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You're completely right, but that's for game animals. I can shoot varmints with a belt fed, if I had one. No holds barred on those.
Re OP:The more I read about feral hogs the less sportsmanlike I feel. I was outraged when I saw a video of shooting them from a helicopter. But after reading more I think there ought to be a bounty on them and have one of those January 1 to December 31 hunting seasons for them.Terry
That map is 15 years old. I bet they're more extensive now.
The perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility.
Also to reply to the title question: anything beltfed in a battle rifle caliber or .50 BMG. Artillery. IEDs. To hell with them.
A standard 20" AR with m855 enough gun or do I need something with more umph and/or starting with a 3?
Politicians and bureaucrats are considered productive if they swarm the populace like a plague of locust, devouring all substance in their path and leaving a swath of destruction like a firestorm. The technical term is "bipartisanship".
...An ex GF says the only way one can eat them is when they're really young - some kind of Mexican recipe i forgot the name of
As a young boy I learned a 16ga Ithaca, with the plug out, loaded with alternating squirrel shot and 00 buck would do the job, at close range, using all 5 4 rounds in rapid succession.
That starts with a 5. 5.56mm, to be obvious.
Considering how quick they breed and mature, yes. Need to kill +70% annually just to keep them in check iirc.
A friend of a friend of mine had the contract for controlling the feral hog population in Myakka River state park. Said that he had to remove 30 per month just to keep the population in check.
I'm curious about what they do with the carcasses. Just let them lie there? Call in a backhoe ? (Yeah, sure.) Pick them up for disposal elsewhere?