Quote from: Randy99CL on July 06 2018 11:00:53 PM MDT
Those knife hunts are a level of barbarism I want nothing to do with.  But to each his own.

That's a relief; your forbearance means a lot. 

Quote from: Randy99CL on July 06 2018 11:00:53 PM MDT
I read an article some years ago from a writer who works on a game ranch in Texas and has witnessed hundreds of hog kills.  He said that high velocity bullets kill hogs quicker and more reliably than slower projectiles like 12-gauge slugs, the old 45/70 or 45acp.

You might not want to believe everything you read.  Terminal ballistics of rifle rounds and wounding theories are extreme complex but the blanket assertion (by whomever made it) that "high velocity bullets killing hogs quicker and more reliably" is wrong to the point of being beyond absurd.  Otherwise people that actually HUNT hogs would use .17 WSM, 220 Swift or 204 Ruger....  Those "high velocity bullets run 3,500fps to 4,000fps.  Don't recommend it but your free to try. 
270 Winchester is an excellent flat shooting choice (with appropriate ammo selection); but by itself isn't any quicker or reliable a hog killer than a 30-30 Winchester.  12 gauge shotgun loaded with slugs is often the most desired & effective tool to defend against critters with teeth and claws up to a charging 1,400lbs Grizzly, so ability to reliably and quickly put down a 350lbs hog is paltry in comparison.  The old 45-70 by the way was very effectively used (unfortunately) to eradicate countless American Bison herds in the 1900th century.  That was using old lead bullets on a wild animals tipping the scales north of a ton.  45-70 also used to cleanly harvest all of the Big 5 in Africa (elephant, rhinoceros, Cape buffalo, lion, leopard) so again a 350lbs wild boar isn't much of an obstacle to it. 

Light, fast/slow, big yada, yada, yada....  223 caliber, 308 caliber, 45 caliber, 10mm....The most important variables for quickly and reliably putting down a wild hog or any other game is shot placement, shot placement (yes I said it twice)and then appropriate bullet material & construction for the specific game being hunted.  Oh, yea and don't forget shot placement.     

Ok I learned something new today, knife hunting hogs, wow
That is barbaric primal poo there, reminds me of a guy I saw hunting cougar on t.v. who shot/wounded and then crawled in (20+ ft) a very small narrow cave (think viet nam tunnel rat only smaller) with a 1911 to finish the job!

Brother if you want to get "up close and personal" I'll back ya up with the 10!


All that being said....

Considering the hogs in S Texas are either carriers of Pseudo- rabies or Brucellosis, we don't pick up, eat, or touch the hogs. Most commonly they are so covered with fleas and ticks you don't get real close to the carcass anyway.

!Filthy swine!


** A friend of mine in Texas regularly rounds up dozens in traps, (uses WiFi to close the pen when the hogs set off sensors without leaving home) keeps a couple for the freezer and sells live hogs to the local butcher.

Knife huntin" hogs, the sport of Kings!