25-06 for boar

[Lateral]

I think we all accept that with perfect shot placement, even a 22lr will drop a boar. There are plenty of video's of this on YouTube, but shooting a boar in the ear, isn't always that easy, even from a seat, and on driven, even getting a good kill shot, takes practice, or luck.

Boar are incredibly tough, and resilient. I've knocked boar off their feet, watched them do the death kick, and then watched them get up, and run 80-100yds, or more before dropping. Some you never find. It's common for high velocity rounds to leave small exit wounds, that plug up almost immediately, leaving no blood trail, and if you're lucky enough to find them, they will have totally bled out internally.

And then you get exit wounds that are enormous, leave a blood trail a blind person could follow, and they will still run 100yds, or more.

It's also all very well using a small calibre from a high seat, or high stand, where you're nice, and safe, but doing it from ground level, puts a whole different complexion on it !

 

[Lateral]

IMHO, these 3 short video's are a perfect example of using an inadequate calibre for the job, a .223 !

No excuses on the first shot, and with a more appropriate calibre, they would far more likely have stayed down. Sadly, this is a common sight in the US, where they seem to favour semi auto's, and cheap to feed ammunition, because the amount they go through. Ironically, if they used a decent calibre, I suspect the reduction in ammunition would more than pay for itself.

In the US, because of the vast problem they have with pigs, they are seen as vermin, and generally just killed, and disposed of.

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[sauer]

I enquired to a UK lad about using my .25-06 on boar and opinion was of below 50kg yes if very stable shot otherwise prefer bigger thump .

Personally I’d like to take something bigger, not talking from any experience tho

Paul

 

[Penyard]

There is absolutely nothing clever about trying to shoot the biggest, toughest thing with the smallest thing you can. I’ve seen people struggle to drop boar with a .270 let alone .25-06 and nearly all of the cock ups ive seen were with .243. All great deer calibres but not man enough for boar. Horses for courses gents and in my opinion 140gr 7mm with a partition or bonded bullet is about the minimum I would consider fit for purpose.

 

[finnbear270]

Plus the fact that many Euro shoots are lead free now.

 

[Jagare]

This thread has dragged on but the OP asked was a 25.06 suitable for boar in Holland And the answer is, no. I would think it not legal to shoot boar in any European country with a 25.06 and i wonder why this is so? OH, i know, its not suitable. I've shot pigs with a .22 but I'm not going boar hunting with one, I've shot cattle with a .32 pistol but its not the ideal caliber for buffalo .
We don't seem to have the same discussion about using unsuitable calibers for deer but as soon as boar calibers are the topic people start talking böllocks.
In one of our hunting mags several years ago there was a comparison chart on caliber=wounding of boar. 6.55x 55 caused the most wounded boar that needed a tracking team to find them. The bigger the caliber the less wounding.
Before boar became wide spread as they are today in Sweden it was hard to give away a 9.3x62 now its one of the popular calibers for boar.

 

[finnbear270]

This thread has dragged on but the OP asked was a 25.06 suitable for boar in Holland And the answer is, no. I would think it not legal to shoot boar in any European country with a 25.06 and i wonder why this is so? OH, i know, its not suitable. I've shot pigs with a .22 but I'm not going boar hunting with one, I've shot cattle with a .32 pistol but its not the ideal caliber for buffalo .
We don't seem to have the same discussion about using unsuitable calibers for deer but as soon as boar calibers are the topic people start talking böllocks.
In one of our hunting mags several years ago there was a comparison chart on caliber=wounding of boar. 6.55x 55 caused the most wounded boar that needed a tracking team to find them. The bigger the caliber the less wounding.
Before boar became wide spread as they are today in Sweden it was hard to give away a 9.3x62 now its one of the popular calibers for boar.

There you have it in a can!

 

[Lateral]

This thread has dragged on but the OP asked was a 25.06 suitable for boar in Holland And the answer is, no. I would think it not legal to shoot boar in any European country with a 25.06 and i wonder why this is so? OH, i know, its not suitable. I've shot pigs with a .22 but I'm not going boar hunting with one, I've shot cattle with a .32 pistol but its not the ideal caliber for buffalo .
We don't seem to have the same discussion about using unsuitable calibers for deer but as soon as boar calibers are the topic people start talking böllocks.
In one of our hunting mags several years ago there was a comparison chart on caliber=wounding of boar. 6.55x 55 caused the most wounded boar that needed a tracking team to find them. The bigger the caliber the less wounding.
Before boar became wide spread as they are today in Sweden it was hard to give away a 9.3x62 now its one of the popular calibers for boar.

Straight to the point Alan, as usual

 

[finnbear270]

I need to add that I shot my first German Boar drive with a .270 Winchester, it was a smallish beast, heart shot & busted front leg / shoulder, DRT, ..... Then it rolled out of sight ...

 

[Heym SR20]

I have a video, which I don’t seem to be able to post, of a boar that had been shot with a 30-06 the night before from a highseat. The following Morning it was pushed out of thick cover and came straight for the hunter - 3 further rounds into it, then rifle empty - he got one more round into its head as it was trying to climb the small mound on which he was standing.

Deer do not attack, boar do and every year many dogs and hunters are wounded by boar. Big bullets are this required.

I has this conversation earlier this week again with FLO about why I need a double 7x65r. A 9.3x62 or 74r would be even better.

 

[Lateral]

I have a video, which I don’t seem to be able to post, of a boar that had been shot with a 30-06 the night before from a highseat. The following Morning it was pushed out of thick cover and came straight for the hunter - 3 further rounds into it, then rifle empty - he got one more round into its head as it was trying to climb the small mound on which he was standing.

Deer do not attack, boar do and every year many dogs and hunters are wounded by boar. Big bullets are this required.

I has this conversation earlier this week again with FLO about why I need a double 7x65r. A 9.3x62 or 74r would be even better.

Do you have a link to the video, I'd like to see it ?

I've seen very badly injured dogs on driven hunts, and know of several that were killed by the boar. On my last hunt, I helped with a dog that had been really badly cut around the neck, and chest, where pressure had to be applied, or it would have bled out. Sadly, this inevitable.

Whilst I use a 9.3x62, & 74 for driven, they aren't good (for me) from a seat/stand. They can really bite, if you're not shouldering them properly, and the boar don't always come out in a nice convenient position to shoot them. I have been using a 7x64 with 165/170g bullets, but I've still knocked them off their feet, and watched them get up, and run. I need more patience, and need to do more head shooting.

 

[Munty1]

Boar are a different kettle of fish to deer, they are very strong and very intelligent. Big rounds do work if you place the shot well but shooting an animal running at over 30 mph is very difficult. If you shoot at large animal and it runs off, WAIT FOR THE DOGS. The boar can be very violent if not fatal.

 

[kenbro]

Is .257in not 6.5278mm

Is not a 6.5 mm bullet .264?
Ken.

 

[Whitebeard]

Is not a 6.5 mm bullet .264?
Ken.

Correct ken, it is .264 which actually makes the 6.5 a 6.71mm.

Ian.