25-06 for boar
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Jagare
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The answer to the question is No. 6.5 is the minimum for big game in Holland.
Probably best, as it is available
certainly 6.5mm, but .308 would be better
8x57
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Sika you will find that .25-06 will more than likely be a bit light on bullet weight. In all probability in addition to there being a minimum calibre there will also be a minimum energy requirement either at the muzzle or at 100 metres. Have you enquired with your host or with the national hunting association what the legal minimum is in the Netherlands?
FlyBoy270
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Sensible choice
I rate my 2506 very highly for Deer, but with Boar you need an entry and an exit so they bleed out quickly and a good cross section - which is why I use my .300 Win Mag purely because we have to use copper and the extra speed ensures expansion
Heym SR20
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A 25-06 will be fine for little piggies. But you also get 100kg plus pigs. I shot a Keiler last year 100kg larder weight. The skin was an inch plus thick over the shoulder heart lung area. They are big tough animals that require big tough bullets. I shot with a 173gn Hmantle straight through heart lungs at 70m from a high seat at 3am. It made one hell of a squeen and we found it in the morning 40 yds into the wood, but I could hear it squealing and thrashing for good couple of minutes.
And with a deer if you shoot in the right spot, but with a lighter bullet, you will cause killing damage and the deer will run off and die. Do the same to a big or even a little pig, they will turn right around and go for whatever is close by. And then they are very dangerous.
And with a deer if you shoot in the right spot, but with a lighter bullet, you will cause killing damage and the deer will run off and die. Do the same to a big or even a little pig, they will turn right around and go for whatever is close by. And then they are very dangerous.
120gr Nosler Partition from a .25-06 will pass through a Wild Boar just the same as Big Red Deer
and give a good blood trail if shot placement is right 
Heym SR20
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120gr Nosler Partition from a .25-06 will pass through a Wild Boar just the same as Big Red Deer
Or a highly interesting follow up if its not quite right.
Have a look at Boar shoulder shields
Boar are not constructed like deer. And they don't react like deer when you irritate them. If you are going to use a 25-06 use a well constructed bullet and be very sure of shot placement. Most places on the continent won't let you use one though.
120gr Nosler Partition from a .25-06 will pass through a Wild Boar just the same as Big Red Deer
+1
or a 80-100gr copper bullet.
You want to take these on with a quarter bore?
I'm well aware of how Boar are built having shot them in England and Germany ( Driven - Stalking and Highseat )Before i had a .300 Win-mag all the English Boar i shot went down no problems through and through the Ribs with my .25-06 120gr Nosler Partition. Even when i needed them to drop where they stood a Head or Neck shot the Partitions went in and out .
Like anything else hit right they die quickly hit wrong no matter what calibre just like Deer you have a problem admitably Boar can seek revenge.
Tabok I'd agree Barnes TTSX would also work well from a .25-06 unfortunately after 30 odd years of using a 25-06 i no longer use one
You want to take these on with a quarter bore?
Why not? I'd use a .243 with decent bullets
