Sounds like a good trip. Any photos?
Brian

Hornady XTP 180 grain works great with my Glock 40 MOS 10mm and I've killed a number of hogs with it.



You could quickly order anything you want from Midway USA and have it delivered to your destination in Florida. They have a lot of 10mm ammo to choose from.
Brian

Good post & information blaster.

Quote from: Graybeard on February 13 2020 11:23:55 AM MST
What kind of opportunities are there for out of state hunters that might want to get into the fun? Any issues with pseudo-rabies or brucellosis?

Pretty much all over Florida (and I'm sure in other states with hogs) there are a number of local places that you can go that will take you pig hunting; either high fences or others that have access to land. They will let you take them with archery, rifles, night hunts using suppressed rifles and night vision gear, knives, spears and dogs. As was mentioned no out of state hunting license is needed if on private land. If you are not a land owner they can be a source of fun during traditional non-hunting seasons (deer, squirrel, birds, etc). Their vision is not the best as is their hearing but their nose is hard to defeat. The old big boars are extremely cautious and are mostly nocturnal and I believe these old boars are better in the olfaction department than deer. Stalking them is quite fun and you can get quite close if the wind is in your favor. From a sportsmen's perspective they can be fun to pursue although if you are a dedicated deer hunter you'll despise them as they run deer off.

From a landowner perspective they are very destructive but trapping can reduce their populations. In my neighborhood we were having problems with them "rolling" neighbor's yards causing extensive damage. My kids & I trapped them out which was quite fun.




They are generally not very happy when handling them........



From the handling perspective they do harbor some nasty diseases, brucellosis being one of them. Just like other animals they can have a heavy parasite load (but not all do):




Yes, we have Lone Star Ticks in Florida......

You can avoid these problems however with care. When I field dress hogs I glove up and do the gutless method, leaving only the tenderloins. The urinary tract and the intestinal fluids are where brucellosis reside.


Gutless method

Smaller hogs (up to 150 lbs in my experience) are good to eat and some prefer it over venison. They make for great sausages!









Come on down...there are plenty to go around!

Brian

Brian

Quote from: AlinMi on February 13 2020 05:25:35 AM MST
At times I wish we had hogs here!!!

You don't want this problem where you live!!! The hogs are outa control and are a big agricultural problem.





Two independent university studies noted that it takes an annual removal of 70% of a hog population just to maintain a STABLE population. That's not noting a population decrease. That 70% removal is a challenge. They only way really to control them is by trapping them. These trapping photos are from my neighborhood where they were "rolling" lawns and destroying property.

These pigs are practically unstoppable........

This is WHY we have such a huge pig problem........



Brian

A 1 MOA Trijicon RMR.
It's really helped shooting hogs in low light situations. The optic is pretty high quality and it's doesn't "starburst" in low light. Works great hog hunting at night with a green light too. I was using a 3 MOA Vortex Venom which worked well but not in low light (or night hunting). The "starbursting" kept me from taking shots on pigs on account of the "starbursting" red dot covering too much of the pigs head.

The 1 MOA Trijicon RMR solved that problem.
Brian

With deer season over it's time to start playing with the feral hogs. There are plenty of them in Northeast Florida ....














124 lb boar
It's gonna be a fun 3 months until it gets too hot to play with them......

Brian

Thanks sep and Bunny. Thanks also Thegatman for your reply. That was my whole goal on this thread was to help someone out. You made my day!

Welcome to the 10mm forum too.
Brian

I've been working through finding a suitable red dot for my Glock G40 MOS that will allow me to shoot under low light conditions. Up until now I've had a 3 MOA Vortex Venom that has worked quite well with the exception of under low light conditions. Under low light the red dot appears to "starburst" and the dot seems quite large and distorted making the red dot cover up a large portion of the animal. I've had to pass up an 8 point buck I've been trying to shoot for weeks and a large hog with the Glock as I didn't feel comfortable shooting them under low light conditions.

Looking at the 2.5 MOA Leupold DeltaPoint Pro and the 1 MOA Trijicon RMR I finally decided on getting the Trijicon with its smaller MOA dot and it has solved my low light problem. In fact, at the lowest setting it's difficult to see the red dot and because the optics must be of higher quality it doesn't "starburst" as much as the Venom did (obviously it's a smaller red dot too).

So.... this morning I was sitting in a one man portable chair blind and one hour before sunrise a large white pig comes through but doesn't stick around. Twenty minutes later it comes back and standing 8 yards away it faces me probably thinking something is awry. It goes behind me and cuts my trail and I'm thinking so much for that pig.... 35 minutes before sunrise another large pig comes through and I settle into my shooting sticks and turn on the $18 small green LED light mounted on the Glock rail. This small  inexpensive green LED light is really too powerful and it's on par with my larger more expensive green LED lights. To decrease it's intensity I use a single layer of toilet paper to cover the light. I then make a small tear in the paper to allow a sliver of green light to peak through.

With the pig well lit up and not bothered in the least I take a head shot at 23 yards and it's DRT.

The Hornady 180 gr XTP enters below the left eye and exits out under the right ear.
The SMALL rail mounted green LED light is powerful.


Hogs are a big nuisance where I hunt and with this small green light it adds another dimension of handgun hunting.

In case anyone is interested in this $18 rail mounted 100 lumen green LED light below is the Amazon link. It's an awesome  small green LED light that attaches to rails:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07B8VVF5B/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Brian

Pigs: Northeast Florida around St Augustine
Teeth: Georgia rivers
Brian

What I learned from this is that the Sig Sauer 180 grain FMJ 10mm round didn't leave a blood trail or any kind of a significant entrance/exit wound. It did kill the hog but it didn't do it in a manner that allowed for follow up tracking (Certainly there are many discussions on this forum about this type of round not being an adequate hunting round. I would agree however  when I first bought 10mm ammo  there were only 2 types of 10mm rounds available to me-these and the Remington 180gr  FMJ (poor hunting bullet choices).


Broke both front legs

Understanding this I've since ordered and received from Midway USA four different hunting rounds to see what would shoot the best out of my Glock 40:
Underwood 180 gr XTP JHP
Underwood 200 gr XTPJHP
Underwood 200 gr Hardcast HCFN
Hornady Custom 180 gr XTP.

Having shot these four rounds and three others types of 10mm target ammo (Remington 180 gr FMJ, Sig Sauer 180 gr FMJ  and Sellier & Bellot 180 gr FMJ) what  grouped the best  at 25 and 50 yards was the Hornady Custom 180 gr XTP with the added benefit that the Sig Saur 180 gr FMJ patterns the same as the Hornady 180 XTP rounds. This way I can shoot the less expensive Sig Sauer rounds for practice and not have to change my sights and still have what should be a very good hunting round too.

I'd also note I just purchased a Kenai chest holster that I've worn a number of outings now and have really come to like it. It's a tad expensive at $150 but in the long run it seems to have been worth the cost. Life doesn't get much better!

Hoo Yah!!

Brian

"are you diving in a river or the salt water?"

Both. I'm toofing a combination of salt water and rivers but the saltwater wedges on the bottom go quite a bit upriver from the inlets (salt water is heavier than fresh).  I've done a fair bit of sifting over in Gainesville FL hitting te Hogtown Creek. Lots of small teeth there. Gotta love schark toofing-diving or sifting!!
Thanks for the nice reply. I'm enjoying this forum.
Brian

Nice!  I bet that was a fun hunt! Great job.

If you can't upload the photo send it to me via email and I'll upload it for you.
Brian

First post for me on this forum and new to the 10mm. I've spent a lot of time and learned a lot from this forum already...THANK YOU!!

The water has now gotten too cold to shark tooth dive (47 degrees F) so I took a stand with two new pig toys: a new self-built 300 Black Out pistol (10.5 " barrel) with a ATN X-Sight II digital night vision scope and a brand new Glock 40 MOS 10mm with a Vortex Venom red dot.







Megalodon shark teeth (2.6 – 26 million years old)

Walking to a covered blind early in the morning (forecasted for rain) I jumped a large animal right in front of me and with the night vision already turned on I could see it was a large boar hog. It didn't quite know what I was although I could tell it was about to vamoose. A quick head shot at 25 meters and it dropped. It happened too quickly to turn on the video but it's already a great day!!


First hog with night vision and my new 300 Black Out pistol
~110 lb boar

Getting into the blind I hung out waiting for sunrise. Right before sunrise three more hogs came out. I started the video and as I settled on a head shot and pulled the trigger on the 300 Black Out all I heard was a CLICK. Not sure what was up with that I ejected the round and tried it again. At this point the largest hog, a sow was getting a little nervous and backed off. Pulling the trigger again all I heard was CLICK. What the FRIG!! I ejected another round and get back on the largest hog which at this point is even more nervous. CLICK.

With that I put the rifle down and pulled out my new GLOCK 40 that I had fortuitously just sighted in the night before! The largest pig, a sow had come back in but was a little jittery. Having had the red dot Venom set on auto it was still too bright in the dark so I had to change it to the manual setting to put it on the lowest setting. Waiting for a broadside shot and aiming at the shoulder she dropped and it looked like it was a DRT shot. At this point the other two piggies took off running and I took two shots at them but didn't connect. Then all of a sudden the dropped sow starts lunging forward and I took two shots before she made it to the water and swam off.

Not sure what to make of that I gave it an hour and broke down the 300 Black Out to discover my buffer spring had unseated due to a not tight-enough castle nut.
DUH!!

Walking out I found where the sow dropped and then started lunging. No blood but I followed it 10 yards through the mud to the water where it swam off. At this point I circled where she went into the water and saw another hog peering out of the palmettoes. I dropped that smaller hog with a head shot at 20 yards. Walking towards it I could see buried in the thick palmettoes was the dead sow. She had gone about 25 yards from where she was first hit.



First hog with the new Glock 40


Broke both front legs but the Sig Sauer 180 gr FMJ round left only a small hole (entrance and exit).
You can see the entrance hole.



2 hogs with my new Glock 40


3 lil piggies

With the rain starting to pick up I headed to the skinning pole and had a nice rainbow to end my morning.


Nice ending of the day (not for the piggies however)

I really like this 10mm!!
Hoo Yah!!

Brian