Pig Hunters

[wadragracing]

rant

Now I'm not a greenie by any means, but what the fuck is with people releasing feral pigs into the bush for the sole reason that they can then go back to shoot them? How much of a fucking hick do you have to be? There's stories on it from time to time. When I was in uni a guy did a story on it based on a guy he got talking to in a pub, this lot are fucking nuts.

/rant

Just needed to get that off my chest. :fart:

[Skitzo]

i do the same with tourists..... ultimate adrenalin rush

[DRKWRX]

probaly makes em feel like there a man? dunno hey

[JazRad]

lol when i first read this i was thinking cops obviously not !

[locote]

Theres even a magazine ' Pig Hunter'

A guy i used to work with hunts...

Follows the trail of shit to get them... Apparently pigs literally shit them selves when they are been hunted...

HAHAH...
His a full on Hick too hahahha
He gets his dogs chase them,, his apparently lost 2 dogs to the things hahah...

His such a tool!!!!

[RICEY]

yeah poor pigs, they should be using coons. nobody would complain then.

[adrenalin]

Coons would be easier to track.

Dont have to follow shit trails just the smell of shit and the words " fuck you pingpingpingping" every 2 secs

[mek]

hunting feral pigs is meant to be pretty hardcore. They can be well dangerous.

When I was in NZ a couple of years ago my ex took me to meet her sisters father in law on his farm...he had proper pig dogs all in cages, fucking wild viscious things but they all had huge gouges out of them from pig hunts. He was a wild man too...fed the dogs on horse meat that he had slaughtered.

Crazy...

[locote]

Wild pigs can F*&^ u up bad!!!!!
Mate from Sydney worked for some wildlife control place and they used to hunt them from choppers..
He had few close calls when they did it on the ground...
Pigs wont hesitate to go ya and then eat you!!!

[Joe]

Hunting is fun all around, I havent gone for a while but now I'm keen to get out there again.

From my small amount of shooting experience, there are two things you really need to remember when shooting pigs.

1. Make sure your gun is powerful enough. Forget low powered rifles, they will do fark all. A .223 high powered won't do shit and even a .243 will have trouble dropping a wild pig if you don't hit it in the right place. If you just glance it or wound it, it'll get angry and run at you. .270 or .308 with hollow tip rounds will drop it like a sack of shit, or at the very least, blow a fuckin huge hole in the pig which will be enough to get it down on the ground.

2. Make sure your shooting partner carries a close range weapon i.e. shotgun. Shot in one barrel, slug in the other. If that c*nt charges at you, you want to spray it head on so it doesn't get anywhere near you, and once its down, use the slug to finish it off. If your partner hasn't got the best aim, forget the slug and go with shot in both barrels, then finish it off at close range with your rifle. NEVER GO PIG SHOOTING WITHOUT A PIG DOG, OR ANOTHER PERSON.

Keep those two things in mind and you'll be sweet :)

[Lonewolf]

good tips joe, im sure that theres an antliag hunt day 1.0 coming up soon? haha
You havent been hunting til you've done it with a .50cal though :D

releasing pigs to hunt is dodgy, hunting ones already feral is good.

[Joe]

Hahaha, nah I've not been too far out in the sticks, so I don't get the chance to use any big cal weapons as the properties we go to aren't big enough...I don't own guns, I use my friends, and none of them are licensed above a .308.

Feral pig shooting ftw, releasing pigs for shooting isn't on IMHO.

[pgc]

Joe, my father owns 5 guns. One of which is a lever-action 0.3855 (but actually fires a 0.375). Side loading magazine too.

Elephant gun FTW!

[Lonewolf]

Hahaha, nah I've not been too far out in the sticks, so I don't get the chance to use any big cal weapons as the properties we go to aren't big enough...I don't own guns, I use my friends, and none of them are licensed above a .308.

Feral pig shooting ftw, releasing pigs for shooting isn't on IMHO.

yeah, the .50cal was just for fun, dropping pigs around a watering hole at 1km = dang.

pgc: sounds like the gun the hunter in Jumanji used :D

[Joe]

Joe, my father owns 5 guns. One of which is a lever-action 0.3855 (but actually fires a 0.375). Side loading magazine too.

Elephant gun FTW!

What does he go shooting for with that? Can understand why he would have changed the barrel from a .38-55 to a .375, probably a bit hard to get ammo for it.

[pgc]

He used to drop (read: decimate) 'roos with it. But now it's just for target practice.

I had a piece of 8mm plate steel that he hit with it once. It didn't pierce it, of course, but the dent was rather severe.

[Joe]

Hahaha yeah would have fucked them up good and proper.

Shooting a roo at some distance, depending on the projectile used, you can actually leave a clean hole straight through it. Some will hop away not realising they've been shot, only to die later on when they run out of blood!

Hollow point ftw :D

[pgc]

Shooting a roo at some distance, depending on the projectile used, you can actually leave a clean hole straight through it.

Which is what his 0.22 Hornet is for!

[Joe]

HAHA!! Thats because small cal high powered rifles actually have a higher projectile velocity than most rifles.

[vy ss ute m6]

i do the same with tourists..... ultimate adrenalin rush

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[mek]

yeah, the .50cal was just for fun, dropping pigs around a watering hole at 1km = dang.

No offence but I find that extremely hard to believe...unless you happen to be a millitary trained sniper.

[Joe]

With a decent sight thats dialled in properly and a steady place to rest the gun barrel, its actually not that hard.

Need to compensate for projectile drop too, but a high powered weapon has much less of this, than something with less power....after a while you learn how much to compensate too.

You've got more time to steady yourself too and aim properly, because the pigs won't be able to see you and won't run away, unlike when you're hunting at a close range and you risk making noise which will startle the animal.

[TJ]

Joe, my father owns 5 guns. One of which is a lever-action 0.3855 (but actually fires a 0.375). Side loading magazine too.

Elephant gun FTW!

Ive always told you how much respect I have for you and your father, right?

No need to get guns involved :wave:

This thread reminded me of Borat for some reason

"In kazaksthan we no hunt the bears"

"why"

"because we shoot them all"

:D

[pgc]

Ive always told you how much respect I have for you and your father, right?

No, not really.

Start talking..... :mad:

[TJ]

Well you know... look over there!

*runs*

[mek]

With a decent sight thats dialled in properly and a steady place to rest the gun barrel, its actually not that hard.

Need to compensate for projectile drop too, but a high powered weapon has much less of this, than something with less power....after a while you learn how much to compensate too.

You've got more time to steady yourself too and aim properly, because the pigs won't be able to see you and won't run away, unlike when you're hunting at a close range and you risk making noise which will startle the animal.

Sorry but thats incorrect.

At ranges like that you need to take into account a whole variety of different things, it's not as simple as putting the cross hair on the target and pulling the trigger.

Need to account for wind, sun, bullet drop (7.62 round will drop by about 9" per 100m after 700m or so). And...it's not that easy to shoot properly anyway, considering body shaking, breathing, trigger action, rife stability etc.

Most british military snipers will average a range of less than 800m for kills...your average joe blogs would find it near impossible in my opinion to make a kill at 1000m.

[pgc]

Well you know... look over there!

*runs*

:lol:

[Muppet_Guy]

Yeah, you people should watch Shooter (the movie), the DVD has some interesting facts in the special features section about the art of sniping, quite intreresting. But yeah, wind changes, humidity, and what mek has mentioned above is 100% correct. I also seriously doubt a Jow Blow will be able to hit a target 1 kilometre away, unless it's a huge motherfarking target like a building or something...

[SimonR32]

ill bring my 0.177 air rifle from work

will own a pig, single shot... no dog or partner needed

[Cochee]

ill bring my 0.177 air rifle from work

will own a pig, single shot... no dog or partner needed

What sort of work do you do where you need a gun?

Hitman?

[TJ]

What sort of work do you do where you need a gun?

Hitman?

Rapist, his gun uses tranquiliser darts.

[SimonR32]

yeah beacuse i clearly dont get enough flange... i need to rape

[addicted.to.speed]

oh no.. those poor pigs.. maybe we should all become vegetarian and donate money to an animal protection organisation..

*end of sarcasm*

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[flamo_damo]

I will own all of you with my gun I borrowed from Q-Zar, thats right pigs or no pigs I will kill lol

Edit: Fucking lol to above post haha

[wadragracing]

For the record shooting feral pigs FTW, releasing them into the wild for your own fun FTL is what I as getting at, as Joe said.

[RICEY]

What if you catch a feral one then let him go then catch him again?

:D

[addicted.to.speed]

For the record shooting feral pigs FTW, releasing them into the wild for your own fun FTL is what I as getting at, as Joe said.

same same
did you cry when you watched babe?

[pgc]

same same
did you cry when you watched babe?

Sorry but Luke's right. Feral FTW, captive FTL.

[Joe]

At ranges like that you need to take into account a whole variety of different things, it's not as simple as putting the cross hair on the target and pulling the trigger.

Need to account for wind, sun, bullet drop (7.62 round will drop by about 9" per 100m after 700m or so). And...it's not that easy to shoot properly anyway, considering body shaking, breathing, trigger action, rife stability etc.

Most british military snipers will average a range of less than 800m for kills...your average joe blogs would find it near impossible in my opinion to make a kill at 1000m.


What I'm trying to say is, you don't have to be a sniper to be able to do it.

Last time I was out, I dropped a big roo at around 500m (as measured by the 4wd we were in) from a ground shot resting the gun barrel on a log. Was using a .270, got it pretty spot on too. Aimed above the head and smashed it through the side of its throat. Most people fuck it up when they pull the trigger too hard or too quickly and end up moving the gun ever so slightly. It needs to be done nice and steady (I'm sure you know this, you sound knowledgable). 500m isnt 1km, but see where I'm going with this?

I've not shot anything over that sort of range, but my mates went out a few weekends after and shot some goats at about that distance from the top of a gorge up North. I've seen the videos and the photos.

Takes some practice, but its not unheard of! Need to know your weapon because the biggest aspect is the drop of the bullet. Also, you don't do it every time....you might miss half the time, which is why you carry lots of ammo...so you can do it again and again until you do hit what you're aiming for :)

I'm no expert though and I'm not going to argue with you either, you sound like you know what you're talking about :)

Also for the record, snipers are aiming at a much smaller target than most hunters. Where a hunter would be happy to hit the animal at all i.e. a hit on the body means they can pursue and take another shot, or the animal might bleed to death...where as a sniper is aiming for a one shot kill i.e. heart or head, which is a MUCH smaller target.

[V70R]

No offence but I find that extremely hard to believe...unless you happen to be a millitary trained sniper.
Its possible but with a scope.

On the rifle mound at Northam which is 500m we were getting a good cluster with a SLR 7.62. unscoped. Effective range is 700m before the round will start to drop. Proper sighting will correct for this.

btw, a .22 pop gun will bounce straight of a wild pigs head.

[Slip_]

ill bring my 0.177 air rifle from work

will own a pig, single shot... no dog or partner needed

hahaha

only time you'll get me breaking out wanton death is if i had to eat.

[Lonewolf]

Also for the record, snipers are aiming at a much smaller target than most hunters. Where a hunter would be happy to hit the animal at all i.e. a hit on the body means they can pursue and take another shot, or the animal might bleed to death...where as a sniper is aiming for a one shot kill i.e. heart or head, which is a MUCH smaller target.

True, its not like it was a headshot, nor did i verify the range myself, it seemed accurate and was what the shooter had written down (small notepad featuring ranges, windage adjustments etc).
This is a very experienced shooter, from a benchrest, in a shielded valley, to a precisely picked location (local watering hole). He reloads his own ammo, so probably had the bullet and powder down to the exact grain too.

Eye opening experience to say the least, the pig was seriously fucked, even at that range.

[TJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOJW5GS0zL4