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Wild Hog doing its best impression of Tony Montana

Rack OpsRack Ops Member Posts: 18,596 ✭✭✭
edited March 2015 in General Discussion
"I take your bullets!!!"

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b04_1337719658

Holy crap, I didn't realize these suckers were so tough to kill.

Comments

  • carolinashootercarolinashooter Member Posts: 339 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    If he had not broken that back leg at some point during all that shooting that pig would have eaten him up. A .45 auto (at least that appears to be what he is using) is not nearly enough for a big pig when they are pumped up. One of those things put a buddy of mine on the hood of a truck once after absorbing 4 hits from a .44 mag. He , wisely, assumed it would be better to shoot the last 2 rounds from an elevated position AWAY from that critter.
  • kidthatsirishkidthatsirish Member Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The initial shot was made from a distance using a rifle per the caption. ...if it was a bolt gun I imagine he drew his pistol for fast follow up shots as the pig closed to engage.
  • bigoutsidebigoutside Member Posts: 19,443
    edited November -1
    I was thinking it was one of those .22 conversion kits.
    He got back on target pretty quick.
  • reload999reload999 Member Posts: 3,080 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think the shooter is a total scumbag for not using enough gun to do the job. Edited to add: or, for lacking the skill to do the job.
  • carolinashootercarolinashooter Member Posts: 339 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Looking back at the caption I see it was indeed shot at 200 yards with a rifle and the follow up was with a .45. Personally, I think I would have stayed with the rifle a little longer.
  • bpostbpost Member Posts: 32,669 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    WOW, that porker was tough.
  • texaswildmantexaswildman Member Posts: 2,215 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Use enough gun. A large bore can take some serious heat. We killed a 200 pounder and recovered 6 slugs from a 44 mag rifle in the bores shield. None penetrated the 1 1/2 shield....
  • Sam06Sam06 Member Posts: 21,244 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by carolinashooter
    Looking back at the caption I see it was indeed shot at 200 yards with a rifle and the follow up was with a .45. Personally, I think I would have stayed with the rifle a little longer.


    Me 2
    RLTW

  • wartigerwartiger Member Posts: 3,861
    edited November -1
    I have personally seen a 12ga slug ricochet off a Boar's forehead and he keep coming only to be put down with several well placed heart/lung shots from a .44 mag. They are tough damn critters. Amazes me how a .223 can knock 'em dead in their tracks.
  • savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,572 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Wonder if he was using hollow points when I was doing a lot of hog hunting discovered the plain old ball ammo works the best the hollow points open up and don't penetrate far enough on the bigger hogs
  • roswellnativeroswellnative Member Posts: 10,195 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Nas T
    Although always described as a cowboy, Roswellnative generally acts as a righter of wrongs or bodyguard of some sort, where he excels thanks to his resourcefulness and incredible gun prowesses.
  • TxsTxs Member Posts: 17,809 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    When you're talking dangerous game it's a good idea for your primary gun to be capable of breaking a shoulder blade.
  • Aspen79seAspen79se Member Posts: 4,707
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by reload999
    I think the shooter is a total scumbag for not using enough gun to do the job. Edited to add: or, for lacking the skill to do the job.


    Agreed.
  • Rack OpsRack Ops Member Posts: 18,596 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by reload999
    I think the shooter is a total scumbag for not using enough gun to do the job. Edited to add: or, for lacking the skill to do the job.


    I would be careful throwing around the "scumbag" label. There's more than one commenter on this thread who stated that he had to shoot a hog more than once because the round failed to penetrate.

    It appears that his first shot was a glancing hit...it put a big * on the front shoulder and severed the back leg. Likely it saved the guy, as the pig couldn't close the distance fast enough.
  • JamesRKJamesRK Member Posts: 25,670 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Rack Ops
    I would be careful throwing around the "scumbag" label. There's more than one commenter on this thread who stated that he had to shoot a hog more than once because the round failed to penetrate.

    It appears that his first shot was a glancing hit...it put a big * on the front shoulder and severed the back leg. Likely it saved the guy, as the pig couldn't close the distance fast enough.

    Rack, I agree with you about 99% of the time, but I'm afraid this is one of the 1%. In this case the "scumbag" label fits. If that's the best he can do he should stay home.

    What was the "high powered" rifle used for the first shot? "High powered" rifles means larger than a .22LR. In other words, meaningless. A .308 or any other hunting rifle used properly will drop a hog in his tracks. I can forgive him all of that, but watching the animal go through his death throws that long before he ran out of ammunition is unforgivable and makes him a scumbag.
    The road to hell is paved with COMPROMISE.
  • Sig220_Ruger77Sig220_Ruger77 Member Posts: 12,754 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I shot a 300 lb. Boar with a .22-250 and it broke both front shoulders. I did make a quick heart follow-up shot to humanely kill him, but he was not going to last much longer. That being said, from the start of my reloading process and bullet choice, to the actual hunt and making sure I had a good and clean shot, I was thinking quick and humane kill.

    Jon
  • CaptFunCaptFun Member Posts: 16,678 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Pigs are tough and nasty. Last Feb in Florida, we hit one very similarly, first shot (about 300 yds, not me shooting btw) 7mm Win Mag about took the back ham right off. That porker took off faster than I would have thought possible on 3 legs. We chased that pig well over a mile, (got 3 more DRT during that time), but ended up with him in a shallow draw and I emptied my 45 on him and my buddy got half a magazine in on his 9 before we finally dropped the old buzzard at close range.
  • wiplashwiplash Member Posts: 7,145 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    That guy was just a poor shot. [V]

    My Dad taught me that you don't even let a Cock Roach suffer.
    There is no such thing as Liberal Men, only Liberal Women with Penises.'
  • CaptFunCaptFun Member Posts: 16,678 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by wiplash
    That guy was just a poor shot. [V]

    My Dad taught me that you don't even let a Cock Roach suffer.

    Go hog hunting. Then tell me how many you get to drop on the first hit.

    Oh and don't watch us dog hunting pigs either.... You wont like that.
  • JamesRKJamesRK Member Posts: 25,670 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've killed a few hogs in my time. Wild and domestic. Some of them are hard to kill. As long as you're shooting and he ain't dying, I'll take that as a halfassed excuse, but when you quit shooting and watch him suffer and die, you lose my respect.

    The reason I don't hunt with dogs is I ain't got no dogs. Well, that and my legs don't hold up anymore. I ain't above shooting a deer under the pear tree either.
    The road to hell is paved with COMPROMISE.
  • GuvamintCheeseGuvamintCheese Member Posts: 38,932
    edited November -1
    The one hanging on my wall has one arrow through its neck, front on. And 4 shots from a .40. It was him or me.
  • JnRockwallJnRockwall Member Posts: 16,352 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    There is your 1911 in action for ya. If he had pulled a glock, That pig would have done a u turn
  • rambo rebelrambo rebel Member Posts: 4,028
    edited November -1
    pig clearly had his hands, er hooves up trying to surrender.
  • MG1890MG1890 Member Posts: 4,460 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    A .45 (IF it was) ain't no big game gun.....

    And there ain't a critter out there that a single well placed rifle shot won't kill.
  • riflemikeriflemike Member Posts: 10,599
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by roswellnative
    Nas T


    huh
  • riflemikeriflemike Member Posts: 10,599
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by CaptFun
    Pigs are tough and nasty. Last Feb in Florida, we hit one very similarly, first shot (about 300 yds, not me shooting btw) 7mm Win Mag about took the back ham right off. That porker took off faster than I would have thought possible on 3 legs. We chased that pig well over a mile, (got 3 more DRT during that time), but ended up with him in a shallow draw and I emptied my 45 on him and my buddy got half a magazine in on his 9 before we finally dropped the old buzzard at close range.

    took 2 smart guys with a 45 and nine with brains[?] and guns to kill it..hmmmmmm....you need another hobby dumb * 7mm 45 and nine mm get another fn hobby captFun
  • droptopdroptop Member Posts: 8,363 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by bigoutside
    I was thinking it was one of those .22 conversion kits.
    He got back on target pretty quick.


    What I think. .22 cal.
  • Rack OpsRack Ops Member Posts: 18,596 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by JamesRK

    What was the "high powered" rifle used for the first shot? "High powered" rifles means larger than a .22LR. In other words, meaningless. A .308 or any other hunting rifle used properly will drop a hog in his tracks. I can forgive him all of that, but watching the animal go through his death throws that long before he ran out of ammunition is unforgivable and makes him a scumbag.


    Just a few more observations after watching the video again.
    9 Shots were fired in the course of the video, all from the 1911. The slide locks back after the final round.

    The first 6 were "panic shots", #7 was a little more deliberate and finally stopped the charge. #8 was much more deliberate and put the boar on its side. #9 was a very deliberate attempt at a coup de grace. It appears to me that he's trying (and failing) to get a bead on the head for the last shot, but can't because the pig is flopping around so much.

    My best guess is the guy wasn't carrying another mag and was trying to make his last shot count. All but the sickest people are going to be greatly disturbed by an animal grunting and thrashing in agony right at their feet. After his last shot, he quickly moves away to a safer distance. You can say he was ill-prepared, and I won't argue that, but that doesn't make his actions deliberate.

    The helmet cam and high-dollar Colt 1911 does give me pause to think that this might have been someone who had no experience with hogs, or maybe hunting at all, but I don't know.
  • babunbabun Member Posts: 11,038 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hogs are very hard to kill.
    With that being said, that pistol isn't in .45acp. Looks like a .22
    conversion- different top slide, no recoil, low noise, no intense impact on the pig's hide noted.

    It's a .22lr if you ask me.
  • Rack OpsRack Ops Member Posts: 18,596 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by babun
    Hogs are very hard to kill.
    With that being said, that pistol isn't in .45acp. Looks like a .22
    conversion- different top slide, no recoil, low noise, no intense impact on the pig's hide noted.

    It's a .22lr if you ask me.


    Whatever the gun, it brought down the pig (after multiple shots)

    There's no way in hell it was a .22
  • bigoutsidebigoutside Member Posts: 19,443
    edited November -1
    The video claimed it was a colt combat elite shooting a 45 acp.
  • toolmaniamtoolmaniam Member Posts: 3,213
    edited November -1
    I shot a Russian boar slightly quartering towards me, thru the shoulder, thru the lungs and exited out in front of the hind quarter with my .300 H&H Mag. The shot was at 60yds. And that pig ran 60 yds. into the thick palmettos. The guy who ran the ranch was a little nervous about going in, I told him I'm game if you are. With the trusty Glock 36 .45 in hand, I waded in and found it dead. Exciting few minutes anticipating a charge.
  • savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,572 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by JnRockwall
    There is your 1911 in action for ya. If he had pulled a glock, That pig would have done a u turn


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  • Rack OpsRack Ops Member Posts: 18,596 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by bigoutside
    The video claimed it was a colt combat elite shooting a 45 acp.



    From the video, I can only tell a few things about the gun.

    1) 8+1 capacity (matches Colt CE)
    2) Commander-style hammer (matches Colt CE)
    3) Two-tone finish (matches Colt CE)
    4) Mirror polished blue slide (matches Colt CE)

    The first three could match dozens of models of 1911....but #4 tells me the gun is what the video describes. The polish is high enough to see the reflection of the grass on the slide. Very few gunmakers still do that. Colt is one of them.
  • bigoutsidebigoutside Member Posts: 19,443
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Rack Ops
    quote:Originally posted by bigoutside
    The video claimed it was a colt combat elite shooting a 45 acp.



    From the video, I can only tell a few things about the gun.

    1) 8+1 capacity (matches Colt CE)
    2) Commander-style hammer (matches Colt CE)
    3) Two-tone finish (matches Colt CE)
    4) Mirror polished blue slide (matches Colt CE)

    The first three could match dozens of models of 1911....but #4 tells me the gun is what the video describes. The polish is high enough to see the reflection of the grass on the slide. Very few gunmakers still do that. Colt is one of them.


    I honestly don't know. I've watched it two dozen times. And I can't tell.
    I was the first to say I didn't think it was a .45. And I'll be the first to say I might be full of poop too. [;)]
    If it had been video of me, I would have been in a two hand grip, not coming back on "target" as quickly (fella must have Popeye forearms[:D]). But I think my shots would have been more effective.
    And I've got no idea what these cameras do to sound. But it didn't sound like a .45 to me. But it sure could have been. Looks like Novak sights too.
  • kidthatsirishkidthatsirish Member Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Doesn't matter what caliber you shoot....if the enemy is determined and you are a lousy shot than *'n standby..
  • bigoutsidebigoutside Member Posts: 19,443
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by kidthatsirish
    Doesn't matter what caliber you shoot....if the enemy is determined and you are a lousy shot than *'n standby..


    My favorite quote of 2015. [:D][:D][:D]
  • Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hmm, this isnt TV and Hollywood. Look more like the "death shakes" to me after it went down. Ever seen a cow or pig hit with a stun gun and hung? Some of them kick around for a minute. Ever lopped the head off a chicken? Not always does an animal fall completely limp when killed, sometimes the death shakes kick in and to a person who is sensitive and has a soft heart the death shakes can disgust the hell out of them. That pig was dead, just took a minute for his body to give up. That shot to the head where it stiffened up and fell over, it was dead.
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