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Like I was saying, combine the 2 with a Mosin M91/30...
It is very spear like.

Seriously, does anyone still spear hunt? I see it in the annual guide here in Alabama.

and yocan...3 knives??? I guess you have had pig down a time or two.
 
It is very spear like.

Seriously, does anyone still spear hunt? I see it in the annual guide here in Alabama.

and yocan...3 knives??? I guess you have had pig down a time or two.
well I use lockbacks generally. but if you get something that weighs 500 lbs... even gutted if you cant get a vehicle to it, its not going anywhere.

you can gut with 1 knife no problem, but to part it out you have to skin it, and that dulls the knives really really fast. Deer you can pull the skin off, pigs, you cut it.

When people ask me what knife to get for deer hunting I say those safety knifes made with a plastic hook with a removeable odd shaped razor blade in it.

Now pigs, I say 2 knives one 4" and one 6" preferably one with a gut hook. I always had three knives, so we could have 2 people skinning at once (you need to predesignate who does the spine.. I got stabbed once because we didn't, yes my dad stabbed me lol)

Many times used a 3" shcrade knife, that worked fairly well too. But I really like 4" lockbacks just seem to be the perfect combination of size and control. 6" primarily hacking through stuff and skinning.

Oh metal grips get slippery when blood is everywhere my buck 119 I soon learned to not use on the inside, just for skinnning. Same with the Gerber big game hunter of mine. metal handles, I don't like slipping.

Wear gloves they can have TB, so please, wear gloves. Cheap yellow kitchen gloves work great.

a pulley tied to a hitch is a great way to pick them up, but you can get them on the spot, then drag them usually. Drops a lot of weight.
if you want, and I did this a few times, gut, remove head, carry. seemed 50% lighter give or take. Then you only do it with 1.

Can you do it with 1? yes, and now that I"m older and much better at putting an edge on a knife I could probably do it fine, but I think I'd still take 2 and that way the knife always stays fairly sharp.
Disclaimer: with this said I'm totally self taught about hogs so I could be missing something but I know my stuff works whether its best or not...
 
Like I was saying, combine the 2 with a Mosin M91/30...
thats why I bought an M44 hog hunting, same reason as my ak47.

russian rifles just seem logical for hog hunting
 
It is very spear like.

Seriously, does anyone still spear hunt? I see it in the annual guide here in Alabama.

and yocan...3 knives??? I guess you have had pig down a time or two.
one more thought. http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/csstoreonline_2081_4047574

always wanted to try it, never got the guts (or insanity/time to practice) to try spear hunting, cold steel does sell the spears though....
 
Dont know what the ideal gun is, but I'm hoping to go hog hunting next year and I'm bringing my Mosin. Iron sights and bolt action. Sounds fun to me! :)
 
When we lived in southern Georgia, we used to use whatever we were hunting deer with. For the most part, I used either a .308 or a 12ga loaded with slugs. Since most of the hunting took place down in the swamps, I liked the 12ga for sure short range stopping power. Although one of my buds likes a heavy lever gun....Marlin 444 works very well for him.

As tough as these critters are, a RPG or .50bmg may not be out of place. I have seen a sow take a lot of punishment trying to protect her piglets....


Woof
Bowser
 
When we lived in southern Georgia, we used to use whatever we were hunting deer with. For the most part, I used either a .308 or a 12ga loaded with slugs. Since most of the hunting took place down in the swamps, I liked the 12ga for sure short range stopping power. Although one of my buds likes a heavy lever gun....Marlin 444 works very well for him.

As tough as these critters are, a RPG or .50bmg may not be out of place. I have seen a sow take a lot of punishment trying to protect her piglets....


Woof
Bowser
I actually saw someone use a .50 call, they had an AR10 for under 500 meters and the .50 for over 500 meters mounted on a go cart. It was hilarious, but they shot 28 in one day... so maybe they had the right idea?
 
I have shot feral pigs with damned near everything I own. 270 and 30-06 boltguns, 8mm Mauser, 303 British Enfield, 12 gauge with #00 buck and the SKS. All worked well.

If you're going to be able to get real close, the 30-30 or SKS will work really well. Fast and handy. I also used my 44 mag Marlin levergun for pigs and it too will drop them if you get close.

If you're going to hunt from a blind or the possibility of long shots is there, any "deer caliber" boltgun will work. Even the lighter deer calibers like 243, 6.5x55 and 6mm Remmy will work if you use heaver bullets and hit them in the vitals. I'd skip the varmint rounds if you can. Sure, some here do use them but you won't catch me going after pigs with my 223 or 22-250. Th bullets are just too light.

The larger pigs are VERY tough and usually the meat is not as good as it will be on the pgs under 150 pounds. Skip them if you want the best meat. However, if your goal is a bigger pig, definately go with a larger, heavier caliber like the 444 Marlin or 45-70. Even a 30-06 with the 220 grainers or the 8mm Mauser with the 196gr soft points will take down big pigs.

On the majority of pigs (which will be in the 150 pounds or less range) the plain ol' 30-30 or SKS works very well. I have popped plenty of them with my SKSs and Mod 94.

Have fun....and enjoy the meat. If processed right...its very good. We are blessed here in Texas with tons of feral pigs!

- brickboy240
 
Hunting feral hogs encouraged in Texas town | khou.com | Texas News
Hunting feral hogs encouraged in Texas town
Hunting feral hogs may not be as popular as hunting deer or ducks during the holiday season, but with an estimated three million wild hogs in the state, the sport is helping to control the nuisance.
ThereÂ’s no mistaking the damage done by feral hogs. Only one hog probably was responsible for a lot of rooting at Marshall Creek near Grapevine Lake.
Neighboring homeowners in Southlake have spent thousands of dollars repairing the wild hog damage in their front yards.
“The wild hogs are using the lake to travel,” said Matt Falkner, a park ranger with the Army Corps of Engineers. “They’ll get on a creek bed, and they’ll follow that creek bed plum to downtown Dallas if they could find a path to go.”
ThatÂ’s one reason the Corps allows hog hunting on their property. The Grapevine Lake Wildlife Management Area is 2,500 hundred acres of free range.
“We basically allow people to hunt them year round on our property,” Falkner said. “And there’s no bag limit.”
The program is only a year old, but there are already plans to expand.
“Feral hogs, we’re going come up with some creative ways to probably open that up a little bit more to folks in the future,” Falkner said. “Possibly some trapping, permitting. We’d like to do some youth hunts.”
But in the short term, park rangers are preparing for the weekend holiday hunting rush.
“We’re right down the road from two million people, and it’s a quick hunt,” Falkner said. “You can get a quick hunt Thursday morning before Thanksgiving.”
So hunt as many hogs as you want.
I've hunted Russian boar and they're pretty tough, I'd say at least as tough as an elk, probably more. 7mag, 30-06, 300 mag are good choices with tough bullets like Swift A-Frame, Barnes Triples Shocks, Trophy Bonded Bear Claws, Nosler Accubonds or E-Tips, Hornady Interbonds or GMX, big bullets seem to be even more effective, a modern inline muzzleloader would work great on hogs. Head and neck shots put them down the best as they have a tough layer of tallow covering they're shoulders and ribs.
 
Heavy for caliber bullets; I prefer .308 or bigger bullets. I like 44 revolvers and my 45/70 guide gun. Wouldn't complain about a 30-30, 35 Rem, 444, 30-06, 30, or such.
 
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