As well as enough gun...... Good 1st shot placement!
I shot one big boar while working in Texas. I had about given up when 260lbs of dynamite exploded right under my feet! It was thick brush the old boy headed for. I had a very quick shot at a south end heading north! The bullet hit his tailbone and went about 8" straight down the spine. The shot took out his rear legs......
That Piney Wood Rooter was
MAD! He screeched the most hideous high pitch scream that ended in a rapid clacking of tusks that sounded like a machine gun burst! The hair on the back of my neck was standing straight out! I had roughly 12 feet before he would be into thick oak brush where
NO ONE in their right mind would follow! I levered another round and hit a dead log he drug himself behind! Luckily he was slow dragging himself by his front legs never stopping the horrible serenade! I quickly sidestepped about 12 feet and and saw a clear front-end view some 6ft from no man's land........ I put one into his neck right at the Atlas Vertebrae and there was finally silence as he lay still.
"WHEW!"
This bunch will like what I used. It was a Winchester Model 94 Trapper in .45 Colt. Sadly, it was a jacketed bullet! A 300gr Hornady XTP with a stout dose of 296 behind. It did the job but wish it had been cast
.....
Ranks with my two favorite hunts!
Pete