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H&H,hunter · February 13, 2006, 08:50 PM

A hog's brain lays behind the eyes. Also a hogs skull is flat. So if he is facing you and you shoot him in "lump" above his eyes that is nothing more than muscle and fat it will often knock out a pig for a while.

To make a head on, no down angle brain shot on a hog you have to shoot him in nose right square between the nostrils.

From the side you need to aim just behind and level with the eye.

Boddington wrote about having a .38 special fail to penetrate on a hog's skull as well. I would suspect that it's less of a penetration problem and more of a glancing problem after looking at a hog skull.

February 13, 2006, 08:50 PM	#46
H&H,hunter Senior Member Join Date: July 25, 2001 Location: Colorado Posts: 504	A hog's brain lays behind the eyes. Also a hogs skull is flat. So if he is facing you and you shoot him in "lump" above his eyes that is nothing more than muscle and fat it will often knock out a pig for a while. To make a head on, no down angle brain shot on a hog you have to shoot him in nose right square between the nostrils. From the side you need to aim just behind and level with the eye. Boddington wrote about having a .38 special fail to penetrate on a hog's skull as well. I would suspect that it's less of a penetration problem and more of a glancing problem after looking at a hog skull. __________________ Velocity is thrilling, But diameter does the real killing.