Chambering and ammo recommendations for first deer and hog hunt in central TX

[308win]

If that is a 200lbs hog, I have been woefully under estimating my hog weights!
The black band also makes me think a close generation to the Hampshire breed.
I agree, a hit in the neck inline with the snout and below the ear is a DRT button!

I don't know why, maybe it's the phone angle, but every picture I take of a pig does it no justice. That's why I put my foot down there to give it some reference. I wouldn't believe it either if somebody showed me that picture. I've killed enough pigs and weighed enough pigs to get pretty darn close on weights......I'll give in a say 195lbs

 

[GrantW]

Hogs aren't hard to kill at all when you dome them. That said, last year and this year I took several with a 6.5 shooting factory nosler 140 ballistic tips. I wouldn't over think them. Any reputable factory ammo should do the trick. See what the gun likes. I've killed piles of pigs with plain Jane cup and core bullets.

 

[Brathany]

I don't know why, maybe it's the phone angle, but every picture I take of a pig does it no justice. That's why I put my foot down there to give it some reference. I wouldn't believe it either if somebody showed me that picture. I've killed enough pigs and weighed enough pigs to get pretty darn close on weights......I'll give in a say 195lbs

You too with the foot! Great minds! What you think this girl weighed?

These angle pics do make them look smaller I agree.

 

[MTGEEZER]

You too with the foot! Great minds! What you think this girl weighed?
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These angle pics do make them look smaller I agree.

I will "guess" 301.274 pounds and emphatically state that she will not ever get any heavier!

 

[Jon Bischof]

I can recommend Norma Whitetail.
I used Ammo Inc. Accubond to drt a hog, but they are not available anymore. This year I will be trying Norma Tipstrike. All 6.5 Creedmoor
I would not hesitate to use Fusions either.

 

[RayRayMoney]

Thanks for all the advice y'all! Ended up going with the 6.5 suppressed and Hornady precision hunter 143 eldx and ended up with a successful first hunt!

 

[308win]

You too with the foot! Great minds! What you think this girl weighed?
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These angle pics do make them look smaller I agree.

Ha, can't fool me.....that's a Guinea pig with a Ken doll foot next to it Holy hell, what are you feeding those things? She's a solid block from her front end to the rear. I think you could get away with a 2 minute of pig rifle on that one? A lot of the ones we get don't have big waist lines, look more like linebackers. My son shot this one a year ago, he weighed 210lbs, but was long as a wagon track. My son is 6'4", the pigs nose is touching the ground. And yes, great minds do think a like!

 

[Brathany]

Ha, can't fool me.....that's a Guinea pig with a Ken doll foot next to it Holy hell, what are you feeding those things? She's a solid block from her front end to the rear. I think you could get away with a 2 minute of pig rifle on that one? A lot of the ones we get don't have big waist lines, look more like linebackers. My son shot this one a year ago, he weighed 210lbs, but was long as a wagon track. My son is 6'4", the pigs nose is touching the ground. And yes, great minds do think a like!

She was a stout sow! Yup! They come short & stout or like your Son's in the picture! Typically boars are modeled like that linebacker form!

 

[Brathany]

Thanks for all the advice y'all! Ended up going with the 6.5 suppressed and Hornady precision hunter 143 eldx and ended up with a successful first hunt! View attachment 615999View attachment 616000

Congrats on the deer! I hate to break it to you though, that second pic ain't a hog!

 

[RayRayMoney]

Congrats on the deer! I hate to break it to you though, that second pic ain't a hog!

target of opportunity

 

[Brathany]

target of opportunity

"DNR has left the conversation…"

 

[RayRayMoney]

We're in season and rifle is legal in the great republic of Tejas