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BIL, son and I are interested in a Spring hog hunt. Need some advice from those who’ve gone to one.
1. .308 sufficient?
2. Reco on a good hog rifle (.308 or otherwise) - or can I rent/borrow one at most outfitters?
3. Texas or Georgia (or other state)
4. Any recos on firms/companies/outfitters we should contact?

Anything else I’ll need to know. Help is appreciated.
 
.308’s plenty. Too much myth and lore about hogs being tough to kill.

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Plenty of fair chase outfitters in the lower part of the state as well. Of course being deer season the occasional wandering hog is just a bonus.
 
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What kind of hunting are you doing? Still hunt, or helo?

And to answer your specific questions, yes .308 is plenty sufficient, depending on the type of hunt you are doing I would actually suggest 7.62x39.

Again, depending on the type of hunt I’d go with an AR style rifle, quick follow up shots are often necessary. If still hunting, anything will do, put a .308 behind their ear and they will drop.

Can’t offer any recommendations on outfits , all my hunts have been on the friends/family plan.
 
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I’ll also add; I did a hunt back in February, brother and I were the only ones using .30cal guns, the other guys were using the ranch supplied .223 ARs shooting 62gr soft point. They did have to shoot more rounds to get a kill than we did , but the pigs still died.

My gun for that trip was a KS47 with 10.5in barrel and a Resonator K can.
 
Thread on the hunt I did back in Feb

TX Hog Hunt

I’ll keep this thread updated and post some more detail after the trip, but here’s some pics from the first flight. Brother and I are a shooting pair and we slapped 20 of them on the first trip. The group total is up to 76 right now
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Thanks for the info. As this is the first hunt, and BIL isn't in the best outdoor activity shape, probably a stand/blind hunt versus stalking. Any thoughts on the new Rugar SFAR in .308?
 
behindyou said:
Thanks for the info. As this is the first hunt, and BIL isn't in the best outdoor activity shape, probably a stand/blind hunt versus stalking. Any thoughts on the new Rugar SFAR in .308?
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The majority of my hunts are from a blind or quad leg stand, and usually near a feeder.

I bounce between a 300blk suppressed SBR AR and a suppressed Ruger American Ranch, also in 300blk. Both with 110gr supers.

I go for the top of the head, when they are facing me and feeding. Just behind the ear, when broadside.

Sorry, no help with outfitters.
 
308 is fine but have never been on a paid hog hunt. Woodbury in Marion county SC has the greatest concentration of hogs per acre than anyplace east of the Mississippi River.
 
I use mostly a shorty AR in 5.56. But I love stalking with a Bow or a 45LC revolver. Getting close is the name of the game. Got one at 7ft once.
 
The biggest thing is study pig anatomy and the angles needed to hit vitals while missing bone and thicker skin areas. A kill shot on a pig is a little different than deer … the shoulder anatomy tends lend at more angled shot. A head shot is a head shot but hogs have thick skulls and if you’re at to much of an angle it can actually “ricochet” of it especially the older they get.

The gun kinda depends on the hunt … and what you can expect to jump and distances. For ferals in the NC eastern counties where 90% of the hogs you jump are under 100-125lbs an AR with 64gr SP do the job just fine. Sure you might jump a larger sow or the elusive big boar occasionally and need to fire multiple rounds but with ferals those two seem to be more in the background. If you are heading on a real boar hunt where its more a hunt (especially guided) where you have the better pickings of that larger hog a .308 will do fine especially in a AR type.
 
Since you’re here in town…

If you have a pistol/SBR lower, I have a 12” 6.8 upper you could use. Or if you can find some ammo, you’re welcome to borrow the 16.5” .50 Beowulf. 😁

I do have a 16” 300BLK if that would do it with supers.
 
BigWaylon said:
Since you’re here in town…

If you have a pistol/SBR lower, I have a 12” 6.8 upper you could use. Or if you can find some ammo, you’re welcome to borrow the 16.5” .50 Beowulf. 😁

I do have a 16” 300BLK if that would do it with supers.
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A .50Beo? Man, that and a .450Bush or .458SOCOM are big thumpin’ hog getters! Never seen the results from a .50Beo but some idiot popped a nice 100lb cooking pig and turned into a couple hams and a some sausage … he ripped both shoulder up, half the loin and scrambled the belly … but it was a DRT after he rolled it a good 3 or 4 feet.
 
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A .50Beo? Man, that and a .450Bush or .458SOCOM are big thumpin’ hog getters! Never seen the results from a .50Beo but some idiot popped a nice 100lb cooking pig and turned into a couple hams and a some sausage … he ripped both shoulder up, half the loin and scrambled the belly … but it was a DRT after he rolled it a good 3 or 4 feet.
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I have 10.5” and 16.5” Beowulfs. Still don’t really know why. But they’ll thump.
 
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And you gotta have a nice obnoxious brake on the 10.5” … or it wouldn’t be near as fun 👹
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I have a heartbreaker on it. But it’s not as obnoxious as the 7.5” 5.56 with a riot brake. Recoil is a different story, but the concussion of the 5.56 is worse.

The 16.5” has a tank brake. But here’s the heartbreaker:

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I’ve changed the optics on both since these pics…but here they are in all their Magpul Foliage Green glory…

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A Beo with a tank is pure meanness … couple rounds knocks the dust out of the rafters 🤭 … then you watch everyone pack up their stuff as they curse you under their breath.

What is ironic is a stamp collector has a major barker on purpose … it is so wrong it’s right!
 
BigWaylon said:
Since you’re here in town…

If you have a pistol/SBR lower, I have a 12” 6.8 upper you could use. Or if you can find some ammo, you’re welcome to borrow the 16.5” .50 Beowulf. 😁

I do have a 16” 300BLK if that would do it with supers.
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Thank you for the kind offer. Given the that the trip will be with my BIL (and son) - extra special brownie points with the wife - so I'll be looking for a .308 AR, which I've had on my short list for quite a while. I might pick your brain on manufacturers.
 
PSA runs their AR10 kits on sale occasionally and add the lower and build it yourself. I built mine from their kit. Or they sell the complete rifles starting about $840.
 
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behindyou said:
BIL, son and I are interested in a Spring hog hunt. Need some advice from those who’ve gone to one.
1. .308 sufficient?
2. Reco on a good hog rifle (.308 or otherwise) - or can I rent/borrow one at most outfitters?
3. Texas or Georgia (or other state)
4. Any recos on firms/companies/outfitters we should contact?

Anything else I’ll need to know. Help is appreciated.
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Since you stated that BIL isn't in the best shape the first thing you need to do after determining the site you plan on making the kill is to visit your Hunting App ( Hunt Stand or OnX) and Mark that location on the map. Now determine how far that position is from your transportation. For example let's say 800 yds. Now on your map mark a line every 200 yds. This example will give you four lines. Label the first line from you vehicle 300, the next line 200, the 3rd line 100 and the last line 99. Now you are ready; if you are close to but not past the 300 line you can shoot a 300lb hog or equivalent weight. The second line would be a 200 lb or equivalent hog and so on. You can thank me later.
 
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Since you stated that BIL isn't in the best shape the first thing you need to do after determining the site you plan on making the kill is to visit your Hunting App ( Hunt Stand or OnX) and Mark that location on the map. Now determine how far that position is from your transportation. For example let's say 800 yds. Now on your map mark a line every 200 yds. This example will give you four lines. Label the first line from you vehicle 300, the next line 200, the 3rd line 100 and the last line 99. Now you are ready; if you are close to but not past the 300 line you can shoot a 300lb hog or equivalent weight. The second line would be a 200 lb or equivalent hog and so on. You can thank me later.
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Nice, thank you for the advice.
 
behindyou said:
BIL, son and I are interested in a Spring hog hunt. Need some advice from those who’ve gone to one.
1. .308 sufficient?
2. Reco on a good hog rifle (.308 or otherwise) - or can I rent/borrow one at most outfitters?
3. Texas or Georgia (or other state)
4. Any recos on firms/companies/outfitters we should contact?

Anything else I’ll need to know. Help is appreciated.
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.458 socom is the hog hammer. I hunt them on my property in Texas when I'm down there.
 
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