Man shoots mammoth 820 pound wild hog in his front yard

[CHenry]

Lots of slaughter houses use a .22 (hammer? don't remember the name) to kill animals. Before that, they used poleaxes. My Dad used to kill steers with .22 shorts when they did their own butchering.

Shot placement rules.

I seen a dude try to put down a dying cow with a .38 to the head at point blank range. It did not penetrate the skull or kill it. He didnt know shot placement lol

 

[dennishoddy]

Slaughterhouse pigs get shot 1/2" above between the eyes. Cows get a .22 short and bulls get a .22lr at the packing house that processes my deer.

 

[RugersGR8]

IIRC, the "X"(left ear to right eye & right ear to left eye) is the shot placement that my grandpa and my uncles used to down an animal--shown in the video below:


Homestead Hog Butchering: Slaughtering
Published on Apr 5, 2013

PS Anyone else have a different method?

 

[D. Hargrove]

Shot placement is key!!!

 

[MacFromOK]

ROFL