New to Texas and Boar Hunting

Ductard

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Hi All,

I moved to the Austin area around September and am looking to get into hog hunting. I've been a whitetail hunter my whole life but I'm digging the year round possibilities for hog hunting.

Open to any suggestions on where to hunt, I've done some internet research on public lands but it's sort of slow going - I spent a lot of time looking at some of the parks/wildlife areas around here only to find out that they only allow archery and/or shotgun hunting, or they only allow certain dates and most of those are in the winter fall.

Anyways, I have a couple of guns that are hog-capable that I'm itching to use (AR10 in 308 and AR15 pistol in 300blk)
 

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Welcome to the fray.
 

DeadPigs

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Welcome to the group. There is allot of really good information and experience here.
Hog hunting is really allot of fun. The 24/7/365 aspect makes it worth investing in because you don't need a license or have to wait for the magic 'season'.
If you don't own property, finding a place to hunt can be a challenge even though pigs are rampant. I shot one last night out of a group of probably 40. (Can't wait until I get my suppressors!) Private property is your best bet. I've talked to some folks that have been successful approaching local farmers for hunting agreements.
.308 is a good flat shooter for pigs. I've killed a bunch of them with my M&P AR10. Recently I've switched over to Bushmaster 450 just because it really packs a punch but I digress.
First advice: You need to get some hard hitting ammo. FMJ will just bleed them out. They run a long way and you'll never find them. A soft point like Winchester Hog Special or the Remington Core-Lockd. Look on the forum here for the best aim points. They are not where you'd think.

You're going to get hooked with the first hunt.
Cheers!
 

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Welcome!

I lived in Boerne from 2017 through 2020 after living in South Carolina for a number of years.

I thought it would be easy to find a hog hunting spot, but that wasn't the case. Several of the doctors I worked with owned land, but only one was willing to let me hunt his property. Unfortunately, his property only had hogs sporadically.

Your best bet will be to find someone with land. I found lots of outfitters that would charge $250 per hog, which didn't interest me. I found one outfitter- SoTex Outdoors down in Poteet, that would charge $100 per 24 hours.

Good luck!
 

Ductard

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(Can't wait until I get my suppressors!)
I'm about 2 weeks post-submission on a couple of form 1's right now. One of them is going to be 30cal titanium for the 308 and 300blk.
The other one is going to be for my glock 19, but could probably handle the 300 blk sub-sonic, based on the caliber ratings I am seeing for commercially produced cans.
 

Ductard

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First advice: You need to get some hard hitting ammo. FMJ will just bleed them out. They run a long way and you'll never find them. A soft point like Winchester Hog Special or the Remington Core-Lockd.
Cheers!

I have some 115g V-Max for the 300blk that is my home defense ammo but I have been thinking it could also work for hogs. I know V-max is intended for varmints but from what I read, it acts more like a soft-point at 300blk velocities.

I also recently got a handloading setup and was thinking about starting off with 150g Hornady SST's (for the 308 and maybe for the 300blk for hunting - probably get better penetration than the 110g vmax I got those to avoid overpenetration in home defense).

I haven't shot anything living with a polymer tip bullet but I'm sort of buying into the marketing for them - expecting good accuracy, good expansion, and more reliable feeding in a semi-auto than a soft point.
 

DeadPigs

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Your getting beyond my level of experience. My nephew is hunting with a 300blk using the hornady off the shelf soft points. It’s a relatively new gun and I don’t think he’s had a kill yet. As long as the bullet expands or tumbles on impact I think your into a more humane kill.
 

DeadPigs

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Also, I’ve had some feed issues with polymer tips on my .308. As it turns out, the polymer tipped cartridges were a couple of mm longer than the lead soft points. Polymer tips are also sharp as opposed to rounded. My guess is Certain chamber feed ramps catch on the polymer tip but the lead points slide better.
 
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