Every year, many hunters enjoy doing some wild boar hunting to take a break from deer hunting or during the off-season. This is actually a good thing. Wild boars are seen as pests in many places and their meat is very tasty and a perfect way to re-stock your freezer.
There is one little problem, however. Most people who go hunting for wild boar are usually deer hunters and don’t really know how to hunt these wild pigs effectively. Where do you shoot the boar? What type of gun should you use? Well, I am here to answer these questions for you, so stick around.
Experienced deer hunters of course know where to shoot a deer to get a clean, humane kill. However, the boar’s vitals are not in the same place as deer’s. For example, if you shoot for where the deer’s lungs would be, you would almost certainly get a belly shot. That would be particularly inhumane. Almost all of the important organs in a boar are located near the front shoulders. The best place to aim your shot would be in the shoulder area. The lower the better, because the heart is very low on the body, just make sure you don’t aim so low that you place the bullet underneath the boar. The head is also a decent place to aim, but remember that the hog’s brain is a very small target and is protected by a thick skull. You would need a pretty heavy duty bullet to penetrate it.
Speaking of bullets, www.outdooradventuresguide.com recommends using heavy ammo types but not necessarily the heaviest available for a given cartridge. For example, 180-grain bullets are perfect for your 30-06 and a 300-grain jacketed bullet will work very well with a 45-70. The main thing to keep in mind here is that boars are much tougher than deer and the ammo you normally use against deer sometimes will not be enough. Boars have a thick layer of fat and gristle surrounding their body and there are numerous tales of soft bullets actually flattening against the side of mature wild boars. And there is nothing worse than a pissed off wild boar.
Hopefully this article has helped you learn more about wild boar hunting techniques. It is by no means the best source out there, but if you are an experienced deer hunting trying out boar hunting for the first time, just keep these two tips in mind and you will do just fine.
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