I've shot about 50 feral pigs in Texas, about 20 with an AR 15 .223, 5 with a .280, 5 with a .270, 10 with a 220 Swift, a couple with a .243, 2 with a 308, 1 with a 10 gauge and about 10 with arrows. With the Swift and AR I shot them in the side of the head if I could get close enough and had a good rest (pig under a feeder, me in a blind with a bench). I wouldn't shoot a large boar in the body with anything less than a .243. I've whacked a few 300 lb pigs through the shoulders with the 270. 280, 308 and they fell over right there. I hit some 100 lb pigs with a 243 just a bit to far back and never found them. Their anatomy is much different than a deer.
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