Desert Eagle vs. Huge Wild Pig!

[Suchee]

No, they are not idiots, stupid or pathetic....

What makes you say that? Because they hunt different then what we are allowed here... we'd do the same thing if it were "legal". Or do you not like seeing animals suffer, which is a fact of life. Maybe the fact that they are really really happy after a successful hunt makes you unhappy and condescending

Why do you Libs, and this is a very liberal attitude, feel you have to impose your "ethics" and opinions upon others when you have a difference of opinion to give YOU power and influence.

How about going on a wild boar hunt in Texas and then call them idiots. Its time to come out of your little world, turn off the power to the tv and computer, and reduce your ignorance to the way other people want to live.

 

[Corpus]

Well it would certainly suggest you aren't a political science major. Don't know about the annoying part, you tell me?

I didn't think the video was all that bad to be honest. I have seen plenty worse that's for sure and the animal died fairly quickly, at least compared to a lot of US hog hunts. It sure as hell wasn't a display of ideal marksmanship and hunting skill, or comedy for that matter, but whatever floats yer boat I s'pose.

My post was just a sarcastic jibe at the angry American telling everyone on a Canadian gun site to get out of "his hemisphere" and calling them a bunch of Comminists. Nothing more. I guess if he can't take it, he shouldn't dish it out.

I guess the thing that cracks me up is that the guy posts it on here, asking whether everyone sees the "humor" in it (I still dont see the humour in it to be honest) but then when he gets some negative responses, totally loses his cool and starts abusing Canadians, Canadian hunting and generally anyone who doesn't agree with him.

On a side note. I had feral hog meat once when I was staying with family down in Texas. It was a big dissapointment to be honest. Mind you there are certainly no shortage of hogs to kill.

I'm sorry. I don't remember you. You didn't register enough for me to notice yet. What is it that you want?

 

[The ORB]

I'm sorry. I don't remember you. You didn't register enough for me to notice yet. What is it that you want?

I suspect not much does register with you does it Sparky?

Your creative attempts at spelling were certainly amusing, but your video less so.

Why are you so cranky anyway? Not looking forward to life under President Obama?

 

[Corpus]

You want to talk about spelling?

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[Chip]

I want the 11 minutes back that it took to read all these posts.

I enjoy hunting, but that video didn't come across as a good
hunt. Just a bunch of yahoo's shooting a wild hog with a pistol.

 

[Corpus]

I'm sorry Chip, but since your mother named you "Chip" then I'm sure this isn't the worst thing that you have ever suffered. I can not give you back your 11 minutes, but I can give you a free piece of advice; "Change your name to Rock Cockson ASAP!" Thanks for playing.

 

[pottsy]

I'm sorry Chip, but since your mother named you "Chip" then I'm sure this isn't the worst thing that you have ever suffered. I can not give you back your 11 minutes, but I can give you a free piece of advice; "Change your name to Rock Cockson ASAP!" Thanks for playing.

Ok, I admit, that was funnier then the video. (No offence Chip)

 

[Chip]

None taken It was pretty funny.

 

[Grizzlypeg]

What does it take to take down a large feral hog in less time and shots? More time spent in stalking to place the shot appropriately? A firearm with more penetration? Was this hunt a fair depiction of a typical hunt of a large feral hog?

 

[Corpus]

If I were going to track and hunt in scrub like that, then I'd take a .50 Linebaugh. The .50AE is not much better than a 230grn. JHP .45ACP. The Desert Eagle is a sales gimmick gun. It reality it's a poor weapon IMO. They surprised that hog. That doesn't happen all that often, so tracking, etc. there is not much that you can do, but it would have been a 1 or 2 shot kill had they had a REAL .50cal pistol like a Linebaugh instead of a fake .50cal Desert Eagle. It looks like his first shot actually bounced off the hogs skull. That would not have happened with a linebaugh; they kill Buffalo with linebaughs! They are young, they will learn. How many times have you bought a "hot gun" in your youth only to find out how "not hot" it really is compared to something that doesn't look as ###y, but gets the job done?

 

[Brutus]

If I were going to track and hunt in scrub like that, then I'd take a .50 Linebaugh. The .50AE is not much better than a 230grn. JHP .45ACP. The Desert Eagle is a sales gimmick gun. It reality it's a poor weapon IMO. They surprised that hog. That doesn't happen all that often, so tracking, etc. there is not much that you can do, but it would have been a 1 or 2 shot kill had they had a REAL .50cal pistol like a Linebaugh instead of a fake .50cal Desert Eagle. They are young, they will learn. How many times have you bought a "hot gun" in your youth only to find out how "not hot" it really is compared to something that doesn't look as ###y, but gets the job done?

I agree a better hunting arm could easily have been utilized. I also wish they had been in a better position for the first and most important shot.
Certainly a Dan Wesson .44 magnum revolver, loaded to the brink would have been my smallest choice in a handgun, for this heavy duty task.
They should have ditched the hollowpoints too. If they could not have made heavy cast cycle the gas action reliably, a flat/blunt nosed TMJ would have been better for penetration IMHO.

EDIT: Especially considering that first south end? shot.

 

[Suchee]

I want the 11 minutes back that it took to read all these posts.

I enjoy hunting, but that video didn't come across as a good
hunt. Just a bunch of yahoo's shooting a wild hog with a pistol.

Well would you please define a "good hunt", my gawd

I don't know why I'm so surprised there are so many bleeding hearts on this site. I thought, and i"m not sure why in this left wing country, we wouldn't be put down for hurting the defenseless critters!

You guys really need to volunteer at your local farm during calfing season in March....they'd love the help and you'd get over this sensitivity to the poor animals suffering.

Corpus, I wish you put a poll on here to see if the negative opinions to the vid are from people who've actually killed something hunting....... man we used to get rid of cats with shovels on the farm..... omg pls dont faint city folk

 

[sf]

Live and let live. It really is a simple concept to those who understand the meaning of it.

Killing something for fun is never cool, terrorists and harden criminals notwithstanding.

 

[Polar Man]

I agree that killing wild game is necessary, but I have never found it "funny".
I can find it exciting, fun and pretty much something everyone should be able to do.
As far as the desert eagle, use whatever tools you have, it was thick brush and I would not want to swing a long arm around to get a shot at that beast.

 

[Corpus]

I'd go with your recommendation as well Brutus. My suggestion of the .50 Linebaugh is just because NOTHING shy of an elephant or rhino is going to take more than 1 or 2 shots from one of those. These were young men, and probably have seen the Desert Eagle in a bunch of movies, touted as "the most bad-a*s sidearm ever!" They will learn. Everyone needs to keep that in mind. It's like everything else in life: so long as you learn from your mistakes, then they weren't really mistakes; they were learning experiences.

The kid gets high marks for keeping that pistol on the animal under such an extreme encounter. Ultimately, he did alright. He didn't completely miss the hog and allow his fellow trackers to be harmed (which can happen when adrenaline is surging; even with experienced shooters; "The Beast" is fear, and "The Beast" is rarely faced by most men; ask a combat vet what "The Beast" is. He'll tell you that until you face it yourself, you can't really talk with him about it. It's a powerful thing). Scr*w the Hog; it's the PEOPLE who should be at the top of everyone's concern list.

Also, once you're on a hog like that, that close, you don't just turn around and retreat. You become aggressive, and engage, before the Hog makes that decision for you; and they have been known to do that regularly! The boy did just that, and even though he didn't do it 100%. He saved his friends, and got the hog down in a reasonable amount of time. His first shot was an attempt to deal with a bad tactical situation, and because of adrenaline I'll bet, he missed the shot under the left ear, and hit 3 inches too high, bouncing the shot off that thick, thick hog skull! The rest is self-evident.I'll bet he won't be taking that fancy Desert Eagle anywhere but the range after this. LOL.

So far as poll, well, have at it. I'm not sure how to put one in. Feel free to start a new thread. I'll vote on it! Regards.

 

[Brutus]

A good point Corpus, it's easy to get all nit-picky once one has a mit-ful of hunting experience.
The trash talk, easily adrenaline rush explains this. My handgun experience, for target shooting, stops at 44 magnum, that is why I stopped there Corpus. ( I once shot a friend's S&W 500, ONE cylinder full, at this one time)
I wish I had this 'calibre' of hunting excitement at a younger age! It's easy to forget that wild boar can turn the hunt on you!!
If I had the luck to live in a country, that allowed handgun hunting on nasty beasties, and I felt confident in my abilities, for sure I would be doing the same with an adequate arm.
Here I cannot, so the M37 Ithaca Deerslayer Police Special 12 bore was used, (excellent irons/LAPD wedge type sight) with Brennekes slugs.

Cheers...........

 

[Corpus]

Suchee, I figured it out; you got your requested Poll. Lets see what they all say! 5 choices, 10 days.

 

[Woodsman]

How about an option of Yes. The shooter should learn where the kill zone is on a hog! And a finishing shot is administered fast and to the brain.

What a lopsided pole!

 

[Corpus]

That kind of goes under the "No, but it could be handle better" option doesn't it? You want to vote that it is cruel, but if the hunter had not been under the unusual scenario of suprising a HUGE hog, and hand not been young, and had not been under the influence of large doses of adrenaline, and had dropped him in one shot, THEN it would have still been cruel, but handled better? You call that a viewpoint? It's wrong but, it's something wrong that could have been done more right? Stop smoking pot!

 

[Axis Denied]

Thanks, I will try to never shoot a living thing unless abso####inglutely necessary.