Shot placement is always an important factor! I always strive for a one-shot humane kill, and pass on situations where that seems unlikely. But with iguana I read that a good air rifle firing a pellet to the head will do the job. For an adult wild hog I think a .308 is the minimum I would consider using, preferably with a strongly constructed bullet like the all copper Barnes or the like.
They have the ability to form an armored shell of bristles laminated with pine resin, and are likely to hunt the hunters. Greg -----Original Message----- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Curt Raymond via Mercedes Sent: Monday, July 02, 2018 10:44 AM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Curt Raymond; fmiser Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Would taste good with some pepper jelly I guess based on the way my cousins hunt moose. For perspective dad and I have shot a total of 3 moose with a total of 3 shots. Hit 'em in the shoulder, they go down. My cousins (black sheep of the family) have shot 5 or 6 moose with a total of something like 90 shots. One time there were 4 of them lined up on a woods road blazing away. The moose finally got bored and walked away. They found it a day later with its guts hanging out, it bled to death, they never hit anything really vital... -Curt On Monday, July 2, 2018, 1:39:40 PM EDT, fmiser via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Greg wrote: > > > > When I first read about the Florida infestation my question > > was: why not take advantage of the free food? > Curt wrote: > I wonder the same thing about the wild hog problem down south. > It amazes me that there aren't enough hunters to fix, or at > least put a dent in the problem... Could make a dent in the hunters too. From folks who should know, I hear that hunting razorbacks is more dangerous than hunting bears or mountain lions. It sounds like iguana hunting is not quite so risky. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
