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<blockquote data-quote="DUCKMAN11" data-source="post: 3009057" data-attributes="member: 122313"><p>I get what you are saying. And if I had to chose between 1 round of Grendel or 1 round of 77gr 5.56 to make 1 shot on a hog to put meat in the freezer AND head shots weren't an option...... yes the Grendel gives you a higher margin of error.</p><p></p><p>But why spend $2 on buzzard food when I can do the same thing for 65 cents? I'm not going to say that I don't like killing hogs or that I don't like shooting my bigger and more capable rifles at hogs. But when your camp could shoot a dozen hogs every weekend and not put a dent in them, you kinda start looking at the "long game". How can I kill as many hogs as possible for the least amount of money possible. It's not about stacking up a pile for a photo..... 90% of the reason I shoot a pig is because of how they will destroy an already fragile west Texas ecosystem. The other 10% is because the little ones taste good and bullet testing. I shoot pigs so that everything from deer down to horny toads have a better chance of thriving.</p><p></p><p>One of my larger rifles like my 300prc is batting dang near 1000 on hogs.... but why spend $4 on a cartridge when I can do it for 65 cents?</p><p></p><p>Why spend money on fuel and insurance and tires on a mustang to drive to a job that you hate and don't want to be doing in the first place when that crapbox Prius will do it for half the cost? </p><p></p><p>Think like a government hunter who gets paid by number of animals killed THEN take the payment aspect out of the equation. </p><p></p><p>I will put it to you like this........ we have seriously looked into poison but there isn't enough good data for me to put those types of chemicals into our ecosystem. </p><p></p><p>As much as they are a great target of opportunity and good training aids for young or novice hunters.... if I could flip a switch and make every hog within 50mi of our place dissappear I would do it in a heartbeat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DUCKMAN11, post: 3009057, member: 122313"] I get what you are saying. And if I had to chose between 1 round of Grendel or 1 round of 77gr 5.56 to make 1 shot on a hog to put meat in the freezer AND head shots weren't an option...... yes the Grendel gives you a higher margin of error. But why spend $2 on buzzard food when I can do the same thing for 65 cents? I'm not going to say that I don't like killing hogs or that I don't like shooting my bigger and more capable rifles at hogs. But when your camp could shoot a dozen hogs every weekend and not put a dent in them, you kinda start looking at the "long game". How can I kill as many hogs as possible for the least amount of money possible. It's not about stacking up a pile for a photo..... 90% of the reason I shoot a pig is because of how they will destroy an already fragile west Texas ecosystem. The other 10% is because the little ones taste good and bullet testing. I shoot pigs so that everything from deer down to horny toads have a better chance of thriving. One of my larger rifles like my 300prc is batting dang near 1000 on hogs.... but why spend $4 on a cartridge when I can do it for 65 cents? Why spend money on fuel and insurance and tires on a mustang to drive to a job that you hate and don't want to be doing in the first place when that crapbox Prius will do it for half the cost? Think like a government hunter who gets paid by number of animals killed THEN take the payment aspect out of the equation. I will put it to you like this........ we have seriously looked into poison but there isn't enough good data for me to put those types of chemicals into our ecosystem. As much as they are a great target of opportunity and good training aids for young or novice hunters.... if I could flip a switch and make every hog within 50mi of our place dissappear I would do it in a heartbeat. [/QUOTE]
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