if the goal is to get them off the property, then yes, bang away. maybe get a 30 round mag. if the goal is to HUNT/TRAP them for food/fun, then I would think letting them feel safe & secure would attract them more. but as usual I'm speaking of something I know nothing about, but am willing to learn, by hearing your opinions & logic. no offense intended.
You only have one shot before they scatter like women at a black friday sale. They were about to go behind some trees and the black pig is the only one I had a clean shot at. I was 100 yards or so away without a scope just iron sights. When I fired at the black pig the sow turned and ran back the way they came from so I had a chance to shoot at her. I did hit her and I thought she was a done deal, BUT you know how that goes. They are tough and that hefer got up and ran off. I fired a few more shots at the scattered ones and hit the yellow one 2 times.
Its hard to hit 30# moving targets in knee high grass..
And yes the goal is to get rid of them so they don't destroy our fields. If we recover them then i'm happy, I hate killing something that doesn't get eat. But if not i won't lose much sleep over them. They are costing us money in property damage.
I do have many many 30 rounds mags loaded and ready to go..lol..
Actually make that 4 pigs total. Buzzards led me to two others today. One about 20 feet from where I shot them and the other in the woods about a hundred yards..
