Wild Boar from New Zealand

maple_leaf_eh said:
The right click properties of the image indicate a photobucket account to "SSAkiwi". No one immediately jumped to notice on a Goofle search by that name, but lots of stuff on NZ SAS regiment and zombies, as well as someone calling himself "SAKiwi" ... but "SSAkiwi" is tagged to images on photobucket and which have been posted in the 'Arrived today' forum on CGN. (He may walk among us ....)
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SSAKiwi is me, I took the picture from a guides site in Taranaki New Zealand.
Here is a video, I remember that type of bush well!
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Gibbs505 said:
SSAKiwi is me, I took the picture from a guides site in Taranaki New Zealand.
Here is a video, I remember that type of bush well!
[youtube]/W1ZXJpdYmTE[/youtube]
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That looks miserable! Slipping and bouncing from one creekbank to the next. If the site is in NZ, we have to believe the pig is one of theirs. Back to the original question - what to use? Something with lots of terminal energy for short range. I think a .300 WM is big, but with the physiology of a mature pig, you wouldn't be too cautious.
 
maple_leaf_eh said:
I'm going to guess it is a very small truck and the lens is putting a lot of distortion on the picture ....

As for cartridges, the average American hog shooter uses his deer rifle, or shotgun with slugs. The Europeans have domestic game laws which might put a bottom on whatever they are allowed to shoot. However, they seem to like big fullbore cartridges.

An animal that size has more hard muscle than you would imagine. Good solid or expanding bullets fired at robust velocities should do the trick. There are plenty of stories of wounded swine charging the hunting stand, so whatever you choose it has to have plenty of terminal energy.
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Doesn't matter, it's still a huge pig. Anything from .243 up will kill it just swell.
 
^In the type of country 505Gibbs shows here, I would feel very comfortable with a levergun in 35 Remington or a 356 Winchester. Number One choices.
Or maybe a 30-30 or a 44 Magnum with heaviest bullets, if you keep your shots within effective distances? Perhaps, number three.
A 308 or 7/08 carbine as number two.
 
In Texas the 300blk subsonic is gaining popularity for boar hunting.
On youtube one guy shoots boars with a 22 at night. Not this big though.
 
Gibbs505 said:
In my reading of a few site involving pig hunting in NZ, the 243 is NOT recommended due to problems with bullet performance.
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That has been my experience, .243 is all right as a bail gun, but a 44 or 3030 is better, this for very close range work, and you don't want full penetration, as you might hit a dog on the other side, I used a 22 mag in the back of the head, but did have a failure a couple times.
.243 even with a stout bullet, cant be relied on to penetrate a big boar's shoulder shield, I have shot a big boar 230lbs approx. that had a .243 bullet. stuck in the hard gristle on the shoulder, but who knows, how far and what bullet was used.
 
i have seen them shot them with the following
308 DRT @300 yards shoulder shot
223 various results from various distances, DRT to doing a runner,head shot chest shots
7.62x39 DRT 60 yd neck shot and done a runner shoulder shot 120 yds
30 06 DRT 50 yds
300 win mag 25yds shoulder shot done a runner
338 lapua 350yds chest shot done a runner

various pigs from 40lb to 500lb
 
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