Hunting boar with an airgun???

[Sisco]

I saw an ad for Gamo air rifles in a magazine, at the bottom is the following claim:

"Steve Scott used a GAMO Hunter Extreme on this 200+ lbs. wild boar in Oklahoma as seen on “Outdoor Guide” TV show."
I checked their website for more details but didn't find much. Anyone see the Outdoor Guide show?

I don't have any experience with high powered air rifles, I have hunted feral hogs. Guess the question is, what distance and point of aim would you need to drop a 200lb boar with a .177 cal pellet?

 

[tasco 74]

i've never hunted wild pigs but i have shot a few squirrels with my beeman and rws air rifles that are both rated at 1000 fps.... from i've seen i wouldn't think a 17 cal would drop a pig very fast.. i've had squirrels run off after a good solid hit... one was shot from directly below it and the pellet hit him right in the chin...... he shook it off and ran away ............ i too am wondering what kind of stuff was used to take a pig with this kinda tool.....

 

[DogBonz]

Are you sure it was .177

And not one of the 9mm airguns. Thoes things send a 9mm pellet (I don't know the weight) at about 900 fps.

 

[Sisco]

They say the guy used a Hunter Extreme model, .177 cal., 1600 fps.
http://gamoairguns.com/

 

[bender]

-Cocking Effort: 58 lbs

getting an upper-body workout and having fun at the same time....

 

[DixieTexian]

Maybe it was actually in a trap and he shot it between the eyes from 5 feet. I bet it would work like that.

 

[Bondo_Red]

He might have used poison of some sort

 

[Ohen Cepel]

He shot it in the eye with a .177 from close range, there is a video for it out there.

I consider it a stunt, unresponsible hunting, and pretty stupid!

 

[Bula]

I saw the ad for that too in one of my Outdoor Mags. Haven't seen the video but I'd bet it sure was an ugly shot.

 

[351 WINCHESTER]

I saw the video. He was using an alloy pellet made by gammo. The hog dropped like a rock with 1 well placed shot. It wasn't a big hog, but he did go down. I wouldn't attemt that on a dare. He was just "advertising" the power of their air guns, and he got a lot of attention. I can't say if it was "faked" as I wasn't there.

 

[kevin davis]

this sounds like another one of those "just because you can" things. i would not suggest anyone try this without either a backup- shooter with a real gun or a nice tank to sit in.

 

[Mannix]

I wouldn't try it, atleast not with a .177.

Now with this thing, maybe.

 

[trueblue1776]

Mannix,

Shinsung air rifles description:

"Over 192 ft-lbs! That's a serious hunting gun! "

I think I just peed a little. Shoot a pig with that, let your next of kin let me know how that worked out for you (how you died with a tusk through your chest, then got drug off through a swamp)

 

[Mannix]

Didn't actually check the ballistics on it, still though it's a hell of a lot better than a .177. I still think the Shinsung would ruin your day if you were shot with it. Anyway, a .177 pellet should be kept subsonic, light projectiles like that tend to tumble when they hit the sound barrier.

Of course, any sensible human being would use a real gun(given the choice).

 

[qajaq59]

I've shot wild hogs, and there's no way you'd get me to try it with an air gun. They will not only be happy to kill you, but they'll probably eat you as well. They're not the least bit picky about their food.

 

[trueblue1776]

I'm wary of shooting a hog with anything that won't knock the $### out of them, that's just me though.

 

[sm]

Humm...
Not me coach.
I found out by accident what a BB from a Red Ryder will do do a hornet's nest.
It stirs them up...

Farm Ponds are my friends...great way to clean a Red Ryder btw...

I'll pass on boar hunting with an airgun...

He who runs and dives into ponds , does not get stung and can go out to play the next day
- me, about so tall at the time...

 

[Oldnamvet]

My grandfather was once mentioned as being so mean he would bear hunt with a switch. This falls into the same classification. BTW he was never mean that I saw, just honest with people. I thought he was great.

 

[koja48]

File the sights & every other protuberance OFF! It'll feel better when the critter returns it . . .

 

[gunmn74]

not a .177

I read somthing about this. I think it was a 9mm sized pellet. The add in the
magazine in miss leading because all they talk about is .177. I read somwhere
that this new breed of air-rifles can knock down about anything and that they
cannot manufacture them fast enough to meet demand.
Heavy bullet, awsome power, quite and NO paperwork.......YET.

 

[Plink]

There are some pretty powerful airguns out there. .50 caliber models, and one that shoots .45-70 bullets. These things have taken game in Africa! Google a bit and you'll find several makers.

 

[coelacanth]

yup. . . . .

if you ever shoot a hog with a weenie little break action spring piston airgun and he ever finds out about it you could be in a lot of trouble. If you actually have a notion of going hog hunting with compressed air you might want to look into one of these http://www.glbarnes.com

 

[bagul]

i think the add is inapropriate and some people might take it as it is. 2 rules for hunting dangerous game, one is use a "more than" adequate bullet (assuming a .177 is more than adequate) second rule.... a fast second shot in case you just managed to anger the prey with your first shot!!!

 

[helpless]

Tried hunting boar with an airsoft gun once. Not really.

 

[Browning]

Maybe the guy shot the hog with a .177 pellet rifle, it angered the hog so much that it charged him and the hunter got lucky and beat it to death with a chance blow from the air rifle as the stock splintered against the pigs head.

That's the ONLY way that could have happened unless the pig had heart trouble and it got scared and died on the spot or unless it was with one of those really large air rifles in .45 cal that I've heard about in the SGN.