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I hunt hogs in California. Most of the country is rolling hills with sagebrush, Oak trees and Chapparal. The hunts I have been on, we only use dogs if the pigs get up into deep brush or to find a wounded one. Most shots are more or less long shots. I have never taken a hog at less than about 150 yards and up to 250 yards. I actually consider these to be average distance. I use a .270 or .308 to reach out there. I also saw a friend shoot a 200 pound plus hog dead at 200 yards with a .30-30 Marlin Lever Action. I have seen hogs up to 400 pounds and have seen pictures of 600 pounders. The term "Volkswagen" comes to mind when they get that big...
My friend shot a hog of about 125 pounds with a .222. It smashed it's spine. He went up, cut the pigs throat at which time, the pig jumped up and chased him, pulling itself along on its front legs, for 100 yards until it bled out. Even the little ones are tough buggers.
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