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Texas pig hunt/.223
My father in law is taking me on a texas pig hunt, and I really want to shoot my 223. Anyone know if it is a legal caliber for taking hogs in TX. Also alll I have are 30 rd mags?
Not sure of TX regs but I do know hig hunting...I would go bigger than .223 Anticipating all head shots on moving targets ranging up to 400+ lbs is setting yourself up for failure. Think 125gr bullets and up. 300 Whisper/Blackout is nice.
Yeah that is what I was kinda worried about. Went hunting their last year, and used a 30-30 without issues
Don't do what I did my first time, I took a 12 gauge and used rifled slugs. I did get 2 myself, and my wife and both her kids got one each using a .243 bolt action with 100 grain soft points. I just had to be a lot closer. One person we met there said a .223 will kill a boar, but not until he runs off and dies a day or so later. He and his wife used a pair of Yugo SKS rifles with 124 grain hollow points and took down a couple of 250 pounders at about 125 yards.
Guess I will take my 30.06 this year. Now to find a good flashlight to duct tape to my barrel
Use a spotter with a rangefinder and a 1 million + candlepower spotlight.Originally Posted by van7559
My first piglet
Bunch of guys using 6.8 caliber post up photos of their hunts in TX and elsewhere here --> http://68forums.com/forums/forumdisp...ith-the-6.8-mm. Assuming you were talking about using an AR in .223, the 6.8 would require a swap to a new upper w/BCG assembly plus magazine.
I know a guy that uses a .22-250...so I assumeth, that a centerfire .22 is legal
John 14:6
If I recall, any centerfire is OK in TX, that being said, last time I shot one in TX, I was about 12 and shot it just below the eye with a 7mm mag.
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