[T.A. WORKMAN]

Yes, people want choices, but a Shotgun has been used to dispense with Dangerous game for many years. Why? Because they work! The ballistics on a shotgun within 20 yds is devastating.(IMHO)

Most African PH's who have to go after a wounded Lion or Leopard in the Bush a SXS shotgun with 00 Buck, is their weapon of choice. The only Grizzly Bear that Tyler Seldon on the Last Alaskans was forced to kill was with a 12 gauge pump with slugs. From what I've read, the 12 gauge shotgun loaded with slugs is the preferred weapon of choice for a lot of Alaskans during the summer in the bush. IMHO she was quite well armed.

 

[Snake Pleskin]

I agree 100% My grandfather was a PH and hunted in Africa. He said in brush and thick grass the guide/PH always had a 12 gauge pump in case of Lions!

 

[Dave P.]

IF you hit it.

I'm thinking this may have been the issue.
I have shot three pigs in my life, many years ago. Got one and a day later two. Was asked to go pig hunting and decided to take a Super Blackhawk
in .44 mag. The guys that asked me to go suggested the 870 12 gauge with slugs and buckshot, I took both. Hunted with the 12 gauge day one and had
a clean miss at about 10 yards at a low flying pig in heavy cover with two slugs fired. Shot one later that day broadside through the shoulder, it flopped around a little but went nowhere, about 150 pounds.
Next morning hit one coming towards me maybe 20 yards away, it decided I was better off dead, second shot got a front shoulder ...skidding pig temporarily but still making some headway to get me, third round killed it.
At that point I loaded one slug in the chamber followed by buckshot. Later got a shot at another flying pig, another miss with the slug but
maybe three hits with the buckshot did the trick.
In that kind of cover any future pig hunt for me will be all buckshot.
Pigs can motor along pretty quick through heavy weeds and brush, at least it seems like it when they're close to you.
Oh, they are nasty things to dress out!

 

[Snake Pleskin]

I'm thinking this may have been the issue.
I have shot three pigs in my life, many years ago. Got one and a day later two. Was asked to go pig hunting and decided to take a Super Blackhawk
in .44 mag. The guys that asked me to go suggested the 870 12 gauge with slugs and buckshot, I took both. Hunted with the 12 gauge day one and had
a clean miss at about 10 yards at a low flying pig in heavy cover with two slugs fired. Shot one later that day broadside through the shoulder, it flopped around a little but went nowhere, about 150 pounds.
Next morning hit one coming towards me maybe 20 yards away, it decided I was better off dead, second shot got a front shoulder ...skidding pig temporarily but still making some headway to get me, third round killed it.
At that point I loaded one slug in the chamber followed by buckshot. Later got a shot at another flying pig, another miss with the slug but
maybe three hits with the buckshot did the trick.
In that kind of cover any future pig hunt for me will be all buckshot.
Pigs can motor along pretty quick through heavy weeds and brush, at least it seems like it when they're close to you.
Oh, they are nasty things to dress out!

Yes, Pigs can move very quickly. Buckshot will definitely do it.

 

[RC44Mag]

Lots of people use shotguns for hog and very successfully at that. Because the woman either missed shots or misplaced them doesn’t mean it’s not quickly lethal when applied in the correct places, just like any other weapons Projectile(s). You have to put in the right place to stop em.

Many Rangers in Yellowstone and in Alaska carry shotguns for protection or to put down grizzly and browns of all sizes. Even a very big hog is no match for a properly directed slug.
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