Who ever decided the rules of engagement, for the hog hunt, wanted to make sure the hogs had more than a fair chance. I hope the hunters do not regret the rules.
The only wild hogs I have killed have been shot with a big bore handgun. Sometimes you feel like the pig has you by the toe. Oncoming boars can absorb a lot of bullet, in a vital area, and seem not be be bothered. Scary when you are on a level field with one. Head shots work well but a boars head is no easy thing to hit if they are coming at you.
My hunting partner had one charge years ago while he was shooting a .44. He had just dispatched one when a second one came at him from directly behind him. He got three shots off in less than 30 yards. First shot was a perfect hit on the chest, straight on, made the boar mad. Second shot broke his right shoulder, made the boar madder. Third bullet was into the brain, killed the boar, but the boars was so close his momentum ran him into the right knee of my friend. Long surgery later he was walking again. Back the next year for more boar hunting.
Let me put it this way, if deer could do what boars can do there would only be sober hunters and not that many of them on opening day. Fools, children and drunks would soon be weeded out by the hogs. And those forced to use buckshot would I am afraid go first. So if you have to use the stuff, use the largest pellet you can and limit your shots.
