Hog Hunting with Airgun

[ezmuzic]

So do people use airgun for hog hunting? I have some pretty big hog traveling through the conservation area at the end of the yard and I often wonder is a quiet airgun would take these out! We bow hunt so that would be quiet enough to dispatch them but they do howl a lot when hit!

 

[smythsg]

With proper shot placement... you bet!

 

[RM.510bigbore]

Head shots should do the trick.

 

[N2 Shooter]

This is the thing. Big bore high powered airguns are loud. Really loud! Like hearing protecting loud!

As you can see my 200 fpe Bulldog .357s have suppressors on them to tame these beast. If you get a Texan or Hammer or Something, make certain to budget a Suppressor into the equation.

 

[ezmuzic]

This is the thing. Big bore high powered airguns are loud. Really loud! Like hearing protecting loud!

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As you can see my 200 fpe Bulldog .357s have suppressors on them to tame these beast. If you get a Texan or Hammer or Something, make certain to budget a Suppressor into the equation.

That's some serious setup right there.

 

[ezmuzic]

With proper shot placement... you bet!

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Good shooting.

 

[Ezana4CE]

So do people use airgun for hog hunting? I have some pretty big hog traveling through the conservation area at the end of the yard and I often wonder is a quiet airgun would take these out! We bow hunt so that would be quiet enough to dispatch them but they do howl a lot when hit!

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@ezmuzic Yes they do. Ask this guy @AirArcher66 he’s killed plenty and with arrows from airguns. Check out one of his threads

Arrow launcher Hog hunt.

So last week I finished this build https://www.airgunnation.com/threads/small-light-open-sight-arrow-gun.1267057/ Today I took her for the maiden hunt. I had a boar and a saw come down from the opposite slope to where I was hanging out, for a minute I thought once they got to the gulch...

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@AncientSword is another member to ask about this topic. Here’s one of his threads

Hunting hogs in FL

@AncientSword Y’all stay safe, enjoy the hunt, and keep us posted when you can. Sounds like there are enough out there to bag a couple. Shoot em good. If you have a moment, can we see pictures of some of the terrain? That is, if you have permission from the property owner(s) to post photos of...

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In fact if you use the AGN search function and type keywords “hog hunt” there should be plenty of threads that pop up on the topic with members using various types and calibers of airguns.

 

[N2 Shooter]

That's some serious setup right there.

That's just proof I have a very understanding wife!

I've never used them for hog hunting, but they put raccoons down definitively!

 

[ezmuzic]

@ezmuzic Yes they do. Ask this guy @AirArcher66 he’s killed plenty and with arrows from airguns. Check out one of his threads

Arrow launcher Hog hunt.

So last week I finished this build https://www.airgunnation.com/threads/small-light-open-sight-arrow-gun.1267057/ Today I took her for the maiden hunt. I had a boar and a saw come down from the opposite slope to where I was hanging out, for a minute I thought once they got to the gulch...

www.airgunnation.com

@AncientSword is another member to ask about this topic. Here’s one of his threads

Hunting hogs in FL

@AncientSword Y’all stay safe, enjoy the hunt, and keep us posted when you can. Sounds like there are enough out there to bag a couple. Shoot em good. If you have a moment, can we see pictures of some of the terrain? That is, if you have permission from the property owner(s) to post photos of...

www.airgunnation.com

In fact if you use the AGN search function and type keywords “hog hunt” there should be plenty of threads that pop up on the topic with members using various types and calibers of airguns.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[ezmuzic]

That's just proof I have a very understanding wife!

I've never used them for hog hunting, but they put raccoons down definitively!

Wowzers, down and out, nice shooting.

 

[Ezana4CE]

@ezmusic No problem. There are some good and entertaining threads on the forums. I forgot to mention @JFCHARRUA he put together some great hog hunting with airgun videos. Here’s a thread he created. https://www.airgunnation.com/threads/new-hog-hunt-with-the-huben-22-and-now-with-subtitles.964719/

 

[Nomadic Pirate 66]

So do people use airgun for hog hunting? I have some pretty big hog traveling through the conservation area at the end of the yard and I often wonder is a quiet airgun would take these out! We bow hunt so that would be quiet enough to dispatch them but they do howl a lot when hit!

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Not a problem........with the right shot placement a solid .25 .30 or even .22 as long you do everithing right and put that pellet in the brain they will go down without a sound or a step.


But once again you really need to do your research in how and where to put that pellet.

 

[durbs75]

Sure do. Texan .457 CF TX2

 

[Nomadic Pirate 66]

Here is a perfect example of patience until the shot presents itself.

This guy is a solid Boar and i was using an Evanix .25 shooting 28gr Benjamin pellets in the 55-60 FPE range,

for a good 10 minutes he was not giving me the shot ( to much of an angle on the side brain shot ) then he changed position and finally gave me a perfect square brain shot and at that point the pellet was on its way to the precise spot chosen.

 

[BlackICE]

Superb shot placement and that was one big hog.

 

[Nomadic Pirate 66]

Superb shot placement and that was one big hog.

Thanks, yup that was a solid muscular boar.

Shot placement is paramount, you don't really need tht much power if the shot is in the right place.


Check out this young but not so small boar at all go down with a Baracuda .177 shot from a Disco at 17 FPE

 

[SlimPlinkins]

That is incredible. Both of those porkers got parked instantly. Where are you hitting them? I can’t quite tell from the video.

 

[Airgun-Revisions]

Yup

 

[Nomadic Pirate 66]

That is incredible. Both of those porkers got parked instantly. Where are you hitting them? I can’t quite tell from the video.

Yup incredible and something that if you tell outsidethe airgun world most will call you a lier.

Equidistant on a line between the eye and the ear,....when I get back from work I pull up some pictures with the spot shown, I might even pull up a bunch more Big boars taken with small cslibers airguns

 

[Chukar60]

AirArcher, excellent display of patience and discipline.