Tentwing
Senior Member
My comment I fear will not be much help as I have never shot a hog with a 22lr . However I have put many on the ground with a 22 mag. Ear shots are the way to go . Even with ear shots you still wanna go with a solid round. You don’t wanna use anything that will easily fragment. Bullet weight retention is the key when taking mid size game with a small caliber.
Kind of ashamed to admit this but I had 120lb. sow interrupt a squirrel hunt about a decade ago. She stopped long enough for me to convince myself that a Winchester 20 gr solid 17HMR round to the ear at 40 yards might work. At first I thought I might have somehow missed, because she never moved for about 5 or 6 seconds. Then she just fell straight over on her side. To my surprise there was a massive exit wound, but I was unable to find a entrance wound until I skinned her out.
I’m certainly not going to recommend a 17HMR for hogs , but I truly believe that “shot placement” is king ……… TW
Kind of ashamed to admit this but I had 120lb. sow interrupt a squirrel hunt about a decade ago. She stopped long enough for me to convince myself that a Winchester 20 gr solid 17HMR round to the ear at 40 yards might work. At first I thought I might have somehow missed, because she never moved for about 5 or 6 seconds. Then she just fell straight over on her side. To my surprise there was a massive exit wound, but I was unable to find a entrance wound until I skinned her out.
I’m certainly not going to recommend a 17HMR for hogs , but I truly believe that “shot placement” is king ……… TW