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IS300_TRD · 07-21-2005, 03:28 PM

I have a question about hunting wild boars. My friend was saying that it would be insane to bring anything less than a .45 for a sidearm while hunting wild boars. I was saying that a .40 would do some good damage if a close encounter would ever happen. Does anyone here have wild boar hunting experience to inform me about this?

therooster · 07-21-2005, 05:53 PM

what kind of boars?

you shouldnt have a problem either way, i just want to know.

IS300_TRD · 07-21-2005, 06:57 PM

like wild boars.

ichy_trigger · 07-21-2005, 07:13 PM

I would say bring whatever you have thats the biggest. A HOT loaded .40 would be better than nothing, after all, its going to be a backup right? I would opt for FMJ to get good penetration.

IS300_TRD · 07-21-2005, 07:35 PM

Yeah its just a sidearm incase its close range or something happens. I don't know why my friend thinks that any gun won't help stop a boar.

dolanp · 07-21-2005, 08:18 PM

Aim for the head and neck, I hear those little buggers will keep going otherwise.

noobshooter · 07-21-2005, 09:36 PM

These guys don't know what there talkin about. Here in Texas we have to use a .50 BMG. Here's what we have to kill

This sucker took 5 rounds of .50 at 100 yards and I still had to pull out the M4 full auto to finish it off.

Just kidding!!!

A .40 should be fine.

03RangerXLT · 07-21-2005, 10:00 PM

Quote:

This sucker took 5 rounds of .50 at 100 yards and I still had to pull out the M4 full auto to finish it off.

hahaha what happens when a mall ninja goes hunting!

Just kidding!!!

A .40 should be fine.[/quote]

kgpcr · 07-21-2005, 10:04 PM

look at the balls on that boar. also look at the boar. its a small one compared to what we have here in Minnesota. the winters thin out the cripples like this one. also we use axes to hunt them up here. we do carry a backup weapon. my favorite is a kbar knife. not a bad pig though. its rare to see a yearling that large.

therooster · 07-22-2005, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by IS300_TRD

like wild boars.

you seem to have an illness...

repeat after me for the remedy. start off very slow and then speed it up to where its all running together.

I Am Sofa King.... we Todd Ed

07-21-2005, 03:28 PM	#1
IS300_TRD XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 133	Got a hunting question I have a question about hunting wild boars. My friend was saying that it would be insane to bring anything less than a .45 for a sidearm while hunting wild boars. I was saying that a .40 would do some good damage if a close encounter would ever happen. Does anyone here have wild boar hunting experience to inform me about this?

07-21-2005, 05:53 PM	#2
therooster XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: houston TX Posts: 1,669	what kind of boars? you shouldnt have a problem either way, i just want to know. __________________ live with honor, and let not your death be born by the pallbearers of disgrace, cruelty, weakness, and fear. - Justin Smith in a letter to Lt. Col. Dave Grossman TXDPSA

07-21-2005, 07:13 PM	#4
ichy_trigger XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 8,316	I would say bring whatever you have thats the biggest. A HOT loaded .40 would be better than nothing, after all, its going to be a backup right? I would opt for FMJ to get good penetration. __________________ "The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." http://militarysignatures.com/signatures/member2645.png

07-21-2005, 09:36 PM	#7
noobshooter XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 200	These guys don't know what there talkin about. Here in Texas we have to use a .50 BMG. Here's what we have to kill This sucker took 5 rounds of .50 at 100 yards and I still had to pull out the M4 full auto to finish it off. Just kidding!!! A .40 should be fine. __________________ WHEN I DIE... I'm going to haunt the f**K out of you people! Texas XD Practical Shooters Association

07-21-2005, 10:04 PM	#9
kgpcr XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 267	look at the balls on that boar. also look at the boar. its a small one compared to what we have here in Minnesota. the winters thin out the cripples like this one. also we use axes to hunt them up here. we do carry a backup weapon. my favorite is a kbar knife. not a bad pig though. its rare to see a yearling that large. __________________ XD9 service XD40 tactical XD40 service XD45 Service Colt Anaconda Colt King Cobra OLY AR-15 SigPro 2340 Springfield Armory 1911 double stack Taurus .357 Snubie Smith and Wesson M&P .40

07-21-2005, 06:57 PM	#3
IS300_TRD XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 133	like wild boars.

07-21-2005, 07:35 PM	#5
IS300_TRD XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 133	Yeah its just a sidearm incase its close range or something happens. I don't know why my friend thinks that any gun won't help stop a boar.

07-21-2005, 08:18 PM	#6
dolanp XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: N TX Posts: 784	Aim for the head and neck, I hear those little buggers will keep going otherwise.

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