5.56mm
saw the word feral at a glance ... thought of obamas sons
People around here have been releasing pigs into the national forest so they can be hunted.
Rather than killing the hogs. I have a solution. Capture them and then plant them in Iran, Iraq, Afganistan and any other obnoxious Islamic country.
Hogs in Florida are a particularly attractive prey animal in that any “tactical” rig can be used to hunt them. No limits on magazine capacity.
This allows the hobbyist to “shakedown” their rig in real world conditions.
That's my favorite caliber period. Cheap (relatively for a 30 cal. round), plentiful, powerful and good range. I'll take a .308 over a .223 any day of the week.
“Invasive critters ranging from wild boars to constrictor snakes are taking over America.”
Tell me about it. There’s a poisonous snake from Kenya that has even taken up residence in the White House.
On my land they are shoot-on-site along with coyotes.
A buddy and I went hog hunting on his parents’ farm in -, TX. Wandered into a field of peanuts and found a group of 20-30 of them having a morning snack.
We both set up and started firing, and the piggies scattered to the winds like you wouldn’t believe. I had a 45-70 lever, and was having trouble figuring out how much to lead the critters when I got lucky and one turned direct away from me, and at about 150 yards, I hit it in the backside and the buffalo round went clean through the pig and out the front end. The results were quite dramatic.
My buddy was shooting an AR10 that had a marginal scope on it, and not having much luck either. The pigs that had run off to the right had gotten away, and I had used up my 5 shots and didn’t have the presence of mind to reload (adrenaline).
I looked over to his left and saw a bunch of pigs stand up and start running to the left (since it had gotten quiet) and tapped him on the shoulder and pointed. He commenced to firing, and managed to hit one in the spine. He ended up having to finish it off with his .44.
All told, we learned a few things, which is why I’m bothering to tell this story.
1: At ... fps, it takes your average 308 or 45-70 round ... seconds to reach a pig at 150 yards. During which time, said pig travels about 6 ft, at 30MPH. We figured out that I was probably shooting *behind* them. (I was aiming 2 ft in front of the head.)
2: As told to us by one of the local constabulary, a high capacity semi-auto with some punch is the preferred tool for the job. Bolt action and such are fine for deer hunting, but this isn’t deer hunting.
3: The pack of pigs we shot at pretty much split and went far to the left and right of us. In retrospect, I’m glad they didn’t start running toward us. That could have gotten ugly.
Anyway, just thought I’d share that little bit of outdoor “adventure” with you. Enjoy!
We go by a place on the way to the Northern Neck of Virgina called “Hog Heaven”. It’s a slaughter house.