The BEST Feral Pig Cartridges 

The last hog I killed in Texas, I used a Toyota Camry. It was subsonic, had a suppressor, just put it on at the muffler shop. Terminal Ballistics were very good as the Hog got under the projectile, and it reduced him to Grease and busted bones. However the Camry became difficult to get a follow up shot with as with the Grease and the fact that the wheels were off the ground for a few seconds, the projectile ALMOST started tumbling like the 5.56 NATO, I was GLAD it did not do THAT.!!! Great Video!!! I made that story up, BUT, I have ALMOST had that happen, I mean with only an inch to spare. At night, or even in the day they can APPEAR from the weeds on the side of the road right in front of you, I have had a number of near misses. *I imagine I have a good chance of the story coming true* we have so many of them. Let me tell you, those bastards CAN turn over or cause an 18 wheel Truck to lose control, I know of at least ONE Truck driver being killed by some hogs running out in front of him. On eating GAME, I don't eat game, I didn't grow up eating it, but if I was GOING to eat the Wild Pork, I would only eat a Sow or gilt aka FEMALE running on grain. Any MALE MAMMAL after puberty has testosterone all through his system. That is the reason we make STEERS from Bull Calves. You try to cook BULL MEAT, and it will stink up your HOUSE, you will have to paint the INTERIOR and throw the Frying Pan in the Scrap Iron Barrel. Any large Adult animal that is sexually intact, will be nasty. At least to me anyway. They castrate Male hogs when they are YOUNG, they are FINE TO EAT, they are just like a female then. A castrated male hog is a Barrow. I am talking agriculture here. Not really relevant to hunting. These WILD hogs are so destructive, just like everyone says, the only good one is a DEAD ONE. Thanks for the video, it is very good, BB

I'm a hunter from Germany and we are facing a lot of issues with wild boar - especially as we have African swine fever within them that threatens the farms so we are always on the hunt for them. Something like helicopter hunt is not possible here so we try to get them at night with (suppressed) rifles and night vison/thermal optics or (especially in autumn) on driven hunts. Legally we are recommended to have a Bullet with at least 6,5mm diameter and 1475 foot-pounds of energy at 100m. Common calibers here are .308, 30-06, .300WinMag but also , 8x57IS, 7x64, 7x57, .... Some use even stuff like 9.3x64 or .338WinMag - "Waidmannsheil!" to all pig hunters out there (traditional german greeting for hunters)

Here in Alabama wild hogs are often hunted with .22 magnums aiming for the head. We do this, not only because the ammunition is cheaper, but also because it is a lot quieter and the rifles are much lighter and easier to carry around.

MY favorite pig cartridge is my .30-06. No pig hide is tough enough to withstand that cartridge. Plus, most any sporting goods store has them in stock. A time tested put-down pig round. I have other calibers, that I shoot pigs with, but this is MY favorite.

When they'll pay me or let me shoot for free, instead of charging me to hunt "their problem", I'll be more than happy to oblige them. Not until then.

Here in Italy the most popular calibers for wild boar hunting are by far 30-06 and 308, almost always used in semiautomatic rifles like the browning BAR (hunting rifle), the benelli argo and others. The most popular and traditional hunting technique is the drive and so usually the shots are on moving targets at close and medium ranges on animals on adrenaline. For that reason a high powered cartridge combined with the possibility of fast follow up shots is probably the best choice, although I think less powerful cartridges like 6.8 spc o 7.62 x39 would work just fine but with limited recoil. Best regards, Andrea

I like the 7.62×39mm for swine control. Powerful enough and cheap enough. I don't think there's a bad choice for pigs within reason. As long as you thin them out. Great topic and entertaining and informative as well.

I do love a cartridge discussion and / or debate . Can’t go wrong with a .308 Ron’s favourite 30 caliber 😊

Gun blue 490 said he liked the idea of doing a interview with you .

My friends and I only hunt with a suppressors and thermals with both supers and subsonic here in central Texas. We have moved away from Subsonic rounds because we have noticed that the hogs (around here anyway) run as soon as they hear a shot from either super or subsonic rounds. We mostly shoot AR’s chambered in 7.62x39 shooting supersonic hollow points. Someone will switch it up with 5.56 or 308 at times, but of the hundreds of hogs we have killed most were dispatched with the 7.62x39. Cheap and effective enough.

As someone from TX who is forced to regularly stack them like cordwood off of our ranch. The county pays per tail. Ran 30/30 or 45/70 for years. Lots of fun, but expensive to burn through 45/70, started seeing bigger and bigger groups, needed something with more volume and faster follow ups. Ran an AR platform .223, ran 62 grain soft points, did fine, but also wanted something I was confident in squeezing off on a big axis when I’m in the blind. So I build a suppressed 16” AR-10 in .308. Works great. Fairly cumbersome when walking around, snap shooting, etc. Then I built a .300 BO shorty with a red dot and swing away 3x for riding with in the side by side. Quickly found that the subs, even all the expanding stuff, doesn’t really do the trick quickly on the big boys and girls even with fairly well placed shots, remember, I want the tails, and I don’t want to be tracking them down 50-100 yards every time. Barnes 110 grain supers absolutely do the job. A couple other family members were building stuff, mostly .300 BO AR’s, 6.5 creedmoor AR-10’s, 7.62x39 AR’s, etc. Then my uncle showed up with a pinned 14.5” 6.8 SPC. After running that on a weekend after a flood, which makes things particularly target rich, I started my build. Now I have the AR-10 dedicated to the pulsar for night work, but the 6.8 with a little Leupold 3x9 with a fire dot reticle is what every dude on our ranch now runs with absolute confidence. You get away from bulkier AR-10 platform, can still snap shoot easily from side by side if needed, have a magnified optic for sitting in stands, all the .30 cal cans we have keep them hearing friendly, but it still flattens anything (including big axis) within 250 yards (which we are usually nowhere near that far) with Hornady 120’s or some lighter Wilson combat all coppers. 6.5 Grendel would probably give the same results but need around an 18” barrel to get same performance.

I used a Ruger Mini 14 taking out feral hogs on a ranch (from the back of a pickup). Worked great!

There was a story I believe a year or two ago out of Texas. An elderly woman going to her car at dawn when a small sounder (herd) of wild pigs attacked her. They killed her and ended up feeding on her until they were chased off. Hogs are not only destructive but dangerous for people in some cases such as this. There needs to be a national 'kill wild boars' week and mke it a community thing where people come out to barbecue, and pack up the extra meat for local families of the community in need.

My 30-06 with 180 grain in the shoulder drops them in their tracks. Hear in Texas you don’t even need a hunting license as long as you’re hunting pigs only.

We have a hog problem in our suburban neighborhood here outside of Austin Tx.. Some are very large 250lb+. I can tell you 3 of the seven were bigger than the one you show in the video.. Our HOA decided they didn't want to pay to trap them so we were left to deal with it on our own. I put out some corn in a greenbelt behind my house and shoot them from my kitchen window with a crossbow. Got 7 of them in the past few months. I would love to take a suppressed AR to them, but not possible with houses everywhere. Got to say, 20" crossbows bolts with mechanical broadheads take them down easy at 25-40 yards. The bolt goes straight through hogs like butter, and they bleed out pretty quick with a proper shot. Not a great lasting solution though, they reproduce too fast. Trapping is essential in suburban areas but people still aren't understanding what a problem this is becoming..

Ha ha ha, regarding the .45-70; “Old timers said you can eat right up to the hole”. THAT’S great!

Interchanged with farmers with a huge pig problem. Their fav. 7.62x39. Cheap before the Ukranian war and restrictions on Russian ammo inports. They were talking about 100 pigs a week. Ammo $ was a concern.I suggested the 223 and the answer was the 7.62 was cheaper. Personaly would use a 30-30 or a 308 because it's what I have, or whatever gun you got. It will do the job even with a 223

As a German hunter I can assure you that there is nothing better than the 9,3x62 for big hogs. For common size also 8x57, .30-06, (.308), .300 win Mag, 7 RemMag on larger distances

Mr Spomer, I am a big fan and a total non expert. I have also been hunting pigs for about forty five years and after 7mm and 8mm Mauser, 30-06, 308, 6.5 Mannlicher and 45-70, I have recently settled on the 350 Legend. I have a plain Ruger American with a Crimson Trace red dot on it and the combination is light, rugged and superbly reliable and accurate. There is virtually no recoil (important at my age) and the round is still superb in bowling even large pigs over inside 100 yards if I shoot them properly. It is great to hear that you have heard of a lot of your experienced colleagues warming to the 350 Legend. Old men sometimes get things right. Happy hunting, sir! Stay blessed always!

Best boar cartridge. Based on personal experience, I go with the .303 British in a lightweight Lee stalking rifle. 180 grain Remington Cor-Lokt over Accurate 2520 or IMR 4064. Very effective, with a ton of history thrown in.

I love my 30 carbine. For things on 2 legs or 4. But it can be underpowered for body shots on large (120 pounds plus) pigs. But I actually use the bayonet when blood trailing them. I usually start shooting the piglets. They taste better and are easier to clean. Don’t stink and don’t dull your cleaning blade and still decreases the population.

My go-to cartridge for hog hunting in the THICK south Alabama woods and swamps is .223, firing Winchester or Federal 64 grain soft points. Of the trainload or so that I have shot with this cartridge from my Ruger Mini-14, none have gone more than 10 feet from point of bullet impact. The vast majority were under 50 yard shots, through the neck or shoulder. Like I said, the woods down here are THICK!

Pigs are a big problem here in northern Australia too. I use a Remington 7600 Police in .308 with 150g rnds to good effect out to 3-400 yds, also used a Winchester 94 AE in .45 LC in close bush for good results. Both good guns and as good as it gets here for most shooters as we can't have semi autos.

The 458 SOCOM does a nice job on the hogs with Barnes 300-grain TTSX bullets. The 45-70 with powder-coated cast bullets because it's just plain fun!

I like 55grn .223 out of my 20" 1in12. Got so many 200+ pigs hanging out during deer season that I did move to heavier grain bullets in my whitetail rifles.

Have used a .270 to take quite a few hogs. My favorite is the .300 weatherby mag. Drops them in their tracks every time. .308 works well also, cheap to shoot and takes them out.

As always great stuff Ron! Joseph you are a great addition to the show! For hogs I like the 308 but i have used 223 with 55gr barnes and it works well. Ive seen them taken with a 30 cal air gun right behind the ear it was so quite the other hogs just looked over and kept on like nothing happened.

Hi I like Ron , his approach to his videos are full of wisdom and no Bs . I have hunted feral pigs for 30 years in Australia and have seen the Numbers rising in the United States where the pigs are become a huge problem as they have become here . I have to say both Ron and especially the bloke in the brown vest nailed it with cartridge selection. For me during the day hunting on motorbikes I like to use a 300 blackout( we don’t use semi autos here ) but a good bolt gun is fine with me 10 shot mag is handy as you tend to be running into more than 1 pig. I think the most important aspect is to have a gun that points well and is quick to come to the shoulder as 80% of shots will be at moving targets . Projectiles producing hydro shock at around the 2100 fps important . The heart on a feral pig is quite low in the chest cavity and if you can slip one of these projectiles under there armpit you have a dead pig . If you can control the blast and recoil of a .308 great but these days ammo, powder etc is rising and you are just killing the dirt behind your exit hole . In the 308 I ran 130 gr Speer hollow points and these where deadly. Running 110 gr in the blackout at the moment works for me . Listen to the video as the conversation was spot on . As they said if it’s a one off hunt , use the big boomers but with well placed shots a bullet that has some hydrostatic shock value with some weight behind it will do the job . At night we’re pigs aren’t running as much a 223 with 62 or 65 gr soft points would be a good starting point . Thanks for the informative video from our American friends😊

I live in northeast Wisconsin and in April I saw what looked like 3 hogs about 1000 yards from our house. After I brought my heart rate and B/P under control I grabbed the 20-60 spotting scope and they definitely looked like hogs. We however haven't seen them since. I talked to the neighbor and got his permission to shoot any I see in his back yard as well as permission to shoot across his back yard and shoot them in his father in laws back yard.

I used to shoot ex military 7.62×51 ammo in my bolt action Remington 308. I'd file off the tip, and they worked fine. Bullet diameter and expansion are good on chest shots. The 308 has room for less than precise shot placement if you're shooting several animals quickly.

300 Ham’r works for me. Cheap to load and very effective for me in southern Oklahoma.

I’ve killed more hogs than small pox at multiple different ranges from 5 yards to 300 yards. 6.8SPC is the absolute BEST pig control rifle. 6.5 Grendel is a nasty nasty round for pigs! 556 and 223 is also a very effective round on the hogs. I i have probably killed close to a thousand hogs in my lifetime in day time and night time with thermals from sizes to under 100 pounds up to my largest at 400 pound. The 400 pounder dropped with a 22-250 behind the shoulder. But the 6.8 spc rolled the majority of the hogs after one shot. If you’re looking for a specific hog gun, 6.8 spc or 6.5 Grendel is your best choice! Trust me

Where I live (Florida) a lot of guys just use 5.56 or 300 blackout. In an AR platform. And a lot of agriculture employees use NVGs or night scopes. Most of our shots aren't that far. Because of how populated we are .308 might over penetrate.

The one I shot in Florida (just North of Lake Okeechobee), was using a scoped all-weather Ruger 77-44 bolt action rifle in .44 magnum, shooting Hornady FTX 225 grains LEVEREVOLUTION cartridges. It did an awesome job on that hog. It was a lightweight easy to handle rifle, impervious to the weather and the palmettos.

Wild pigs are considered big game in California, but they only charge $28.08 per tag for residents, unlimited qty and/or sex. Licensed hunters are required to report their harvest, but need a tag for each pig they harvest. Next year, a pig tag will be a flat $25, unlimited qty and/or sex, no extra tags needed. Most pigs need to be taken within 100-200 yards due to the areas they bed, but there are some fairly open rolling hills where some live...

270 works pretty good

I load the .308 with Hornady's Sub-x 175gr. bullets and Bullseye powder and it is running about 1050 fps. Very accurate and with my Hybrid 46 by SilencerCo, it sounds about like a pellet rifle.

When shooting suppressed, the hogs hear the impact of the bullet on their buddy. Their buddy usually squeals, and this is enough to make them scatter. The one hog, two hog, three hog scenario rarely works.

I hunt in Georgia where any bow, or rifle deer hunt can suddenly become a pig hunt, 110 grain Barnes 300blackout has worked fantastic for me, and 125grain montoc fixed broadheads in bow season have all been very effective for pigs

That 8.6 is a beast kevin B, the guy that came up with it, talked about experimenting with 1:1 twist but ending up on a 1:3 and it's like 400000 rpm don't quote me on the rpm, I think that's what it was I know it's imparting 308 energy in a subsonic round and it actually helps it shoot flatter because it's a gyro concept freaking genius.

I really enjoy the "testing" and "training" ideas. I use hog hunting to test weapon/optic/ammo combos and train my kids on the fundamentals. We do way more "sport" hunting than anything else, but we also eat all that we kill. 5-7 per year. nothing below 100lb. Just a great hunting resource! :)

My pig hunting partner used 7.62 x 39 to great effect. About as cheap as 5.56 and more effective. I used .308 and it is visibly more effective but 7.62 x 39 definitely works.

I use the following for Hog hunting. First, I will only go out with semi-auto. I use a PTR-32 (7.62x39), a Ruger SR762 (7.62x51) or a Ruger AR-15 Thumper (.450 Bushmaster). I also carry a 10mm Glock 40 as well. All three platforms work wonders. I had a buddy charged once by one that was using a bolt gun, hence my choices.

Love my 6.8spc . Works great on hogs

Im a Texas land owner and I've started using a suppressed 8.6blk in an AR10 platform, with and without night vision and I have had good luck. I used to use suppressed 6.5cm AR10 a lot and still do depending on circumstance. My brother uses a 458 socom subs suppressed and has really good luck inside 100 yards, the hogs definitely hate it.. I've used 5.56 quite a bit as well but on the ground I just prefer something with more umph.

I thoroughly enjoy cartridge discussions like this, especially with seriously knowledgeable folks like these guys. Learned a great deal and did a lot of laughing at the pun-fest!

All those exotic cartridges, here in europe we use .308, 8x57 Is or 30,06 each of them is inside 250m perfect, if farther and you are able tu shoot that good -300 win mag. 30.30 is to weak in most chamberings at least in Germany.

I've used anything from a 22lr to 45-70 they all work in taking hogs just depends on how far away they are. Also, have used pistol cartridge 9mm, 40, 10mm, 357, 44 and 45. My go to cartridge is the 300 BLKout with night vision. I'm in Texas and hunt pigs all year.

Here in Germany 8x57is or 30-06 are quite popular for hogs. And 9,3x62 had a renaissance when boar population increased. I took some with .308 (Hornady ECX 125 grain). Worked perfectly good but both weren't heavy. Usually ours have 35-60kg.

6.8 SPC fired out of an accurized Mini-14 has been a great platform for 90% of our hogs. I keep a 45-70 handloaded with 425g hardcast bullets at 2000 fps for the giants. The shield on a really large boar is amazing.

I am a lover of puns, but you guys were just hamming it up on this episode!

Excellent video and I agree with just about everything you said. I kill a lot of pigs here in SSW Texas and have done so with everything from a 40 cal Sig to a 300 Short mag. My night gun is a Grendel and my normal day gun is a Creedmoor. I've shot some big ones with my 6.5 PRC. I got one over the July 4th Holliday with my Creedmoor that turned out to be my personal best. Sitting here at my desk looking at the 7 inch tusks I took as trophies from that one. Your advice about cutting in to learn just what your bullet did is spot on. Too many fail to take advantage of the opportunity. I learned to do it watching 'Carpe Sus' videos here on you tube. I have become a much better gunner now in my retirement shooting pigs.

As they spoke about shooting a group of pigs from back to front of the line, I was reminded of the Alvin York movie where York was explaining why he shot from the rear to the front. Good ideas work!

I use 300BLK and 6.5 Grendel, primarily because they suppress well, with the cans I have, and they run out of a platform that is readily adaptable for night shooting. But part of that calculation is that I limit the size and range I will put a chest shot on. Once they get big, head/neck shots are called for. 308 was my go-to for the bigger ones. If I was building a dedicated a hog rifle today, it be around 458 Socom and a Silencerco Hybrid 46

Hog hunting is a mix of precision and speed. You don't need a large caliber, just precision. For multiple engagements, a semi is useful because your eye stays on target. We run everything from .300 blk to .308 with great success.

My best caliber is the 308. taken lots of hogs with it! 243 is my favorite but I'm using the 6arc a lot to anymore! 7.62x39 my go to for suppressor host!

best caliber is the one you are comfortable with. I have shot many wild boars in Sweden, the biggest one (125kg) I shot with 9.3x74 merkel ds, ran about 80m right in the engine room with RWS TUG. have tested several calibers on game , 300RUM , 9.3x62 , 9.3x74 , 300wsm , 270win ,6.5x55 , 300win mag, 308w , 30-06 , 260rem , 444marlin, 7mm rem , with slightly different types of bullets also on different types of game, e.g. wild boar, moose, red deer, seals, etc. the only difference I've noticed over the years in regardless animal, big or small, is shot placement. for me it works best with 223, 6.5x55, 270win , 7mm rem to be able to repeat the same small hit surface time and time again. shoot what you are comfortable with don't stare blindly at caliber. as long as it's reasonably easy to get hold of.

Something ive found that works well for the 30-40ish yard shots I'm able to take in GA, is 12 gauge. Works well for Sounders. They scatter quickly so first shot is 1oz slug and 00 buck after.

This is what I like about your channel. Real world experience and application not speculation and hype. Hogs are not that tough to kill. I guess some folks think if an animal doesn't drop immediately and die as it hits the ground then it's tough or they didn't have enough gun. Even some experienced hunters seem to think this way. I guess I started shooting hogs before all the hype about them being so tough to kill started so I never worried about what gun I had when I encountered one or hunted them. Shot my first with a .30-.30 more then 35 years ago while I was bored waiting on a deer that never showed up. That one ran ten feet or so and never moved again. Shot them or seen them shot with .270 and 7mm-08, .45-70 and .44 mag from a Henry lever, .243 Win, 5.56/.223, .35 Whelen and more. All hogs dead with no real difficulty. I live in South Carolina where hogs are considered invasive and a nuisance species and can be hunted on private land year round with no limit.The bigger rounds were not needed just what guys had with them for other game or just because they wanted to get some real world practice with their deer or elk rifle.

I haven't hunted any pigs in over 35 yrs. But only in California up around Monterey. They were the best tasting pigs I've ever had fattenup on acorns fruit trees acorns and the wild berries. I've been tempted to head over to Texas to hunt with a friend of mine, and help him with his problem, the feral pigs. Enjoyed the show, but damned now I'm hungry for some bbq

Absolutely right guys!! Anything that's center fire will get the job done. However, 30+ years ago I saw (first hand, in the flesh) a large hog (200+lbs) shot and killed with a 22lr out of a dan Wesson 9 shot revolver. One shot to the head at 10 yards and it folded under! I wouldn't believe it unless I had saw it with my own eyes. Soooo, have fun, but be ethical people. Shot placement makes the difference.

I learned a lesson about 15 years ago on my first Feral Fig hunt in Texas. I live in the west and shoot longer ranges then I was use to in the thicker Texas area. But I had just purchased a 270 WSM and took it on my hunt. We were allowed 2 hogs each on the hunt. The first evening I had a group come into a feeder and the feeder was 75 yards away from the stand I was in. I did a little research and found they were built about like a bear. Vitals are low in the chest and little forward when compared to a deer or elk. The also have the grissle plate. I picked the biggest pig in the bunch and it was white with black spots. I waited for it to turn broadside. When he did I i lined the crosshair where I felt the top of the heart was and in line with his front leg, instead of just behind. I had sieghted it in the day before at the ranch to be on a 100 yards. I let it fly the pig hit the ground snout first and didn't move, kind of like a brain shot. A second later, he rolled on his back and started shaking all over. I knew I had made a great shot. I did not even think about reloading, why it was down and pig one was in the bag. Well probably 10 seconds after the shot the pig stood up and then ran off into some very thick mesquites. I sat there with my jaw open in amazement. I had never had that happen with an animal that I drilled in the front shoulder. The rancher had heard me shoot and pulled up about 15 minutes later. I was still in shock and told him the story. We looked a little but it was getting dark and we did not want to stumble upon a wounded animal in the dark in the think brush so we waiting til morning. I thought about it all night and just knew I had made a perfect location shot. The next day the rancher and I went back out and found the pig still alive and it was so thick I was unable to get another shot at it. It obviously was not a mortal wound. There were other hunters on the property and on our last day one of the guys had shot the same pig I did a few days before. We were able to examine my shot. It was perfectly inline with the front leg, and if it would have penetrated would have tekn the top the heart, bottom of the lung, instead it had just broken his leg. I shot it with a 270 WSM 140 grain Swift A-Frame 63 grains of R19 at about 3140 fps. The bullet was recovered and broke the frint leg and penetrated only about an inch into the 3 inch grissle plate. I was in absolute amazement it did not penetrate more. Every Pig since then has been a head or neck shot. No more shoulders.

I know alot of people here in texas that really like the 6.8 spc suppressed 16" barrel and thermal scope , with 120 grain , and to good effects!

Talking about the “shield” being a problem. I worked on a company ranch and the Lodge guns were .30-06 and we bought some cases of Winchester ballistic tip hunting rounds. They worked okay on whitetail (maybe a little too much damage, a few lost an entire shoulder) but on the hogs, the bullet would hit the shield and come apart before doing much damage to the shoulder which resulted in some wounded pigs. Changed to Barnes X and there was less damage to the meet and more consistent performance, no more pigs running off.

i like the Ron and Jo duo.

I kill a few in Georgia every year. I have got 76 since 1-1-2019. I have a thermal and have used 5.56, 7.62x39, 308, and 350 Legend. I prefer the bigger calibers, bang flop is the preferred method.

I frequently use a 5.56, 6.5 Grendel, 300 Black Out and .308 Winchester. I take about 8-15 of them every year for the Freezer/Table Fare. All 4 cartridges will get the job done with proper bullets for the caliber. I usually use a suppressed AR-15 in 300 Black Out for the task at hand.

They really undersold the Hog problem in Texas. I. SE Texas schools pretty regularly hire trappers for months long contracts to exterminate them from the property and surrounding area. I have seen them at Bush Intercontinental Airport. They would pretty commonly show up behind my house back in my hometown. I have my LTC not really for "2 legged critters" but to be able to have my gun on for pigs even in an urban environment. The last one I encountered was outside of an arcade bar rooting around the hedges. I spooked it and it charged. They're everywhere.

Great video guys , I'd choose the .45-70 every day of the week and twice on Sundays .

One of the problems with pigs here in California is they will go into vegetable fields from a cattle pasture and you can get an E. Coli problem.

As a newbie to the Ron Spomer channel, I am very impressed by Ron's firearm knowledge and hunting expertise. Well Done Mr. Spomer!

My favorite is 338 federal for pigs. I wish it would make a comeback.

You guys are ridiculous with the puns. Respect! You'd both fit right in at a guys night with my family.

I've killed quite a few hogs here in Florida with a few different cartridges (e.g. 300 Blackout, 6.8 SPC, .44 magnum, etc.), but my favorite is 12 gauge. Heavy buckshot or a good slug puts it on them. Especially in the thick stuff, which is pretty much all Florida hunting.

.308 and .30-06 have never disappointed.

Looking forward to hog hunting someday, hopefully soon. No mention of the 30-06 outta a bolt and scope? Seems like a great way to train with a rig for other hunts. Also, I presume one would first approach land owners or farmers, to offer help with the problem? Perhaps another show with more in-depth information about getting started in an area.

The helicopter blade strike can cause a delamination, also may hit the tail rotor or damage the swashplate or particle separator. FOD is a killer of aircraft.

Hunted mostly in Missouri and Florida. Typically don’t have long shots in open areas. I personally like my deerstalker (ruger semi auto .44 mag 3rd tubular mag). It’s more than enough for hogs and deer, and if I’m unlucky enough to startle a bear (black bear) it should be sufficient. Also It’s a great round for heavy brush. Imo.

Amazing to have a conversational interview. Do more of these.

Without even watching more than 1 minute of the video I'm going to say .308 is the way to go. I hunt pigs around the outskirts of San Antonio multiple times every month. 308 is always, always my go to. Lots of knock down power, always can get ammo on the shelf when I can't get reload materials.

Discussion very interesting. I've used 8x57 196 norma for years. I remember one 225 yd shot where flattened slug stopped under skin on opposite side after going through heart. It was a large boar 225 plus, but stopped after 1 step. After shooting so many, I have confidence in mauser 8x57.

6.8 SPC II and 300 Ham'r are great cartridges for hogs.

So much to learn from these gentlemen and the comments.

Great show and thanks again for the info Ron 👍👍👍👍👌👌👌

Hey Ron there are people here in Texas that shoot them with 17 HMR. Behind the ear at up 100 yards or more. I don’t do it myself I’m not that confident.

Having surprisingly good results here locally with 12GA buckshot.

I really appreciate you taking the time to do these videos. They are very informative and it's just a real good feeling to sit and watch and enter into listening to the information that you provide! Thank you!

What a fun chat, love these!

Very disappointed that you didn’t discuss the 300 Hamr. To my knowledge this is the only cartridge that was expressed designed for hog hunting by Bill Wilson for the task. Needless to say it works exceedingly well on deer. It’s just a better, faster, easier to carry 30-30 in every aspect. I’ve been using it since it became available. My 16” AR is my go to hunting gun while my bolt guns collect dust in the safe. It’s only limitation is it’s a 200+ yard gun. The 300 Hamr needs more love!!!

Here in Romania we have the real wild boar.. big and aggressive game now this species is recovering due to the African plague that kill 60% of wild boar population.. with 308 and below is very hard to hunt this type of hog, 30-06 and 300 mag are the popular caliber for wild boars.. I have 8x68S caliber and is perfect for this kind of pigs

Good talk I agree with your opinions. Thanks.

Excellent segment. Probably my favorite thus far!

I have used .22 LR for close head shots up to my .375 Ruger and .50 caliber flintlock. I really like using the .25-06.

Such a great discussion! I have had a blast (pun intended) with my suppressed 44 magnum Henry Big Boy X on pigs in Southeast Texas with night vision. Thanks for posting and the ideas on what other cartridges to be open to shooting.

Fantastic episode, and I enjoyed Mr Von Benedikt very much.

I'm really loving the addition of a second voice and the conversation. Great episode.

I love the discussion. Also, love the options. Like most old guys, the best caliber is the one you are good with. My daughter as a youngster shot a hog dead (medium sized only) with 556. I prefer to use 300 BLK vmax bullet (unsupressed), but I've also used 458 SOCOM too but that gets expensive. LOL.

A quick scan down the replies, I didn't see 358 Winchester mentioned. That cartridge is awesome on feral pigs. Hornady 200 gr FTX running 2500 fps out of an AR10 is just devastatingly effective. And I also agree with 450 Bushmaster in a MSR as a secondary. Great discussion!

Great discussion

Never had an issue with 150gr Norma softpoint 308’s on 10+ Feral Hogs in Texas. More than half of them were over 150lbs and one just over 200lbs. Vast majority were headshots from 15-100yds. Of course I botched a couple of shots hitting them in the shoulder or the rear, but even still they couldn’t get far before I made a correction. I think I could probably go a bit smaller to maybe a 7.62x39. So far the .308 in an AR10 platform has worked very well.