.223 for hogs?

[gripper]

Im not sure if there is a perfect or ideal load for these animals. What makes it fun is that there is really no ammuntion restrictions when hunting hogs. It leaves a person open to use whatever he or she wants to. My son and I are leaving for South Texas in a couple of weeks to go hog hunting. We have been going down to the same place since 1996 and we are now deciding which guns to take this year. I'm taking my old stanby .257 Roberts and an 8 3/4 inch registered mag. Don't know if I will have an oppurtunity to kill one with the RM, but it will be nice just having it with me.

 

[Hermann]

I guide folks part time on hog hunts in SE TX and after about 2 years ago, I don't let anyone use a .223.
Can you kill one at close range with one good shot, using a good bullet? Yes.
Can you kill one consistently at ranges that aren't so close? I haven't seen anyone do it yet and, although they are 'just hogs', nothing deserves to be wounded only to run off and die an agonizing death.
There are plenty of larger calibers that give a better chance of a one-shot kill.

I agree 100%, the least I use for wild boar is .308, over here.
.223 is simply not powerful enough IMO since I like them dead on the spot.