All the right reasons to own an M1A with either a green laser illuminator (Cabelas) thats basically a long range very tight beam light, or a thermal scope (very expensive)loaded with 150gr Barnes Triple shocks in a 20 round mag.
get yourself up in a tree cache (tree stand, hunter stand etc) at least 25 feet up in something a brownie cannot pull down or a blackie cannot climb, have a 15 lb propane tank and a heater or haul some batteries in and use some heated clothing.
use bait, yeah thats where you need to be imaginative.
Read all about those feral hog hunters down south and just adapt for the environment. I have lost several of my cats over the years, some I suspect to eagles, some I suspect to a fox or wolf. I have no love for wolves here in Alaska, maybe way out on the northern range yes, but not in my neighborhood.
I would send my expensive cordless, long distance, hole makers :
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“Schirroco 180grain .308”
Or
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“ Hornady 300 Whisper® A-Max® .308 Remington 208-Grain
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I love my dogs and care about them so much, only the best will do for them.
Besides, they’re babies and probably couldn’t fend for themselves.
That’s what I’m for.... I Would Go “Medieval” on that bass tuhrd”.