Texas Hog Caliber Qirstion

[ebb]

^^^^^^ Polk County deputy told a guy with a caught hog to release it he argued that it would injure him. Deputy insisted, I heard it was over 100 stiches to close him up. Anything that happens to you when being detained is the LEOs responsibility. Cost Polk County a lot of money. Small hogs are no threat over 60-70 lbs they can be tough to deal with. Ive seen 2 or 3 in the wild as big as the one in the picture with Mike 402. My hog rifle was a 30-06. A Florida Wildlife Com. officer told a few of us, about cleaning a big bore that had numerous 22 RF bullets and buckshot in the gristle shield around the ribs.

 

[Oso]

Just because you said Texas: 44 Magnum in a lever action!

My first hog hunt was almost 40 years ago back before hog hunting was a real thing in Texas. It was a guided hunt by a couple of cowboys using dogs with radio collars on a large ranch west of Kerrville. This hunt was the perfect excuse for my Dad … we all needed a new firearm chambered in .44 Mag. In the weeks leading up to the hunt we attended every gun show within a reasonable distance and religiously scoured the classified section of the Houston Chronicle to find what we wanted/needed. Each of my brothers and I still own our Dan Wesson .44 revolvers from this hunt. My kid brother had to use a .44 lever gun because we didn’t trust him enough with the big revolvers

The internet really saves time BUT eliminates the justification for some fun road trips to exotic places like Conroe, Richmond Rosenberg, Pasadena, and many other legacy regional gun shows!

 

[Jack O'Connor]

Florida has plenty of wild hogs, too. 30-30 is a keeper! Jack