Traditions Kentucky .50 backup for hog hunt
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hogs are scarry
I'd prefer a revolver so there were more back up bullets.
I'd prefer a revolver so there were more back up bullets.
freekforge
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I'm sure it would work a guy at school killed one with a .22 mag so a .50 should work i would rather have a m79 grenade launcher though :haha: I would load it as hot as i could get it while still being accurate.
Spiked football shoes are good.
Forget about the smooth bottomed Niki's and the like.
They just send up a shower of leaves and dirt as your trying to get good traction. :shocked2:
Forget about the smooth bottomed Niki's and the like.
They just send up a shower of leaves and dirt as your trying to get good traction. :shocked2:
smokymountainmike
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Lorren I've hunted a lot of hogs and if your going for a big porker keep in mind they can be hard to put down if you make a bad shot on one. If you are using a partner make sure he has something to take care of business if things goes bad.
Oh I understood from the get go. I still advocate a revolver.
jdkerstetter
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Yea, a "back up" is the gun you turn to when life and limb is on the line. When it's mine, I hope I won't be relying on a single shot anything!
When muzzleloading for boar and bear I like to have a trusted friend behind me with a CF repeater. I'm not scared but I'm not stupid either.
Enjoy, J.D.
When muzzleloading for boar and bear I like to have a trusted friend behind me with a CF repeater. I'm not scared but I'm not stupid either.
Enjoy, J.D.
Waste of time.
You shoot a hog, wound it and it runs off (hogs run off in the exact direction pointed when shot and they have very poor eye sight, so how do they find you with major hurting and pain?
Now time to find the pistol, put a cap on it, now where did the hog go?
What are you going to do with the pistol, throw it in the the direction the hog went?
In all honesty, hogs are not a cross between cape buffalo and brown bears, they are not man killers. I am in the woods all week with hogs and have never been charged by one, we shoot and trap them all year except when it's hot.
I have 2 boars running with my cows and will come when called, that is scary, they want cubes and they are not man killers. The wife has named them, dumb and dumber. We can find them whenever we want to, honk the horn on the truck and they come.
Kind of scary is it not?
We are walking fence in the woods now when it's cold and the ticks are not out and th34 deer hunters are gone. The wife is walking the fences without a PISTOL and is not concerned for her safety, no fear of killer hogs.
Folks just like a bit of fear when out of their element and like to worry. I have more worry about Lime Disease than hogs.
Oh, you need to worry more about wearing surgical gloves when cleaning hogs than being attacked, that is your health risk.
r
You shoot a hog, wound it and it runs off (hogs run off in the exact direction pointed when shot and they have very poor eye sight, so how do they find you with major hurting and pain?
Now time to find the pistol, put a cap on it, now where did the hog go?
What are you going to do with the pistol, throw it in the the direction the hog went?
In all honesty, hogs are not a cross between cape buffalo and brown bears, they are not man killers. I am in the woods all week with hogs and have never been charged by one, we shoot and trap them all year except when it's hot.
I have 2 boars running with my cows and will come when called, that is scary, they want cubes and they are not man killers. The wife has named them, dumb and dumber. We can find them whenever we want to, honk the horn on the truck and they come.
Kind of scary is it not?
We are walking fence in the woods now when it's cold and the ticks are not out and th34 deer hunters are gone. The wife is walking the fences without a PISTOL and is not concerned for her safety, no fear of killer hogs.
Folks just like a bit of fear when out of their element and like to worry. I have more worry about Lime Disease than hogs.
Oh, you need to worry more about wearing surgical gloves when cleaning hogs than being attacked, that is your health risk.
r
I don't know about feral pigs, but I know you don't get in between a mama sow and her piglets and let one of them let out a squeal..... :shocked2:
When I was a kid my dad and my mom's step dad had me and my brother catching piglets so they could "cut them". They had the sow penned up in an old barn with rough sawn 3"x 12" lumber.
Well, about the third piglet old mama sow bites about a 4"x 18" hunk out of that 3"x 12" trying to get at us... :shocked2: So...if was me hunting pig....I would opt for a brace of 1860 Army's.... :wink:
When I was a kid my dad and my mom's step dad had me and my brother catching piglets so they could "cut them". They had the sow penned up in an old barn with rough sawn 3"x 12" lumber.
Well, about the third piglet old mama sow bites about a 4"x 18" hunk out of that 3"x 12" trying to get at us... :shocked2: So...if was me hunting pig....I would opt for a brace of 1860 Army's.... :wink:
rodwha
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A hog may not be a man killer, but try walking up to one that has been injured by a misplaced RB...
zimmerstutzen
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Your single shot muzzle loader pistol is better than no back up. In my opinion, about on par with a spear for back up. A guy in this town does hunt them with a spear.
A 44 cap and ball revolver would be preferable.
I saw a guy empty a 38 into a large hog. It fell once and got up and kept coming. It was only on the 5th shot that it could no longer advance. Not dead, just down.
A 44 cap and ball revolver would be preferable.
I saw a guy empty a 38 into a large hog. It fell once and got up and kept coming. It was only on the 5th shot that it could no longer advance. Not dead, just down.
First off I dont carry the pistol because I am scared of a hog, second the pistol is loaded and caped same as my rifle. The pistol is for one that happens to run at me, or for finishing one off. I belive a .50 cal ball with 40gr of FFg goex is plenty of backup. The last hog I killed weighed 198lbs, it went about 40 yards after a bear razorhead went through it from my 50lb recurve. I dont belive hogs realy become dangerous untill wounded or cornered, then they are as unpredictiable as any other feral/wild animal.
